Day 7. Lovely day. Not spent a penny today. How good is that! Been here before though so not complacent!
Well done G-dog,
A week is a pretty good start. I'm not far ahead of you right now on 11 days and know what you are going through... I don't want to get complacent either.
But can totally relate to how good it feels going a day without spending a penny. I've only had a couple of those because I have to live and all... but they are great!
Anyway, keep up the good work and hope you can make it to 2 weeks, 3 weeks, as long as you live.
SF
Day 8. - here goes. Not gambling because it takes over my life when I do. Happier without it. Cannot win because I cannot stop.
Hi g-doggy, thanks for post. Hoping that your recovery is going well, i'm a few more days in but what i can say is you'll at some point really start to feel the benefits of not gambling.
For me this has been in my outlook to life and general well being. Not having the huge ups and downs that gambling causes makes for a much better and as we've said 'normal' life.
Keep going g-doggy.
I had huge urges last night! Blocks in place meant I couldn't. Real blocks this time. No access to money. feel like a winner today!
Well done g-d, good to hear that the blocks in place starved those urges, thats great to hear. We can all do this if we put our mind to it. There is no land of riches in a bookmaker and unfortunately, even if we won a life changing amount, our addiciton means we would give it back plus more,
Keep it up
Blues
Day 9. today I will not gamble online or fobts.,why would I. It's depressing and I'm going to pay these debts off. Lovely sunny day and I finish work at 1.30 till Tuesday. Struggling with the guilt of the money(not mine) that I have wasted at the moment. Not much sleep last night.
Day 10. Happy Easter. We can all do this with each others support.
Day 14. Back to work. Lovely weekend. Not chasing losses or constantly checking my bank account. Hope everyone is ok. Still feel the guilt of previous losses.
Well 5 years on. I am back. Stopped online but now bookies my poison. I am excluded near my home. When i am away is a problem. Debt got up to 16,000 now at 9,400 just lost 550. Not very proud of myself. Got a 5 year old and wife at home, I'm sure they would be proud..not. Onwards and upwards
New day today. Can't change what has happened now. In the scheme of life it's not huge I guess BUT it could be if I carry on. I haven't moved on in 5 years really. Time to man up and face my actions instead of feeling sorry for myself. Happy day all and let's not gamble. I will check in daily for a while.
Hi, welcome back g-doggy. Just caught up on your diary. Well done for returning to the site. I'm new to this site and 15 days gf. However, I very nearly caved last night to online slots, but thankfully I had blocks in place so I couldn't. I've written my favourite phrase from this site in my diary (I use everyday) ' I Can't win because I can't stop!' This usually motivates me for the day. It's such a vile addiction that changes you. Now I've not gambled for 15 days, I look back at my years of gambling and I really don't recognise myself, I was grumpy, always tired, unsociable, always skint, miserable and so on... it's so scary! You can do this not just for your wife and son, but for yourself. I can promise you, already I feel 100% better and sleep that little better at night. I still owe money towards my debt, but it will get repayed and I will have savings. Why should we work our arses of to give the money to huge companies?! This is what I keep telling myself. We are lucky, we can start again and make it work! Good luck on your journey, stay strong. C X
10 days since my last and hopefully final loss to the bookies. I have had some real urges and would bloody love to gamble now!! How mad is that? I won't though. I definately won't. Thanks for the reply Charley. How are things with you?
Hello G- doggie.
I remember you, we've been around for a similar time and use to remember good man Russ supporting and posting to you.
A question I see here a lot is ' what are you going to do different this time, what will you change to seek change ? '
Hi Volcano, yes Russ was great. How are you doing? That is a really great question, I have told my step brotherhoping that will help. I know I should tell my wife. I just cant
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