Day 21, completely missed 20 due to a busy day...hitting the 3 week mark means alot to me, urges have passed for now and have been replaced with happy smiles....
Never too high and never too low is my new lifestyle of choice and it's real life
Stay strong
Day 22 been a good day....feeling positive, no urges at all...occupying my mind in other ways....big test will be pay day on Friday.
Stay strong
Yes the first pay day can be the hardest but this is your chance to be normal my friend and you can be. Just share the finances if you can but anyway pay what you need to and take the rest day by day. It’s the first test and with self-awareness you will get through it.
Great advice Rob, much appreciated....day 23 went well not urges...pay day tomorrow....I have had money in my pocket and not spent it or been tempted so in hoping the same carries on, it would be a monumental moment for me to get through a full month without losing a penny...I'll keep you updated how it goes
Day 25, two days after payday and no urges whatsoever to gamble, combined I guess with the use of gamstop, really is seeing me in a good place at the moment.
Stay strong
Day 28, yes day 28, as someone who has been a cg on and off for years, never thought I could get to day 28 and get to the stage where gambling isn't in my mind at all.
These new measures such as fobt stake reduction and gamstop should of come years earlier, as they really have helped me to turn myself around....as I was a large stake loser....
Stay strong
Day 31.....
Got through so many important barriers, a day, a week, a month....
It's going really well for me...no urges.... no desire...not wasted a penny...
There is hope out there, I used to be able to give up for the odd week here and there but it was always with me chipping away....
This time it is different...do not ever best yourself up for a relapse...just learn from it ...it took me a few attempts......
I am certainly not free and never will be but now I feel happier despite having debts, I know gambling will not help but only make it all worse ..
Keep the faith, anyone can overcome it, no matter how many failures...just believe in yourself
I am about 10 days behind you but stay strong and keep the posts coming. They provide hope @nd inspiration and acknowledgement of the roller coaster
Thanks for the great feedback and well done so far, keep strong
So today is day 35, not been on for a few days as to be honest, I haven't even thought about gambling, be it doing it or not doing it...which is a huge step forward ...once again to anyone jointing or reading I recommend gamstop for 5 years...totally taken away a demon route for me and enabled me to free myself from online element, which is the easily accessible via phone, tablet, laptop and which provides the ability to lose large sums fast.
Taken up a good fitness regime which has helped keep me busy...money in the pocket for the first time in years is also nice...
Stay strong one day at a time ....never too high....never too low.
So onto day 46, not been on this diary as much as I've been really busy, not really thought about gambling, which is great and 46 days panic free...no urges now....stay strong!
@hullbo ,
Well done on 46 days, that's brilliant. And fantastic news that you are keeping busy and keeping the focus off of gambling. Keep busy as it seems to be working, but also keep sharing as it's lovely to see how well you're doing.
All the best
Forum Admin
Thanks for those kind words....
So day 50 arrives....
On day 1 I was a wreck just trying to get through day 1 without gambling, my mind was all over the place, another lapse, I cannot beat it, etc.
Week 1 I was thinking I'd never make 2 weeks...
One month and I was worried I would slip...
Day 50 I feel positive and rarely think of gambling....am I cured...am I over it....absolutely not...do I have debts...yes, but gambling today will only make the future worse and achieve nothing.... continue on the right path and all will be good eventually...
The message here is believe in yourself....we can all do this...you can do this...I have made day 50 and you can too!
Day 55,
Well the beginning seems a million miles away...this seems like the real deal, what's different? I've just not thought of gambling, the latest binge seems to really have helped me to find a new way...a way from misery anger and self loathing...
I can win in life by not gambling....it's not alway east east but it is right....no money can replace time lost...or money lost. Day by Day we win by abstaining.
Keep going guys and girls.
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