Give peace a chance

Cool title.

Well done on the 70 days.

Looking forward to reading your reflections.

70 days!!! 🙂 so happy for you and proud of you x

70 amazing and the forum thrives on your energy, kindness and way with words. Thank you for being there S:)

Many thanks Glint , Wai and Sharon .

Certainly feeling good today . 70 Days ......10 Weeks ...... 1680 Hours .....100800 Minutes ......6048000 Seconds .... Not that I've been counting !

Now attempting to live without the blinkers . To look at the world with eyes wide open . Embrace the future and enjoy the ride .

Gotta a new weapon in my armoury

When tempted by thoughts of the fobt monster I will exhale whilst rapidly shaking my head and saying ' BLEUUURRGH ' . Repeated 10 times .

Sounds crazy but consider this . Is it as crazy as me feeding a fobt £10 and £20 notes until i'm broke and miserable .

Maybe a bit of craziness can help me out of a crazy situation . Who knows !

Hello Diary . Feeling good about my 71 days gamble free . Wary of becoming complacent but feel confident I can put this madness behind me . Time to move on .

Congratulations on the 71 days - you gotta do 71 so you can reach 72 etc etc...

fair play to you for having your profile picture available, that really is tackling this head on with full openness

Thanks Compulsive Gambler , appreciate your support on my journey .

Your 106 Days gamble free is a great achievement and a good solid foundation for a gamble free life .

It's only natural to feel remorse , shame , fear and loneliness . It takes a lot of courage to break free from a tyrant masquerading as our friend , filling our minds with delusions . Preying on our negativity .

Freedom comes at a price . We have been living under the yoke of gambling addiction for quite some time , it's familiar and it's what we know . Compulsive gambling brings misery and torment to ourselves and our loved ones yet we can still see it as our friend and confidante . How crazy is that .

From the bottom of my heart I wish you peace and contentment . Enjoy your freedom , enjoy your life . None of us is going to get out of this alive anyway !

Thank you for posting on my diary, honestly your way with words is exceptional!!!We're you a poet/writer in a former life? Wow 71 days amazing achievement Stephen, be proud of everything you have overcome and the help you'very given to so many S:)

Day 72 on the recovery road with friends and fellow travellers . No urges to gamble . Freedom at last and relishing every moment of it . Good stuff ...bad stuff ...whatever ...it's all part of lifes rich tapestry .

Enjoyed another counselling session yesterday afternoon , am finding it beneficial and the counsellor is really nice . Followed this with a swim . In the evening attended GA meeting which was good . Therapy coming out of my ears but if it helps my recovery than i'm up for it .

I am the same sometimes. I think I am doing too much anti-gambling related activity and I might be overdoing but I know its certainly helping. All the activities might make me think of gambling a bit more but they certainly help me stay gamble free as I only relapse when these activities are reduced and I get complacent.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the post on my diary degenerate . Your 116 days GF is excellent , well done .

Despite all that therapy yesterday , today I had persistent urges to go on the fobt machines , lasted an hour or so . Never any danger of my acting on the urges but it came as a suprise , though I don't why .

Hello, really loved reading your success post, well done you! Like the last post said, profile picture is so brave, no shame. I'm hiding but so refreshing to see you're been so open :). I'm not putting a profile picture incase of failure. I'm only day 1 too, so no acplomishment but at day 72 I will be proud! Again a massive well done and all the best x

Welcome back to the GamCare Diaries desesperado . The support and wisdom I have found here has helped me enormously . I am slowly coming to terms with my gambling addiction and developing strategies to abstain from gambling .

Thankyou for the post on my diary . Wishing you a happy gamble free sunday with your loving partner and lovely daughter , 3 years old and no doubt bringing joy to everyone , a real miracle .

The relationship with my daughter at age 3 was reduced to writing her monthly letters and supporting her financially . The acrimonious divorce resulting from my gambling losses and associated issues made my wife very bitter . I made excuses for myself but the truth of the matter was I put gambling before my loved ones . My daughter is 35 in a few weeks . The good news is she had a good childhood , well liked at school , is happy and has done well in her life .

From the bottom of my heart I wish you a successful recovery from this insidious addiction .