On Top of the World!!!!

Just had a wonderful weekend with my family. Work still going well. Am now definitely sttled into a non gambling routine. No chance of a gamble today. Seem to be coping fine with sporting triggers. Avoiding as much as possible but what does sneak in unintentionally on my radar is is not causing a flutter. I've got better things to do and think about!

Well done diggoryboy staying strong keep it up it helps us all we will not gamble today have a good day 🙂

way to go and nice attitude. guess attitude is half the battle and keeping it is the rest. congrats on your days.

great post from you diggoryboy, keep taking it one day at a time and the results are endless.

A great weekend with the family how nice is that eh ? And something no amount of money could ever buy.

take care

blondie

Life is still good and not even the slightest urge. I am aware(and have the sad experience to back this up!) that it is much easier to not gamble when life is good and stress free and the memory of losses and gambling insanity is still relatively fresh. I know there will be tougher days ahead(which I will be ready for!) but definitely no gambling today.

Wow, your story gives me hope that I can beat this too. Thanks for sharing.

nancy

Have some exciting work today and as it is in a different City I will have access to non self excluded bookies. I could gamble...But I know I won't! What a good feeling!

Having a lovely time being gamble free and looking forward to a sparkling Christmas with my family. No way am I going to spoil this feeling. I really want to say I know I won't gamble again but bitter experience tells me not to look to far ahead. No gambling today anyway. Feeling very good!

I love reading posts like your last one diggoryboy. It makes all the hard effort we put in worthwhile.

Well done x

Am listening to Christmas songs while my son makes a Christmas card for my wife. How could I have ever risked my family's happiness? I am sorry that I ever did but I am as sure as I can be that I won't ever do it again. Am about to spend a blissful week or two experiencing and remembering what real life is all about. I am very lucky that I stopped before I lost all this. I won't post again before the new year but neither will I gamble. Merry Christmas everyone thanks for your posts and my heartfelt wishes that none of us will ever gamble again.

I had a great Christmas with my family(despite a bit of flu!) and after a lovely 3 week hibernation with not even a thought about gambling I am ready to go for 2013! I am going to work hard(at a career that I love and am very lucky to have) and when not working I am going to be being a decent, caring family man. Simple as that.

Another day. No urges. Working and thinking of the rest of the year ahead and how great it will be IF I DON'T GAMBLE!!!! I must never forget that once would be enough to wreck things. It won't be happening today that's for sure.

Had a decent day. Had quite a bit of free time betwen training sessions. In the past I would have used this lazy time to gamble or at least contemplated it especially withan England cricket match on. Didn't even cross my mind today. Definite signs of corners being turned and good new habits replacing empty compulsions. Very happy. After a good first proper working week after Christmas I now have a great weekend ahead with my family and some exciting work tomorrow night. Hope everyone has a good weekend and keeps moving in the right direction.

HI DB,

What a great post, keep forming them good new habits they are what will make you happy, allow you quaility time with your family, keep your self respect in tack, protect your hard earned money, as we move further and further away from gambling we must also never forget our first post on our diarys and what brought us here.

Keep going DB, you should be proud and your doing great.

Blondie

Haven't been on here for a couple of weeks partly because I have been very busy and partly because I have had no thoughts about gambling. At all. I just got back from some great work abroad and feel on top of the world. No debts, some savings again and I really do feel like an ex gambler or perhaps a non gambler for the first time in 20 years. No thoughts, no urges, no nothing. Just living my life and really enjoying it. I can't guarantee that I won't have urges again but even the old triggers aren't affecting me. I will of course remain self excluded, keep putting my money into difficult to access accounts and keep working hard to stop boredom. I will also never forget the sheer emptiness, regret, pain, vile decption and selfishness of my gambling life but I really think this time...