My Final Go

Fella

That post could have been written by me, I have a loving wife, three kids and a house I gambled to within a day of losing

My form of gambling has always been a machine, the fobt the final choice of my futile gambling

I welcome you to the forum and to your good lady wife, another common factor we share, my wife reads daily my thread and too treats it as a recovery tool.

For me they have as much right to recovery as we do.

In the two years I have been here I have been gifted some amazing advice and a huge amount of priceless support.

I hope you find the forum an equally great tool in your fight to arrest the destruction from your life.

You have made a great start and I look forward to sharing the journey by your side.

One day at a time your choice to abstain will gift you the opportunity to live a better life. You family too.

Be proud

Recovery is the gift that never stops giving

Duncs stepping forward never back.

Hi Matey

You know how devious we can be when we want to gamble so make sure you are 100% honest with your partner. Tell her when you feel like you want to gamble and it will take the power out of the urge. It ain't easy but believe me well worth it once you get the hang of it. There is a stack of support on here and in turn you will be a support to others. Thanks for starting your diary as it helps me to read how painful the early days are. Keep at it and you'll get there with your family

Take care

hi duncs and smiler, many thanks for your replies, the last few days have not been an issue for me, as I have just not had the money to gamble, however my real day 1 starts on Friday, tomorrow will be the biggest hardest day ever, I know I will have money in my account, ok this is for bills but it never stopped me before, TOMORROW I WILL BE STRONG. I will do anything to keep busy, I may even go food shopping !!!!!. I will carry on posting no matter what happens because I want to beat this and I will beat this for me and my family

Well done and good luck for day1 tomorrow. I too feel I can bet on sports without a problem but fruit machines are just so addictive but having an account to do sports bets means I still have account that can access the fruities. They should be illegal or at least a lot better controlled. Your story sounds very similar to my own so I know how hard it can be so I'll wiish you luck and keep strong.

so this is my day 1 !!!!!!!

right now is my hard time, as I am home alone, once I get to 15:00 I will be fine as kids and wife home, right now I feel fine, I know that today I will not lose a penny on line or any where.

today is the start of the rest of my life, out of my 3 pay day loans I will have fully cleared one day, so things already looking up

keep smiling all

Early days are the hardest,i should know ive had plenty of them!

I too have a young family,their happiness is far too much to lose.

The one thing that helped me through the early stages is realising winning is worse than losing,there is no point to it.your just chasing the buzz of winning.Every penny you have will have a question mark over it whilst gambling.

Keep strong my friend.

Hi Matey

Hope things are working out for you, just remember that you don't have to be too hard on yourself, you are human like the rest of us and not one of us is perfect. Keep it simple and do the right things and the right things will happen

Take care

C.I.R.

Congratulations on making the decision to come here and change your life.

I am sure you will here this a lot but your opening post is a familiar story and we know what you are going through and how you feel.

My problem is with roulette, which completely wrecks me, however, as you mentioned, I have never had any problems controlling my football bets. I could bet five or ten pounds on a football accumulator and take it or leave it if I lost. Then, I became addicted to roulette machines and everything changed. I could still control my football bets but if I lost I would always try to win my money back on roulette. If I won my football bet I would always end up re-investing it in a roulette machine. Basically, roulette stole all my gambling innocence. I tried everything and the only thing working for me is total abstinence from gambling. Of course, this sounds a little daunting at first but, in time, you get used to it until you wonder why you ever gambled in the first place.

The psychological benefits of not gambling are massive and happen very quickly i.e. three or four weeks for me. My debt is the same but because of my mental improvement I just don't worry about money the way I used to. I believe in myself and the journey that I am on towards a greater future for me and my family. I hope you take that same journey. Be kind to yourself you are worth it.

Tomso.

Hi everyone

And many thanks to everyone for your words and support

Well made day one !!!! And for me no issues, maybe this time it is because I know I will lose everything, on Friday I did not think to much gambling,

Day 2 being a Saturday was never really a issue to me as I can leave football bets, but as family are home and I have to play football I do not have time to play on line and tonight me and wife are going out !!! Not sure last time we did that

Thank you everyone for support and day 1 is done, being on day 2 well we all need little steps to start

Morning mate,

Well done for getting through that first payday, I think those have been a problem for many of us over the years. As you say yourself, you have all the reasons not to get in to gambling again, and giving your children the best possible start will be a huge motivation.

It may only have been one small step, but even the longest journeys begin with one step. I hope you have many more steps to come in this journey without gambling.

All the best

Ryan

Good day to you all !!!!!

Again thank you for your words and support

Some how very quickly I am into day 3 !!!!

Today will not give me any issues as with family and never look on line on a Sunday !!!!

Me and the wife went out just me and her which was a great night and a great buzz !!!

Well into day 4, really not much to report today )))))

I guess this is a good thing as I have been so busy,

Everything so far is going well and I have not even went on to online slots to have a look or play in free play mode

Hope everyone is going well and together we can all beat this

Into day 5

I have been so busy today that I have not stopped to think of gambling

But I will keep this updated and will keep it going as I want to beat this so much for myself and of course my family

Wishing you all very much lucky and hope you all keep strong

Keep it going mate never go back to the hell that is gambling it's just vouchers to bet again it's a hamsters wheel we can't get off once we start stay strong

The bear x