Keeping me on track

70 days winning

70 days since my last bet,can't believe I've made it this far,I didn't think I could beat it but with every passing day it definetly gets easier.

No urges to gamble at all and I have saved a little over the past couple of months which is great after a lot of presents were bought over xmas and my girlfriend's birthday.Had a good xmas,went out with friends on boxing night and made up with a friend I hadn't been speaking to for 4 years,we fell out at another friend's wedding those years ago and didn't speak since but thankfully we put our differences aside and shook hands and spoke,he was one of my best friends for a long time in my teens and early 20s so I'm glad we buried the hatchet.

Glad to be at 70 days winning,maybe this is truly the only way to beat the bookie and keep your own money to yourself.Looking forward to a gamble free 2018 happy new year to everyone on here.

Well done on 73 days gf mate,keep going the bigger distance you can put between you and your last bet the better you will feel ..... i wish you a happy gamble free new year, your doing great.

78 days

Still free from gambling,have the odd thought about placing a bet or thinking on what odds this or that team would be but I keep managing to overrule these thoughts with the rational side of my brain,I'm glad I'm thinking straight again and not in any gambling trance!i used to check the odds on a certain website every single day of who was playing each day and think about who I was going to back,I also used to do the same lotto numbers every Tuesday and Friday spending €30 each day on lotto alone..I've never checked if my numbers have ever come up since and I never will,i didn't think I could ever stop and still can't believe I've gone 78 days without betting.il never get too ahead of myself as I know it's always going to be there in the back of my mind teasing me to bet..I see so many people on here talk about relapsing and it's my biggest fear,I don't know how I would cope if I ever did relapse but I'm hoping il have the strength to keep going through each day without betting.78 days without the horrible stress of losing money has made me so more relaxed and happier aswell,things are great between myself and my girlfriend and she's very proud of me for going so well.

Abstaining from gambling for 2018 is my main priority for the year along with saving each week towards a deposit for a mortgage which is going well,26 weeks saved now so half a year done,its flew in.

Hope everyone has had a great xmas and new year I'm with you all in this fight.

Congratulations Sel on 78 days gamble free. You are doing really well.

Thank you for posting on my diary, I appreciate the support. It is maddening to think where I could be if I wasn't so stupid. I can be so positive and determined but if I get in the wrong frame of mind than I can lose the plot. Hopefully I have finally seen the light. Looking forward to sharing the journey with yourself, and all our gamcare friends, in 2018.

Wishing you every success ...stephen

Thank you Stephen it was disappointing to see that you had relapsed and scary that you did as you are great on this sight giving everyone support and have some great words of wisdom for all to see I hope you can refrain from losing the plot in future as since I've joined this site it does feel like a big family we're all in and we're all against the one thing so it's great to have the support of the likes of yourself..keep refraining bud the days will soon clock up again and your mind will continue to ease.

Congrats on 79 days. That's awesome work, well done. You should be proud of what you have achieved so far. Keep going, all the very best.

Well done on 80 days mate, great work your doing great .... keep moving forward and getting further away from that gambling devil with each day that passes ......

Thank you chartom for your kind words,it's great to have your support.

83 days ago I finally wised up.

Hello everyone who reads my diary,today is probably the first day in 83 days that I've had a real strong urge to bet,I'm not going to because I'm not going to.ive a few bills to pay this week on top of having to sort out my car in the coming weeks I.e servicing and fixing a few things with it,I can't complain much about my car though I've had it 5 years with very little bother.my and my girlfriend are heading to Paris in a few weeks aswell and I booked off a few days from work for upcoming weddings and stag dos il have this year and the urge has come on me today to try and have a wee double or try and get out of paying my bills by making free money from sports betting,but as my now wise mind has copped on to the gambling devil I shut down any urges and just get on with my daily routines,just need to not look at odds on a certain website and il be fine...I know if I ever did relapse I would more than likely spiral into a binge of betting which is why it's important for me to keep going down the gamble free path.hope everyone's January isn't too bleak,I'm happy to be free of gambling for 83 days and counting.

Congratulations on the 83 days and really interesting post ... I know exactly what you mean ... I posted on Stephen’s diary earlier as he had a small relapse recently ... I know if I did i’d think I was back to zero so might as well go at it full pelt! It looks like you’ve got lots of great things lined up ... if you gambled you might have a bit more, but the likelihood you’d be skint for them! Easy to get complacent, so interesting that you can get tempted out of the blue so long down the line ... you’ve done great to ignore the itch, and you’ll be into 3 figures before you know it. Rich

Thanks rich yeah it's a tricky one because this is the first time I've ever given up gambling and am afraid of relapsing as I've read so many stories on here of so many wise people who have relapsed so it's something I don't want to do,yes similar to you I'd probably definitely get carried away with it..yes a lot to look forward to this year which means I need every penny I earn which means I need to keep doing what I'm doing and not give in to the itch..thanks for the support mate.

95 days

A bit surreal to have gone so long without gambling,feeling good about it still get the urges and thoughts about it but still fighting them off daily.a friend of mine has been winning a lot recently and it always makes me think I wonder if I can have a small bet now and again without getting into a chasing losses spiral,I know I can't but sometimes wish I didn't have this addiction problem..anyways things are good in my life away from gambling and being away from it makes it easier and less stressful in life,not as exciting without the gambling but that comes hand in hand with losing I suppose and I don't want to lose ever again so by abstaining I'm sure il always be winning!hope all fellow gamcare addictees are ok and gamble-free no matter how many days if it's 1 or 1000 at least your here and not gambling today.

Hi mate .... well done on 100 days gamble free great achievment, 100 days of winning, keep fighting those urges and reaping the rewards .... all the best.

Thanks chartom I'm amazed I've gone so long all I want to do now is keep going and not let that counter go back down to zero..100 days gamble free feels great still taking it day to day though as I still get the urge but still never beating my own mindset yet,the Super Bowl is on this weekend and I've always gambled on the American football so it's gona be a tester of a weekend I think,still think sometimes I could have one bet every weekend of 25 pound or so and just be done with it if it loses and great if it wins lift it and leave, have another bet the following weekend..this is what's currently going on in my mind but I'm still refusing to bow down to the addiction.

Congratulations Sel on 100 days gamble free...stephen

Great result, well done. Know what you mean about the small bets, I feel the same .... what's really the point though ... you could only win a relatively small amount, whilst the downside would be a major relapse, setting the counter to zero, so best to stay gamble free. Cheers. Rich