Aim for Peace of Mind

Day 13. Smashing it

Hope! Really enjoy reading about your success and one of the main reason I am active and come to the site is to read about it!

Hope the day went ok and everything with the MIL is moving in the right direction.

Have a nice relaxing and positive evening.

Hanz.

Well got over the 2 week mark, feeling so much better with no gambling in my life, unbelievable I can start to think much clearer about where I am and plan for a future without gambling!

Still got lots of money worries but at least the scales are starting to balance in the right direction.

Attended GA meeting last night and as always I leave with such a positive attitude. Still a long way to go and I am always aware I need to keep up my guard.

I am so sorry for the CG's who relapse, to them It must feel like they will never recover, but the support out there is fantastic and GA makes them feel like they are never on their own. To GA and this site I will be eternally grateful.

Well day 15 today and I have not gambled.

Well done me!! Hope everyone else is good and staying on the right track.

Hope

Gone through 2 weeks hope.... How fantastic! Time to change your name on here now...you are far from

Hopeless!

I'm glad the MIL is on the road to recovery! How's your husband feeling about your recovery? He must be extremely proud You?

Unfortunately the eye test resulted in me having to buy a pair of glasses 🙁

What's your plans for your Sunday Hope?

Have a great day whatever you fancy doing and well done again for breaking 2 weeks. We shall remain on this journey together!

Onwards and upwards hopefull.

Hanz

Thank you Hanz, you are very thoughtful!!

So sorry you now require glasses, at least now you will be able to afford them instead of gambling, they are so pricey these days.

You are right, my husband is very proud of me and in particular after pay day I managed to sort some debts out and still have some change for some luxuries.

Have really enjoyed GA meetings, look forward to next Friday again.

I have been so busy with work so not much time for anything else at the moment, not even a gamble thank goodness.

This time I am definitely staying on the straight and narrow path.

Hope everyboky ok?

Hope

Forgot to mention day 18 yesterday, day 19 today and JFT and forever I will not gamble!!!!

Hope

Hi Hopelass just checking in - good to hear you are still making excellent progress and staying strong. This none gambling is addictive isnt it - love life - live it

Morning hopeful,

Just checking in. Hope you are doing well!

Keep positive and look forward to seeing you complete Dave999 post with me on January 31st.

Have a good day,

Hanz

Have a good weekend hope!'

Day 24 today, still onwards but not quite upwards, had a near slip last Friday but managed to stop myself before I placed any bets. Really felt bad for allowing myself to get so far but was fortunate I realised in time what I was doing was wrong.

Attended GA meeting on Friday night and support and encouragement was again quite overwhelming, so new start to this week and more strategies in place to avoid gambling again. Big difference this time I did manage to resist the urge but felt the resistance came a bit too late, it was only because I enetered wrong bank details I stopped, however big lesson learnt of how easy it is to slip and to keep my guard up even more.

Feel good at start of this week, finances are still messy but controlable. Hope everyone is ok and keepng strong?

Hope

Hey Hope,

Glad to see you are gambling free.

It sounds like a tough Friday but you will come out stronger and still gamble free! A free lesson learnt.

Pre-recovery, would you have just re-entered the details and gambled anyways? I can only guess the answer but my guess is this shows how far you have come!

Keep positive and proud of yourself Hope

Hanz

HOPE you had a positive day today and the MIL is on the way to recovery.

Keep positive as always,

Hanz

Day 33 and still not gambled, but last Monday I woke with a horrible feeling the same as when I had gambled all night and lost every penny in my bank account. I hadn't gambled but what an awful day and reminder of the consequences of gambling.

Tuesday I felt great, maybe the anxiety on Monday was caused by the imminent arrival of Christmas and the reality of not having the same amount of available funds that I would normally enjoy spending at Christmas.

My priority is to pay off debts due to gambling and to have a much more austere Christmas, hopefully next year my position will be much improved but at least for today and tomorrow I will commit to not gambling.

GA meetings have been a Godsend in particular the ongoing support throughout the week, each day (apart from Monday) I feel stronger and more determined to stay on the straight and narrow. I hated that feeling on Monday morning and never want to return to those dark day's again. The road is rocky but getting steadier each day.

I am proud today of 33 day's (now 34) gamble free and send everybody my best wishes as alway's.

Hope

Hope everything is still going well hope.

Not been on this site for a few months but just wanted to say how good life is whilst staying gamble free. I did have one lapse before Christmas but fortunately not much damage done but now the sheer bliss and enjoyment out of life I am getting is so much more addictive than the destructive misery that gambling caused. There is lots of light at the end of my tunnel if I continue to stay on the straight and narrow. Financially things are improving so much but more importantly my relationships with husband, family and friends are so much stronger.

For anybody trying to recover keep focused, take one day at a time and do whatever it takes to stop this awful vile addiction.

Have also been attending GA and the fantastic support and encouragement given has been quite overwhelming, I will be eternally grateful to the members of the fellowshp and this site.

Hope everybody stays strong. JFT

Hope xx

Still feeling good and determined to break the habit of dark thoughts of gambling.

Since my little lapse before Christmas I am now on day 83 of no gambling. (should have been 152) but for a silly £20 however now back to day 83 which is still remarkable.

I lost my mother in law before Christmas which was very sad for us all and her passing has made me all the more determined to stop.

The urges to gamble are getting much less however I know that one small bet will always lead to another and because of my illness I cannot even bet on the toss of a coin.

Its still early day's for me but life is so much better, Hope everybody else is staying strong and focused. Best wishes to all.

Hope x