6 months clean
Month 7 gamble free
Well done Irish lad, you have shown it can be done, I'lve a long way b4 i reach your heights of success but I will get there, I've no option u see, either stop now or lose my wife and kid, its that serious , im facing the biggest GAMBLE of my life, and i dont want to lose them , so i must stop, im on last chance saloon, wish me luck!
Thanks for your response gav123. I wish you best of luck with your recovery its time to be a man address the problem and stick with giving up, (ultimatium = skint,debt, stressed, unhappy, lonely and hated or hope of enjoying normal life with wife an kids, your choice.) Life is certianly better without gambling. Years of reckless gambling have left my life in tatters I was an idiot and lost it all at least 10 times a year but now I am determined to make things right! and although it can be a long lonely road at times I am determined to get to the end. Am still paying off the debts I accumulated and dealing with the regrets and emotional scars created by my old life but everyday I know I am getting stronger. One step at a time pal its never too late to change.
Month 8 free
9 months clean
well done on being 9 months clean ....i too am on the road to recovery ...day 20 of being clean myself keep it up
10 months gamble free
11 months gamble free
irish lad inspirational stuff - any words of wisdom?
18 years with weekly sometimes daily visits to gambling dens isn't a easy habit to break, getting there tho, urges are less frequent still pass those same places on occasion but visualise stop signs in my head and keep walking on by,if urge gets bad I breifly focus on remembering the bad times the withdrawn faces of people who had lost ect.. my own stressed horrible feeling when the bank rang to confirm many gambling transactions the bookies resentful angry face the rare times when I won some of my money back ect donno if this helps but its helping me stay away.
12 months without gambling.
The destructive influence that plagued me physically, mentally and financially for 18 years has for the first year stopped, this is the first milestone in my recovery and hopefully a gamble free life. I was the worst gambler I knew, you only live once and now in 2012 and onwards with the same determination and focus I am on a mission to try to be the best person I know.
A huge CONGRATULATIONS on your year milestone another inspiration on why i need to stick to my recovery.
Great news and heres to a gamble free 2012.
Stay Strong.x
13 months clean, its been real testing time tho Mrs of 8 years has left me for another man and other s**t this has been testing and left me upset with time on my hands but still not gambling, good job I'm hardened to losing! just about paid off my debts and hope can start making some real ground now and get where i wanna be.
Hi Irish Lad,
Sorry to hear things aren't too good on the personal front. You must feel pretty terrible inside, the gambling demons will be calling I'm sure but you've come too far in your recovery to even give them a second thought. Stay strong, life can be tough sometimes but put the s*i* that gambling causes alongside it and it can become a whole lot worse.
All the best
Keith
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