Simply day one again.

Yo,

Welcome , so very true , keep it simple .

Do not over think it , do not let the regrets or fears over take you ......

Just for today do not bet. Days turn into weeks , weeks into months and months into years .

Takes courage to take that decision , well done , try to post when ever you can , one day at a time my friend this is more than achievable

Take care

Shiny xxxxx

Thanks for the quick reply Shiny. I will try and post whenever I can get a chance but main thing is I need to focus and try to learn to live with the urges as James P usually talks about in his posts. This is what my main problem is. I give in to the urges far too easy. Anyway one day at a time at not wasting anymore of precious time and also money needed by my family. Thanks again for the reply I really appreciate it.

I have gone and done it again today. I lost another 260 on top of 150 lost yesterday. It makes me feel quite low but I know I can vent my feelings out freely in here. I now that we are all here for the same intention which is to get gambling out of our lives.

So, as JamesP says tomorrow is a new day and I will forget the blame, forget the money I lost, will only concentrate on stopping gambling completely.

Tomorrow is a new day and I will not gamble.

All the best,

Ergos xxx

well welcome and yeah i know where your coming from. had so many day ones i cant count em myself. but yeah surely as the sun will rise theres a new *** at the day. hope ya get threw this one ok.

Once again I created a financial mess for myself and my family. I am not learning! I am a compulsive gambler. I always chase losses.

The way I feel is kiling me but I chose to be this way.

Today I gambled, but at 16:00pm I stopped betting on horses with that sinking feeling.

I wasted the money I didn't have. My recovery starts now. I don't want to harm people closest to me anymore with this evil action called gambling.

Ergos

Stay strong and focus on positive things.

Thanks Setfree. I am angry with myself but trying to be positive.

Day 1

urges there but I am reading diaries. Today I won't gamble!

Ergos

Day 3

Today I will NOT gamble.

Ergos

Day 5

Today I will NOT gamble

Ergos

I came upon your diary and I hear ya. Whether it's going out one day and then a few days after that to gamble before we stop or if we only go out one day and stop for a month only to go out one more time a month later, it's always a new day when we wake up. I often feel completely defeated. How could I have gone one year gf. and then 3 or 6 months many times only to be now one month and then one month and now just a day ago . Still, without hope we would not even try. People have suceeded with the odaat. They say it's early recovery when we keep slipping but it's still recovery. I really want that active recovery stage to start up. I hope that for you too. All the best and way to go with the few days of odaat so far. T

Hi Tara. I completely agree with you that without hope we wouldt'n even be here and trying to achieve a gamble free life. This is not the time to worry about previous slip ups this is the time to consantrate on our recoveries for today. I hope that for both of us.

Take care yourself

ergos

Thx. for reading my diary entry eros. And I like that comment GT ...Great. I like "Hope is something we all have the right to possess." I will embrace that right. odaat is like the pure essence of hope itself. T2