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Hi Ade,

Good to see your update and that you are keeping strong.and determined and 120 days is great going.

Suzanne xxx

Hey there,

Recovery is indeed possible dear soldier.
Good to see you as strong as ever, proud of you my friend, keep choosing life..you and your family is priority in this world 🙂

Now just follow the mantra each morning...stand in front of the mirror..ok ok..do few grimaces lol, smile to yourself and say most important words "i will not gamble today"...easy peasy , job done lol

Keep at it and look after yourself

Sandra x

Thanks Juuuuuune, Gregg, Suzanne and Sandra for your kind posts.

Just a quick post to mark my 125th day of making the right choice in my life.

Gambling is a part of my past.

Onwards and upwards.

Keep strong all.

Ade

Well done Ade on 126 days,

Onwards and upwards

Suzanne xxx

Hi Ade, sooo you have cleaned all your windows lol, made me smile that you thought of me Ohh HDs indeed, cleaning sure does clear the head and the exercise is good too lol.

Soo pleased to see you are keeping strong and safe and with 126 days today, it sure has turned out nice agsin.

Suzanne xxx

Hi Ade,

Thanks for your support as always and am bk in battlefield 🙂
Really good to see you marching on and winning with every passing day, keep up good work man, you and your family are worth it 🙂

Stay safe and sound
Keep being kind to you

Sandra x

Hi Ade
Well done 127 days free from the demon.
You are strong and confident in your post and the commitment to beating this addiction shines through.
Onwards and upwards Cheryl xx

Thank you all for the supportive posts.

Just been washing up at the kitchen sink watching the parakeets, magpies, starlings, pigeons, robins, and token squirrel fight over the bird feeders and fatballs. Quite a nice way to start the day I thought. Off to watch Fulham play Brentford today, should be a good day out and hopefully see a goal or two. As a neutral, not bothered who wins really.

Onwards and upwards

Keep strong all

Ade

Soo pleased to read it has turned out nice again HDs indeed Ade.

Suzanne xxx

Hi Ade, this recovery stuff is easy eh? Think I once likened it to turning round an oil tanker! Glad to read you are doing well. Thanks again for all your support over the years. Gazza

Hi Ade,

Just coming round to check on my golf ball 😉
Hope things are looking good and you're keeping strong and content in your journey 🙂

Proud of you already, but a little update would b great also 🙂
Never pressure

Sandra x

Thanks for all the supportive posts.

137 days without gambling and for me that has been 137 days of not entering a bookies too. That is out of choice. A choice I made back in late November when I just said to myself that enough was enough.

I have in those 137 days returned to the real world again. The urges to continually gamble have all but gone. I have saved money over the last few months and done a lot of positive thinking.

Today however is a real test. There is undoubtably a desire to place a bet on the GN today. I managed to get through that festival in March ok, and to be honest I have never really totally understood horse racing that much, it was just a bi-product of my persistent football gambling.

Now I do know that this is a combination of habit and addiction toying with me. One thing that being in recovery has taught me is that my clarity of thought and over analytical brain has re-sharpened itself back to where it once was. So I am aware that this is a test to get through. I have though weighed up whether I could just bet on the GN as many 'non-gamblers' do with there once a year punt. And I have also weighed up the scenario of just writing down a horse and not actually gambling on it. There is no doubt that I enjoy watching the race, it is a specifically in itself.

On the flip side of all this is that I have a lot of digging to do at the end of my garden, as I am clearing a space for some concrete foundations for a summer house. So after thinking about it now, and writing all that ramble. I will get my spade, head for the garden and not even bother watching the race until the re-run later this evening. Then I will see how my prediction did and I will march on to day 138......

Other than that all is good....

Keep strong all

Ade

very wise move Ade, get those foundations level, the last thing you want is when your sitting relaxing in there in the summer is to watch your Peroni slide off the table lol....I'll be watching the GN for the spectacle it is and thankfully like you i have no urge to place a bet...my once a year gambling daughters say they've found the winner, "it's gonna win coz it's got the family name dad it's an omen" ok girls fingers crossed, stay in that winners enclosure Ade...onwards and upwards...ginger

Hi Ade, thanks for the heads up on my diary, great to see you're still doing all the right things..keeping busy is undoubtedly the way to go..lovely story getting your golf balls on the runaround 🙂 we did the same, we had a barbecue later and did our own egg hunt so everyone was happy.. you've marched on with your summer house mate..it's so rewarding when you stand back and admire achievements like that especially when there backbreaking like that....last summer i relined and raised my pond using railway sleepers so I know only too well that 'Peroni time' feeling lol....i know you're not posting so much these day's so don't feel pressured to reply Ade..enjoy these beautiful gamble free summer evenings...so until you next pop your head round the door remember to keep winning and traveling..onwards and upwards...Ginger.

It's lovely to read you are keeping strong and moving further away from gambling.

Keep busy, keep strong and keep safe

Onwards and upwards as our friend ginge says

Suzanne xxx