Life With Sports Bets Only

My views change daily and I honestly don't know how to comment on your recent events. If you can hack it and successfully control it then I congratulate you....I personally can't control my gambling any longer which is why I'm here. I hope it's a different story for you.

I like you...through cyberland......and I honestly hope whatever you choose it good for you.

Take Care C.....Jas xx

P.S. "Love is all around"

Day 16 - I need to guard against complacency but things are starting to feel more natural - I wander aimlessly at lunchtime and drive home without considering stopping in at the bookies. I know that not doing any random gambling has left a gap but I am a bit more relaxed about this and hope that the gap fills itself in time.

The weekend again confirmed for me that placing a football bet on a Saturday is fine and enjoyable but it is the random gambling which has been filling a void so the void is still there.

There are no major sports events for me to gamble on until the Masters Golf in April so between now and then the only bets I will have should be on football. I have survived wihthout midweek football the last 2 weeks so will do so again this week, so Saturday is my next bet.

In the last 2 weeks on here I have moved forward more than I did in 6 months of counselling.

If I can continue to live without random gambling my finances will automatically improve. Whether it may also mean my life is better in other ways remains to be seen.

Hi Captain

I wish you well in your controlled effort at gambling. I saw you mentioned on another diary that you were bordering on a pro at one point as was I. Something went wrong though and I like you was having stupid bets I didnt want to and I didnt know why and souldnt stop myself. I gave up for months then tried the controlled approach - worked at first but it crept back in and over time I was back dwindling away my cash. Id have napped a 5/1 shot winner - got the money and then somehow by the end of the day have thrown half or more of it back on races I hadnt even looked at.

All the best - hope you succeed where I failed.

Eyes X

Evening captain.

Good to see you still on here posting mate. I think you are right in that every recovery is different. If you can succeed in limiting yourself to responsible betting only then good for you my friend. There will be a lot of people doubting you (including me!) but that does not mean you will not have lots of support.

Best of luck with it mate and don't go backing Tiger at short odds for the Masters. I speak with the voice of experience on that one!

thanks for the post captain. . Exactly same as curly says mate. . Keep it going and be careful. . Tiger for masters hes got as much chance o that as jt has bein england captain at world cup lol.

Jt is a penalty kick to be england captain for the world,after all he has proved that he can cover lots of positions now!!!.

Seano

Day 17 - I have a bit of an argument with a work colleague over a trivial matter. She is surprised at this. So am I. I even make some statements which are only partially true.

My conclusion from this based on previous experience is that lack of random gambling leaves me no other avenue to express my emotions. Random gambling has given me highs and lows, joy, delight, anger, frustration, disappointment, disillusionment and disbelief.

Without random gambling I am more apt to behave in ways which are not common to my nature, presumably to allow me to express emotion.

I cannot go back to random gambling, but I must find ways of expressing emotion which do not have a negative effect on others.

The journey continues.

Hello,

Random emotional outbursts are better than random acts of gambling. If you are wrong in what you do just say sorry...it's withdrawal C and not your fault.

You are doing well driving straight home and ignoring those temptations. Keep going.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love....Jas xx

Evening Captain,

Cheers for the post on my diary mate.

I'm not happy with a 5 handicap mate. Will be lowering that this season. I wish this weather would pick up a bit.

Good to see you still posting and still avoiding the true evil which is betting on random nonsense you know nothing about. It's just throwing money away that mate as you and i both know.

I'm a bit envious of you at the moment mate. I would love to have a selective bet here and there but i just feel that it would lead back to the random betting which has also been my downfall over the years. I hope you have the mental strength which i think i might be lacking.

Keep up the good work pal.

Hi Captain,

Glad to hear that you have managed to avoid any "random" betting so far,i do have some concerns as you are already aware,i myself could bet/trade in a disciplined way for weeks on end,that nasty addiction i have would always get me in the end though!!!!,hence total abstinence is my choice now,so naturally i am concerned. what you are doing right now is something i have tried to do myself numerous times and failed.I really do hope that you can succeed Captain.

Seano.

Day 18 - I get home - nothing to do, I drop in to the local bookies and get a football coupon to study for the weekend. I say Hi to the staff, they ask why I'm in a hurry, they expect me to stay.

They know I am a threat to their profits on a good day when random gambling has left me 2000 up. They know that on a bad day I can swell their profits and be 2000 down.

The dogs are going in the traps, I hear the announcer tell me.

I'm not going to be chasing any hares, but I'm out of there faster than a Trap 1 favourite with early pace.

Glad you managed to just go and collect a coupon Captain,well done.....,i don't need to tell you i know, but those bookies nowadays are such an attack on our senses,not a minutes respite without something to have a bet on,stay strong,and be super determined when you go in for your coupon.....hey,maybe you could wear ear plugs :).

Seano.

Ha liked the trap 1 analogy there captain. Keep that attitude up and make sure you are always VQA so ur not Blkd at the door!!!

Wishing you well buddy

Eyes X

You did well to escape the bookies with all those temptations...I hope they don't succeed in drawing you in again.

So, you go home and there is nothing to do. What's wrong with doing nothing...lazy is good 😉

Hoping you can stay strong and not return to your random gambling.

Love is a Battlefield.......Jas xx

Hi Captain. Thanks for your comment in my diary. I'm actually comtemplating doing what you are trying at the moment, as in just sticking to football bets on a saturday. The problem for me is ,It has never worked out long term. Something always drags me back to random gambling such as being paid out wrongly by a bookie which has happened twice recently and a sickening loss. This makes me want to back something immediately to get away from that sickening feeling. Why do you think it will be different for you this time as I assume its not the first time you tried controled gambling?