New Start before things get ALOT WORSE

i wishrd is rite you can never stop you will never win im not letting this evil gambling get the better of me we got to be strong x

Day 2 - Had some dreams involving roulette machines last night. Woke up in the middle of the night and found it hard to get back off. Feel ok today no urges to gamble. Hope I'm OK when i get home tonight it hit me really hard yesterday evening. Had a good chat with my sister which really helped out.

J

In my experience bad dreams keep recurring unless I tell someone (wifey) what I saw. Then they go away. So very good imo you wrote about them on here and spoke to your sis. Cleanse your system, good!

Day 3 - Things are going well today! Another day of no gambling yesterday and i feel great. Ive had an idea of rewarding myself at the end of every week, maybe a Blu Ray or new item of clothing.

Hope everyone is doing well today! J

Day 6 - Nearly a week now!

Feel great today. Not a great deal of money in the bank to last me until next week but I still feel OK!!!

No real urges over the weekend, felt a little tempted to put a cheeky £10 on the football but decided against it (would have been difficult seeing as though I’ve banned myself from all the bookies in my area haha)

The real test will be next weekend when i get paid. Extra disposable cash in the bank..... i should be able to fight it.

Hope everyone is well and had a great weekend!

Hi josh just reading you past comments well done on your journey so far, 6 days sound not a lot but when dealing with this problem it is. Still don't know why gambling has this hold on us but it does, I guess it's down too the loses an the urge too try an win them back. I wake up every morning now an remind myself that I have a gambling problem and I must not gamble an remind myself how I ended up here. I have been trying too fight this for years an always end up back gambling an if feels worse with the loses. Stay strong an give up for good moving forward never back. I am back on day 3 an need too do it this time.

Good luck allyc1981

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Just a quick update on my progress, My days of gambling on roulette machines are well and truly over. I have been able to walk into bookies (ones I’m not excluded from) and have been able to place a normal 5 pound football bet something i enjoyed so much in the past! I know this obviously is still a form of gambling but I truly believe that my roulette binges are over. I had no urge to feed any money into these machines none whatsoever and just glimpsing over at people feeding £20 after £20 made me feel sick.

Thanks for all the help guys, i really feel great!