So today Is day one of saying no to online slots. Ive self excluded from all the sites I used and Im taking back control! Cant believe the money Ive wasted! I even got a reply back from one sute asking if theyd done anything wrong and would I like a 100% match bonus! how stupid have I been. well no morekidding myself anymore Im going to find another way to relax. Wish me luck!
Morning
Well done and good luck
Cheryl xx
I wish you all the luck in the world but it's not down to luck now you can do it, day by day take back your life and be happy.
This is only my 2nd day and I know it's hard going (read my diary) ..... this is a great site.... let's beat this thing.... keep fighting. We know it's worth it. X
Well done on taking the first step and getting your freedom back!
keep positive and busy, good luck & best wishes
Laura x
Hi
As Laura says very well done in taking the first step as it is hard to face up to this addiction
I have come to realise (wished I realised years ago) that the bonuses they give us is just a taster to get us in the frame of mind for gambling they know with nearer wins or small wins we are then going to deposit more money
Don't be fooled by these free points
I wish you the very best on your recovery
Stay positive strong and win every day by abstaining one day at a time
Best wishes
Suzanne x
Day one nearly over and gambling is all ive thought about. How ive stopped, not that i want to. Feeling good 🙂 small baby steps.
Well done for coming to this site and Day 1, it is really hard to stop gambling when it is something that we have spent a lot of our free time doing, you have to try and keep busy and fill the time with something else, I have been back and forward to this site many times, it does help reading other people's stories and realizing we are not alone in this battle. Day 8 for me today and the thoughts of gambling are enter my mind frequently I am trying so hard to keep my guard up and say NO!!! Stay strong and take care Jaz x
well today is my second day and im so determined not to gamble. I come here instead and read the stories of others' journeys and how well they are doing and I want to be like them, saying no. wish me luck!
Stupid
Welcome to the forum,a place full of like minded folk who all by and large want the same thing,to arrest the destruction that gambling has brought to their own lives.
There is no cure to the compulsion to gamble,but there is a another path on offer
Recovery,a daily choice,a re education of the mind.
we all follow the same mantra whilst gambling
I CANNOT WIN BECAUSE I CANNOT STOP
no win big enough to make us stop and losses chased until our funds exhausted.
The advice given to me on my first days recovery still works today
There is a triangle
Time-Money-Location
Take one away at all times and the punt becomes impossible,gifting the rational side of the brain the chance to see how good life can be without gambling in it.
I will say take all the help on offer,look at the reasons you gamble and address those too.
Addiction will try it's hardest to tempt you back,offers of free money will as you know result in you spending what you have to give.
I won't wish you luck as I believe you most probably like me used yours up long ago,recovery doesn't require any,it requires a will stronger than addiction,one that will grow each time you say those magic words
NO BET TODAY
because that mantra is reversed,you become a winner
My advice Enjoy it
Duncs stepping forward never back
Day 3 and feeling good. The test will come tonight when i get home to an empty house and have 3 hours to fill. However Im determined to prove something to myself, that I can do this, I can stop. I can beat this. I dont need to gamble and all Im doing is throwing money away. I cant win on the slots but I can win my life back!
Hi
Well done on day 3
WE CANNOT WIN BECAUSE WE CANNOT STOP
But we do WIN every day we DONT PlAY
Best wishes
Suzanne x
Thanks Suzanne. usually I get up and play slots before going to work. then in the evenings with my husband here I cant. Now Im getting up and coming on here for words of encouragement. Im amazed at how Im not alone with this, it feels like I am but Im not, if that makes sense. Ive decided tonight I will probably ring the helpline if I cant cope but Im determined not to gamble. Ive self excluded from every site and all accounts are closed so I feel like Ive got some control back. Tonight will be telling .....
Morning
I totally understand the idea of not knowing how to fill those 3 hours as I have forgotten what I did before gambling took over. Well done on abstaining and keep strong
Take care and best wishes
Cheryl xxx
( BTW it feels wrong to say morning Stupid, as you are clearly not)
Well home alone for 3 hours, which us when I grab the ipad and gamble. But not tonight. I no longer gamble so Im going to eat my dinner then empty dishwasher and sort some paperwork, anything to keep busy. tidy a couple of bits, etc etc. Gonna look for a knitting pattern cos im gonna take up knitting again:). Day three and ive survived! onwards and upwards x
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