2nd chance at redemption

Well day 6 of no gambling, and the weekend flew by without any feelings of wanting to play slots. I did my usual 10.00 weekend football bet which I have never had a problem with.

For the most part it was a succesful weekend spending as less as I could to help the financial side of things. Now to try and complete the first full week!

Day 7

Yesterday I had slight temptations, however I quickly eradicated them. Unfortunately due to the sheer amount of websites I signed up to over the last few years I get text messages and emails everyday inviting me to play get free spins etc. The emails can sometimes be easy to get rid of by unsubscribing but the text messages not so.

The fight goes on good luck everyone 🙂

Day 8

Can't think of any urges I had yesterday which was great! Had a good day yesterday with lots to do at work so not many moments to get distractions or mind to wonder... 🙂 Tomorrow is payday Woop Woop. However that brings up 1 good thing and 1 bad thing.

On the good side it gives me a chance to pay off some of my debt

On the bad side it means I have a full bank account again which could be used to gamble...BUT IT WON'T!

The fight goes on, good luck everybody 🙂

Day 9

Today hasn't started the best to be honest. I have lots of feelings of guilt of what I have done and the mistakes I have made. :(. The mental toll it has taken on me in the last couple of years and how damaging it has not only been to me but relationships around me.

The urge to gamble slightly creeps back even though it is that very thing that brought these feelings in the first place. It is a vicious cycle. But it is one that needs to be broken, and it will be.

The fight goes on and good luck to everybody else :).

Day 10

Almost forgot to come on here...INTO THE DOUBLE FIGURES WOOOO

The urge today has been very low and I have had a much better day than yesterday. The weekdays were always the harder days for me and the days I was most likely to play slots. I was mostly fine on the weekend. I place my usual 10.00 pound football bets which I have never had a problem with.

The fight goes on and good luck to everyone 🙂

Day 13

The weekend flew by and the urge to gamble was very low which was great, there were 1 or 2 moments of boredom where my mind wondered, but other than that nothing!

I think when you are going through times of trying to stop, you notice the adverts etc even more, even with more and more bans on adverts in place there is still so much out there, and even the ones which are specifically advertising the limits you can put in place are kinda triggering just the voices, and animations they use.

Anyway 2 weeks tomorrow WHOOP!

The fight goes on and good luck everybody 🙂

Missed day 14 Whooops..... DAY 15

Over the 2 week mark now! Feeling great about that.

Was nice and busy with work yesterday so stopped me being distracted onwards and upwards to get another week under my belt!

The fight goes on and good luck everyone 🙂

Day 16

A few little temptations this afternoon. Inside my head I have little thoughts "Just a little flutter, a few spins to make the afternoon go quicker" Although they nearly take over for a split second my mind comes straight back here and staying straight!

The fight goes on and good luck everybody

Awesome job mate. You’ve done this before, you can smash it this time. Lessons learned are sometimes the best way to get through things. Take that experience and use it to your advantage. 

Congrats on approaching 3 weeks. Keep posting. It’s inspirational to read others stories.

Stay strong 💪 

@p6z38njbqm Thanks Fish for the nice message of encouragement 🙂 Yep 1 day at a time and never get ahead of that!

Day 17

Another week at work done with, which had the new of a payrise, which was a great bit of news and a mood booster. No urges to gamble today, there was small urges yesterday however I did what I usually do and stop and think about it. The best thing to do in those situations is to come on here and read other peoples stories/recoveries.

The fight goes on and good luck to everybody 🙂

Well done! So good to see someone else taking on the challenge and smashing it. Keep it up! 💪🏾 

Hi there.

Just wanted to say well done on your journey so far 👏👏👏. Keep up the good work. Those urges will become less and less the further you distance yourself from gambling 🙏.

Take care.

Pink Lady 🩷🍎.

Thanks both for the kind messages 🙂