no win situation

Thanks for the message Jeff,glad you've managed to avoid having a bet over the festive period,just shows how even a year plus down the line we can still start thinking about gambling when time or circumstances permit!!!.have a good new years eve:).

Seano.

Perhaps it is time to rename your diary to no loser situation?

Boredom does lead to urges but unlike me I know you will resist them.

I CANNOT WIN BECAUSE I CANNOT STOP

Al the best mate

Stumper

jeff,thanks for sharing them urges mate even after all this time theyre still lounging around...im sure your proffessional enough now to let them pass though...best wishes for 2011 friend,we can do this 🙂

Hi Jeff.. Just wanted to thank you for all your support this year. Happy new year to you.. S.A 🙂

Hi All

Thank you all for your posts they really help me in my recovery.I go back to work on tuesday 4th which will also be 15 months gamblefree for me.To be honest i have found the holidays a bit harder to get through than i thought regarding gambling.I have certainly had it on my mind more than usual.Im sure this is due to all the spare time i have had.I have great admiration for those who cannot get work .Im sure they have to work very hard all the time and are also tempted to try and make a profit from what small ammount they get.

I have enjoyed this christmas better than any other one .Mainly because i didnt have to worry about the kids presents.I have noticed a few slipping over the christmas period this year as was the same last year.So for all of them people please get back to normality there really is life after betting.

I would also like to thank all my friends old and new for all there help and advice during my recovery.I would like to thank the gamcare staff for convincing me i could stop and lead a better life.i will continue to read and post as i have read recently about people coming back to this forum after long a abstainance.

I wish you all a happy new year.All the best Jeff.

All the best for 2011 Jeff.

Seano.

Happy new year jeff!

Hope this one is a great one kid!

Take care,

f x

Hi Jeff

Thanks mate for your suport on my diary.

So happy to read you enjoyed your Christmas with your family.

15 months gamblefree this coming tuesday as well..... I'm so pleased for you.

Happy New Year to you and all your family Jeff.

All the best mate

Happy New Year Jeff.

I have no doubt it will be as good as the last one.

Jeez....I just found you on page 4! The toffees are So frustrating at times! It's utd's to lose now. I read your post on easy life's diary. I used to be the same.....no value of money so I would just dish it out for drinks etc. Now I'm a lot more careful. I could almost account for every penny! I think it's called learning the value of money. All the best big man. Russ

Hi jeff m8t! Hope everythings going good for you...

Thank you for the post...

I am totally glad you can relate to my post ...thank you!...Funny because I was even more generous when getting a big win...Crazy because I probably ''in theory'' had lost a fortune....Good to hear that you, like me, spend money on more needy things these days like family and ourselves...Well we deserve it dont we?....

Just to say my mate was talking to me and he came out with that saying and it totally relaxed me and I saw a high level of logical sense in it... So, I just thought I would share it with you guys because it was the first time I have heard it!

Take care m8t.

Easy Li£e

Have a good weekend ex. Hope you have lots of positve posts to contribute on Monday. All the best.

Hey jeff

15 months! Thats brilliant. And your still here helping out with advice and such. Cheers mate

Kyle

Jeff

Firstly, just read your lovely post in my diary and it is much appreciated and has made me feel a bit better. You're very perceptive - the stress is really tough and I find myself blanking a lot of the pressure out, but the non-gambling is really helping me focus, though too early to have a positive financial impact just yet.

I've just read your first diary entry and intend to read the rest later on today (honestly, I have been setting time aside to read through certain whole diaries). I have to say there are many similarities in my own story and your account of your biggest win struck a chord. I've never been hooked by the 'one big win' idea - I know how massively unlikely that is to happen (I generally only do big singles on first and second favs anyway). But like you I have only ever won half or twice as much as my total days gambling and of course, then gone on to punt it all away a day or a few days later.

Thanks again.

Chris

Jeff

I’ve managed to get through your diary like I said I would. I’m glad I did. You’ve actually done it. You’ve actually given up.

In my opening post here just over a month ago I rabbitted on about how nigh on impossible it is for someone who had gambled hard and really suffered the consequences (mentally and financially) of such behaviour, could ever find the strength to give up for any meaningful length of time. Yet before my own eyes I’ve read the tale of a hardened, chronic addict with over 30 years of the habit to his name (a bit like me), and who at one point had lost almost everything (like me) break free. For that’s what you’ve actually achieved Jeff, you’ve broken free.

15 months - and the more I went through your diary the easier, I could see, it has become for you. And I can see you have a legion of mates here, not just because of your escape from gambling colditz but also because you have been really supportive of others, including myself recently. You deserve to be happy.

Chris