Position of strength after years of weakness

Awesome job mate. Congrats.

Just goes to show that it can be done. I see you in the chat room often and love the advice you give. The fact that you are still in the chat rooms 1000 days in shows the commitment you have to staying gf. A good lesson for anyone startling out. You have to put the work in. What’s 1 hour a day out of life? You used to spend hours gambling. Replace it with something useful.

Congrats again mate. An inspiration to us all 💪

So a few things going on and not been on here much or updated my diary. 

Ive been thinking this evening on the early to mid part of my journey and there is something i really need to get across to people at the start of their own journey, as part of my lived journey through this hell something really stands out.

You can not beat this addiction in the first few days, weeks or months maybe even years.........BUT in the first days you can show bravery and determination. In the first few weeks  you can show courage and planning, in the following months show honesty and resilience. The thing that stands out the most and something i read that i can now look back and say without doubt is soooo important is to get clear of gambling and claim your mind back. What i read in the early days is it can take 90 days and beyond to start to feel clear thoughts and to be able to reason out decisions, it is very important to get to that stage and start to feel clear and enlightened thought processes. All of that sounds really head up my a**e but trust me its so true.

The staff and helpers here including outside agencies are fantastic in helping and building us back up, hopefully with a view to us taking back our lives and slowly making better decisions and learning to stand on our own 2 feet again, please don`t rush the process its tried and tested. Avoiding gambling and those types of environments is important but so is curing the mental side and building that up too, dont ever be ashamed of where you are at , as long as you are making the effort then you and i should feel proud of who we are and what we are trying to achieve.

This site has so many good people who know how bad these feelings in the beginning can be, listen to their advice especially about blocks, if you really want to quit dont skip any of the blocking steps they will relay to you.

The very best of luck everyone no matter where you are in your own journey.

Hi mate not seen on for a while i remember you early in my recovery along with Adam and Faith, since then time has flown by im on day 514 g/f i was inspired by you guys for helping me i cant thanx u guys enough my life is at peace now and i wouldnt wish gambling addiction on my worst nighmare im still using the chatrooms regularly once again thanx for your support wish you well

hi lids......missing u on chat...... hope ur well? hope recovery going well? pop in somwhen if u can? just checking in really adam