A thought a day...to keep me away.

Love this 🙂

“People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within.” –Romana L. Anderson

Skyblueblue wrote:

Love this 🙂

“People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within.” –Romana L. Anderson

Me too 🙂

M x

I might have a terrible strain of man flu, but im still feeling really proud of making day 80 🙂

Still very much work in progress, but am begining to form the blueprint for contentment (Which is what i have realised I seek).

Another small step was taken last night with my last ever cigarette being smoked, i have invested some of the money that i have not wasted on something positive - a high end vape and weird liquids.

More changes in due course.

Right - off to finish the madness which is Christmas shopping.....at least i have the money to afford it 🙂

Have a good day.

Sbb

Day six in bed with horrible Man Flu/Bronchitis/Chest Infection, thankfully now on the mend.

With all that time on my hands it would have been so easy in the past to make bad decisions.

Not this time!

Movies/books/planning for next year have been the order of the day and my bank balance remains intact.

My first three months is up next week, closely followed by 100 days.....I really feel thats something to celebrate.

I have a big birthday looming and am off to warmer climes at the end of January to celebrate it, all funded by my absitinence.

2017 better be ready for me as i have goals and targets all of which will be realised simply by not gambling.

Bring it on!

Sbb

Hi Sbb, and really glad you're starting to get over your man flu. The best medicine of all, of course , is a daily dose of GF. One application daily, works wonders 🙂

All the best, Mixer

So here I sit on the last day of 2016, 88 days gamble free.

For the first time In many years i feel i have been honest with myself and my loved ones and feel fantastic for having done so.

Not having gambled is helping me financially, but morally and spiritually too.

This last three months my mojo has started to return, and i have great plans for 2017.

I understand that i cannot be complacent, but with each day i become stronger and more agressive towards my enemy which is gambling.

Thank you to Gamecare and to each and everyone of you who have taken a moment to interact with me these last three months, without you i really dont know where i would be right now.

Looking forward to the big Scottish game at lunchtime, then a peaceful, reflective evening before i really start to move up through the gears in 2017.

I wish each of you the very best for 2017, lets keep these Gamble free days racking up.

Sbb

The best time to plant a tree was 25 years ago, the second best time is today.

Sbb

Well i have read in a couple of places that it takes 90 days to break the back of an addiction.....so there we are !

I have to recognise how big this is for me, all my life i have had plans to do things, address things but on too many occassions despite the intent, my willpower has let me down.

Here i stand at the start of a new year, and look back to the last three months with pride.

Of course I have a mountain of debt to clear, a credit rating lower than a snakes stomach, and many burned bridges which i need to rebuild.....however I am 90 days gamble free and my world is starting to turn around.

This has now become the catalyst for many other changes in my life, and I really feel that 2017 is going to be my very best year.

No words now only actions, today I choose to be all I can be.

Sbb feeling the sunshine on a winters day !

Happy new year and well done on 90 days, we started our new life's just a few days apart and I agree life is oh so much better, here's to a fab 2017. Those debts like mine are at least going the right way now which is down instead of up. Our peace of mind, family time is 100 per cent better. Best wishes x

When i started this it was because I hated myself, but am starting to realise that that's not the real reason or the path to success.

Weirdly it's just hit me that the answer is the exact opposite.

It's the permission I have given myself to be the best I can be, to enjoy the moment and the journey, to realise I am way too small to try to fight this on my own.

Any amount of grieving about the past can't change it, and tomorrow is just a dream.

I have to be the very best I can be and experience the joy of living today, right now......is all there is!

That's what happens when you sit alone with your thoughts on a long train journey 🙂

Sbb

Anon100 wrote:

Happy new year and well done on 90 days, we started our new life's just a few days apart and I agree life is oh so much better, here's to a fab 2017. Those debts like mine are at least going the right way now which is down instead of up. Our peace of mind, family time is 100 per cent better. Best wishes x

Thank you so much for your nice words, you don't know how much they mean or help me.

We are all in this together and I will celebrate with a smile when you reach your target.

Sbb

Skyblueblue wrote: When i started this it was because I hated myself, but am starting to realise that that's not the real reason or the path to success. Weirdly it's just hit me that the answer is the exact opposite. It's the permission I have given myself to be the best I can be, to enjoy the moment and the journey, to realise I am way too small to try to fight this on my own. Any amount of grieving about the past can't change it, and tomorrow is just a dream. I have to be the very best I can be and experience the joy of living today, right now......is all there is! That's what happens when you sit alone with your thoughts on a long train journey 🙂 Sbb

Me too SBB and I still hate myself (I'm working on that), but the difference is I know now that I have to start facing life and living for the present, the past is gone and it's down to me now.

Great post, thank you.

M x

Hi SBB, thank you for my post and in a few days time I shall be smiling with you too as you also reach 100 days x

Booked in for my first counselling session for Monday 23rd, which just so happens to be the day of my first GA meeting too.

Have explained my strategy with my wife, but she seems very disinterested.

However this is about me, if she is unsupportive (as she normally is), its not going to change my resolve.

Looking forward to both in a strange way 🙂

Sbb

Hi mate,

You've decided to try GA, well done. It'll be daunting when you first walk in the door but it was the best thing I ever did. I have my 4th meeting tonight.

PA