Hope

Hi SA,

Glad to see all is well with you....thinking of your client who went on the slides at the pool...were you not a little bit tempted? Maybe its just the big kid in me, but I'd be itching to have a go myself.

Keep up the good work mate...and stay off that coaster!

Cheers

Ryan

Hey SA,

Glad to read you doing well and driving( cycling ;-)..) in a middle lane of ur recovery. Way to go and keep it up!!

Take care

Sandra x

Day 355 gambling free and thanks both 🙂

A difficult day work wise but I coped and trucking along nicely as far as not gambling goes. Onwards and forwards... S.A 🙂

Yay for you! Down to the final countdown to the one year mark. TEN - NINE - EIG.................

Have a great weekend. You deserve it!

Day 356 gambling free... and thanks Carla 🙂

Woke up this morning and looked in the mirror and saw what a dishevelled wreck I looked. Being a carer and focussing all your energies on "others" during the week, I tend to neglect myself.

So anyway I been and got a semi-decent haircut (am fed up of the sticky outy bits on side of my head) and now I look better and I feel better as a result.

Ive also been perusing the cereal aisle with a forensic eye on the fat, sugar and salt content. I eat tonnes of cereal, morning noon and night, cos I can't be arsed to cook much of the time. lately ive been eating muesli thinking that its a healthy option, but actually its not that great.. its got lots of sugar and when you eat as much of it as I do I start getting acid reflux as well.

So's now ive moved on to Nestle Shredded wheat (summer fruits)...the fat, sugar and salt content is all low. Sometimes I will add fresh fruit. Semi-skinned milk.

Some of you might be reading this and thinking... what this got to do with gambling addiction??... and my answer is this... If you feel good cos your eating well, then it becomes easier to fight off urges to gamble.. simples! When I eat cr** and lots of it, I feel like cr** and then gambling or the option of gambling gets a bit closer. That's not to say that my diet is great cos its not but it is better than what it was.

No gambling today. Thanks for listening... S.A 🙂

So understand what you are saying about taking a holistic approach to fighting the urges.

Hope the job hunting is going well, you deserve to be appreciated so much more.

xxx

Hi SA,

You could always start making your own cereal! Nothing healthier than that but it takes time... Was thinking about your post to me and have come to the conclusion that we're not designed to be totally self aware. And that's good. I think if we knew everything about ourselves, we'd stop growing and life would be very boring. On the other hand, how do we become more self aware? Yes, sometimes people tell us things (and I'm probably a little too "in your face") and we can either accept or reject them. I suppose if we're to grow we need to be somewhat open minded... make time to learn... make time to reflect....find courage to experiment/explore/try new things....

Hey SA,

Look at u handsome guy:-):-):-)

Thank you for your post...and yeah not the best end last night..but hey..i better do that than sit at the computer screen spinning.

All good, one day one mood, other day another. Pick and choose in my little world lol.

What a great stuff with g free time SA..wow..Be proud!!! And many many more g free years to come..you deserve it:-)

Take care

Sandra x

Day 357 gambling free and thanks for the support all 🙂

Not having a great weekend really. Feeling disillusioned with life, listless and am being very reclusive, escaping reality just not with gambling. Even the sacred Sunday run was unpleasant as the winter sun half blinded me and then I slipped on a rogue patch of ice.

The glass is half empty today but maybe as the day goes on my spirits will lift and I will do positive things. Thanks for listening. No gambling today... S.A

Hey SA..

One of them days hey?? I'm afraid they are unavoidable but as well i am sure you will pull through today. Maybe do something nice and relaxing..not sure what you like and as i read you already had ur run..maybe some calming music..a little cooking session( there is always first u know) or some nice movie on?

Just keep putting ur feels down..you are not on ur own and if urges will come knocking at the door..we are all prepared to send them the other way 🙂

Take care and look after yourself

Sandra x

Day 357 nears its end... thanks Sandra

Ive felt my mood improve as the day has gone on. Today has been the opposite of yesterday emotionally speaking. I eaten a nice meal and made some calls. Feeling on a level. Onwards, no gambling... S.A 🙂

S.A.

Can so relate to what you say about if you eat well you feel well and if you eat rubbish you feel rubbish which can lead to bad thoughts and bad actions. So, so true.

Tomso.

Hey SA...

With my line of work blood sugars play big part so your assessment on you are what you eat is spot on..

Eating foods that's sustain and keep your sugars level will also stabilise mood. As an ex panic attack sufferer that was a carbo bread J****E I know all too well the kangarooing effects of blood sugars on behaviour and impulse control .

No surprise that in prisons with high sugar vending machine and fizzy drinks on each floor and a poor diet starch and carb based you have more incidence of violence and poor impulse control.

If you fancy a switch from cereal this winter , One word...porridge ..2 words that will turn you into a nutter ...red bull .

Xxxxx

Keep calm and eat oats xx

Hey SA,

Hope all is OK at work and you keeping your healthy eating in control...Have to ask...Man.., and no meat? bread? potatoes? To keep strong and healthy you surely need these in your daily menu 😉 ..( i can come and cook for you lol lol)

Keep up the good work!!

Take care

Sandra x

Day 359 gamble free comes to a close... and thanks all. 🙂

Ive now bought some oats and some nestle cheerios. Am thinking porridge with fruit or honey for breakfast and Cheerios as snack cereal later in the day.

Also Sandra I eat lots of bread and potatoes and meat and fish and chocolate and crisps and fruit and on it goes lol. My problem is that I just eat toooo much. So despite exercise I remain on the slightly chubby side round the middle. Sometimes I lose a bit but it soon comes back.

Anyway no gambling. Some thoughts of playing the lottery if truth be known. Sometimes I think... well if am gonna be poor all my life why give up "completely" any opportunity of winning a life changing amount of money?? I can answer this question either way but ultimately I always end up thinking that maybe I will buy a ticket sometime soon but then sometime soon never comes, so I don't.

I just take things day at a time as always... thanks for listening... S.A 🙂