Keep it together pal. The very first time you stop is a massive shock to the system. That ball is a ball of utter misery. You don't want to see a ball of misery. You want to see a smile of happiness... on your face... when you look in the mirror tomorrow. Keep the faith. Get some sleep.
Get some rest Brownie
Hiya Brownie , You can do this my friend , just let go of it , the ball is what brought you here its the reason you feel the way you do and going back to it wont help , you cant make your life better until you stop the things that make your life bad !.
To give in now means you have to go through all this shiiiit again and how will that make you feel in the morning ?.
Your doing great , so go and do something that will take your mind away from gambling !.
Cheers guys. Guess you've all been here. I can't sleep still got thoughts in my head one last spin and you will win some money back I need to self exclude today. Now I know this sounds stupid. But when I do I think it will feel like im losing a friend... how crazy does that sound..
Brownie, I wish you all the best and hope you're doing okay. Roulette is the heroin of gambling addiction. It's highs are extremely high and the lows are extremely low. Stay strong. Fight the urge. Keep yourself distracted.
Brownie139 wrote: Cheers guys. Guess you've all been here. I can't sleep still got thoughts in my head one last spin and you will win some money back I need to self exclude today. Now I know this sounds stupid. But when I do I think it will feel like im losing a friend... how crazy does that sound..
Not stupid at all. Gambling addiction can be the most painful battle some have to tackle in life. Keep it up Brownie.
Tri
Phew just self exclued myself pheeeew that was hard. feel lost sick sweating sad down gutted upset lost shoot in the head. That took me 6 days to build up to, Guys I fill like crying. It took me 2hours to get the bottle to do it.... How bloody sad am I. I want to watch the ball. IM missing the highs the lows, Im missing losing money. But I did it. This is so so so so so hard. My life is empty ive just lost a friend.Somebody who kept me entertained somebody I spent hours a day with.Somebody who cost me my partner.AM i happy no im sad .....Should it fill like this???? Also went to the bank if I can keep my job I will pay my debits off in 5yrs 4 months. 5yrs 4 months I only gambled for 3 years. What have I done?????? Agian thanks to the guys w
ho have helped me. Also for all the post on here,,, Can I keep it up. or will I find away to watch that ball again who knows. But tonite I feel c**P.......
One thing i have noticed on here is we are all going though the same things, So lets all help each other.
Brownie - you need to snap out of the depression - you need to look at the positives. You've decided to start a new exciting journey. How good is that? You've not gambled for 6 days. Think of all the money you've saved! Start drawing on the positives. Stop thinking about that misery ball. Keep the faith.
Awesome work Brownie 🙂 That took some serious guts & I for one am proud of you 🙂
Our relationship with Mr Gamble (as I call 'him') is an odd one to say the least but whilst you have not had a bet for 6 days, today is the 1st day you have actually accepted what needs doing & so effectively, it's your 1st day! You never need to miss losing money with all your new cyber friends...Chuck it our way 😉
The highs had stopped outweighing the lows, that's what bought you here in the 1st place, a broken man...Today, you can really start healing - ODAAT
Self excluding is hard Brownie because your finally saying no to something youv'e done for a very long time . But this time it's you taking back control of your life, the gambling no longer tell's you what it want's and you my friend have just told it to go f**k itself !. How's that feel ?
Well spent most of last nite awake. Thinking did I do the right thing yesterday. Maybe I could have just had that last spin. I never in a million years thought it would be this hard to stop gambling. Wish it was a switch you just flicked off. Or a fuse yiu pulled out. But it not that easy. Today I start paying off credit cards. Yesterday was tough at the bank and I never said I'd spent the money gambling but my statements said it all... LOSER anyway move on. This morning my head is saying pop into the bookies and find a roulette machine. Something I've never done before so I have that hurdle to face now. Grrrrr thanks again for the post guys without you I'd be 50k in the red xxxx
Hi, Brownie,
Sorry to see it's so painful but for what it's worth to you, I admire your effort. Have you tried the GC helpline or GA for human support?
Put up as many barriers up as you can, so that you're not relying on will power, especially on pay day. Plan ahead, set up direct debits to come out on pay day for essentials and some of the debts, move the rest by DD into an instant saver (no visa) so that it's not immediately available if you are tempted. Install blocking software and the safest would be to have a non Internet mobile.
Wish you well,
CW
well one more day ticked off its still hard but getting alitle easier I think. Had a bit of a hic up today went into a bookies walked up to machine took £20 out of my wallet went to insert the money and thought what am i doing. Llittle man in head was going do it do it your mate the ball is waiting for you,,,,,, BUT I WALKED OUT sweating heart beating.. But I didnt gamble so man in my head. I am beating you my little friend. still miss the frill of watching that ball but im on top now,,,,,,
Very emotional struggle your going through , its withdrawal and going cold turkey at that.
Imagine coming out the other side with your life back and able to look forward.
best wishes on your recovery
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