recovery

Hi there Flo and a big welcome to you! Well you have joined a great site and you can learn how to deal with those gambling urges. Was it the dreaded online slots for you? They reel you in and steal your sanity. Keep posting and the gambling free days will soon add up. Day one is the most important day of all and you have passed it! Suzy

thankyou suzy for your encouragement and yes it was the dreaded online slots looking forward to day 3 and onwards

Me too online slots . I dont gamble anywhere else. Had done 9 days and the temptation took over . But thus time i will be the winner. Good luck flo you have come to the right place i just wished i went on here instead of online casino.

hi this is day 3 for me and i will not gamble . Today is better than yesterday as i am not in a panic about what i have done, i more feel confident that whatever i have done can be sorted out.

i started to gamble after my grandaughter died of sids. I was in a really bad place after seeing my son and his girlfriend so upset. It just kind of happened i saw a bingo advert and thought i will give it a go. After playing bingo a couple of timess i saw the slots didnt even know what they were i had one spin and won some money and from then on was completely drawn in.

This is two years on from there and i my sons girlfriend is expecting a baby in 10 weeks.I didnt want to be a gambling gran but for some time i thought hey bingo grannies they go together surely it cant be to bad but no it was bad for me.

i hope my dairy can help you i made a mess of my life with bingo and slots because i wanted to escape my reality but it can only get better for me and my family now that i have stopped

Hi Flo,

Firstly, welcome and well done for starting a recovery diary. Thank you also for replying to my thread in the success story section. I am by no means the finished article, however I will be able to support you in your journey. I've been there.

Online games are horrific, if you are a CG, so first step is ask someone to install K9 on your computer and for them to set the password so you don't know it. Then, break what is called the triangle; some people have different definitions but mine is Money -> Time -> Opportunity. Take the money away, you cannot gamble. Take the time away you cannot gamble. Take the opportunity away, you cannot gamble. Just removing one, like installing software on your PC, removes the opportunity.

I wish you and your family well, it is awful to hear a loss of a child, which is often a trigger for the disease to recommence.

I'm here for support.

Xxx

thankyou canotwin i have some blocking software and 3 have put parental controls on my phone. i am going to take my son on holiday next year and am looking forward to day 4

your support is welcome

Take it one day at a time. Day 4 is as important as day 444.

You are taking the correct steps and I am so proud of you on your progress so far. You will beat this, I have never been more certain!

Make your own luck....keep going xxxx

it is day 4 for me and i will not gamble today. I have just been to the village fair and helped out which was good but i kept getting overwelmed with the feeling what have i done ! Now i must look forward i cant change the past but i can change the future. Monday will be a start i will go to the baank and try to sort out my unarranged overdraft another step.

just had a massive urge to gamble and overcame it

Well done Flo...my weakness is slots at the casino...I can only imagine how difficult it is to resist, when the temptation is in your own home...keep resisting.

Freda08

it is day 5 for me and i am so glad i didnt gamble on the slots last night.

Well done flo, the urges WILL get less and will become easier to dispel.

During these urges think of that holiday 🙂

I wish you well.

day 6 for me today and i have been into the bank to sort out my unauthorised overdraft it went ok and i will be paying it back monthly at an afordable amount. Tomorrow i will be closeing 2 other accounts that i used for gambling it will be a big relief to get them closed.

The urges to gamble are alot less and i can see that things are going to get alot better.

Hi flo, I played the online slots for a long time and obviously the financial losses are terrible for us but it was also the time I spent on them. It is so easy when we have stress or sadness in our lives to seek solace from something else but Gambling unfortunately wants to much from us emotionally and financially. My main worry was I was worried I wouldnt find something else to fill the gap but its strange as the time just filled up with normal day to day living. I have been gamble free for 63 days and even though there are odd days when I get small urges out of the blue, its choosing not to act upon them and each day has got easier. I felt stronger once I had closed all my accounts, installed K9 but I can go on my laptop now and not miss logging onto a bingo site as the Net has so much more to offer. You are addressing financial issues and doing really well so stay strong and take care Mary x