A year on gamble free

Hi Ricky, thank u 4 ur support on my diary 🙂

U r doing brilliant, I'm glad u enjoyed the footy 🙂

I am sooo pleased u got the result u wanted with the redundancy and u have alot of positive things 2 look 4ward 2 now. U can do this!

Stay strong and keep going 🙂

Day 35,

Hey everyone well still going strong gamble free. Just had a hard weekend because i worked all off it and caught the flu so not happy. But such is life got to make the most out of a bad situation. I will try and recover and finding out I can have the rest of the week off is a nice bonus. So go home tomorrow see my fiancee and relax on the xbox for the week isnt so bad :).

I hope you all staying gamble free and had a nice weekend.

Regards

Ricky

HI Ricky

Well done on day 35, hope your feeling better soon, enjoy your time off at home.

Stay strong your doing so well.

Blondie day 56

Day 38,

Had a stressful time recently because I have been away from my loved ones and friends for a couple of weeks. It has been tough and my missus isn't coping with me being away for longer periods of time then usual due to the olympics. The urges have been getting stronger so i decided to take some leave for the rest of this week to spend some quality time with my missus and try ease those urges.

I think when work and other things stress me out I want to gamble to release that stress I think that is my weakness. But I just think how far I have got on this road to recovery and realise that gambling will only cause more stress on my relationship finances and much more. Then I would just fall back into that dark horrible endless loop of losing money and everything. So I didn't gamble. It will be a tough couple of months for me with alot of pressure on me to achieve my best in everything I have going on at the moment. But if I can get support on here and from my friends family and fiancee I think I can get through this.

Does anyone have nightmares or dreams about gambling? I don't know if it is something deep in my brain trying to trick me back into gambling but recently i have had dreams about gambling but it feels so real then i wake up and think pheeww i didn't gamble it was just a dream.

Hope everyone is staying strong also. I will keep posting when I can.

Ricky over and out.

Ricky,

Many thanks for your words of support.

Stay strong pal and keep ticking off the days.

Best wishes,

gazza

Hi Ricky

Firstly congrats on reaching this far your doing really well !!

The other thing you mentioned dreaming about gambling, the same thing is happening to me, I was in a casino on rouletter (never been in a casino btw) and lost a lot. Dont know why we seem to be having these dreams but as long as thats all it stays at then thats a positive.

Stay Strong

Regards

Scoot82

Hi Ricky 🙂

Just wanted 2 say, thank u 4 making me see sense 2nite!

I'm not gonna give up, I have worked 2 hard. I will just have 2 battle thru the urges and keep progress of my journey 4 me.

U r doing brilliant Ricky, u have so much 2 look 4ward 2 and ur determination shines thru 🙂

Stay strong 🙂

Day 40 + 41

Hi well another weekend gamble free. Just one week until I get paid which would mean If i get there gamble free I would have completed a whole month with wages gamble free and enter my second pay that is a big achievement to me and i am feeling confident i can leave this gambling behind me. It is now less than 4 weeks till i get married. I also booked my honeymoon yesterday going to a Caribbean Cruise but not until January But I will be out the army then and I can't wait.

Gambling has ruined my finances and and been a big chapter in my life but I have a chance to clear all my debt when I leave the army and start fresh a chance to live a debt free gamble free life and I will try my hardest to make this happen.

Thanks Scoot for your reply. Ye the dreams are weird I can't really come up with an answer for it.

Hey Charlotte Glad I managed to help you through a difficult time it's nice to know I managed to help and support you and well done on not gambling again. You have such amazing will power 🙂 I hope you find the strength to keep going with gamble free. Your a very strong person don't let anyone put you down or try break your strength.

Stay strong

Regards

Ricky 🙂

Well done on 41 days.

Your new life is beginning to pan out nicely.

Keep this momentum going!

NT

Hi Ricky,

Thank u 4 ur kind words, it means alot. U r doing brilliant 🙂

Did not know ur wedding was that close, u have a lot 2 look 4ward 2 🙂

Stay strong 🙂

Day 42 or 6 weeks,

I think 6 weeks sound better but I am just really happy at the moment things are going well for me and not gambling is just helping in every way im not stressed or worrying about how much money i have lost. I am making the most of my time and planning things to do with the money i am not spending for nice things for my future ye i got to pay the debts but I got a good shot here to pay them off with my redundancy and start fresh gamble free.

My advice is stay strong and good things will come along if you stay away from gambling. Because not gambling is for winners. You will always lose if you gamble.

Regards

Ricky 🙂

Hi Ricky,

Gr8 last post 🙂

U have alot 2 look 4ward 2 now, I am glad u r still really determined!

Stay strong and keep going 🙂

Day 46,

My 2nd pay day today and not a penny of it will go on gambling instead i bought myself some new clothes i got a party tomorrow have to wear shirt and tie so treated myself to a new shirt and bought my missus some flowers and a cd just to cheer her up. It is nice to spend money on people or myself and have things that are going to last for more than a second of a feeling that i used to be addicted too.

Hope everyone is staying strong and enjoying the lovely weather. Will be on chat later bye for now 🙂

Regards

Ricky.

Day 48,

Still going strong. It feels like a very long journey a never ending journey that I want to stay on for the rest of my life because it just is so beneficial in every way not gambling. I am proud to have got this far so far without gambling and with the same determination and reaping in the benefits I will continue to progress on my road to recovery.

I won't ever forget the damage I caused to myself and my fiancee through gambling and racking up the debt. I will have to live with that guilt all my life but I can try make a better life for us by not gambling so that is what I aim to do.

Hope everyone is staying strong and will stay on the same road as me. A road full of benefits and gamble free 🙂

Regards

Ricky

Hiya Mate,

Great to see you still on that road. It's the only way and I think the day we realise that is the day our life begins to come back together. That day for you was 48 days ago and I hope you never need to go back.

Keep doping what you are doing it is clearly working and it's always good for others to read a positive journey.

Flagg