Complete failure

Hi Neveragain22,

Welcome to the forum, and thanks for sharing your positive outcome with us. I’m glad to know from you that using our forum recently has helped you immensely, and has made you change the way you think, obviously about gambling.

That you’ve made small positive changes in your family life-style, and you feel really good about it. Well done, you!

I am equally happy for you too, and I hope you keep progressing with the changes. Positive small changes leads to big positive changes, so more grease to your elbow, Neveragain22!

Such acknowledgement is an encouragement to others, especially new members who would be reading from the forum for help and support. It also offers hope as well – that the strategies work if you adhere to them.

Thanks once again to you and all the other forum members who have been sharing their stories to encourage others to do something about their gambling problem.

Keep up the good work, and please keep posting!

Best wishes,

Beatrice

Neveragain, Great to hear you have been putting all that energy into those you love the most.

Great you are 3 days gamble free.

Sending you a big hug, you can do this!!! 🙂

Hi Neveragain, welcome to the forum 🙂

My positive story is littered with down days but if all else fails, I still get to end everyone with a mini fist pump for not gambling. It neither feels like an achievement, nor a chore anymore but it hasn't come easy & whilst I am kind of appreciative that I was a gambler because of what recovery has offered me, I still have a lot of work ahead. Took me a long time to accept that gambling isn't about the money so it's good that you identify a change in mindset is required but as wife & mother to babies & dogs, you are used to being strong, don't mistake this strength for thinking that you need to do this journey alone. Get barriers in place, use your diary, pop along to the chat rooms, maybe consider GA or the counselling that GamCare can provide free of charge...The urges will strike when you least expect them so always stay on your guard!

Time to take control of your life back - ODAAT

Thank you so much odaat I have my first counselling session booked for Wednesday am really looking forward to it I kept everything bottled up for so long it's such a relief to talk about it and that's what I need to keep doing, I think I'm spending as much time on here as I did gambling but at least it's something positive rather than soul destroying. Reading through some of your diary I can see how absolutely amazing you have done you must be incredibly proud.

It took a lot for me to come on here and to especially start talking to people but the people that have spoken to me already have made me feel so welcome and not alone anymore it's been a massive help!

This (ok, and Candy Crush) was my 'transient' addiction...I don't need it anymore but it & the people I have met through it sure has put me on a way better path!

I'm not proud of myself because I should never have been where I came from but I don't feel the same as when I 1st came here anymore. I'm still working through how I can think I'm the bees knees and still struggle to take a compliment but I'm working through stuff now because I recognise that how I was living wasn't right.

I thank my lucky stars every day that the site was incredibly busy when I arrived & I'm almost sad to see that this has tailed off but all the advice is still here between the pages, ripe for the taking. You will meet people here in cyber space that you 'click' with, others you want to shake but there's lessons to be learned along the way that you might not even realise you have learned @ the time.

Keep reading, keep writing, time to take the lid off & exorcise your demons, you've carried them around long enough!

4 days now early days but things are going well, a lot better than I expected. Hopefully it will continue, I know there's going to be some really hard times ahead but hopefully the counselling and kind support will see me through it

Checking in 5 days gf

Even though it feels like an achievement ive still got to pay back the money I owe then hopefully some of the guilt and shame can be lifted I feel like I've let everyone down even though they don't know, this is the best decision for me even though I know it's controversial on here but luckily I have a lot of support on here and it's been amazing, I also start counselling this week.

Unbelievable how something so unimportant can take such a hold of your life and ruin it in a split second. Well not anymore

Day 6

I've had money in the bank for 2 days now and it's still there first time in however long I've managed to keep money. Since admitting I have a problem and coming on here the thought of spending that money on gambling makes me feel sick.

The start of a better future

1 week gf

Made it to 1 week and feeling pretty proud have had urges and been feeling a bit irritated but I'm truly determined and so far it's working

I've been gf for at least 7 days I have lost count and it's hasn't been easy. I have a counselling session scheduled for this coming Tuesday which I hope will start to help me put in place other mechanisms in place to tackle the beast.

Well done Neveragain! A week and a day today 🙂

Its great you've avoid the urges,I know it's hard, but keep staying strong, your doing wonderfully.

That's great well done on at least a week ive got a counselling session today hopefully that will help I hope it helps you too. Just got to fight the urges everytime I feel like I want to gamble I just find something else to do and I don't know your situation but I've got kids so there's always something to do! Keep posting I find it really helps especially when I'm having a tough day
Good luck staying gamble free ifnyoi ever need any support feel free to post there's plenty of people here that will help
Take care

Thank you so much for the message who am I I'm still fighting the urges to be honest each day is getting a little easier and all the normal things I'm doing to keep myself busy are just becoming part of normal life again it feels such a relief!

I hope things are going well for you every day we stay gamble free the future looks a little brighter 🙂

10 days gamble free!

Keeping busy filling my time long may it continue