Last Gamble 30th August 2009

Day 465

1 Year and 100 Days later...

Had a week off and have enjoyed, watched snooker on TV which the old me would have bet on. Don't miss it one bit.

Looking forward to the weekend.

Cheers, Jim.

P.s. Thanks walk away, I hope you are doing well.

congratulatiosn and thank you so much for keeping your diary updated, it really me starting out to read the stories of people still achieving their goals, months and motnhs down the line

and very well done again

cheers

dan

Dazzler--great to see you are still going great. Have a great 2nd real Christmas.

Stumper

Day 468

Thanks for your posts guys, thanks for the support. All is good here homing in on 500 days.

Feel pretty good, got my xmas shopping done, so its down hill now until 2011.

Cheers, Jim

Hi Jim

Great stuff, just wanted to pop in and say hi and thanks for popping in on my diary.

Dont need to say how well you are doing cos its bloody obvious, lol!

Will say tho, wanna do my christmas shopping for me??lol.

Take care mate and all the best. ands

ps, gambling is s**t

Day 475

Thanks ands, glad to see your ok. Doing great no gambling, bloody freezing but all else is going to plan.

Cant believe it is Christmas next weekend! Crazy.

Cheers, Jim

Hi dazzler, great to hear all is well. Many could take a leaf out of your book.....keeping in touch with this site is key to a lasting recovery. The odd post here and there concentrates the mind.

Thanks Russ,

One of the key things that I had stopped doing when I returned to gambling was to get lazy and not keep a diary. So I made a decision not to do that again.

Day 478, still no desire to gamble, loving Christmas without a great big hole in my pocket and a stream of lies coming out of my mouth.

Simply the second best thing I have ever done, behind marrying Mrs Dazzler..... Happy days.

Cheers, Jim

Day 483

Well Merry Christmas a little belated..... 2nd Christmas without a bet and I feel good about it. Xmas was a bit of a nightmare but no gambling which was definately a highlight.

Hope New Years goes a little smoother.

Cheers, Jim

Hi Jim

Just popping in to wish you all the very best for the new year, very much hope it's a good one for you.

Thanks for all your support this year, ands

Happy New Year!

Day 488.

Enjoyed the festivities, reminded myself why I avoid wine but don't feel too bad.

Looking forward to another gambling free year.

Cheers, Jim

Dazzler--still in awe of the way you have handled this mate. Look forward to reading a similar message in one-two-three etc years time.

All the very best

Stumper

Day 491

Thanks Stumper there is nothing to be in awe of... it took me many attempts in 15 long years to make this progress and I am not going to let it slip now. It is easy to say f**k it I am gonna have a bet, but I don't know what made this time different but I no longer think that way.

Thanks for the best wishes - here's to tomorrow as it hasn't been touched.

Cheers, Jim

Day 494

Bloody snow is back! Not much else happening, looking forward to the weekend.

Cheers, Jim

Day 500

Yeehaaaaaaa - Another milestone reached and I am chuffed, 500 whole days. The next big one will be two years but I have a way to go to reach that.

Keep on keeping on.

Jim