Hope

Morning S.A. It may make you feel better to know what I consumed yesterday. I let myself go a bit because it was my mother's 74th and I managed to take home a 'doggy bin bag.'

Morning:

Porridge & protein powder

Afternoon:

Sunday Roast (huge serving, all the trimmings)

Evening:

Family sized trifle, bottle of red Jacobs Creek, half a bag of party sized Doritos, 2 giant muffins (double chocolate), 4 Pâté on toast (thick bread), half a box of Thorntons Brazil nut toffees.

Feel a bit rough this morning but I'll put that down to the out of date, opened for two weeks Pâté a found at the back of the fridge. After a bottle of wine though little things like mouldy food doesn't put me off.

Bad food to me is like gambling, in for a penny in for a pound, nothing in moderation.

Have a nice day

Steve

Day 211 and not a penny gambled in that time.

Thanks for support all.

I relate to what you say Lazarus, bad food like gambling, nothing in moderation. Put down one addiction pick up another or have multiple addictions running side by side.. the consequences just being a matter of degree. Defects of character/emotional problems underlie them all I think. But am too tired for analysis of this as I type.

Today has been fine other than the member of staff who P***** me off by simply not doing their job and continually going out for cigarette breaks, causing much distress for the client they were supposed to be with.

The subject of gambling has not crossed my mind until ive come here. In myself I feel on a level today. Thanks for listening... S.A 🙂

Day 212 which is exactly 7 months since my last gamble of any kind. As always it feels good to get a decent stretch gambling free.

A frustrating day at a work, where I found myself getting moody with other staff in my thoughts at any rate. Work is not easy at times especially when you are required to work with folk that you wouldn't normally have anything to do with. Some staff are great, other staff just do my head in. It is not easy.. but that's work isn't it??

Having said all of that we had a new lad starting this week. He lost his job at Millies cookies of all places and has been on the dole for several months. He reminds me of me when I started this job, all nervous and anxious and eager to please. The clients will make mince meat of him. Am not sure he will last, but then its down to him to make a go of it or not. All I can do is show him the way. People new to support work often don't understand what the job entails but to me its obvious... its in the blumin job title!! 🙂

Anyway a swim and sauna beckons. Am loving the weather and lovin cycling. Thanks for listening folks... S.A 🙂

The sun is up it will go down in a few hours.

Yo,

Thank you for your post .

Yep a few days will be right as rain nine pence.

Hope you enjoyed you swim and sauna .

Shiny xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Day 213... thanks Shiny, swim and sauna was lovely. Day off today 🙂

It crosses my mind how am constantly rejuvenating (like Doctor who perhaps) in my relationships with people. Its like this morning one flat had a leaky pipe which meant we all ended up in the stair well to discuss what had happened and its consequences. It was good in a way cos that was my chance to put to bed the annoyance with the weekday late night music party people. My annoyance and stress with these folk melted away. Normal neighbourly relations resumed.

Its the same with work. I come back and rant and rave about folk but then I calm down and reflect and then realise that its in my interests to resume normal work relations despite everything cos otherwise it makes working life even worse. The same in personal relationships, its just the way it is isn't it. So like I say, I am constantly rejunvenating, re-newing, re-engaging, starting afresh.

It is easier to get along with folk without gambling lurking in the background gnawing away at my soul. Today is a good day, every gambling free day is a good day. Thanks for listening... S.A 🙂

The sun is up later it will go down. That's a dead cert.

Glad all is well SA. Great to read. Take care.

Was that just the shortest post gamcare has seen. Tomorrow I might just put hello lol

:-))

Hi SA

Just a quick- "well done" notching up the 7 months.

Keep up the great progress!

Irene

x

Day 214

Thanks Irene 🙂

Another day passing gambling free. Yesterday I ended up doing lots of running and cycling in the muggy weather and I was feeling very fatigued at work today. I managed to avoid too much driving as I was expecting dodgy vision at some point for having over done the exercise but as it turned out I was fine. No rhyme nor reason to things sometimes. Early night for me.

No gambling problems. Onwards and forwards... S.A 🙂

Hey SA

Im keeping my beady eye on you ....pace thyself ..lol

Sleep tight xx

Mega big time between sun coming up and sun going down so hope you are making the most of it.

have a fun, relaxing weekend

xxx

Thanks both.

Day 215 and not a penny gambled in that time.

A very draining day at work. We have this client who slaps himself hard in the face as a way of getting attention or trying to get what he wants. If that doesn't work he screams the house down. When he's completely "on one" his eyes glaze over and he loses touch with reality and would quite literally run into the traffic if there was traffic about. He's hard work. Today he was hard work. Today I might scream the house down.

No gambling problems though. Thank f**k for that. Thanks for listening... S.A 🙂

Day 216

Another day dawns gambling free. I was going to have a lie in this morning but ive already been up for an hour.

Had a nice cycle to the pool last night and then 40 lengths. Exercise is my salvation i'd be lost without it. I then ate the entire contents of a Tesco superstore including the people. 😉

Don't really know why I am writing this. But logging my comings and goings and doings has become an ingrained habit. Doesn't do any harm does it. Maybe when am dead and buried folk can make an action packed movie about my life. The shocking final sequence being where I manage to squeeze yet another pate sandwich into my gullet whilst at the same time saying NO to the slot machine strategically placed by the gods to tempt me.

Anyway the sun is up. Time to do stuff. No gambling today. Thanks for listening folks... S.A 🙂

SA

my friend well done for passing through the seven months gamble free milestone, an achievement to be proud of, as for logging on here each day, my advice, its a great compulsion to have, each days abstinence if aided by logging on here is surely a medicine worth its daily dose.

As for the eating, its a subject close to my heart, and i have found the 'healthy eating' a test of all my resolve.

Funny how the brain formulates, it has told me all week that smoking would be a good reward for my efforts in dieting!!!

f**k

i do my body a great favour lol and it wants to smoke again after more than a year!!!

I think the biscuit tin maybe getting a re introduction!!

Lol i don't know in honesty why we had a tin!! More than not they didn't make it that far!!!

Keep up the great work fella.

Duncs stepping forward never back.