2345 not out

Adam123,

Well done !!

Ribit 🐸

Hi Adam

Is it Monday or Tuesday ?

first post today adam if that's 2345 days then I don't think I can compete as I don't think I've got that many days in me but you have to start somewhere so we'll done .I've been gambling almost every day for 45yrs fom age 14 to the present I'm now 59  after suffering from a stroke in December 2023 I'm now on uc and need to address the problem rang up spoke to a lovely lady by the name of Nicole so here I am.i hope to get some insight into what drives this compulsion as ive always thought of people who join these groups as weak how wrong was I .anyway first first evening of not gambling was going to have a bet on Leeds to beat burnley (Leeds won)kept reaching for the phone to have a flutter but put gambling freeze on banking app so hopefully this is my road to recovery.

it is tuesday stuart......

Another day at work........ felt pretty good this week........ got a huge amount of steps in......... done 80k this week with tomo as rest day......... then came back cooked a steak for a friend........ really nice meal........ now meeting a few friends tomo....... had a can of jd and coke tonight........ just the one....... will drink a few tomo too........gonna get early night..........

Hi Adam

I have my home group GA on Tuesday but I might be able to get on at 8 for a few minutes as I would like to celebrate it with you. Amazing milestone mate

I've had a bad week so steps wise is on 128,000 

Had a lovely day today....... woke up went to dominoes got a lunch deal ate in sun at park........ then back home sat in sun for an hour....... then friends came over sat in garden and had a jd and coke....... then listened to music whilst keeping up to date with the football...... then thankfully result went our way....... then went on gamcare chat........ sour end to the chat unfortunately but everyone is human.......  watched you tube for couple of hours thinking of my next fant footy move....... im 81 points behind leader with tripple captin for next week....... he hasnt got haaland so im gonna whack it on him and hope for a magical hatrick to get me 60 points hahaha we can dream........ 

Recovery wise im still drinking a bit of alcohol but im being very constrained with it....... not getting carried away...... didnt go to pub with friends today ....... stayed in and am thankful i wont have a hangover tomo or spend too much money......

Also bought a sandwich and pringles with my free coffee...... so this weekend will have spent just under ten pounds and had a lovely time and worked on my tan...... really love vitiman d summer months i feel soo much better in myself and i truelly think its the sun.....

Ive got 120 pounds from mum and dad and sister total for my birthday which has gone towards my lego splurge.........  i also got a message from my new bank account saying if i transfer my salary in for two motnhs i get a £50 reward........ so im doing that next motnh for sure......

so far this month ive spent 25 pounds all on food...... but no other spending........ Ive got 145 pounds on sainsburys gift card due to an broadband offer i took up....... also 75 pounds on my new sainsburys card i bought end of last month....... ive got my free coffees........  220 pounds ey sweeeeet........ Im going to set my target of this 220 to use for may and june no more and an added 40 pounds for exttras....... lets see if i can hit my target??????  

Sounds like a great day mate. When you said dominoes I first thought you were playing them and joined the old boys lol 

Well done on this milestone Adam. I haven’t been on here as had a hectic few weeks, all in a good way, got a new car, busy wi th work etc. coming up for 3 weeks gf this wed though it actually feels longer. Not really getting urges and that feels amazing as I never thought I’d get to that point. Hope you are all ok.

louise

thanks louise....... thanks stuart........

Today had a great day.......mainly as spurs did soo well.....come on u spurs...... day off tomo too ......my sister coming over......  all in all everything going well

They did indeed and hopefully see you on the chatrooms Louise 

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Hi Eddy

Have you posted your own thread on the forum ? Just click onto the forum, then new members intro then add topic and write something about how you got here and what sort of gambling you've done. I gambled for 44 years so I'm sure we have a similar story and I'm 166 days gamble free. I think I can help 

Well right now im in a reflective mood...... so thought id post again...... objectives for may and beyond......

Today woke late....... folks came over and helped put up a picture, fix a light in my oven and mow the lawn...... many thansk mum and dad.....

I then watched spurs and to be fair they played their hearts out every player was brilliant.......

Then  watched you tube......

Lat night i had voices and part of the voices said not to drink alcohol again........ so i got the three cans of jd and coke i had left and poured them down the sink......  Now im not sure if was best thing to do but im going to give it another try and see how it goes......  This weekend i've spent a total of 18.50 (not too bad) now ive got lots of money on sainsburys cards im going to try and solely buy from there over the next two months....... 

Hi Adam

I can't advise on the alcohol situation but I guess you have to go with your gut. If there is no draw to it each day and makes you happy having the odd one then it's fine but if you can live without it then go with that mate. Is there a non alcoholic version as they still taste the same 

@lp5vut869c hi Stuart  I spoke to a gamcare helpline advisor on Friday so now waiting for an advisor to get back to me I'm not great with technology so just trying to familiarise myself with the website.there is a chat room at 18.00 o'clock for early recovery that i will try and connect to if I'm allowed so I can see how it works.thanks for responding to my post I think I will need all the help I can. Regards eddy