I finally managed to tell her.

Well done...keep it up 🙂

Well done Dan , I'll look forward to welcoming you to the century club in a few days ::))

Regards and Best wishes

Alan

Alan!!!!

Your back! I knew you wouldn't be able to stay away! Great to hear from you mate. Hope all is well at your end!!

Time for a few beers tonight. I've recently rejoined my old rugby team so will be an intresting night.

Thanks to everyone for there support over the last year. Couldn't have done it without you.

Happy days!!

Morning Dan , yep couldn't stay away as you said Lol ! . Congratulations my old friend on reaching a year gamble free , don't quite know why I said a century on my last post but as I am old I know I'll be forgiven :(( . Fantastic achievement mate and one well worth celebrating, so have a great night tonight enjoying your well deserved beers :)) take care old buddy and I'll catch up with you again soon ! Much respect Alan

Dan I'm sorry, I don't know how we all missed this (aside from Sir'Alan of course). Fanbloodytastic news - a year of sanity, a year of recovery, a year of true winning. Well done, it's not easy but you're more proof that it can be done, which gives hope and optimism to us all. I hope you celebrated!

Twinks x

Hi folks. Just thought is pop in and say hey.

So alot has happened since my last post. Most Importantly, my wife gave birth to our beautiful son 3 weeks ago today. We named him George and he weighed 9lbs 1oz. Both of us are over the moon. Even though probably both a little tired.

I've had another promotion at work and continue to work hard at the things that are important to me. Still gamble free but will always remain on guard.

I've been so busy this month that I missed the bignore 500 days gamble free bit amazingly it doesn't feel it means a great deal to me any more. I don't think, there goes another gamble free day or week or month anymore. I just feel content with my life and have never been so happy.

Hope your all keeping safe.

Dan

Hi Dan,

congratulations on your new arrival and congratualtions on 500 days gambling free. It sounds like life has been really good for you recently.

All the best,

Forum Admin

Thank you!

Life really is great but it's only been possible because of the support I've had from everyone on this site.

Thank you everyone!!

Nice one Dan good to see a positive story. Congratulations on the new arrival.

All the best

Congratulations on the arrival of your new baby son.
Wonderful to hear how content you are with life - long may it continue! x

Nice to read positive story's and outcomes and congratulations on 500+ days GF

Yeah ditto all the above. A sucess story if ever there was one. Hows the debt looking now? You mentioned you had 20k worth? Did you sort it in the end?

Thanks guys. As ever your support is appreciated.

Still paying the debt at £407 a month and will be for the next 3 years but it is decreasing now. To be honest I set up a direct debit so it pays the loan off each month and I don't bother trying to keep an eye on how much left I have to pay. I did at the beginning but i didn't like seeing such a large number as it was taking so long to make any sort of dent in it.

That said, time is flying and I'm sure it will be paid off in no time now I'm not adding to it daily!!

I never realised how much I was really spending on gambling until I stopped and started to pay the debt off. I have learnt the value of money again, something I forgot a long time ago.

Looking back on things, I still find it so difficult to understand why I left it so long before coming clean. If I could give any advice on giving up to anyone, it would be to talk to the people that love you. Hopefully that fact that you know you will let them down will be enough to keep you on the right path.

Onwards and upwards to another 500 days!!

Cheers

Hi everyone. Not easy to admit, but struggling a little over the past couple of days.

If had this horrible feeling that I used to get before a big blow out, where my mind seems to leave my body and make the strangest decisions. I never rembered it until now.

Trying to stay strong. It's been 544 days and I really don't want all that effort to be waisted.

Hey dan...
Don't know how I managed to miss those two fantastic bits of news...500 days...and a baby boy..both equally wonderfull...so...a very belated congrates on both...
Now...today you feel like this..
Firstly...well done on recognising that feeling....and another well done on skipping back here...both very posative I reckon...
Tighten up those barriers just in case...talk to that lady of yours...talk to us...read your diary again...you know you don't want to go back to that dark place...go and look at your little man in his cot....he needs his daddy to be with him 100%...stay strong.x