Well into my 198th day without a single penny gambled.
I feel like ive been a great big moaning minnie this last few days. Cos low and behold I woke up this morning and I felt better. I have recovered. Am just back to normal tiredness now after a days work and my eyesight is fine. With hindsight it seems obvious what happened. Its like this...
On Saturday morning I thought it was a good idea after having drunk nothing but sugary coffee all morning to then go down the gym and jump straight on the treadmill and run for an hour most of it at 12.5 km per hour (which is quite pacey). I thought it was a good idea not to drink any water during the run and then to go and spend 20 minutes in the sauna and 20 minutes in the steam room. Yes by now I was drinking water but by then the damage was done wasn't it!!
I must have been over heated, dehydrated and lacking in everything that the body needs to maintain a healthy balance. I'd done no warm up, no warm down, just pushed myself beyond what my mind and body was able to cope with. What a t*t I was!! Could have blumin killed myself. Lesson learned!!
Funny old day at work. Clients were on fine form but b******g and back biting within the staff was really bad today. Me being me I tend to be able to see all sides and can empathise with all..... but deep down I don't really care I just want folk to get on and make all our working lives a bit easier, day by day. I have some regrets at some things I said today when called in by the big boss to ask what I felt about stuff... but hey ho what is done is done... nothing I can do about it now.
No gambling problems, just the usual life problems. Thanks for listening folks... S.A 🙂
Good man s.a 199 and counting. I'm still following from afar and look forward to you passing that challenge I set you.
Best wishes,
Winning post
Hi SA
Nag of the day ...
Update to my previous post.....Buy a s**t load of hydration salts ! ....that way it will stop me worrying..(see how it's still all about me ..lol)
What are you like ; -) ....
R and D x
Well into my 200th day without a single penny having been gambled. 🙂
Yes Rach...hydration salts, alternatively do no exercise, except short bike rides to work and back, which is what has happened the last few days... and hey ho I feel very alive and full of energy.
Ive been dehydrated and knackered for months. Am beginning to realise how much I over did the running. Rest is just as important as the exercise.
Anyway enuff said. Time to enjoy the lovely weather. Am happy to have achieved 200 days without a gamble, long may this continue, just a day at a time.. Thanks for listening... S.A 🙂
Hey SA
You deserve that happiness! Well done on reaching 200.
I hope you're treating yourself to some well earned chillaxed time 🙂
Take care
Irene
x
Yo,
Respect my friend .
Well done on your 200 day , 300 just a short jog away.
You take care , and I really hope you treated yourself tonight .
Shiny xxx
Yeeeeehhaaaa!!! ...a double centuary....good on ya mate ..I hope you feel proud ...
Glad your taking it down a notch into cruise control on the running...biking in the sunshine for fun sounds like a great holiday ...
self care hun....see ...a no nag post!!! ... see that flying pig ? Lol
R and D xx
SA
fella it is with great pride we share a milestone today, it matters not to me the gap between our days, what matters most is were abstinence has taken us.
Without doubt equally we share a better frame of mind, humility and a sprinkling of humour.
It is an honour to share this forum with folks like you.
Here's to tomorrow the most important day.
Abstain and maintain.
I salute you.
Duncs stepping forward never back.
Day 201 gamble free... thanks everyone. 🙂
Its been a very stressful day. I lost my rag with a collegue. She spends her time avoiding clients which then puts the pressure on the rest of us on me. Its not on. I do the job of two support workers in one. The boss knows that certain people don't pull their weight but does very little about it. It ******** me off. My eyesight went again when I got stressed out. Its a bit worrying.
No gambling. Thanks for listening... S.A
Hear what you are saying, it is so frustrating when that happens at work.
Sounds like you are under too much pressure at the moment, do take care and get health things checked out if they keep happening.
You are doing so well to stay gamble free with all the shitola going on around you, much respect and admiration.
xxx
Day 202
Thanks Rainbow and yes I was a complete stress head yesterday and then drunk in charge of a bicycle, not clever. I haven't been drunk for ages. I need to be careful. Old behaviours re-emerging.
Today is a new day. No gambling... S.A
Hey Hun...
Ditto re there and maybe get your BP checked ..DIY styleeee....at the chemist.
Funny you should talk about being drunk on a bike...the chap at the station told me that if you have a driving licence and you get copped you can get points !!! ...I hope he was winding me up...and no I wasn't slugging a bottle of red ...lol
R and D xx
Day 202 comes to a close
Thanks Rach and its like the more I think about it I reckon my visual disturbances, head aches and weird unreal feelings are all stress/anxiety related. It either comes on after a prolonged and intense workout or when am stressed out at work.. and I was very stressed out at work Friday and I took the edge off by getting drunk. I ain't perfect. Strangely no urges to gamble.
My current job is going to come to a conclusion one way or another in the next few weeks. In truth after a few months of relative calm am getting back to the point where am struggling to cope with it. I have it within me to change my job without going through crisis first but whether I can do it or not only time will tell.
Today ive languished in my flat till mid-afternoon and then I cycled to mates had tea played snooker and then cycled home again. No alcohol today and am loving cycling!! Its a good way to switch off from lifes problems for a bit.
On to the next day. Thanks for listening... S.A 🙂
Day 203
Enjoying my runners high while it lasts. I nearly didn't go out again for the sacred Sunday run but then did and am glad I did. Ive not been for a run outdoors for a while and it felt good, just over an hour and a half, steady as it goes. Vision fine as I type.
Not looking forward to the working week. My stress levels way to high. Worried that I might completely lose my rag with some of my fat, lazy idle, unmotivated, skivving collegues, who are often completely reliant on the likes of me doing over and beyond what I should be doing so we can all get through the day without clients kicking off!!
Am sorry but it ******** me off... and it ******** me off that nothing is done about these sloths. Sorry maybe this is a bit over the top but I need to get this out my system. Moan over.
As for gambling, well that can go f*** off as well. Thanks for listening folks... S.A 🙂
The sun is up later it will go down. Now that's a dead cert.
Hey SA ...you sound in fine fighting fettle there and going steady with the running .
Despite being mobile again on 4 diesel wheels which is cheaper than the train and I negotiated a discount parking with the city centre car park man...I have not put my bike away.
I'm seeing it as fun rather than excercise so it's a win win as its doing both.
Work can be challenging , I think it goes through stages of ticking along and then inherent unresolved problems come back to the surface.I know the frustration of people just "being themselves and you can't change them " which is what I get told whilst others are overcompensating taking too much responsibility and holding it together .
Makes more sense to me now why you probably get the almost silent disapproval when you are ever off work as without you the whole thing would collapse .I got the same when I got a cancellation at the dentist for on ongoing tooth problem ..this is why self care is hard to do when you are the person with the maximum responsibilty as your needs get put on the back burner .
The person who I have issues with in work is very clever and calculated and has divided up the day for maximum skiving but ironically is the first to come and get me if I so much as have a quick social chat.
Anyhoooo..keep those hydration fluids up...keep calm and eat bananas!
R and D xx
Ps ..thinking an extension of "incubator " may be "incinerator" ...lol like a employee Room 101 ...may but this forward at the next Managers meeting..lol
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