John's recovery diary

johnjoseph wrote:

I screwed up a few days ago and started again. Made a profit, I'm afraid but back to the slippery slope so am starting again with DAY 1. No going into gambling establishments, just to the gym. J

no problem mate, we are all here for support, i can see you found your self back here, which is good.

lets kick the habbit together buddy.

Thanks for all the advice. Will look at the exclusion thread. J

gDAY 2

No gambling. Keeping out of bookies

Gym, niht out

DAY 3

No gambling, keeping to routine, out of bookies

DAY 4

No gambling today

DAY 5

No gambling

DAY 6

No gambling

Good for you, keep going. Have you done the SE? Anything between you and the bookies can only be a good thing.

BW,

CW

Relapse

Starting again DAY 1

I need to SE

Here's the link to SE. I'll be honest I just can't see a reason not to do it. It's not the complete solution but it's a tool in the tool kit that should be used.

Report back when you have done it trust me when I say you feel on a bit of a high once you have done it.

http://www.gamcare.org.uk/forum/self-excluding-bookies-over-phone

KTF

fay 2

Thanks for the link

I have decided to not SE as I'm hink if Inwanted to gamble i would but I'mthanks

Going to do it day at a time

Your call John but to me you are just gambling with your recovery.

KTF

No point in bothering with SE if you still want to gamble.

CW

Why not self exclude if your serious John. ..you won't win...you won't get back what you've lost. ..you will only loose more....let it all go...start living again...nothing will change...untill you change ....good luck with your decision....hope you make the right one for you : )

Self exclusion cost you nothing except a bit of your time , as your willpower alone doesn't seem to be cutting it , that bit of time may save you a whole lot of heartache !

No reason not to , just excuses ?