Final Chance

Congratulations Chartom that first 30 days is a real challenge. Without the diaries I don't think I could have stuck it out especially in the early days, I try to post something every day and if time permits have a read to see how friends are getting on. We will probably get the urges for a long time to come but just have to keep saying NO ....stephen

Evening Diary....... Day 32 gf nothing much to report today . have the odd thought of gambling but learning to push them to the back of my mind, money goes into my account tomorrow and will be used for bills, food etc and ,any left over wont be wasted away. still earys days but getting there slowly

Stay strong tomorrow Chartom your doing really well. Got to just keep riding the wave ....stephen

Evening Diary........... Day 33 for me today gf, weekend is here again and will have to be on my guard with all the sports on, do still get thoughts of gambling but learning to deal with them and of course the blocks being in place helps with this, still think of money lost and how much more comfortable things could be but know i need to let go to be able to move on properly, still early days but getting there slowly.

Evening Diary..... Day 34 gf nearly done & dusted and its been a tough one as the weekends usually are for me with plenty of sport on and plenty of free time on my hands, have had plenty of thoughts of gambling but have tried to keep myself busy and my mind focused on other things which seems to be working for me,just have to keep going and things will improve as my days mount up

Evening Diary...... Day 36 and glad to say still gf, had some gambling thoughts at the weekend with all the sport on but am learning to put my mind to other things and the urges soon pass, each day i manage gf is a day i win so 36 winning days in a row for me now which feels good, just need to keep focused and the longer i can stay clean the better things will become.

Day 39....... Doing ok some good days some not so good but glad to say still gamble free, guard is up as its nearly the weekend and thats when i would have done alot of gambling but not not anymore, blocks in place and doing there job when the urges do come along, trying to keep myself busy and spending more quality time with family which got neglected when in my gambling trance in the past.

Afternoon Diary......40 days gf for me today nice round figure, still very much early days still but on the right track on which i intend to remain, still think of gambling all the time but trying to keep myself busy and coming on this forum helps to dismiss those thoughts.... Wishing everone a nice gamble free weekend.

Some nice positive posts coming through now chartom , to go along with your nice round figure :))

Stay well mate and have a good gamble free weekend yourself :))

Thanks Alan..... getting there slowly but surely,hoping all this walking i have been doing since i quit gambling will help out with my round figure ha ha , hope you are keeping well mate 🙂

LoL , and there's me thinking you were talking about numbers mate :)) .

It's a good job we don't have video messaging on here :))

All's good thank you Bud

Take care :))

Hey chartom3

I just joined the GURU challenge and noticed you've been on here a while like me - well done on reaching 41 days. My longest gamble free run recently has been only about 10 days as I've been trying to quit again for months with no success.

Just found the GURU challenge and it seems right for me. I was in the 2017 challenge but feel that's more for those guys who're experts as many on there are well into hundreds of days and I kinda feel like I'm not on a similar journey at the moment.

Wishing you good luck on your journey and I look forward to following your progress to GURU!

Boxingdayfresh:)

Thankyou Chartom, appreciate the support. Great to see you racking up them GF Days, one day at a time and before you know it your 42 away from that last bet. " Spending quality time with your family, something that was neglected when in your gambling trance " sadly everything took a back seat when we gambled, the good news is we're on the mend.

I'm about to go to the gym for a swim and a steam, clicking my heels and singing a happy song.

No more the fool - I'm gonna be cool.

Hi

Thanks for your reply on my diary.

I am 7 days in now and it feels better already. Looking fwd to moving through the stages on the Guru Challenge.

Hope you're well and continuing to abstain from gambling too.

Boxingdayfresh

Day 44 ...... Doing ok the blocks i have put in place are working well which is good to know that when i get the urge to gamble (which is pretty often) i cant as everything gambling related online is blocked.Still just trying to take it 1 day at a time and keeping myself busy and my mind occupied which so far seems to be working.Still beat myself up when i think of the amount of money i have lost but trying to look forward and not dwell to much on my past mistakes.