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

Enjoy, you derserve it x

Gamble free - check

Exercise - check

Smoking - check

Diet - check

Ill settle for a Monday being that good.

Onwards and upwards, I have this nailed !

Hi, hope your break was good and nice to see another positive post above, your doing well, stay safe and positive x

Anon100 wrote:

Hi, hope your break was good and nice to see another positive post above, your doing well, stay safe and positive x

Thank you Anon, you afre a great support, and still going well i see 🙂

The difference between what I am and what I want to be, is what I do.

Im a changing man - far less thinking, far more doing.

Ready for another 5 mile walk after tea (It used to be five guinness) 🙂

Note to self: Keep it up...you deserve this so much.

Hi Sbb, delighted you had a good break my friend and concentrating on the things that, right now, you can do something about - getting fitter and doing things, positive things to crank your life with an extra +1 a day; not just in terms of GF days but d**n well living life!

With you shoulder to shoulder Sbb 🙂

Nothing wrong with a nice guineas Sbb...I lived just outside Dublin for 10 years and developed a taste for the black stuff, haven't dabbled in a while though, UK guiness unfortunately loses something ...It's so much nicer in its Irish home 🙂

Love seeing you move forward with life and you're so right about 'less thinking'.... overthinking is one of my many bad habits but I'm slowly learning to stop.... breathe.... relax.... worrying solves nothing.... doing as you say is the way to go!

Note to you : Yes you deserve it & you're doing great!

Mari x

I have just been given a massive opportunity at work, something i have been trying to convince the powers that be about for over five years. I wonder why after all this time it has suddenly landed now ?

I have of course now started phase two, as this is more than about stopping gambling.

I am dieting and getting fit, i am redeveloping my relationships with my children and addressing the negative behaviours of my wife which i now realise have been at the root of my gambling.

I have chosen to break the mould of my social routine now too, and have made no contact with the 'friends' who i have identified as people who take me to places i no longer wish to go (interestingly not many have been in touch).

Im focussed on my recovery, im focussed on me, i am bloody-minded and headstrong and will now be everything i want to be.

I want to be proud of myself, a role model for my children and an inspiration to others.

And i am going to make it happen as its all in my power.

The project at work will need all my attention to be a success, but oh my when it is, my career world changes forever - bring it on, bring it all on.......im ready for all of life's challenges now - the strength and spirit are coming back in waves.

Loving it!

Sbb

What can I say - I'm in awe!! You go for it. You can achieve whatever you want. It's all there waiting for you - work hard and but make sure you have some chill time too - enjoy!!!
I look forward to reading more positive posts.
LML xx

Go you! Perfect proof that change really does bring change!

So happy for you....Go get em tiger lol 🙂 or should that be frog 🙂

2017 is looking good.

Well done...Mari x

Great news SBB. Thank you for sharing your positivity...it gives hope x

Up at 5am on a Saturday ??????

Not too long ago i was just getting in at this time 🙂

I appear to have gone a little OCD on the whole self improvement thing............and im loving it.

Had a sneak preview on the scale (not meant to weigh myself until each Monday morning), but lets just say its positive news.

Now here is a really weird thing..........Despite having personal faith, i am not a fan of organised religion........however i have decided i wish to attend 'the happy clappy club' tomorrow.

I suddenly have the desire to celebrate my life.

My family are going to think i have lost it, but for some reason it feels right.

So come 11am tomorrow, rather than licking my wounds from a Saturday of losses and excessive drinking, I will be singing my heart out celebrating my health and good fortune. Maybe i have lost it 🙂

Taking youngster swimming at 9am, so if you hear of a Tsunami in West Lothian, dont panic, it was just me diving in 🙂

Seriously - Its a sad admission that this is only the third time i have taken her in her 8 years on this spinning rock......shameful......but we will enjoy today and the days still to come and the past will remain there i suppose.

Not a big Rugby fan, but looking forward to two big internationals back to back later, no thoughts about points or winning margins......my only winning margin is 123 days 🙂

Oh what a difference, I really feel like i have been let out of jail.

Note to self - Have an amazing weekend - You are starting to deserve it !!!

Think of the weekends of fun your youngster can now look forward to...those are what she will remember...love your posts x

What clarity can be attained when the clouds go away.

I cant believe how selfish and insular this illness made me, or how quickly things can start to turn around.

Swimming with my youngest was a real joy, and i now plan to make it a weekly event.

Whist 2017 will be a year where a large proportion of what I earn will go on repaying and repairing, I really dont mind.

My credit rating is creeping up and I believe that before the year is out will be as normal and as average as the next person's.

The wonderful thing is that in stopping gambling, i have found a tremedous new focus in self-improvement.

Care, love and consideration are quickly becoming my watchwords and I am seeing my world change (for the better) right in front of my face.

Feb, March and April are all about developing a consistant approach to healthy eathing, fitness and abstinence from gambling, booze and anything else that I may or may not have done in the past.

This next 100 days will define my future...stick to the plan and the world is my oyster, dont and I honestly cant see a return.

This is my one shot and im not going to miss the target.

As Elvis Costello once said 'My aim is true'.

Sbb

Evening SBB, thanks for dropping by yesterday.

I've been following your progress since last year and you've done great. When I first came here in My first post that that I would love to post on the success diary page. To be completely honest you made me chuckle when you posted on there after a month but hey your doing great and I see your posts and support to others and they are great. Your last post is a great one shows real clarity in your thinking, as one wise diarist one here writes keep stepping forward and not back which you certainly appear to be.

KTF