18 days gamble free

Thank you for the positive advice my next step it to book into ga meetings, I'm going to speak to gamcare and find out were my local meeting is, I agree with you adaat she has a right to no and if she does accept I have a problem then hopefully can over come it, can't actually belive I'm acting like I can't beat this what the f**k is wrong with me, if only she could feel how I do Suzanne she would then understand how hard it is 🙁 thank you panda I appicate it

Maybe like the advice I'm being given and I think you have been given the same advice is you could look into counselling as well as GA meetings? may help you figure out why you gamble and why u turned to it? The very helpful advice I'm getting on here from my own diary is counselling may be needed as there can be underlying issues which make us gamble might be worth a shot I no I'm going to give it a go and I'm sure u can beat it I'm sure we all can just have to be determined to stop I guess

Morning panda, I have took all the advice on board and will be using it for sure, it nice that people are giving us the advice what has worked for them, as to telling my new wife to be I didn't get the chance last night as we are both living with my parents to we get our house in jan and we all had a meal and it just didn't feel the right time to confess, so it's 2 days without a gamble can't explain how I feel,i just feel like I'm worthless it's a cruel cycle

Well done on two days without gambling it's a good start I'm on day two also but feeling positive for the moment try not to beat yourself up its not your fault you were drawn in by gambling clearly it happens to a lot of us try to keep positive and keep busy I agree it's a cruel cycle the only way to escape that cruel cycle is to quit for good

Well done on your 2 days panda I no how hard it is so well done, well I've manged to let the withdrawal go though so that's one plus soon as it's in my bank half is geting paid of my loan straight away, still not managed to tell Mrs 🙁 have a nice day all

Hi pol

Expect you feel quite stressed with this withdrawal, at least it has been processed now, 🙂

It took me quite a few failed attempts to admit to my OH how much debt I was in and how much I had got him in, there was never the right moment, there won't be, it's so very hard as we know we will hurt them,

Sending you strong thoughts to be able to open up to her..

Suzanne xxx

Let us be honest here. If you haven't told her yet, its unlikely your going to now. Keeping secrets is never about protecting anyone else its about protecting you & your desire to gamble again if you wish to do so. Compulsive gamblers are by nature compulsive liars and for the addiction to be arrested both issues need to be addressed. Addicts tend to become as dependent on the chaos management that is required to lead their double life as much if not more than the physical act of a punt. Pol do something quick or that withdrawal plus plenty more will be heading back from whence it came

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Hi Suzanne and thank you, yeah it's been very hard been fighting urges pretty much most of the days just want to pay Xmas off and some of my loan so it's not available and also puts my mind at ease, hi day at a time, I'm gonna be honest I've been very scared of telling her to the extent where I'm not sleeping propley, I have a weekend to our self's so this is were I'm going to tell her, I no it's gonna hurt her and with my parents being there it would kill me to let them see it aswell and they are both unwell and don't need my problems it's gotta be between me and my other half, I need to quit but as of how I feel now I feel like I've been beaten, just wish I was honest with her from the start 🙁

If you're serious about stopping then stop faffing and take the action required. GamCare offer counselling, take them up on it. re GA, there are meetings every day in multiple locations, no need for time lag. The meetings are usually weekly so committed GA members end up going to different places on different days.

CW

I'm going to book a meeting for next week I have took all the advice and I'm going to give this a shot it's took me long enough to understand that I need professional help,

4 days gamble free, just a update I've just self excluded myself from the casino that I unfortunately opened up the other day now the money is cleared into my account, I've got rid of my bank card, I'm going straight to the bank tomorrow morn paying money of my loan, I have also seen where my nearest ga meeting is so will b attending it next week, big step for me feel I want this more then ever now, have a nice weekend all

Hi Pol,

This all sounds great, and like you are trying something different in your attempts to give up. You've gambled for 1 day out of the past 41 days.

You may have won on that occassion but you admit you're coming close to losing your family.

So remeber that every time the urge comes, that you could be gambling on your partner and a future together. Now go on and try and make it 1 day in the last 100! I'm sure you can do it!

CJA

Thank you for the positive post this time I'm giving it my all, and that's a very good way of looking at it, i'm gambling with my family n future that's something I am going to think of when ever they is a thought, cheers cja

Great to see you taking action 🙂 Now you know what steps you are going to take, take them, one @ a time! 1st one, excluding from the site, tick 🙂

You can do this - ODAAT

#justbelieve

You can do this !