Alex's story

Well done. It does get easier as you are still in the early stages of breaking a habit - and it is a habit as well as an addiction. Keep going.

Day 5 has been good. Applied for a few jobs and heard back from some others Iv already applied for, hopefully working towards paying off the debt Iv ran up due to this horrible act that is gambling. Had a few urges but managed to stay strong enough to fight them. Not long until one week done...

well done alex. beginnings soon become part of the past and before you know it life gets better. Paying off debts can seem a bit of a downer but if we never start we never finish so again it can only get better! good luck on the job front. And having a friend with you will be a good distraction. Stay strong

Mary

Hi Alex congrats on staying strong and not giving in to urges. Every time you get an urge and not gamble its a huge step in the right direction. Good for you keeo it up

Day 6 : today has been good. Working again do very little time to even attempt to gamble. It's going a lot better than I thought it would and I'm so glad Iv finally decided to give it a good go at beating it. I know I'm not there yet, and probably will never be 100% free from urges etc but I'm so happy with how I'm doing. I know it'll be very easy just to slip back into my old ways so I know I need to be strong and keep myself busy so the urges do not turn into anything. Thanks everyone for your kind words and comments. Not long until a week down..

Havnt posted for a few days been very busy with my girlfriends birthday and other bits. It was really nice to take her out for dinner and buy her nice things and actually have the money to be able to do it. Heard back from a job I really really want and found out Iv got an interview next week. So fingers crossed I get that.

Also I realised I got my days abit muddled and today is 1 week. Tomorrow it's the start of week 2, loving this.

hope everyone else is good

Today was a bad day. I got caught with my guard down and have relapsed. I'm so gutted and feel like Iv let everyone down. It all happened because I thought in my naive head that I was somehow ok to walk to town with a fair bit of money in my pocket. Before I knew it I was sat in the dreaded chair at the FOBT feeding it my hard earned money. Back to day one tomorrow to try again. I need to learn from these mistakes and use them to my advantage for the future. I can do this and I will do this, and one day I'll look back and be so proud of how Iv beaten this horrible addiction. Off to work this evening so that'll keep me busy, then going to visit some family back home over the weekend.

Alex

Hi Alex

You had a slip. However your back on here starting again. I went 35 days had one bet and that was me I gambled hard for 4 months. What I will say is people on here mention the triangle a lot. Always try to stick to it when possible.

Good luck keep us updated.

Been really off the rails lately and got myself into abit of a financial state. Iv given everything and I mean everything over to my girlfriend to control because I'm just not in a good place again. This is horrible, really really struggling with this. I remember thinking when I was 18 and first started going into the bookies and over to the casino, I remember thinking that it'll pass and it's just a phase becuase I'm young ect. Iv realised a gambling addiction doesn't care who you are or what your background is. Anyway here we are back at day 1 again. I'm going to keep posting on here even if no one replies just to keep an account of what I'm doing

Hi Alex.

Good on you for coming back and posting. Now you have handed everything over to your girlfriend you can now concentrate on getting through this horrible addiction.

Wishing you all the best

Hi mate i'd countless relaspes in the past im now 336 days clean, it can be done ! keep fighting and never give up on giving up!