We CAN and we WILL - Join the 100 day and 2017 Challenges!

Checking in and still GF. Boom it's the weekend !

Checking in day 61, still fighting the good fight, full of admiration for everyone in this group, have a great gamble free weekend everyone.

Checking in day 50 GF 🙂

Day 38 Gf

Boom - 50 Days team.......what an achievement 🙂

We have got this far through supporting each other, a bunch of strangers with a common purpose.

Thanks to our bandleader Mixer - Lets bang the drums loud today in celebration as we reach the halfway mark.

Smile, be proud and stay strong

Sbb

Congratulations dsh1986 and skyblue on reaching 50 days.

Checking in on day 62,had a couple of strong urges this week, the worst being last Saturday, I quickly distracted myself and didn't give in to them, keeping my gurard up!. Thanks for the updates Mixer 🙂

*** LATEST ROLLCALL for the 100 DAY CHALLENGE - Half-Way Stage Special! ***

Welcome to our group where 33 magnificent hardy souls are choosing life over misery, day by day. Join us if you seriously want to quit gambling forever... one day at a time. Join any time... just drop us a post!

• For members of our group still Gambling Free, and with at least 50 days GF - *** DAY 50 COMPLETE! *** Start date: 14th Dec 2016, End Date: 24th March 2017. We are half-way there - proving that, yes, we CAN do this, actually - day by day.
• For our members who've had a wobble, and have had the courage and fortitude to tell us, you're doing great and we are all with you all the way! Your honesty and re-determination is noted and respected.
• For our members with less than 50 days GF under their belts, let's see how you're getting on below! You are doing great and the rest of us will wait for you at the finish line, cheering you on!

Member Days GF/ Challenge Days GF Start --> Finish Line

1 babapapa 58 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
2 Change 33 / 33 … 02/01/2017 --> 12/04/2017
3 Clarkey 14 / 14 … 21/01/2017 --> 01/05/2017
4 DaveBigg 4 / 4 … 01/02/2017 --> 11/05/2017
5 Dean0 153 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
6 dsh 51 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
7 fiddlesticks 62 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
8 Gm88 43 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
9 JayD 83 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
10 Jim24 51 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
11 JI 29 / 29 … 07/01/2017 --> 17/04/2017
12 Katiecoo 14 / 14 … 21/01/2017 --> 01/05/2017
13 KO (Mick) 5 / 5 … 30/01/2017 --> 10/05/2017
14 KP 20 / 20 … 15/12/2017 --> 25/04/2017
15 LHN 35 / 35 … 29/12/2016 --> 09/04/2017
16 M (SC) 57 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
17 MarkMan 25 / 25 … 10/01/2017 --> 20/04/2017
18 Mixer 66 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
19 Moorey 5 / 5 … 30/12/2016 --> 10/04/2017
20 newB 23 / 23 … 13/01/2017 --> 23/04/2017
21 panders 23 / 23 … 13/01/2017 --> 23/04/2017
22 Paulgam 14 / 14 … 21/01/2016 --> 01/05/2017
23 Rhoda 61 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
24 Sam 250 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
25 Samson 146 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
26 Silver 140 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
27 Skyblue 123 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
28 Sodawater 43 / 43 … 21/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
29 Spud 62 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
30 Start 35 / 35 … 29/12/2017 --> 10/04/2017
31 Triangle 1060 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
32 Wardal 69 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
33 woodley 39 / 39 … 27/12/2016 --> 06/04/2017

*** ROLLCALL OF HONOUR *** We're delighted to see Dsh hit the 50 day mark yesterday - very well done on this very important milestone! I know that you regularly check in, Dsh, and that you are really up for this. You're doing great 🙂

Thank you everyone for your updates and/or updating your diaries, and also your kind comments. We're a great team, supporting each other, and in good humour and spirit - that's what it's all about!

So... if you have been with us from the start, on 14th Dec 2016, then collectively 17 of us have been resolutely Gambling Free since then. That is a fantastic achievement, given that our personal GF totals all exceed 50, and demonstrate that, when we get the support we need, put into place practical measures, take substantive steps to sort our finances where necessary, look at what we can do in life rather that what we can't, we can make a HUGE difference to our own lives, and, indirectly, other lives that we care about. We deserve a moment, as Sbb rightly says, to pat ourselves on the back today. As Sbb also said - and I've never forgotten this - look back, reflect - but don't stare. What really matters is ahead of us.

We have had some members who have joined us since the challenge started and have remained resolutely gambling free. Again, my same thoughts above apply and however many days you've been GF, well done indeed. Keep it going. Are you really thinking of gambling this weekend? No, I didn't think so.

For those of us who've had a wobble but and had the respect for our group to tell us - we appreciate your honesty and also want you to stop, in fact redouble your efforts to stop. You've had a practice run, or, rather your LAST practice run. Please do your utmost to grit those teeth and stick with it. If you're feeling weak, phone Gamcare, chat to a trusted friend, write a post on here, join in the webchats, do anything you can to resist putting on one bet and spending 1p. We are all so determined for you, you wouldn't believe it!

So, this is an important milestone for all of us, as it happens. Every extra day being GF is a wonderful day and we should embrace what that means - no guilt and acting furtively because of the embarrassment of wasting money, using the time we are saving to do much better things, and more money to do some of those things with, but, perhaps, most importabntly, becoming better people and regaining control of our lives.

The next 50 days, or more than 50 for just over half of us, beckon, one day at a time. We are 33 strong. Will we see 33 of us cross the finish line? We can do it, team, one day at a day. Let's not slip up. We don't have to slip up. We have the control. We don't have to gamble, you know! Day by day, whatever the provacation, and goodness me, some of us will have some really bad days, but: we will say to ourselves: "Today, I'm not going to gamble. I'm thinking of me, those I care about, our group here, my life, my future, my happiness."

Day 51 (or whatever day you're up to) tomorrow. Just another day? Not at all. It's another GF day. Far, far more valuable... 🙂

KEEP GOING EVERYONE and KEEP POSTING - we all read your posts because we all care - let's keep sharing our GF acheivements !!!

P.S. As you know, Gamcare hosts webchats on this site, a great way of meeting fellow recovering gamblers like us. I did read yesterday somewhere on this site (from Rebecca from Gamcare) that they are trialling a Saturday afternoon webchat, from 2-3pm, from next Saturday and weekly thereafter. Great news if you find the weekend extra difficult GF-wise. Just thought I'd let you know 🙂

*** JOKE OF THE DAY ***

My wife asked me what I was doing on the computer last night.

WCAWW - We CAN and We WILL!

Mixer wrote:

*** LATEST ROLLCALL for the 100 DAY CHALLENGE - Half-Way Stage Special! ***

Welcome to our group where 33 magnificent hardy souls are choosing life over misery, day by day. Join us if you seriously want to quit gambling forever... one day at a time. Join any time... just drop us a post!

• For members of our group still Gambling Free, and with at least 50 days GF - *** DAY 50 COMPLETE! *** Start date: 14th Dec 2016, End Date: 24th March 2017. We are half-way there - proving that, yes, we CAN do this, actually - day by day.
• For our members who've had a wobble, and have had the courage and fortitude to tell us, you're doing great and we are all with you all the way! Your honesty and re-determination is noted and respected.
• For our members with less than 50 days GF under their belts, let's see how you're getting on below! You are doing great and the rest of us will wait for you at the finish line, cheering you on!

Member Days GF/ Challenge Days GF Start --> Finish Line

1 babapapa 58 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
2 Change 33 / 33 … 02/01/2017 --> 12/04/2017
3 Clarkey 14 / 14 … 21/01/2017 --> 01/05/2017
4 DaveBigg 4 / 4 … 01/02/2017 --> 11/05/2017
5 Dean0 153 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
6 dsh 51 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
7 fiddlesticks 62 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
8 Gm88 43 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
9 JayD 83 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
10 Jim24 51 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
11 JI 29 / 29 … 07/01/2017 --> 17/04/2017
12 Katiecoo 14 / 14 … 21/01/2017 --> 01/05/2017
13 KO (Mick) 5 / 5 … 30/01/2017 --> 10/05/2017
14 KP 20 / 20 … 15/12/2017 --> 25/04/2017
15 LHN 35 / 35 … 29/12/2016 --> 09/04/2017
16 M (SC) 57 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
17 MarkMan 25 / 25 … 10/01/2017 --> 20/04/2017
18 Mixer 66 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
19 Moorey 5 / 5 … 30/12/2016 --> 10/04/2017
20 newB 23 / 23 … 13/01/2017 --> 23/04/2017
21 panders 23 / 23 … 13/01/2017 --> 23/04/2017
22 Paulgam 14 / 14 … 21/01/2016 --> 01/05/2017
23 Rhoda 61 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
24 Sam 250 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
25 Samson 146 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
26 Silver 140 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
27 Skyblue 123 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
28 Sodawater 43 / 43 … 21/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
29 Spud 62 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
30 Start 35 / 35 … 29/12/2017 --> 10/04/2017
31 Triangle 1060 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
32 Wardal 69 / 50 … 14/12/2016 --> 24/03/2017
33 woodley 39 / 39 … 27/12/2016 --> 06/04/2017

*** ROLLCALL OF HONOUR *** We're delighted to see Dsh hit the 50 day mark yesterday - very well done on this very important milestone! I know that you regularly check in, Dsh, and that you are really up for this. You're doing great 🙂

Thank you everyone for your updates and/or updating your diaries, and also your kind comments. We're a great team, supporting each other, and in good humour and spirit - that's what it's all about!

So... if you have been with us from the start, on 14th Dec 2016, then collectively 17 of us have been resolutely Gambling Free since then. That is a fantastic achievement, given that our personal GF totals all exceed 50, and demonstrate that, when we get the support we need, put into place practical measures, take substantive steps to sort our finances where necessary, look at what we can do in life rather that what we can't, we can make a HUGE difference to our own lives, and, indirectly, other lives that we care about. We deserve a moment, as Sbb rightly says, to pat ourselves on the back today. As Sbb also said - and I've never forgotten this - look back, reflect - but don't stare. What really matters is ahead of us.

We have had some members who have joined us since the challenge started and have remained resolutely gambling free. Again, my same thoughts above apply and however many days you've been GF, well done indeed. Keep it going. Are you really thinking of gambling this weekend? No, I didn't think so.

For those of us who've had a wobble but and had the respect for our group to tell us - we appreciate your honesty and also want you to stop, in fact redouble your efforts to stop. You've had a practice run, or, rather your LAST practice run. Please do your utmost to grit those teeth and stick with it. If you're feeling weak, phone Gamcare, chat to a trusted friend, write a post on here, join in the webchats, do anything you can to resist putting on one bet and spending 1p. We are all so determined for you, you wouldn't believe it!

So, this is an important milestone for all of us, as it happens. Every extra day being GF is a wonderful day and we should embrace what that means - no guilt and acting furtively because of the embarrassment of wasting money, using the time we are saving to do much better things, and more money to do some of those things with, but, perhaps, most importabntly, becoming better people and regaining control of our lives.

The next 50 days, or more than 50 for just over half of us, beckon, one day at a time. We are 33 strong. Will we see 33 of us cross the finish line? We can do it, team, one day at a day. Let's not slip up. We don't have to slip up. We have the control. We don't have to gamble, you know! Day by day, whatever the provacation, and goodness me, some of us will have some really bad days, but: we will say to ourselves: "Today, I'm not going to gamble. I'm thinking of me, those I care about, our group here, my life, my future, my happiness."

Day 51 (or whatever day you're up to) tomorrow. Just another day? Not at all. It's another GF day. Far, far more valuable... 🙂

KEEP GOING EVERYONE and KEEP POSTING - we all read your posts because we all care - let's keep sharing our GF acheivements !!!

P.S. As you know, Gamcare hosts webchats on this site, a great way of meeting fellow recovering gamblers like us. I did read yesterday somewhere on this site (from Rebecca from Gamcare) that they are trialling a Saturday afternoon webchat, from 2-3pm, from next Saturday and weekly thereafter. Great news if you find the weekend extra difficult GF-wise. Just thought I'd let you know 🙂

*** JOKE OF THE DAY ***

My wife asked me what I was doing on the computer last night.

I explained to her I was looking for cheap flights.

"I love you!" she said, and then she got all excited,quickly undressed and we had great nookie ......

Which is odd because she's never shown an interest in darts before !!

WCAWW - We CAN and We WILL!

great rollcall!

thanks to everyone committing the effort to check in and support each other

checking in myself again this week

tri

Happy weekend! 25 Days gamble free!

As you know mixer I'm back to day 0 tomo

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I'll also be changing my name as having a different name would be appropriate

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No problem, Start, and delighted that you've picked yourself up, dusted yourself down, and are back in the saddle. We are all learning as we go through recovery. We are all with you every step of the way OK. By all means change your name; whatever inspires and helps YOU.

Cheers mixer u allways pick me up ill be reading diarys tonight and starting a new thread on my page its a blip but only a blip.

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Gf day and best of all sister visited with kids after three months was a bit nervous but all good .

Forgot to record here yesterday but so far, still clean as a whistle. Today is day 5!