Hope

Lol ...that's funny

I'm also safe too SA ...going to watch a film xxx

:-):-):-):-):-):-)

Sorry S.A......i love it!fantastic post. I know how you feel, i just enjoy my own company and a glass:-)

Take care and have a lovely weekend

Well done on continued abstinence

Sandra x

Day 258

Lol, yes I see why my last post might be seen as mildly funny, speeling mistakes and all. In truth though that was the closest iv'e come to gambling in the last 258 days.

My mate left before me and then when I came out the pub a few minutes later with 4 strong ciders inside me, I wanted to gamble... pure and simple!

Set myself up for a fall I did but somehow I didn't fall. I didn't follow the well trodden path to the machines but went to Asda instead and bought my dinner and then went home. I got lucky.

My mate is on the edge, much more so than I am. Tales of rent arrears. We went through gambling rehab together but he's arguably got more of a problem with the booze than gambling. He will cling on to his flat for as long as he can and then be evicted. This is his pattern and what brought him to rehab in the first place.

You'd think that listening to his tales of woe would not have brought on the urge to gamble within me but strangely it did, that and alcohol of course.

I feel good today if slightly hungover. I got to run far this weekend. marathon just under a month away. Gulp and eeek!!

Today I will not gamble. Thanks for listening... S.A 🙂

SA

fella I salute you!!!

You didn't get lucky, don't do yourself the injustice of not taking the credit that yesterday deserved.

The urge to gamble for me is always heightened by alcohol, as after a few beverages I start that peacocking in my head, it struts about thinking above it's station lol.

Through your efforts for those 258 days the addiction has i believe shrunk and is not the dominant force it once was, no kidding yourself it's gone, oh it's there alright trying to tempt you back at any opportunity, it's dirty and use any emotion good or bad to feed on.

So my friend you deserve the rewards of you effort.

The reward is bigger than any financial gain any gambling emporium would give.

The reward the gift of Abstinence.

And for taking it be proud.

Don't run too hard and in the words of our dear friend Rach

Rehydrate !!!

Keep up the good work.

Duncs stepping forward never back.

Hey S.A,

Well done for staying strong yesterday, urges comes and goes and you dealt well with them yesterday.

Thank you for your post on my diary and you are not nosey at all. Running plays huge part in my recovery, i used to do a lot of excercise couple of years back( gym, running, bike rides)... but then few things happenned( one of them gambling:-( and i just stopped...

So it's great to go back on track:-)

Yes, i do run every day, i can't tell you the distance, but i run an hour ( on working day), and an hour and a half on my days off.

It's fantastic and i love it:-)

Keep going strong and take care

Sandra x

Day 258 continues...

Thanks both... awesome running Sandra.

Am just back from an unexpected awesome run.... 3hours 15 minutes, consistent slow to steady pace... 20 miles I reckon. I want to get one of those "things" that tells you exactly how far you've been.

I don't understand how after 4 strong ciders yesterday and a cr** nights sleep how my body allowed me to do that, but it did... up slopes, down slopes, uneven surfaces, concrete, grass, gravel on and on and on I went. I ran into a newsagent managed to grab a sports drink run down the aisle back up another and left the pound coin on the counter and out the door all without stopping.. It was funny, the till bloke laughed as well.

Another strange thought. Ive not had a single dodgy vision event for a few weeks now, ever since I stopped going to the gym and running on the tread mill. I reckon it was that that was triggering something in my brain. Maybe it was the environment (too warm) or that I was going to fast for too long. probably too fast I think without any sort of warm up. With outdoors running I start slow and maybe that's the key. I dunno.

Anyway that's me at this moment in time. Enjoying my runners high. Ive still got a fat belly mind ;-).. happy days folks, happy days... S.A 🙂

Hey SA

I'm massively impressed at you not giving in yesterday- sounds tough but hey, you did it 🙂

The running sounds tougher (puts my 10 mins treadmill sound piddly lol).

Happy days is good- long may they continue!

Take care

Irene

x

Hey again S.A,

Well it's hot today isn't it? Fantastic achievement today! 20 miles..well done:-)

I just count mine, well...an hour run and just under 5 miles...not too impressed with myself, must be still a bit hangover lol 🙂

I know what you mean with treadmills, i used to love them so much, all staff in my gym used to call me running lady lol, if i get on a treadmill, that would b it, a good hour and a half non stop(every day)...maybe a bit selfish, but they had another 4 spare ones to use lol

Anyway getting on a bit now, enjoy the highs of running, best feeling ever;-)

Take care

Sandra x

Day 259 (37 weeks) gamble free

Thanks both 🙂

Yes, ive been known to run a whole half-marathon on a treadmill, not anymore. I use to get terrible shin pain and I think it was running on the same surface for such a long time so the pressure went to the same point on the shins. Am really anti-treadmills at the moment.. if you hadn't realised lol

Am trying to psche myself up for another run. Running on tired legs builds up endurance and all that. We shall see.

No gambling thoughts. I just don't gamble a day at a time. That's the way to do it. Thanks for listening... S.A 🙂

Good morning S.A.

Sorry i went a bit about my joy with treadmills yesterday. I think you are right, to run on the same surface don't always helps. And outdoor running is so much better and healthier. Fresh air is good medicine.

Well done on another day gamble free.

Day at a time

Sandra x

Day 259 continues....

No worries Sandra. I use to love the treadmill but when I look back now what the treadmill gave me was shin splints and my vision often went strange after a heavy session and sometimes I thought I was going to have a stroke. I don't get any of that running in the great outdoors.

Iv'e just been for a 3 hour and 4 minutes run. So assuming 10 minute miles then that's 18.5 miles today and atleast 19.5 miles yesterday making a grand total of 38 miles for the weekend! That's a record for me. Awesome if I do say so myself!!

Thanks for listening... S.A 🙂

Yo,

Most defo Awesome!

Although I have to add rather you than me lol

Shiny xxxxxx

Hey Hun

Thank you for the turbo boost today...it's not gone to waste as this wuss turned on the engines and the rockets back in orbit!!!

Thanks for giving me a much needed boost xx

R and D xx

262 days without any gambling.

No gambling or thoughts of gambling with me. Am just very very tired. My recent running has finally caught up with me. Over 8 hours of running between Saturday a.m to Tuesday P.m and am dun in now. Am not achy but horribly dehydrated (I think) and run down. All of my own making of course and to be expected. No gain without taking the strain. I ain't gonna beat my marathon P.b if I don't put in the miles. No injury though so that's good.

Stumbled across a programme last night "Undercover boss"... of an arcade chain this boss was. You saw him packing his bag in his mansion on the outskirts of London and saying goodbye to his wife and his children. He was "back to the floor" on the night shift.

In short (and before I got toooo drawn into the programme) it seemed to be about how to get the punters out of the pub and into the slot arcade and for the night! Of course they want to keep out the loud mouthed aggressive drunks and keep the quiet, depressed, lonely drunks in and slotting i.e. attracting those poor souls who are pre-pared to sit there and slot away without making a nuisance of themselves and until they run out of money. Crying at the machines is permitted you see as long as you keep the noise down and don't disturb other patrons.

Anyway that's not me anymore am happy about that. Thanks for listening.... S.A 🙂

day 263 today great stuff SA. Its really great to see such success stories on here. Keep it up mate.

Glad the marathan trainings going well bound to feel it now and again and i guess its best to have a break now and again. Anyway your the gamcare master when it comes to running, so i'll shut up lol. Hope ya recover fast and get back to pounding the pavement soon. Have a nice weekend mate.