2222 days gamble free, my 6 years and plus not gambling diary, adam123

What i achieved thru 2025:

I didnt prtake in any vices thru the whole year: no Alcohol, No Drugs, No Cigerettes, and No Gambling....... No i was tempted by alcohol and and bought a bottle of Jack Daniels but then took it back an thought if somethings not broken dont try to fix it...... I also have been tempted by going back to poker nights in town but also managed to stick to the non gambling life...... Days when my friend wins in bookies tempts me but then days like today when he loses 250 pounds in forty minutes cemenrts my desire to not place that first bet.

I walked an avarage of over 5 miles a day thru the whole year.....i also played table tennis with my mum and dad once every over week thru the whole year...... I went to the gym 3 times a week on average..... 

i worked hard at work and managed to get a good review even tho my attendance could be improved.

I spent more time with family and friends.  this is very precious to me with the recent health scares i had for my mum and sister.

My Objectives for 2026:

No vices, No vices at all, No Alcohol, No Cigerettes, No Drugs and No Gambling

No money spent on Gaming i have the subscriptions paid upfront no need to buy extra games

earn 14k, but save 8k towards debts, thru smart living, not strict unhealthy living just sensible smart living

Healthy lifestyle, eat well, exercise well, not over the top, not too little, little bit of everything....

For all on here that continue to support me thru this thank you very much, much love, may we all have fruitful 2026's lets do this......

@adam123 Hi Adam.

Just wanted to say a HUGE well done to you.

As far as I am concerned, you HAVE NOT failed in any of the above. Rather, you just over obsessed on them and maybe set yourself unrealistic goals/expectations.  You have done amazing so don’t forget that!

Wishing you all the very best for 2026.

Take care.

Pink Lady 🩷🍎.

Well done adam Mate all the best Happy new year to everyone

Well done Adam. You are such an inspiration to me and others on this site

HAPPY NEW YEAR XXXXXX

Thank you very much for the posts on here....... Fills me with pride and confidence.

On to this new year..........2026...... What will it bring.......

Ive had a lovely day today first i woke at 2pm lovely lye in....... then a frind phoned and we went for a 5 mile walk to a surrounding village and back...... I showed him the local scenery and where i grew up etc......

Then came back had a cuppa then walked up to my folks and had lasagne.....

Then came back and had a bath.....

Then watched you tube most of the night focusing on fpl, ps5 pro, ps6 news ,etc , also saw a video on dopamine,

Then phoned some friends and watched the london new years fireworks, then more you tube, and now thought id look on gamcare...... Oh yeah and i came on gamcare chat at 8pm....

The dopamine video was basically saying that for every artificial high of dopamine we get from entertainment there is an equal low as a result after before coming back to the equalibrium.......  So we do the dopamine high and get the reward and then as a result get the low after...... So the trick is to do the low first (mini five minutes task (walk, washing up, clean teeth, press ups, clean room, laundry, cook etc) one of these every hour  thru ur day then workout what one thing if u do in that day will make u feel the most satisfaction from achieving (Gym wrkout, eating out, 30 minute walk, cinema,  game etc) then after the day is over u will sat back and feel satisfied with what youve completed thru the day.  It also talked about how doom scholling, or P**n, or poor eating, looking at mobile phone, basically all electronic devices, were unhealthy dopamine hits that overall leave us feeling deflated, lazy and in a dopamine hole as he put it...... interesting video.

The ps6 news is also not good as i have money now on my argos card for it and that will expire in three years but it may not release untill after that now with ram prices...... we will see.....

So overall today has been good for exercising and i took my jelly beans to my folks for safe keeping......  Ive eaten a tub of pringles tonight as usual......  Onto healthier eating in the new year......Im going to stick to 10k steps a day as thats healthy but im going to try to cut back on snacks........  No crisps for january is my first aim starting tomo.......

Im going for a walk tomo then will watch footy and get ready for work the next day.... but thankfully its just one day at work then another weekend to enjoy.

Well done mate great achievement 

Well last day of holiday today.....woke up 2pm....then sat on sofa all day....... will start my health kick steps tomo to catch up on the week.....

All the best Adam

Well 3 days later..... I weighed myself last night and theres progress.... I went to play table tennis today..... watched footy....... and went round my folks...... all in all a good weekend..... all the best

Weighed myself tonight and still at same weight which is good its not gone up again.......

went to work today....... only the second day of the year...... the struggle is real..... allways is when youve not got any holiday to look forward to and its a monday...... Grinded thru it.... felt really tired in the afternoon.... went home and slept...... Then ate and went to the gym...... walked over 8 miles today...... 19000 steps...... pretty pleased with that.

Looking forward to weds footy games.

All the best adam xx

Well here i am a few days later..... i like to keep up to date with my diary....... just keeps me focused...... I didnt really post too much over new years this year....... But its fair to say with what happened over last year im very very thankful to have my close family with me here now.

I went to work today and done various bits...... and thankfully it was sligtly warmer than day before.

Id like to get to the end of the month only spending what ive already spent on my sainsburys card (24 pounds) i think ive got 12 pounds left and only need bread and milk for the month..... If i need to spend a bit more its fine but ill aim for this.

Im aiming to graft my way to march without any holiday...... One of the other poters is off the whole of feb..... and i dont want any time off in jan...... so that ttakes us to march......

Cant wait for summer tbf....... im not a winter person...... i like sitting in my garden witth an ice cream and coca cola after work every night...... roll on those happy times.....

One of my objectives for the year is to not spend any money on gaming too........ Im lucky to have both game pass and ps premium so i get games like forza 6 when it comes  out this year along with f one to play with friends.....

So basically im knuckling down for the start of the year.....

Looking forward to this weekend.....im playing table tennis with folks twice and theres the fa cup games to watch...... hoping for a suprise spurs victory over villa....... to keep things fresh and open for the season ....

here i am 2 days later at the start of the weekend.....worked hard this week.... ready to unwind over the weekend......came home via sain sburys and got some garlic to go with my steak (well earned i hope), got a coffee, then played some games..... then went to sainsburys again to take advantage of my nectar prices, then cooked steak an aberdeen angus sirlion with garlic butter and chips ......boy was it amazing ill take that meal as my celebration late of my 2222 days gamble free last week......then i played fortnite with my brother in law.....then im now here a1fter popping on chat.......will watch a billions episode in bed soon then an early night......

Already done 75k steps with tomo as rest day......weighed in.2kgs lighter tonight great steps.

My fant team coming along nicely too

Evening dear diary.... well yesturdaysrest day turned into a gym day..... i went and played table tennis for an hour with folks then ate lunch...... then went back to they gym and ended up on 86,000 stpes for the week..... so very happy with that..... last week sunday was the rest day only doing 2k steps so today i was on way to gym and then thought no ill pop to sainsburys get some milk then play some computer games for a bit of well earned me time.  

I often dont appreciate how much alone time i get living on my own but i do like my own company and i think ill spend january not only going to gym to get my steps in but at home playing computer games and watching films..... January is the blue month for most with the aftermaths of overspending and over eating in the festive period..... but as i did neither and looked after myself im in pretty good shape now...... im now on 91 kgs my lightest last summer was 88 and ill no doubt get back don to that this summer but at the mo i think self care spending time with myself is well needed and will be valued come the spring when social calender fills up.

I managed to play gran turismo for 3 hours today and in that time got the game from 73% circuit faces complete to 83% so very happy with that.

Ive also now with a bit of tinkering over the last month have gone from a fant team that id like to change to one with four man city players and also guehi who might be a city by end of january..... u may say cant u only have three from one team!!!!? well actually when they transfer teams u can have more than three but the next transfer u make has to bring it down to three..... so im hoping to have five by end of jan and save up my transfers untill i have a team that needs to be changed again(im hoping itll perform well now)..

now i was thinking last night that ive been on gamcare chat for over tne  years now have heard it all, helped many but its becoming more difficult in many ways to support people nowadays with blocks evolving over the years but still with their weaknesses...... so i thought i may stop going to chat.....  But tonight i went on chat and just read and thought ill just put in my thoughts as and when needed and take a slight step back... and that worked well.....

Also in chat it was brought to my attention that in 114 days ill hit the magic 2345 days so id like to stick around untill atleast that time......  I do love gamcare but with all good things little and often is the best measure to keep an healthy habbit.

Also i have my monthly injection this weds and usually i get voices the weekend before mostly saturday nights after seeing friends...... I was invited to a friends but thought no ill stay at home and get an early night..... now i went to bed at midnight (early for me on a sat) but when i closed my eyes no voices thankfully so was able to get to sleep easily and had a few nice dreams....... woke refreshed..... So i think more of my alone time at weekends is the ay to go.......

On a minus side tho i was a bit down last night and deleted all my contacts again...... So got to wait to be contacted again......oh well.

Evening dear diary...... last couple of days have been bad for my exercise.....sunday first day of the exercise steps week i stayed in (went to witrose for a coffee and that was it) so 2k steps then couldnt sleep last night had voices so didnt go into work today...... slept in the morning...... then went to waitrose for a coffee but again 1k steps...... so im under 4k steps for first two days........ Will strive to go to work tomo put in some good steps then go to gym in evening...... maybe come on chat on the treadmill like i used to double productive...... if i can do 19-22 k steps tomo ill be back to a good pace for the week again......  I have eaten two nights of mini pizza two nights of pasta bake recently not the most healthy meals but cost wise very good for the budget......  Ill take out some sausages for tomo..... Also i bought a rump steak from sainsburys on saturday that ill chop in half for some good protein over two meals this week....... Veggies wise ive got plenty.... and food wise im doing well soo far this month ive spent 34 pounds on food...... nott been out yet .....well i say that but ive been to cafe nero twice for my free coffees and been to waitrose for free coffees every day......  All in all doing great plodding thru life.......Going to see how long i can go before booking some holiday....i think ill take some time round easter but a long long long way to go before we get anywhere near there.........Lots of newbies coming on chat lately must be the new years resolutions...... giving out advice etc......