First day of the rest of my life...

Hi MM

Great to see you have made it through today. Sorry I didn't message last night as I crashed out early doors (10 hours sleep!). Pleased to see you have made it to the end of day 5. You are doing brilliantly. Next time you get the urge just remember that you don't want that feeling of shame and anxiety back. This is a new chapter in our lives. That thought you mention of disappointment is something to draw on in a time of weakness like today. We will make a week and then two! Stay strong.

Myles x

Your doing great its early days for me to so I know how hard it is and like yourself I have self excluded on many sites to then just open another account, chasing loses and believing in that big win, we are all the same there are no winners in gamblers, I tell myself that every day and maybe one day ill wake up and believe it, we need to all walk this long road together and get strength from each other

C

Gemgem

Hi Myles,

Good to see you are doing well, I had wondered how you were getting on. 10 hours sleep sounds like bliss! I am sure you felt refreshed and ready to take on anything. Yes I am trying to remember that awful feeling to help me. well done on day 4 & 5, day 6 here we come! Keeping strong xx

Hi Gemgem,

Exactly what I was always like , I would self exclude and then find another site or if I did win enough to withdraw and go and play another site thinking well I've got extra money now. I can see now how much it all had a hold of my life, but we must keep strong and get through this addiction, it has been a great help finding here, although I do feel like I an writing a lot but if it helps so be it. We can not win because we can not stop. Xx

Hi mrs me.

Well done on day 6. They will soon be mountain up. I am just through 30 weeks and it feels like i have never gambled. It feels like a former life. Soon this will be you

Take care and stay strong.

steve

Hi MM,

Well done on day 6 of abstaining and maintaining one day at a time.

One whole week tomorrow, keep going and stay strong.

Suzanne xx

Hi MM

Are we on track for one whole week (and the first of many)? I'm sure you don't miss it really - I know I don't. Life is much more chilled.

Myles x

Morning Myles ,

I am indeed. Day 6 done, now day 7. Me too, much more content and feel I have a better hold on things now. Can't believe I have made it one whole week! What an achievement we have both made! There will be plenty more to come. Xx

Hi MM,

Delighted to see your days clocking up. You are doing so well and noticing the difference.

You will be more content every day you don't gamble.

Getting up each morning will never be the struggle it was when out heads were filled with gambling thoughts.

You are making friends here. Real friends who know what you are going through. On the bingo sites we used to have to say "well done" to someone else when they won and we lost. That was all part of trying to make us feel we were amongst friends. It was just a marketing tactic.

Stay on this site and your life will be free from the despair that gambling brings.

Well done to you for recognising you were heading for disaster and taking control. That Day 1 was such an important turning point in your life.

Take care,

Suzy

Day 7 done! Now on day 8.

Thank you Suzy, You always give such great words of wisdom, it helps me to see things like that. I find the urges are much less already, and I think back wondering why was it all I could think about all day at the time but I suppose the more you feed the addiction the more it wants. Xx

Hi MM,

Congrats on reaching one whole week.

Each day we abstain and maintain it makes us stronger and the addiction starts to starve, stay focused and strong and positive and take one day at a time, because each day we can feel different.

Suzanne xx

Hi MM,

Congrats on reaching one whole week.

Each day we abstain and maintain it makes us stronger and the addiction starts to starve, stay focused and strong and positive and take one day at a time, because each day we can feel different.

Suzanne xx

Well end of day 8! But nearly wasn't. I got a letter through from a new bingo site, and stupidly went on and created an account. Don't know what I was doing it thinking, feel so mad at myself. As soon as it came up to deposit I felt sick , suddenly realised, came off and emailed them to close my account. Feel so stupid for ever going on in the first place, this has just reminded me how easy it would be for me to slip back. I am glad I didn't deposit and came off it but feeling I've let myself down all the same. Why oh why did I do it and I keep thinking now imagine how much worse I would feel if I had of deposited. Trying to look forward and realise it was probably a big step not depositing. But who knows. Hoping day 9 will be better xx

Day 9 done, much easier today. Looking forward to day 10 xx

Hi Mrs Me

well done on getting to day 10. You are doing great. It is such a rollercoaster of a journey isn't it. I am a returner to this site and this time am only on day 7 but its stories like yours that inspire me to keep going. Well done. stay strong

Stu

Hi MM,

How are you keeping?

You have gone very quiet. But don't worry if you were tempted back to gambling. Sometimes it takes a few false starts to get going. The main thing is to put more security in place when the urges are strong.

Start off again and you will have learned from your slip.

Perhaps I am wrong and it is something else.

Either way, hurry back we miss you.

Take care,

Suzy