Start again and again and again........

Day 2 no issues today, at work and kept busy so all good. 1 day at a Time. 

Day 3 nearly done and still gamble free, had a look back at some previous posts from years back and it just makes me sick that I'm still doing it. I honestly don't know what tomorrow brings but I hope it's gamble free. 

Well done with the post boy.  Keep posting 😁 

One day at a time.

I Never managed to get on yesterday what with work and family time but no gambling was done.. 

@thebean thank you

Day 5

 

Again yesterday no gamble and no urges. Payday not far away let's see how I cope. So far so good tho. I'm not on here to say I'm going to do this or I'm going to do that as I've been in this position 1000x and still gave in. Is anything different this time around only time will tell. 

Pay day is a tricky one, especially the first. Try and get that money locked away or spent on bills, debts, essentials, before you get a chance to spend it unwisely. If you start to feel anxious or excited in the coming days, reach out to someone, chat on here, put a new diary entry. I remember getting more and more excited as payday neared. I knew I didn't want to gamble, but the chemicals in my brain increased just thinking about it and I usually ended up doing it. Now I recognise those subtle changes and deal with them. Make it as hard as you can to gamble for the next few months and these will soon pass.

Loving the diary. Well done so far.

Stay strong 👍 

Thank you for the support

Day 6 and still doing what I do. No urges at all, I do have blocks in place on my phone, gamstop and self exclusion from the bookies but it's never stopped me in the past finding a way to gamble. I Reset my phone the last time but it's an absolute ball ache setting the dam thing back up with passwords etc so I can't see me doing that again. Christmas coming up and started some shopping. 

1 week free, it  might not seem like a lot but everyone who has ever managed to stop gambling was also at one week at some point. Busy weekend ahead so my head will be occupied. 

10 days free of gambling and today I saved £400. I had to go out of town today and I usually take this opportunity to stop off at a bookies and play the machines but today I said no and by doing so I saved £400 as that's what I would have went in with to gamble. May not seem much to some but to me that's a huge step in the right direction. Never in years have I been able to do that.

 

11 days

12 days free 🙌

Great work! By the weekend it will be 2 weeks keep going 🙂