Sam checking in gamble free. Thanks to everyone who has contribted to the thread, it's been a good read at times! Well done Mixer on your 100 days, keep the hard work going. Remember as long as we continue to change and learn everyday that's progress. It really does get easier with time in my experience but that's when we must guard against complacency! Never look too far ahead and enjoy life for the here and now. Don't dwell on things and worry yourself into oblivion. Worry is a wasted emotion which holds us back from who we really want to be!
All the best
Hell yeah!
I'm in, I'm setting a personal challenge alongside this. When I make the 100th day I'm giving myself £100 to spend on clothes and fun things!!
Currently on day 4
96 to go (fist pump)
Kirsty x
59 Days Girl Friend
Awesomel Markman (fist pump)
Checking in. Day 19.
Have a safe, gamble free weekend everyone.
Our Lady.
Hi mixer,please rest me from the group. I am still gf but am barely on the forum as my life has got very hectic. I am prob on 1-2 times a month
Checking in Day 15. I can't remember when I last posted so might as well check in now haha!
Checking in on day 35.
Come on - Its the weekend and life is so much better for us all without gambling !
Its all got a bit quiet on here, we should be celebrating every single day we are free of that crippling disease.
Each one of us is on a journey of discovery and getting stronger day by day.
Wherever you are and whatever you plan to do this weekend...stop for a minute and recognise what you have achieved so far !
Visualise how wonderful your life can be in the space of a few months...it really can and will be (I talk from experience).
Refocus right now and remember why you are here, then crack on with confidence through the weekend with a knowing smile that you are heading forward in total control of your future.
Stay strong and push on.
Sbb
Quite agree with your message Sbb and would like to thank everyone for their best wishes as I've hit 100 days GF!
I'm not one for 'trumpetting' the news however it's important we are share and acknowledge milestones that we make!
I have treated myself and my son to a week away next month, all paid for out of some of the money saved by not gambling. Really looking forward to that, determined to have a fantastic week away in Cornwall!
I'll have a rollcall tonight; let's keep happy, keep GF, and, as the days get lighter and warmer, let's enjoy the life we have not beholden to a monster that takes away out money, cash, reputation and dignity.
Today, we have a choice. Don't put a bet on.
Today, we will be the better person and rise above it!
Sorry been absent for a couple of days everyone seems to be doing well keep up the good work me myself still gf.Life can be a bit like a yo yo but we don't need gambling so two fingers to gambling enjoy life and be happy
Gf day nice to family around for dinner too
Hi JayD, really glad you had a good GF day today. It's important, enjoying life as it should be enjoyed.
Just to let everyone know, I'll be carrying out the rollcall tomorrow morning. With a quite funny 'joke of the day' I hope you think! Because recovery with a dose of humour has got to be a good thing. Gambling is so humourless; so let's spite it, fight it, with everything we can 🙂
Skyblueblue wrote:
Come on - Its the weekend and life is so much better for us all without gambling !
Its all got a bit quiet on here, we should be celebrating every single day we are free of that crippling disease.
Each one of us is on a journey of discovery and getting stronger day by day.
Wherever you are and whatever you plan to do this weekend...stop for a minute and recognise what you have achieved so far !
Visualise how wonderful your life can be in the space of a few months...it really can and will be (I talk from experience).
Refocus right now and remember why you are here, then crack on with confidence through the weekend with a knowing smile that you are heading forward in total control of your future.
Stay strong and push on.
Sbb
To be honest, I am 36 days gamble free now but I feel no better or worse. In fact I feel no emotion.
I've been a compulsive gambler for 11 years and this is the longest I've ever abstained for. I should be celebrating.
But 6 years ago my parents bailed me out with a huge amount of money to sort my life out on the promise that I stopped gambling. I carried out.
3 years ago I was bailed out with another huge amount of money from my parents on the promise I stopped gambling. I carried out.
To their knowledge, I stopped gambling 3 years ago. To my knowledge, I was still gambling 37 days ago and have got myself back into a lot of debt.
The money I have been given is more than I'll ever be able to pay back. After all I've had and all I've put them through, I carried on gambling, with no feelings or emotions whatsoever. What does that make me? A sociopath?
So yes I should be happy at being 36 days gamble free but my parents think I'm 3 years gamble and after all I've had how can I even have the audacity to celebrate 36 days of abstention? It's pathetic 🙁
Vamp wrote:
I hear you Vamp - You are only 1 percent of the way your family believe you to be.
Seems to me that that burden is going to be a weight around your neck through your recovery.
Make no mistake 36 days is a fantastic achievement you can build upon.
My advice (for what it is worth) is to come clean and stop living a lie.
The strength you will get from being honest will give you the power to continue on with confidence.
I wish you the very best.
Sbb
[quote=Skyblueblue]
Come on - Its the weekend and life is so much better for us all without gambling !
Its all got a bit quiet on here, we should be celebrating every single day we are free of that crippling disease.
Each one of us is on a journey of discovery and getting stronger day by day.
Wherever you are and whatever you plan to do this weekend...stop for a minute and recognise what you have achieved so far !
Visualise how wonderful your life can be in the space of a few months...it really can and will be (I talk from experience).
Refocus right now and remember why you are here, then crack on with confidence through the weekend with a knowing smile that you are heading forward in total control of your future.
Stay strong and push on.
Sbb
To be honest, I am 36 days gamble free now but I feel no better or worse. In fact I feel no emotion.
I've been a compulsive gambler for 11 years and this is the longest I've ever abstained for. I should be celebrating.
But 6 years ago my parents bailed me out with a huge amount of money to sort my life out on the promise that I stopped gambling. I carried out.
3 years ago I was bailed out with another huge amount of money from my parents on the promise I stopped gambling. I carried out.
To their knowledge, I stopped gambling 3 years ago. To my knowledge, I was still gambling 37 days ago and have got myself back into a lot of debt.
The money I have been given is more than I'll ever be able to pay back. After all I've had and all I've put them through, I carried on gambling, with no feelings or emotions whatsoever. What does that make me? A sociopath?
So yes I should be happy at being 36 days gamble free but my parents think I'm 3 years gamble and after all I've had how can I even have the audacity to celebrate 36 days of abstention? It's pathetic 🙁
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