Aegretudo Egretudo !

So day 39 and another welcome day off here. Hope everyone hasna great day off and thanks for everyones support especially Carolyn. Dark Place

What a great day i had today, with not even a sniff of the eveil devil gambling.

Woke up full of the joys of spring, then drove to ikea on the north circular with my lovely wife and son. Came back with a few challenging pieces and my version of the krypton factor started in earnest ! cooked swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingenberry and gravy ! totally wonderful. Then while isaac played slylanders i watched django uncut and now off to bed. life is so very fantastic without that sickening disease on cutting you in two.

Good night all, off to work tomorrow to get some more hard earnt as duncs would say.

Dark Place

Lovely post, Dark Place. So glad you were able to navigate your way out of IKEA - I have to leave a trail of pencils.....

Keep enjoying life with your lovely family.

Joanna

So its the big 40 today 🙂 a wonderful 40 days free of feeling despair/stress/worry/inability to focus on my family or work/drinking to excess/to many hot curries ! life is better without that punt, we do not need it ! our soul's need repairing after gambling, we lose complete sense of all reality.

Ironic that the fire in gibralta that halted gambling for UK betting companies temporarily just so happened on Easter Sunday ! gambling is evil and destroys lifes and family's. Have a great day all, Dark Place

Hey DP 🙂

Whoop whoop big 40 today!!! Keep making the right choice, you are doing so well. All the best to you and your lovely family.

Take care, onwards and upwards my friend

Sandra x

Thanks Sandra.

Day 41, staying focused ! lots to pay out which can be a trigger for gambling, so keeping my mind on the job in hand. To move as far away from the punt as possible and never let it back in my life. Have a great day everyone. Dark Place /

DP

Magic to read fella, this forum today has gifted my resolve to continue making the right choice in many ways.

Fella you added to that resolve by growing your own.

For it thank you.

Keep making the right choice,keep addiction in your sight,it will try anything to find an avenue back into your life.

Bills always a favourate.

For me I just remind myself

'Duncs how many times did you pop to the shop for milk?? only to return with no excuse,no milk two hours later and an empty bank balance!!!!'

Keep making the right choice,enjoy it

Duncs stepping forward never back.

Day 47 , thank god i am not gambling ! i almost bet tonight at punchestown, thankfully i did not. Horse came 2nd so boy o boy am i pleased. Have a great evening all, been really busy with one thing and another. Be posting more in the next few days, Dark Place

hello my friend,

THANK YOU , THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! What an honour and a privilege to have a beautiful song written for me.... and you certainly captured me in the phrase "over and over". I can't wait to hear it. And I do hope that you'll continue writing. I will contact the gamcare admin and tell them to give you my email and then you can email me for my address. I'm proud of you! Keep writing and keep fighting the demons!

hey DP.... you've gone silent? I hope it's because you are enjoying life and your family and not because of you know what. I think you will also have to contact the gamcare forum admin and tell them you want to exchange emails. At least that's what I understand is supposed to happen. Waiting to hear.... hope all is good!

Hi Carla

Regret it is the other, was doing really well and then found myself in a situation drinking with friends and you know the rest of the story. I won some and loss some and then won some more before the inevitable.

Tomorrow will be day 1 again ! sorry for the bad news 🙁 i will contact the admin and inform them i would like to exchange emails with you. Take care, hope all ok with you ? Dark Place

Day 1 again, how many times do i have to arrive here again 🙁

Duncs is right, honesty is the only way to help arrest this compulsion i have. Thank you to all for continuing to support me even if i keep falling down.

Dark Place

Day 1 , god give me the strength to beat this addiction ! i really do not want it in my life, Dark Place

mate duncs is right i agree with honesty and also using the triangle he talks about , time money location take one awy and it is impossible to gamble , use the triangle take at least one away and get self excluding , fresh start now you can do it , we all can

Day 2, i wont be gambling or even looking today at the horses at chester. Have a great weekend all, Dark Place