16 days gf after a blip. Feeling so good. Was able to treat my kids to a chippy tea today and me and partner having a Chinese later, feels good to be able to treat myself and family with out feeling guilty or worrying about money. Order kids some new clothes to.. I'm so determined this is it. I won't ever put my relationship in danger by gambling again.
Happy weekend everyone, stay strong ?
18/19 days gamble free, and feeling so positive. Had a lovely half term with the kids and was able to treat them without worrying over money. There back to school today and I'm back to work. Things are going so well ?
Day 23 gamble free. Loving my job. Mental health good. I'm happy. My kids are happy. That's all I ever wanted ?
And it makes a lot of people on here happy hearing that.
Don`t ever underestimate your own strength.
Lovely to read you're feeling positive.
We all seem to have ups and downs. We struggle but seem to have what is needed to get through them. Everyone needs reminding now and again that they have got what it takes to bounce back. You certainly do.
Thankyou lids and freda ?
??ONE MONTH GF??
I'm a month gamble free today after a relapse which saw me nearly lose my partner of 20 years. That day I swore to myself never again and things couldn't be better. My determination is stronger than ever and I'm truly greatful to so many people who have helped and supported me, my partner, family, friends, gamcare staff and peers to name a few, I can't thank you all enough. My life after losing my daughter to stillbirth has been a blur of depression, anxiety, ptsd, gambling addiction to escape, alcohol dependency and psychosis. I was in turmoil. I wasn't living, I was barely existing. Life was hell. I'm finally out the other side. My mental health is better than its ever been. My family is stronger and happier. And I'm finally living , not just existing.
Thankyou to everyone on gamcare for your support, il never forget it.
Stace (no longer a broken ? but a live one ?)
41 days gamble free, happy and doing well
46 days gamble free today.
Still feeling positive. Things are going so well, I'm not needing to come on here as much anymore and I'm not needing to talk to advisors which feels really good, there was a point were I relied too much on gamcare. I'm doing so well.
On the downside there's been another delay with the house and I won't be getting my keys for another 3 weeks, oh well, good things come to those that wait ??
Were finally getting a new car Wednesday, paid for by hard earned money thats been saved and not gambled. No loans or credit cards. Cash we've worked hard for, it feels so good.
Things are going really well.
Stace ?
Struggling abit this week with family problems, its made me have urges, which has panicked me.
Read back ur diary for a fresh take on the situation xxx
This is it, this is the moment you firmly put it back into its box.
Gambling has hung around in your head waiting for you to feel vulnerable, thats exactly what it does sits waiting.
But this is your time despite being vulnerable and low to put it in its box and expel it finally into the past.
Its not easy but you are now going to claim your life fully back, if you have nt already tell your partner how your feeling, it will be much easier telling him your struggling rather than that you gambled. As Adam says read your diary in full, throw yourself into your family thats where the love and support is.
Stace this is your moment to kick gambling into touch and showing it that it no longer has any power over you.
Despite being down and vulnerable stand tall, this is your moment to shine and claim your life back.
Thankyou adam and lids ?
I used to gamble to escape bad mental health and lifes struggles but now I'm better mentally I've had time to heal, so now when I'm faced with stress , I'm able to cope with it without turning to gambling. Gambling helped me at times in that moment of darkness, but then it made things a million times worse for me. I now see that I dont need to 'escape' tough times, I just need to face them and deal with them as best I can. Gambling isn't my friend like I used to believe, its my enemy, and I dint need them in my life ?
brilliant words stace.....great to hear xxx
67 days gamble free, feels amazing. I've just booked a suprise holiday to haven, this time I've had to book it for during the summer holidays as I work in a school now and can't get term time off. Prices are so much higher during half term so it feels amazing that I've been able to book one. We've not been away for a few years now, so its going to be a lovely suprise for the kids. I'm so proud of myself, I've fought hard to get better mentally and throw myself into my recovery. I'm 36 years old and haven't enjoyed my life the past few years but now I finally am and I feel like a new person. I won't let gambling get a hold of me again.
Its the anniversary of my daughters death. Every year for the past 7 years I've gambled around this time of year. My heart breaks ? ?
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