It's day two of staying clean. Got some payment in my account and following advice of a friend here, I transferred all the cash to my wife's account. The urge to gamble was strong but I beat it.
I am taking it one day at a time
Day 3 of staying clean. Woke up to calls needing financial assistance which I can't offer for now. With the pressure come strong urges for gambling but I am strongly resisting them.
I will have to learn to say NO to relatives and friends till when I can be in position to help again. For now I need to focus on recovery.
Hi Kipchumba,
It looks like you are using this thread as a diary, so we have moved it from the 'Overcoming' section to this 'Recovery diary' section.
Well done on trying out that 'Money management' method, putting your money out of reach so that it is less easy to gamble on impulse. Keep up the good work and check out additional self-help methods:
GamCare website self-help section:
https://www.gamcare.org.uk/self-help/
Take care,
Adam.
Day 4 of staying clean. Managed to pay some loans off
Well done on your 4 days of gambling free, pleased to hear you have already paid some of your debt off too
Day 5. Keeping strong and resisting the gambling urges. Staying money free is a real game change
Day 6 gambling free. Glad to be resisting some serious urges
Day 7! 1 week gambling free. Congratulations to myself and thank you Gamcare. Whenever the urges come very strongly I turn to stories here and the urge disappears
It's Day 8. Gamble free
Day 9. Gambling free
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