My Diary - small steps to recovery

Good start Mo, those first few days can often be the toughest to get through in terms of not gambling. Hope you can continue this into a successful 2014 without gambling.

All the best

Ryan

Not doing good in terms of gambling and other life issues. Life has changed so much for me and I know others have a lot to cope with too but my mindset has always been a positive one and now I cannot plan anything at all...one day descends into the next....vicious cycle

Mo

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thanks Robert, all your advice is helpful. I just feel my life problems have brought about my current gambling problems and life is Just problematic at the moment. I can't always get to a phone and have tried numerous times to get into chat but site is always to busy. I can't get to meetings as I'm pretty much housebound particularly in this weather.

I remain a positive person who is trying at the moment unsuccessfully not to gamble

Mo

Positive thoughts ...we are alive...we are feeling....we can breathe ...keep trying to live each day as it come

Mo

Hi Mo,

Welcome to this site and i feel your pain and confusion. You are making first steps towards that change to better yourself and your loved ones.

Stick around,...i know it is not easy to keep a positive mndset, this addiction strips you down and feeds of your low moods and emotions. Don't give in..you are worth new start and better future. It is not rosy road, but nothing is easy in life. Only through our hard job we can achieve that peace and happiness which lies ahead.

Stay strong and take day at a time..you are right...we are alive, we feel,breathe and we are determined to make better tomorrow...we are worth better things in life..believe and be kind to urself

Take care

Sandra x

Thanks Sandra

So many folk are addicted to wasting time, effort and money. We are better than this, we are all worth more, we will beat this with the help of each other. It is 3.13am and I will not gamble from NOW.

note I have not said will try not to gamble as I want my diary to come down hard on me if I slip as I do no want to go down the snakes just up all the ladders.

Life is really not been kind to me recently but I have a lot to be thankful for and should no have descended into the dark hole of gambling again - I deat it 15/20 years ago and I will do it again now.

Positive thinking ......every minute of the day.....

Mo

I will not gamble today.....positive thought

Mo

Hey Mo,

Very positive thought and indeed achievable...

Little baby steps...can't start running before learning to walk :-))

Take care and keep positivity flowing

Sandra x

Thanks Sandra

Very small baby steps....I have not and will not gamble today

Mo

Day 2 ......I will not gamble today.....

Mo

Day 2 17.35 continuing to be positive .........I will not gamble today. Also started healthy eating...Day 1 as have allowed everything to slide over last few months. I need to adopt a positive attitude which I know I do but difficult at times as life has dealt me a difficult hand to live with .....just need to do as I've said in my diary ... Wee baby steps to accepting life is different from now on in.....this is reason I think I returned to gambling and when I accept things I cannot change then any urges for gambling will be in the distant past. Keep positive

Mo

Day 3 00.25

Yesterday was a very challenging day for me and I got through it. I did not gamble or have any urges to gamble and I also took positive steps to accept my life as it has become and start healthy eating. This is the best I've felt within myself for a long long time. I need to embrace the quality of life that I have and try not to dwell on all the normal everyday things I can no longer do or enjoy. Positive thoughts are with me tonight.

Mo

Hi Mo,

As you say yourself, it is just about taking each and every small step in the right direction. Good luck with the healthy eating, like many I'm on the same bandwagon with you, and the dark days of January seem perfect for heavy warming comfort food as opposed to the light healthy meals that go with weight loss.

Keep that positive feelings, and every small step in the right direction is one step further away from the negativity of gambling.

All the best

Ryan