Road to recovery

Yea I'm gonna try and come down tonight. Might see u there but I won't know u by face ha

Be good to see you if you can make it. In sure you will still know quite a few

Day 34

Late log in but better than never. Been out with a mate all day. No urges to gamble and almost at 5 weeks gamble free now

Day 35

My mate from work asked if I wanna go Thailand next year. Iv been asked to go away with friends in the past but never had done before because I wanted to focus on paying my debts. Iv decided to go for it though. It will give me something to look forward to and il be 30 by the time we go. About time I did it. I'm still paying about £500 towards my debt each month so as long as I don't gamble, my debt will be £6000 less this time next year and il have a reward to look forward to. Although my gambling urges were low at the minute, this has made them even lower. Hope everyone has a good gf week

Day 36

It feels good coming on here each day and adding another number to my day count. I received a text message yesterday from an account Iv not been on for a long time saying there were funds in my account. I didn't want to log in so I rang them to see if they would simply pay it into my bank and close the account. He told me it was just bonus money and I'd need to play it through. Obviously just trying to drag me back down. I said I didn't want the bonus and to please close my account but he told me I'd need to log in and self exclude that way. I don't want to log in though I case I get tempted to play the bonus. I think il get a friend to do it for me. Good luck to everyone today on the path we share

I had the same thing...received a bonus via the post...rang them up and demanded the they close the account with permanent exclusion....told them if they didn't I would report to gambling commission....guess what...they did....like you I don't go near the sites at all ...good luck x

Well done get you mate to do it ASAP close the door no point keeping it ajar

Hi,

Contact them by letter, saying you have a gambling problem, you want to close the account and they should not contact you again by any means. It worked for us.

Stay safe,

CW

Day 37

Thanks for your replies. I'm not gonna lie. When I woke up this morning I was thinking about logging in to see how much the bonus was but to my astonishment, I checked my emails and it would appear they have listened to my concerns and closed the account for me. Very happy they have done this and not tried to drag me back down. Have a good gamble free weekend all

Day 38

Nothing new to report really. Another weekend done though. A month off gambling has made me feel much better

Day 39

The days are really starting to build up now. The thought of resetting that number to 0 is more devastating than the money I would loose if I were to go and place a bet. Only a week till pay day now and feeling more positive each day

Day 40

Didn't manage to get online today but a late post is better than none. I should have logged on earlier though because I was having urges. Luckily I'm still going strong. 10 more days and il be at 1/2 a century

Make plans ahead of pay day to manage your money so it's not tempting you?

CW

Day 41

This will be my second payday in recovery. Iv nearly lasted this full pay cycle and am feeling confident about the next. Treated myself to a new Xbox one today which realistically could have gone off my debt but it will take up my free time. I could easily have blown £270 gambling but instead I have something to show for the money

Day 42

A sneaky email popped into my email inbox today from a poker site I used to play on. My username had 06 in it so it must be 10 years old. Not had any gambling emails for awhile now after slowly getting them all self excluded (hard to keep track how many accounts I opened over the years). Felt good to self exclude from another one though