Keeping me on track

Congrats SEL on passing 100 days, be proud of yourself.

Wilsy

Thank you all for the kind words of encouragement and support this website and all you kind people are the main reason why I've been able to stop gambling so I thank you all and hope you all can keep going with me on the gamble free path,it's such a better way of life.

101 days done not much to report no gambling thoughts just been working away and at my footy training tnite there and after our match on Sunday past there the legs are feeling very heavy,it's a good feeling to have again though as it shows I'm starting to get back a little bit of fitness after the xmas break. Everyday gamble-free is another day I'm winning.

Hi Stevo, thanks for popping on my diary and a big congratualtions on a massive 101 days gamble free, you are a legend!

Wilsy

110 days

Sorry folks this is going to be short and sweet and also apologies for not being on the forums much this week I'm currently on holidays with my better half,at the minute sitting in Paris having a pint after a long day at Disneyland,tomorrow we will be getting the train and heading to Brussels for a few days.hope everyone on here is keeping well and still gamble free.

132 days

As days add up gamble free I find myself coming on this forum less and less,very little urges to gamble just the ongoing thought of maybe I could just have a 25 quid footy bet every Saturday but still rejecting this thought thankfully..saving is going well,it’s amazing how much you can save staying out of the bookies it really has opened my eyes for the first time in 10 years,happy to be in this position right now and hopefully if I keep going this time next year i will have achieved my goal of saving enough money for a deposit for my own house.

For anyone just starting their gamble free journey reading this my advice is to give ur bank card and credit cards to someone close to you and have a limit of what you can get access to every week,Keep the head down in the early weeks and before you know it you will have a month racked up,take pride in the number and just keep fighting the urges because they will always be there.

Hi mate thanks for popping by my diary ...... good to see you racking up those gamble free days and enjoying all life has to offer, also good to see your saving is going well , trying to save myself and as you say really is amazing how much we can put by when we are not gambling.I also sometimes think i could have a small football bet on a Saturday and just leave it there but we both know thats not the case as we cant control it. Keep up the good work mate you are doing great .... have a good weekend.

Congratulations Sel on 136 days gamble free.

You have certainly done it by the book. Showing honesty and openness towards your partner, putting blocks in place and having your finances regulated. All this has kept you one step ahead of the addiction.

In answer to your query about my changing name and thread. It's in the mind obviously but it helps me to see it has a new beginning with fresh hope.

SEL87, you are doing so, so very well, really pleased for you

Wilsy

Day 137

Alls good no real gambling urges but I’ve my friends stag do at the weekend which a lot of my mates will be gambling,I’m looking forward to banter we’re going to have but also a little worried about gambling as I know thel be going to the bookies on Saturday to do their football bets and I don’t know how I will react after a few drinks in me,hoping to stay strong and abstain.It will be nice to have a few days off work and relax with my friends I just hope I don’t give in to temptation.

IYou’ve done so well to reach 137 days mate. Don’t give up, alcohol lowers inhibitions so don’t drink too much and stay in control. I’m on day 20 myself, but have given up for over a year before.

I also no longer drink very much for health reasons, but I do find drinking does lead to stupid decisions, so just make sure that you don’t drink too much , but at the same time enjoy yourself!

Hi SEL87,

Thanks for posting on my diary we are doing so very well and just think how pleased you will be to have the banter on the weekend but also how elated you will be when you get to Monday and report you are still gamble free. I know you'll be okay because you are determined not to give in.

Keep up the good work.

Wilsy

Hello all I haven’t wrote on here in quite some time,although I’ve been checking in every week on the 2018 challenge to keep an incentive for myself to keep logging in,I can report that I’m doing well and have little to no urges whatsoever especially now the football is over..even though the World Cup is 3 days away which I’m really excited about as I’ve found the love of watching football again without having a stupid bet on and stressing out over the game,I now relax and enjoy it for what it is.233 days since I last walked into the bookies.i know there’s always going to be a niggle there to just do one wee bet but so far I’ve declined each of those urges thankfully,it really is a dark and horrible place to be when ur in a chasing losses spiral and you cannot stop even though you want to,it was the hardest thing to do those first 2 months gamble free but after that it’s fairly easy to just say every day that I will not gamble today.since I stopped gambling I’ve been able to save 6500 quid which is all going towards a mortgage deposit which will hopefully be saved by this time next year..things are looking up for me and it’s all thanks to being my able to stop gambling with huge thanks to this website which was instrumental in doing that for 4 months or so,the only reason I haven’t been on it is because I don’t feel I need to be.

I hope anyone who reads this who has a problem will see the light that life is so much better without a gambling addiction and if your on here you do need help,for yourself and for your loved ones no matter how much you win you will always lose in the end.take the help and help yourself.