Day22 still bumping along keeping out of trouble. Its a vicious bloody cycle, no money, bills to pay, what`s the easiest way I know to get my hands on money - gambling. Well I`m in this position because of gambling so that ain`t happening. The latest B*****r advert sums it up- Stop Headless Betting. Best piece of advice I`ve ever heard from a bookie.
well done rents
we've similar in time on gamcare
keep doing gamble free
enjoy the beautiful day
triangle
Thanks Triangle Day 25 Weekend came & went without any dramas. Miss the excitement, the buzz, the thoughts of a big win, the people in the bookies. Longer I can stay away from it hopefully the easier it will become. Can`t deal with the consequences anymore, surely as a 48 year old man I`ve enough experience to know that I`ll never ever win because I can`t stop. Onwards & upwards.
Well done rents11 - you've achieved a quarter of a century of sanity! Keep going...
Joanna
your doing well pal keep it up , gambling we all now know its a waste of time, so lets not bother wasting our time on it anymore, lets live instead
Day 27 Thanks Baggins & Tryer. Its difficult to escape the past, lost money, lost opportunities, lost relationships, sometimes I walk around feeling I`ve a lifetime of baggage weighing me down. We struggle through the devastation that gambling brings, caught in an endless cycle when gambling seems the only way out of the mess we`ve created. Maybe this time I`ve come to my senses, the past is gone & today is the only thing that matters. I need to get healthy again.
Day 30 This is probably the first month in the last thirty years that I haven`t spent a single penny on some form of gambling. Don`t know whether I should be happy about that as its a pretty depressing statistic. Anyway hopefully a corner has been turned.
Day 33 still breezing along, still need to keep my guard up as I know that I`m only that first bet away from disaster. Who knows how I can suddenly turn from a level headed, pretty sane person into a gambling maniac where the be all & end all is finding any way to get my fix. It definitely is a case of Jekyll & Hide.
well done rents keep it up , i will of done a month tomorrow so pleased with myself to
Day 38 Cheers Tryer, gambling is still safely locked in that box under the bed. Don`t know whether it will stay there, can I manage to stay away when I`m not really addressing the issues why I gamble in the first place. Hopefully I`ve just reached the stage in my life where I`ve enough experience of the devastation gambling causes me to keep away. Only time will tell.
Day 39 Pretty peed off with life at the moment, lots of little things occurring that would normally send me to the comfort blanket of gambling, leak in the roof = money, dogs done his knee in = money, I`m trying to get fit & my leg is knackered, just been told I need a shoulder op. so my chances of playing cricket this season are nil. Little things that don`t probably add up too much too most people, but when your a CG you don`t need much excuse to hide away from your problems in the arms of Mother Gambling. So bloody what, deal with it Rents, you`re stronger now.
Just done the mortgage money on a load of useless bloody horses. Saw it coming yet did sweet FA about it. Got up to nearly seventy days & then chucked in the towel without putting up a fight. Come running back to this site because I have nowhere else to turn. I`ll keep trying & I`ll keep failing, can`t seem to break the cycle.
Yes I`m P****d off, yes I`m depressed, but I`ve had one bad day in seventy odd days which I suppose is progress of a sort. Could spend the day chasing yesterdays losses, but what is the bloody point, I can`t win because I can`t stop. Accept yesterday as just another bump in the road, move on & try to keep making the right decisions.
Hi rents
What is the bloody point you know yesterday's losses have gone well done to you for not chasing them
We can never win because we won't stop and the more we lose the more we expect to win back until that day arrives when we have put so much money on the stakes are just too high for us to win any of it back
We can win by not playing every day we don't play we win
You did brill to do 70 days and you will do it again
One blip no problem because you are not chasing that loss carry on up the road you are recovering
We will never be cured but it is our choice to abstain and we will
Well done on not chasing that to me is a big step forward
Best wishes Suzannex
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