End of day 1 quitting gambling

Hi Craig well done on the 30 days. Don't take your foot off the gas I also don't like the chatroom but I find this forum a massive help reading and posting. Even if you don't post come on regularly and keep reading so you don't get complacent. Our addiction is always watching and waiting for a way in let's not let it find it. Best wishes to stay gamble free

Thanks Charlieboy, I also find this forum really helpful so will be continuing to read this most days, take care 

Day 37 gamble free, bit of a milestone for me, used to be hooked uncontrollably on roulette machines, so officially more days gamble free than numbers on the bog standard 36 numbered roulette machine,  feeling fantastic and in an amazing mindset, full of positive energy. Although am checking this forum every day i am having zero thoughts and zero urges about gambling. On my previous decent attempts of quitting I don’t recall feeling this good

Hi Craig good post , strong, positive . Keep using the forum when you put your thoughts into words it definitely takes the power out of the bad ones. Keep going , bet  your life is improving I know mine is

Day 50 of no gambling today, feeling fantastic to be honest, don’t have any urges what so ever, still checking in every day reading people’s stories and new comments, feeling incredibly positive about my future. Life is good 

Dear @craig724,

Huge congrats on 50 days gamble-free, so please to hear the positivity in your post.

Keep posting, keep sharing and keep the positive focus, it is all really paying off.

All the very best,

Eva

Forum Admin

Day 70, officially 10 weeks today with no gambling.  Feeling great, getting stronger and stronger, absolutely no urges what so ever, really enjoying the football season being back on and watching loads of games without sweating and worrying about a bet coming in on the game. Find myself a lot calmer and certainly not as stressed as I was when I was gambling. Stating the obvious but have a lot more money.   I know for a fact this time is very different & can absolutely guarantee I won’t go back to gambling, got too much Exciting things going on and coming up in my life.  Just sitting here and the hatred I have for gambling and the process, I wonder how I was so stupid, I wish I had this mindset months ago.   I read many comments from people who say will power is not enough to give up gambling, which I disagree strongly with,   Don’t get me wrong I have blocks in place, Internet gambling blocked and banned from local bookmakers, but if we are being honest the chances of getting pulled on a return to the bookmakers is very very slim, so therefore it is will power keeping me/people away, could also go to bookmakers a bit further away but again it is will power by not giving in. 

Was on you tube the other day and was watching a guy called Tom eatons story on how he’s awaiting sentence for  stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds for his work place etc - I recommend for people struggling in same situation to catch up on it, because it’s an eye opener how things can go if your stupid enough to make them decisions, although I’ve never done anything as that,it really opened my eyes on how it can spiral out of control when your fully sucked in. 

Today marks 80 days gamble free, feeling great, absolutely no urges what so ever, it’s getting easier and easier, enjoying the weeks go by not worrying about money and all the stuff that comes with gambling.   I’ve noticed last couple of weeks on this forum, a lot more new posts from partners who have just found out about their other half’s gambling problems,  really makes me sad to think of the pain gamblers partners are going through through no fault of their own, some of the posts are really heartbreaking,  if that’s not a reason for people to quit then I honestly don’t know what is.  

100 Days gamble free ☑️ Feeling fantastic, still no urges whatsoever and never think about putting a bet on. This is my 3rd longest time gamble free and my most easiest. It feels very different this time, hand on heart I know I am done with gambling this time, on my previous long attempts I’ve always known I would go back to gambling at some stage and  I was hoping I could just get it under control. I can’t begin to tell you how stress free life is without any gambling, I am actually proud of myself as I can see a real difference in myself as a person, I’d like to be sitting here saying am at day 1,000 but at day 100 I am still incredibly proud of myself. 

Ps. Despite people being out of work here in the north,  how lovely is it to see bookmakers shut and the shutters down. Hopefully one good thing to come out of COVID 19 is more and more bookmakers forced to close. 

Hey craig, life is better isn't it without gambling, we kidded ourselves when were gambling that it relieved stress and I suppose when in that trance out of reality it did but boy did the stress rebound double the next day with the realisation we had gambled all our money. I'm glad you are done with gambling I am too I'm 54years old now and I don't intend to waste another second on gambling. I'm 20 weeks gamble free and you are what 14weeks + . Life is better and no matter what life throws at us gambling is never the answer. Keep going, you're going great

Waking up this morning with a smile on my face, officially 4 months gamble free and continuing to feel better than ever. No urges & to be honest couldn’t think of anything worse than gambling nowadays. Still early days but as I’ve said previous, this time it’s different.  Was looking back at my early posts over the weekend and it made me smile to see how far i had come and what a completely different mindset I now have.   My biggest and most important advice for people who are about to quit or already in the first couple of days of quitting is whatever you do, don’t feel sorry for yourself it’s the worse thing you can do. Feeling sorry for yourself only makes the situation and your mind so much worse. Snap out of the self pity mood, accept what you’ve done and move on. Feeling sorry for yourself gets you absolutely nowhere. 

Hey craig well done. Early days still like myself but very positive early days. Every day further away from gambling is a big day. Thinking back to the early days of my gambling history mainly bingo and mostly fairly controlled but still weekly/ twice weekly sessions. I'm 54years old now and I've reset my life, you can't erase what you've done you have to move forward. Carry on craig

Thanks Charlieboy and well done to you too on your efforts too. Nope you defo can’t erase the past, but we can certainly learn from them and make sure we don’t make the same mistakes ever again.   It’s such a nice peaceful feeling when you don’t gamble, no worries and no stress 

Yes definitely, time away from gambling shows you how crazy it is . Our dog has been quite unwell cost us over £400 in vets bills( she's totally worth it and more) when I was gambling I would have been so stressed about trying to find the money....now the money was there available such a relief. Gambling is evil.....never again

Day 144, feeling proud reflecting on how far I’ve come while am lying here in bed absolutely freezing. Still early on my journey, but the days of any urges are long behind me and am enjoying this stress free path of no gambling. No gambling = a much happier life, sleeping much better as a result of it. I must admit this last week I’ve found it incredibly hard to come on this site due to all the negativity am reading, people slagging other people off, blaming people, blaming admins, blaming everybody but themselves. This is meant to be a support network for people trying to overcome gambling not an aggressive Jeremy Kyle forum.