It's time to beat this

Hi buckeroo, i liked your comment "В I do worry it's my addiction trying to woo me into a false sense of security- like 'see, your not a compulsive gambler, you can control it'. I have that same thought progress too. Anywsy just wanted to pass on my congrats for the process youve made so far. Mark

Thanks for your comment Mark. It's strange how the mind works whereby after a relatively short time you can feel better or free of this addiction- I suppose it is a natural built-in survival instinct; however, unfortunately gambling firms manipulate this instinct to lure you back in!

The gambling industry is like the Wild West at the moment, new companies always appearing with enticing free gifts, you can gamble on anything, where ever you are! All this is fine if you can gamble responsibly but if you are compulsive in nature then it is a dangerous world, with no safe haven from the continuous bombardment of adverts and so on.

Ramble over, it's 50days (7weeks 1 day) since last gambling. The weeks are flying by now which is great and I am getting ever closer to my First target of Christmas. Then from Jan I have 4 months of serious debt reduction planned 🙂 can't wait. Once the noose of the debt is relaxed it will be the start of a new battle (as I mentioned in a previous post) but now it will be slowly turning into a battle against gambling to save for a future rather than battling against gambling to pay off debt, this may not sound like a big difference but for me it is huge and will require so much more effort and focus to succeed.

keep strong everyone.

Hi Buck,

Well done on 50 days and I totally agree with you about more effort.

Stay strong and keep winning

Suzanne xx

Hi Buckeroo,

Well done to you on 50 days! That's a great achievement. Keep up the posting, we love to hear your thoughts. Be proud of those 50 days.

Take care ,

Suzy

Thanks Suzanne, Suzy for your kind messages. I feel I need to start supporting other people on this forum and both of you (among others) are that consistent voice across all threads which I should aim to be like. I haven't been posting that much recently because while reading other people's posts that have recalled their gambling past it has fuelled the gambling voice in my head, chirping in my ear, willing me to break my resolve and have a punt like the old days on the U12 Kasak football league for the blind, or some other obscure league which I have no knowledge or understanding of - but hey good odds of 1/6!!

That voice has now been beaten! - the realisation of what was happening has galvanised my resolve. I will not give in to the temptation. I will be strong.

I am at 9 weeks no gambling. 63 days. So close now to my first target of Christmas! Whoop!

The positives of not gambling are huge. The debt is going down, still on target for all the debt to be gone by Sep-15.

Keep fighting everyone, life is so much better without gambling.