5 years back at the same point dont read this if ur struggling to control urself

You don't want the Chicken mate It's " Fowl " Urgh !! Just some chipshop humour there mate !

Have a goodun !

Used all my options
Worked off my dues
Played all my cards now there is nothin to lose
Dont want tomorrow to be like today
Thats why im breakin away
Im not tryin to run
Or tryin to hide but what can i win if im losin my pride
Wont let tomorrow be like today
Thats why we are breaking away.........
A forumite theme song if eva i heard one

Auf Wiedersehen Pet is a great example of seven men in difficult circumstances who did what they had to do to change their situation.

CW

Ei ei day 2 and i have not been a mug punter great start to a new dawn when i consider that yesterday was the derby and i can say i have had a bet in every derby for the last 16 years and yesterday i sat and watched the build up the races before and after and not a mug punt insight

Gambling is habbitual after so many years so yesterday and today have been the perfect example on how i must learn to go forward hope all is well with everyone else on your own journey to where ever you are trying to get good luck and best wishes .THE GREEN MACHINE

Day three for me and another succes spent sometime reading the diaries over the last few days to keep myself focused the urge to go into the betting shop has not come to me so far even when i had to go right next door to one today i just kept walkin on by

Day three is complete im off to bed ...the green machine

Day four and another success but i must admit today i had a little tingle just for a moment all of around one minute in time when for no good reason what so ever i was going to have a mooch around in my betting account just to see whats goin on i soon shook the feeling away but its a timely reminder of how things have been gambling for gamblings sake

More then happy to say today i stuck to plan because today is the first day in 18 days where i nearly just slotted right back in to compulsive mode

Thank god i didnt day four done .....the green machine

Pleased you seem ti be giving this ago I would suggest you close down the betting account your not gambling anymore you don't need it so why not close it and self exclude.

KTF

Just wanted to say thanks for your post on my diary yesterday really helps when people take the time to read your posts and show support, I definatly agree with KTF on that post above self exclude from all sites your tempted to play on or even look at, harder you make it to access it the better chance of success you have!

all the best anyway keep it up

well a very bad day for me here this is where it get serious a schoolboy error on a newish lap top has lead to some right carnage for myself which now makes tomorrow and friday (pay day) a real test for me i think star wars has more fact then fiction to it sometimes as these r the times when u get drawn to the dark side of the force .......... day 5 went without a hitch in the bookies and im most determined to make sure 6 / 7 and 8 do the same on a positive note if i make it to saturday or rather when i make it to saturday (please god) i have not been in the bookies for three weeks hope ur all doing fine on ur journeys ..................THE NOT SO GREEN GREEN MACHINE BUT STILL AT LEAST I HAVENT RETURNED TO THELOOSECANNON ..............phew what a day im glad its over f**k sake let the battle commence goodnite X

If you sit there with the time money and location to gamble, you'll gamble. Your willpower will melt away. Internal battles and wars aren't going to change anything.

If you really don't want to gamble, use your willpower to put up effective barriers. Buy, download and install blocking software. Or K9. Set up parental controls. And make arrangements to deal with the money - get someone else to look after it, or move it to a cashcard only instant access account. Most importantly, go to counselling and meetings. Then you will change things for you.

CW

Thanks mrs cw sound advice in doin ok today its alright in here im not gambling anymore comin here and reading and chatting really does help you focus im done with gambling been there done it got and lost the t shirt so to speak small steps on a long journey but i woke up this mornin feelin much better then last night, i was worried about the trigger effect of last night but its a side to me that does seem to have disappeared in myself as normally by now i would of been in the bookies or topped an account up and im doing either ...thanks and good luck

Sure, but do put up the barriers as well, close all loopholes to prevent a weak moment.

BW,

CW

Made a right old mess of it again back to the start day 1

Hi LC , Close loopholes , keep the triangle broken , exclude and block , all snippets of information that stop it happening again and again but useless if not implemented and one final phrase " Nothing changes , if nothing changes " ?.

Your call my friend and I wish you well !

Well...your diary is quite a read! I'm a different CG too you, I'm one of those that believed the 4 four leaf clovers we're going too come in and win me a whole £50 and let me play for another hour... :-P we are all different but all want the same thing, no matter how much I thought I had control, I never did, i have just come back from a relapse and my barriers are higher than ever. Just hear too say you can do this, just close the loop holes really tightly, good luck with day 1. Alice