First day on here

Hi

That sounds like you are being very healthy interactive and productive well done.

Love and peace to every one

Dave L

AKA Dave of Beckenham UK

@gadaveuk That’s the thing I need to keep doing, staying busy and interacting with people. I’ve not posted in a couple of days, I’ve had a couple of urges in the last few days when hearing about the big weekend of sports coming up next weekend. I’ve managed to take my mind off it though and I need to stay strong with this.

These are usually the weekends when I cave in but I am determined that I won’t let this happen this coming weekend.

I have made plans with my Girlfriend when I am off work on Saturday so this should help me.

Stay strong all!

So on Wednesday I was having a really bad day, feeling really down and I didn’t know why. As I went through the day I had a few urges to gamble and really struggled.

I spoke to my girlfriend about this and it was a really healthy conversation. She helped support me to get through the day without gambling.

I woke up yesterday in a much better frame of mind and now I’m feeling good and strong again. This just shows that some days can be hard for no reason that you can explain and you just need to get through these.

Stay strong all!

This weekend has been one of the hardest yet. When I was at work yesterday, all I had going through my head was I needed to put a bet on the golf Masters.

I managed to get through the weekend unscathed which is a really big deal for me. These are the kind of urges that I usually give in to however I stayed strong and kept reminding myself what happens after I usually give in to the urges.

I just kept saying to myself to get through this day and it will be easier tomorrow.

This turned out to be the truth because I feel so good now that I didn’t give in and I feel really proud of myself.

I spoke to my girlfriend about it just before the weekend but maybe I should’ve opened up more to her as the weekend unfolded. This is a learning step for me though.

Here’s to this week!

Stay Strong everyone!

Day 35… I haven’t posted for a week… The main reason for this is I haven’t felt the need to because I’ve been feeling really good and have been getting myself into healthy habits/routines.

Last week I was working Monday-Friday but I had an extra day off on the Tuesday. I made plans to go out with my mate for the day and we decided to try out some Golf (I have never played before).

I found it really tough but I had so much fun doing it. Apart from Tuesday I kept myself busy at work and didn’t have any urges during the week. I kept muting my radio when I heard the gambling ads, I have got into the routine of this now.

Over the weekend I made sure I stayed busy, went out for lunch with my Dad on Saturday and then to the pub with some friends to play some Darts. After this I had a mates birthday party on the Saturday night.

On Sunday I went out for some lunch with my girlfriend, my mum and my sisters family at a nice pub in the countryside. After this I was at a snooker/pool/darts competition at my local club which lasted until later that evening. After this I had a takeaway with my girlfriend and watched a film at home with her.

I am going to golf again tomorrow and aim to stay busy throughout this week again. I’ve found that planning ahead really helps me to stay on track.

Stay Strong everyone!