I took a long look at myself and my habits last week, and have now gone ten days without gambling - I know it's not a hill of beans, but it's a start. The thing I'm finding hardest right now is just the complete boredom - nothing else seems to give me the same excitement or thrill, and I fell so totally unfocussed and listless without it.
Have other people found this? Does it pass? Any advice?
I completley understand how you feel and it does get easier, I fill my time with whatever I can, i find planning ahead helps, I make lists of what I am going to do day after day. Gambling makes you numb it tricks you into only feeling joy from it, when in reality you are numb to your life, it took a couple of weeks for me but then I started to enjoy things that I havnt for a long time, and at the start it was silly little things like gardening reading walking, excersize, free things as you dont have the money if you have the debt, and as the weeks went on and on I started to feel normal again, your brain starts rewire, but it takes time and a lot of patience at first
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Hi , I am struggling too feel so bord and alone !Â
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