166 days free.

Well done on your 50 days mate, keep going. The thought of starting again at day 0 is a powerful motivation.

Yeah it sure is brandon. Had a few thoughts today about gambling but I want to get to 100 days and beyond

Not been on at all in the last wee while but im still going strong, now on 61 days of not gambling and I don't even think about it anymore. I'm not getting urges at night and I can quite happily go up town and not even think about the bookies. I am determined never to gamble again as long as I live!!

I can't believe I have been able to keep this up but I have. 2 months ago I was a a server low point and seen no way forward but I am starting to believe that I have finally beat this horrible disease that is gambling.. My thought processes now is completely different when I'm sitting at home.. I'll always be a gambling addict but hopefully an addict that's gamble free...

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Emonster, I turn my back for a few week and you already have over two months racked up 😉 - what super progress. I am so pleased to here you mindset is in a very positive place. What a great achievement - well deserved!

It's amazing how quickly the days rack up and its all about occupying your mind at times when you would normally had gambled. Still going strong!!

74 days gamble free, Xmas approaching, presents purchased without using credit cards. If anyone is reading this and not in a good place due to being consumed by gambling just a wee note to say if I can stop anyone can. I'm not saying for one moment that I'm over it as I know how easy it is to get Sucked back in. If you get urges just remember that's all they are, it's just a thought in your head, that is all, once you learn to change your way of thinking especially at times your most likely to gamble then you can overcome this addiction. I'm 43 gambled since I was 15 and this is probably the longest I've gone without gambling. Keep a diary, count the days and don't revert those days back to zero!!

Can't believe I'm here posting me being 90 days free of gambling. 3 months ago if you knew what I was like when I got the urges you would see that I was in it deep. I took the decision to come on here and I've never looked back. Thanks to this site and reading forums I knew I could beat this. urges are just a thought in your head and once you realise that's all they are, you can control it if you really want to but that decision lies with us alone.

105 days free of gambling, I'm a bit bored and from nowhere I just got an urge to play, thought I'd come on here to dampen that sucker!!

Well my calculations is I've now been gamble free for 1 1 8 days. This is something I'm very proud of achieving and now my goal is 150 days. Im still as determined as ever and I'm making sure that that counter does not get reset. I've not played slots, not put a Coupon on and I've not even bought a scratch card. All my mates still do coupons and all I hear is hard luck stories and I feel like a winner every week as I've saved myself £40 from not putting one on. Whenever an advert pops up on my fb of a gambling site I just go in to notifications and turn that off, I've even stopped noticing how many gambling adverts are on tv, when i was gambling i noticed them all the time but now they dont bother me or get my attention Anyway next goal 150 days!!

138 days free and out of nowhere comes the urge to gamble, where the hell did that come from?? Got a few quid sitting in my bank and the urge was like, just play you can afford to lose such n such amount but that such n such amount I know would lead to it all and my 138days being reset to zero. It's just not happening!!

Hi Emonster,

We must always be in our guard because the insidious, destructive gambling monster is always trying to ambush us at every turn.

Whether we're on Day 1, or Day 10000, it's always skulking.

Huge kudos for reporting your 'sighting' and telling it where to go.

You're doing great; keep on full alert, Emonster, and keep enjoying the far superior life being GF brings, day by day!

Thanks mixer, yeah it will always be there and it will only take that one lapse for all the hard work to be undone. There can never be "just a little gamble cos you've done well" it has to be no gambling at all.. I've found dampening the urges far easier now than I used to but your right we must always be on our guard.

Reached a huge milestone yesterday , I've made it to 150 days free of gambling. Still along way to go as every now and again that thought at the back of the mind to play is still there, granted it's not the monster it once was but it's still there. Roll on the 6 month mark!!

I don't know what's going on but these last few days the urges have been hitting quite hard and it's a struggle to keep them at bay. Just when you think your over the worst, bang!! they hit you like a brick. Need to keep focused on the final goal!!

Hi, stay strong and positive, I'm getting the cravings for a cigarette really bad the last few days again and it's been two years in a few weeks time x