Hopefully I can fill this in each day and it gives me something to look forward too, in the last 10 year I think 60 days is the most I have not gambled for. I spend 100s per week and it’s all a secret, my wife knows I am addicted and thinks I have not gambled for 7/8 years. I do it all on my phone. I’m up all night and do it in work. Today I am taking the first step to stopping. I spoke to someone over the phone and now I am keeping a diary. It causes so much stress and anxiety.. so this is Day 0!!! See you tomorrow
Good luck with your journey and well done on setting up your diary, it will help you to post each morning, puts you in a decent frame of mind for the rest of the day.
Will check in and support where I can.
Wilsy
My full first day, I just have sport running around my head and am thinking one more be might get me a few hundred and recoup some loss, but I remembered I can’t as I suspended my account. Thank god.. going to keep busy today and try forget about it. I’m not even going to check up on the scores if I can !! Here goes
Hi Mark
Gambling and then winning is the worst thing that can happen, trust me, it will only start a gambling spree and we all know what the final outcome will be.
Shaun
Day 2, woke up, made breakfast and kept myself busy. Go a walk with the dog and listen to some music then prepare the dinner, the wife will be wondering what’s happened...
Day 3, still keeping myself busy and trying to say of my phone as much as possible, got a big day today so should be a good day
Well done Marc, nice and steady and the days will soon build up again
Wilsy
Day 4, bit of a S****y start and I feel like I got put some bets on. Need to get out this mood and forget about it. The joys of being on annual leave!!
Marc,
Good luck with your journey. I'd just focus on not having a bet each day.
As a miniumum it would be worth self excluding from all you on line accounts, and ideally putting some gambling block on your phone. I've lost count of the number of bookmaker online accounts I have had and self excluded (it would be approaching 100).
Great to see you walking the dog, anything to take your mind off things.
I used to gamble on any sport under the sun - but once you stop its surprising how little you care for many sports.
Find a hobby, do some exercise or do something together with your wife.
Its never just the money, its the time and obsessing over gambling. It does take a while to free your mind from it, but it does happen.
thanjs friend
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Marc,
Good luck with your journey. I'd just focus on not having a bet each day.
As a miniumum it would be worth self excluding from all you on line accounts, and ideally putting some gambling block on your phone. I've lost count of the number of bookmaker online accounts I have had and self excluded (it would be approaching 100).
Great to see you walking the dog, anything to take your mind off things.
I used to gamble on any sport under the sun - but once you stop its surprising how little you care for many sports.
Find a hobby, do some exercise or do something together with your wife.
Its never just the money, its the time and obsessing over gambling. It does take a while to free your mind from it, but it does happen.
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