@p6z38njbqm As ever, thanks for your continued support Fish 🐟💙
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How has your week been Pink lady so far, been a few days since we have heard from you?
@hit0f4l2rn All good thank you Eden. Just more busy at work, now that I am back to working full time so less time on here! Always pop on most nights though to read some posts.
Thank you for asking and take care.
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Day 250!
Another milestone maybe? It sounds like a good enough number to me for it!!😝
Was due to be going out today with my sister and our friend for a little pre-Christmas outing, to a lovely hotel for drinks and then a meal. With the treacherous weather conditions hitting our hometown however, it has now been cancelled 👎. I was looking forward to this but most definitely not looking forward to having to trudge out in this weather. The good thing is, I had money saved in one of my little savings pots for stuff like this and whilst we are now not going, I am still happy to know that the money was there and is still sitting there and can now be used for something else if needed 👍.
Have been reading some new posts last night and this morning. It made me feel so sad to hear of how some of these people have just spent everything they had on gambling and are now left penniless for the whole of the Christmas period. Some saying they will barely be able to eat on Christmas Day!😢.
Whilst reading these posts, it kind of made me feel depressed just thinking about being in that situation and even worse, at Christmas time. It also made me realise, that could have easily been me posting that, had I not taken control and came to my senses last March! I have the most amazing family and whilst I know that they would not see me in this position, I still have my pride and so I would not be comfortable with this at all. I said prayers for those people last night and just hope they get through ok 🙏.
The simple fact however, is that if people like us continue to gamble, there is usually only one ultimate outcome and that is - lose all our money and a whole lot more!👎. I would just urge those people to get the necessary blocks in place asap. No matter how bad things are right now, it will at least get no worse/will only start to improve, once you do this.
On a brighter note, I have my son here for the weekend. He is off out to my local, just around the corner, to watch our local Derby. I will just chill and take in a good Christmas movie with a hot chocolate whilst he is there😋.
My Christmas tree is up and twinkling away and my Christmas presents are wrapped 👌. My Christmas food delivery is all sorted and will be arriving on 22nd December and I already have my champagne stash bought and in situ. I have money in my bank and I have money in my savings accounts for various things. I am still chipping away at my debt too, albeit slowly but in a way that is manageable and which allows me to still be able to do the things I like to do and have the money to do them 👍.
I have been able to do all this, due to me not gambling and giving my hard earned salary away, by putting the necessary blocks in place, making plans, setting myself mini goals and targets to aim for and remaining committed and positive. The thing with me, is that when I am not gambling, this is how I would normally behave and have been blessed with common sense. Until that is, the destruction of gambling took a hold! Well not anymore rich gambling establishments! 👋👋👋💪.
Hope you all have a cosy weekend. Stay warm and safe. For those of you really struggling both emotionally and financially, my prayers will be going out to you this evening.
Take care all.
”April fools - no more the fool”!
Pink Lady 🩷🍎.
Congratulations on your new milestone Pinklady! Excellent to read as ever. I can certainly relate to your pots of money and how nice it is to not have the panic of paying things and the feeling associated with it.
Wishing you a very merry Christmas : )
@j5a6meyr4z Good point about those unfortunately who will be spending this Christmas at a very low point. @Londoneye made a very good post, that I think many of those could take solace out of reading, so if you are one of those-
Amazing pink lady 👏👏👏 life is so much better and healither better in every way, it shows by making a few changes along with few hardships things do improve slowly and for other who are early on their recoverly it possible am on day 515 and my life is completely different thanx to Adam123 Lids and Faith who pushed me through early days of my recovery
@tazman Thank you Taz. Lovely to see that you are racing on g.f into year 2!👏👏👏👏
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Day 258.
Today was all about my kind, thoughtful, handsome nephew. My sister’s son - her youngest. Who was tragically taken from us last year 😢.
We came together to remember your second Birthday away from your loved ones. Your beautiful wife and your two little girls are doing you so proud, as they continue to navigate their way through daily life without you 💔.
To our Rich. Our very own gentle giant. Missed beyond words but never to be forgotten. Wherever you are, just know that you are deeply loved and missed beyond words 💙.
No other words for today 😢.
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Day 261.
Had some good news this week! I am currently working for an agency for the passport department within the Home Office. They have all just been granted an 8% pay rise. I did not think for one minute that I would also get this but hey presto! I received an email to say that I would be getting the same pay rise and it would be in my weekly pay from this Friday!👌.
Furthermore, I was told that I would also be getting 4 months worth of back pay in February!!👍. Both of which, came as a pleasant surprise and an early Christmas present 🎄👏👏.
This will mean I will be getting an extra £108.00 net pay every 4 weeks 👌. I have already set up another little savings pot for this to go straight into which will go towards my holiday next summer 😎.
I really do like being paid weekly. For some reason, it always feels like I have lots of money!😆. I also like that each week, I have set up various small amounts to be taken from my bank account and put into the different savings pots I have set up.
It just feels so good, knowing I have got some nice outings coming up for Christmas and beyond and I don’t have to think about whether I can afford them or not as I can just take it out of the appropriate savings pots 👌.
I cannot believe that it will be Christmas Day in one week’s time 🎄!😲 Again, just sitting here thinking “I am not feeling one bit stressed financially” is such a good feeling. Yes, I still have my debt and it will be a long process getting rid of this but as long as I can continue to say that every month, this is going down little by little, then this s good enough for me 👍.
To those struggling right now, I feel for you and pray that like me, you are able to commit, remain patient and put in the hard work to distance yourself from the destructive gambling cycle that us folk on here have gotten ourselves into. I am proof that life can most definitely get better in more ways than one, once we stop giving our hard earned money to rich gambling sites 👋👋💪.
Take care all. Be kind to yourself and make your days better.
”April fools - no more the fool”!
Pink Lady 🩷🍎.
Great news on the payrise! 🙂
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