I have been trying to stop for a long time now but need to admit to myself I have to do it. For the sake of my family and the sanity of myself. I have just found the diary page and am going to try and post in here every day to stop this addiction. I live in a remote location and travels parodic ally for work when I gamble so not able to make the meetings and so I am going to try and use this my meetings and try to beat this. It is the fobts that have me for a reason I do not know I know I can't win when I do win I sit there till it's all gone there is no pleasure I just can't stop playing these things so here goes here's the start day 1 and counting.
hog
Welcome to the forum, a place where you will recieve a great deal of support, advice and help from like minded folk who all share the same reason for being here.
To arrest the destructive gambling that brings only misey to there life.
Well done for admitting you are out of control of your gambling, the nemisis the fobt is too my choice of detructive gambling.
Whilst gambling
i cannot win because I cannot stop.
There is no cure, or magic potion, there is a way.
Make a choice each day. No bet today and you actually win.
I did win because I did stop.
My advice the same as I got on my first days recovery, there is a triangle
Time-money-location
Take at least one away at all times and you simply cant have a bet, gifting yourself a chance to re-wire that addled brain.
The choice comes down to us.
I hope your diary gifts you the same resolve my diary gifts me.
Most of all be kind to yourself, and put those losses behind you. Addiction hates that.
Duncs stepping forward never back.
Hello hog
well done for admitting your addiction , the first step is admitting you have a problem , the second is asking for help .well it was for me ! . I too have a problem with fobt and fruit machines , i have had this problem for longer than i care to remember . For me in my recovery i have found that asking for help and being open and honest about my addiction works best for me , i have also found that in my recovery lapses will tend to happen when you least expect them ,so i have to be aware of my triggers , and try to take action when i feel im about to .
Thank you for your words they help hearing I'm not the only one is reassuring hopefully we can all beat this and then we will all be winners but for me it's day two so thanks and I'll see you tommorrow
Day four and still trying cheers for the kind words
Day five and had a lot of bills start to think if only I could get a couple more hundred then it would help but in fact I'd be worse off so just going to try and keep going urges are big. But still no gambling
Thanks julie I have a hard day today will be traveling past a lot of old gambling spots but I have to do this and beat it will keep you posted thanks all hog
Still trying to be a winner hard but rewarding lets do this people cheers hog
day four for me.gonna beat this demon. keep going and keep posting x
Still gamble free nearly Christmas and the start of a new year
back gain, day 2 and counting, got to be this time
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