Diary let's try this

Well day 1 almost over . Seems weird to think this time yesterday I was ruining my life

Day 2 morning. Felt sick since I woke up thinking of the money lost . Really want this feeling to wear off but I suppose this is the punishment I deserve .

Welcome to the diaries Wittle and congratulations on accepting you have a compulsion to gamble. Now is a good time to stop throwing your money away. Overcoming gambling addiction is a massive challenge but it can be done.

We have to draw a line and leave gambling in the past. Accepting that monies we have lost are gone forever is imperative to our recovery. It is a bitter pill to swallow but the alternative is to chase our losses and lose even more money.

Wishing you every success in rediscovering your life and finding your freedom. The freedom to live the life of your choosing and not the miserable existence of a gambling addict.

Wittle,

As the Stoical One says, do not dwell on past losses. They are gone and you will never win them back.

If you are serious about recovery then there is no reason to feel guily - we did not choose to be come addicts. Do not be hard on yourself.

The early days are tough - keep fighting - take each day as it comes - and before you know it you will have cranked up a few weeks and you will already feel the benefits of being gamble free.

Take pride in recovery and keep posting. There is a lot of support here and a lot of people who want you to succeed.

Markman

Thank you guys . I'm going to give this a really good try . I'm totally determined to never feel like this again . I've wrote various checkpoints in my diary starting just with this Saturday when I'm off on a night out. I'll just concentrate on these one at a time .

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Thank you positive action . Some brilliant advice and words of encouragement. So true too . I intend posting on here every day , it'll give me incentive to have only good news to tell by not gambling. Today I'm feeling down, trying to forget what happened Sunday and Monday but can't seem to shake it off . Busy at work today and have planned things for my day off tomorrow to keep busy and take my mind off gambling. The sun is shining and it makes you realise there's so many nice things you could be doing with your time rather than standing in a grotty bookies feeding notes into a machine . Onwards and upwards.

Today done n dusted . Not feeling too good but tomorrow is another day.

Got through yesterday just about . Busy day today so should be fine . Still got this dark cloud hanging over me , suppose that's to be expected.

It was this time last week when it all went wrong . No gambling since then so hit my 1st checkpoint

Well done mate, didn’t realise you had a diary outside of the new members section, I posted a longer post on there with a few words of encouragement and a bit of insight after one your previous posts hit home with me, give it a read and respond here if that’s more convenient, I know it’s not ideal to having more than one active thread.

I know it’s hard but try to that chin up, everyone has issues and this is ours, we know what we must do so let’s execute our plans and march on.

Hi progress thanks yeah I read it, great to have some encouragement. I got through the weekend so still on track I've got my sights on my next check point now which is next Friday. Feel a bit better today but can't afford any slip ups. Here's to a gambling free week for both of us .

Watch all the marvel cinematic universe films then watch avengers infinity war on Thursday, that will keep you busy until Thursday and by then you'll probably think about gambling less 🙂

Another day ticked off ..