Nice one new start,every aspect of life really does improve doesn't it.
Abstaining is as easy as you make,avoiding that first bet is the key.
Well done,keep posting
One day of madness and I don't know where it came from and now I'm £650 down. FFS where did the new me go. Back to 0 days. cr**.
Dust yourself down NS, try to understand what the triggers were and start over. 6th November was a big date for you, remember how great that felt and how s**t you feel just now.......6th January and you'll be entering week 2 of being free.......and with 2014 just days away, what a great motivation to be clean for 14.
Take care mate,
Mr Brightside
I can only think it was down to booze and boredom. Mixed in with the need to escape the masses of people we have with us over the holidays causing a lot of stress in the house, but if course everyone has to be so nice while really they just want to scream at each other. I definitely find it like a drug that for a while blocks out all the other cr** but actually just makes things worse. Time to look to the future and a gambling free 2014 and don't chase those loses! We all know where that leads.
You came back to right place, NS. Start posting here again more regularly if those urges creep up. Ultimately these slips are down to us. I call it a nostalgia thing or the idea of not wanting to let of gambling. Yet, when you think about it, gambling...not a pleasant thing for us and absolutely needs to be let go off. We just can't do it, NS.
Wish you the best, NS.
-Alex
Christmas was not a good time both with my life and gambling. I really thought I was strong enough to stay away but other things have ground me down and I've been weak.
Time to really go for it. New Start is back and tomorrow is day one. Forget the money that's gone, never chase losses and live for tomorrow. I've really been shown that it's true, I'll never win because I can never stop.
A big point for anyone looking to stay away from gambling. I have learnt that you can't do it alone. When things get tough you need help to stay strong. Even if it's not your spouse as you don't feel you can share your problems with them you need some one to talk sense when you feel weak and maybe the thought of letting them down might be the incentive you need.
Good luck for 2014 everyone. Stay strong and keep gambling free.
Just read someone else blog and something really made sense. When I feel depressed I gamble to block out the misery and sort of stare at the screen with nothing else on my mind, pumped full of adrenalin which is why is feels good and also why I can stay up all night when gambling.
The resulting losses obviously make me feel bad so I gamble again to get the adrenalin pumping and it all spirals out if control.
So here's a question I'd really like so help with, how, when I feel down from something other than losses which I was recently, do I find relief in a similar way without gaming? Has anyone got any suggestions?
Day one done. Still feel daft for slipping up but now starting to understand why so might be able to avoid it in the future.
Another day free but not finding this easy. Maybe it's because I didn't hit the massive low of last year, just really disappointed in myself.
Still struggling on.
Saturdays can be tough. Off to meet my brother in the pub and no doubt he'll put a coupon on and play the fruity. Don't know whether or not to explain why I'm not doing the same. It can be tough to tell people who seem to be able to gamble the odd couple if £s and not have a problem.
Day 1 again. So disappointed. I think I need a break from booze to be able to get going again.
Why do I find it so hard to not waste all my money? After being so positive last year I'm really struggling again. I don't think I'll ever be able to not crave gambling which sounds both pathetic and depressing.
It would seem I am a complete idiot and getting back to gambling free is considerably harder this time around.
New plan. 1 bloody week. Can I manage just one week and take it from there. I really want to stop but it just seems impossible right now.
Day zero, again! I will make it to Monday 20th January without gambling.
Acctually managed a whole day. Well done me.
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