Abstain and maintain.Stepping forward never back.

Yo,

Not sure when you start your new job , so may need an update .

Menu in here , breaky excellent , starters and mains well not that good . Unless you love fish , over half the menu is fish ??

Anyways after last nights dried up lamb , maybe tonight's will be better.

No more x factor till next week, so sure that will be a relief , but know what mean , have the same problem with my oh and football , how many nights a week is that on ?? Lol

Laters

Shiny xxxxxx

Ps a late update , dinner was not good . May see if I can eat off the bar menu tomorrow , so disappointing .

Thinking then about what I wrote about the xfactor, the only Internet coverage that's any good is in the lounge , here I sit , with the sounds of tonight's foot matching , invading my quite peacefully existence . See thats recompense for taking the Micky out of you .lol

Experiencing the extreme weather that we have is no bad thing.

Experiencing the soul-less places in our country that we call bookies is.

NT

Evening diary

Thanks for all the posts, I am deeply touched and always enjoy the food for thought.

Today the rain came in bucket loads, so I was glad to be at home, got to walk the dog this afternoon for a good few dry miles and the wind cleared my head nicely.

Sad to read of a couple of members have slipped, but heartened by there speedy returns.

Tomorrow I will rubber stamp the new menu for my start monday of which I am looking forward to.

Set about looking for some voluntary work for the future today, a project with ex soldiers.

no bet today.

Duncs stepping forward never back

HI Duncs,

Today the rain continues to come in bucket loads here to, flood warnings all over the place. Woody doesnt care about the rain though he loves splashing in the puddles and I wish I could pinch his waterproof coat and fun for the rain sometimes when Im out walking him.

Monday start eh.. You must be excited to get stuck back into it....

Pity you cant do some meals on wheels for shiny.. how disapointing that the food is cr**..

Hats off to you for the voluntary its very rewarding and great to top up that self worth that we can give back.

Enjoy the rain.. Wellies and brollies at hand.

Blondie

Evening diary.

Today I have been thinking, what made things different this time ?? The answer ?? I found help, a thing whilst at it, I simply did not believe was there, from GA to this wonderful forum and yes the massive help sarah and the kids have given. All unjudged, unconditional.

A help without I simply would not be where I am today.

Gamble free through 8 calendar months, my self respect growing, self esteem returning, honesty my new best friend, time for the important things and a love for my family through these things and my respect for the pound notes we have and there true worth.

So today I will abstain and maintain and enjoy the wonderful things recovery brings and say take all the help you can, it helps!!!! Enjoy.

Duncs compulsive gambler stepping forward never back.

Hi Duncan,

Thank u 4 ur post on my diary. It means alot 🙂

8 months gamble free, a huge well done that's a gr8 achievement.... I enjoy reading ur posts on ur diary they r full of positivity and inspiring . It gives me hope so thank u 🙂

Have a gr8 nite 🙂

Hi Dunc, You doing brilliantly. 8 months is a great achievement and the effort you put into this recovery says a lot. I'm still a little confused after my last slip and fighting for words to say, but what I can say for sure - you re a gr8 man and deserve all the best things in the life - so keep it that - gamble free - way. Persevere.

K.

Yo,

Good morning ,

Was thinking bout what made it different this time ?

I think you are right in what you say , GA, this site , you wonderful family . But once again you forgot to mention you .

You very quickly decided to use every tool available to you fight , your honesty with one and all, your belief in yourself and your determination . So do not under value the tremendous effort you have put in over the last 8 months , all those things you mentioned facilitated a change in you , but ultimately the change came from within ....

Hugs

Shiny xxxxxxx

Thanks for commenting on my diary duncan. We all have to be strong were gambling is concerned

cheers

graeme

Evening diary.

Well I am not one to complain but turn off the tap now!!! Enough with the rain, I have had another productive days menu crunching, some exciting thinking, I have on site a smoker of industrial size something I have never had so am planning to make good use of it.roll on monday!!

Went for a walk across the *** with eldest this afternoon amazing to watch the rain cover the whole of the city, we could follow it falling in sheets!! Also watching the kestrel hunt up close, worlds apart but fifty feet in real terms.

Popped to the library and found my joe in the upcoming book festival booklet alongside folk like andy mcnab, adele parkes and james herbert. He has a performance poetry evening and the others are doing talks on there books.

October could be a busy month!!!

and this was all iced by the post by sue !!!!

Enough said no bet today no thoughts of having one.

Duncs stepping forward never back

Wow....lots literally on you plate Duncs and in a good way too....

Celebrity son.,..still waiting for that autograph xx

always forward never back...

Muddy paws calling

R and D xx

Hi Duncs, so pleased you are still winning the battle. All the best BB

Morning Diary.

time TIME time!!

Oh how I used to waste so much of it. Today I thought about it and I used to spend 70% of my day awake either formulating a punt,formulating a way to fund a punt or stood in a bookies having a punt!!

And to boot I used to sleep,well lay in a sleeping position, calculating re calculating formulating!!!!!

Today I awoke fresh from a good few hrs sleep bursting to go!! I walked the dog,did the housework and out to a meeting which got held up by an hour.

Time to waste, maybe a visit to a gambling emporium?? NO chance head straight to the library in town and GAMCARE. A place were a moment is not wasted, the resolve to abstain strenghtened and my outlook well much brighter!!!

And from monday I will have a thirty minute window each side of work on a train, What will I do ?? GAMCARE of course a place of sanctuary,medicine and a wealth of good advice.

Just one complaint I keep posting about walking the dog over the H*ILL !! that is portsdown H*ILL not a bookies!!! LOL and that if all I have to complain about,well that will do me Fine!!!!!!

(Well I am going to complain about the dog food and its increase in jelly content!!! LOL)

Duncs just for today NO BET.

Stepping forward never back.

Good evening Duncan

You made me laugh about your dog and the h*ll!

Thanks for your supportive post on my diary, I really appreciate it and it's people like you on here that makes me more determined!

i also laughed because we have a similar ending to our posts we put on here.

Well done for keeping strong

Forwards not back (!)

Jewels

DMac,

Great post. I was doing some thinking recently regarding not only wasted time but things I now take for granted and never should. One of the main things I take for granted is being able to go to bed and fall asleep into a deep, deep slumber. Like you, I used to lay down in bed and stare at the ceiling for hours worrying about money and not being able to fall asleep. If I wasn't worrying about money I was going through strategies for success in preparation for my next trip to the roulette machine.

It sure is important to reflect on our journey. We should enjoy every moment and never take anything for granted.

Tomso.