Start of my new journey

Halfway through day 2 and im still bet free. Believe me I want to bet on the football tomorrow and tennis but I also want to support and give my family the lives they deserve.

Hi mba

Fancy meeting back here Monday to celebrate us both managing our first weekend without betting!

I am in much same boat, loads of online betting and mobile betting, have self excluded from all sites now, but urges are there

See you back here Monday!

Found this place really helpful all week, looked in everyday and helps keep my head together

well done mba

keep up the determination

i like your going to be posting when its tough but in good times too.

keep us updated

tri

Thank you for the replies I really appreciate it and it can only help. Yes Scott we can meet back here on Monday after a successful weekend. What day are you both on now?

Only day 5 for me MBA but feeling quite good about things just now

Try to keep going mate, as I said seems to be plenty of people on here who will offer support

Hi MBA

Welcome aboard this supportive forum

There is a triangle we use on here

TIME

MONEY

LOCATION

Take one of these away and it's impossible to play

Taking one day at a time you can abstain and maintain and therefore WIN

Best wishes

Suzanne x

Hi MBA,

Like yourself I also have a weakness for sports betting. Mainly football for me.If id lost Id chase and chase till i had lost enough to fell sick.

Anyway im on day 5 now. Looking forward and not back. Past is gone and the future is what u make it.

Stay positive.

Dj

Thanks again dj and suzanne.

Day 2 completed I'm off to bed.

Big day tomorrow being a Saturday and lots of football but I'll get through it.

Mba

Fella I have read your threads with interest over the past two days and hope to see you continue to explore what recovery could gift you.

Funny because my nemesis is the fobt,in fact anything electrical so to you I am one of life's 'mug' punters who only plays 'rigged' forms of gambling.

The truth is fella if you are a compulsive gambler it doesn't matter a bolt what your form of gambling is,the outcome will always be the same.

The mantra followed will be the same

I CANNOT WIN BECAUSE I CANNOT STOP.

You have a choice to make each day that can turn that mantra full circle,you can become a winner by not placing the next bet.

For me there is a simple way to look at gambling.

Gambling is waging your money on an event of which the outcome you have no control over,there is no such thing as a cert,no amount of research will guarantee a winner,then couple that with the fact you cannot stop once you start and it would leave only one question

WHY???

Fella it took me over twenty years relentless gambling to come to that conclusion,this addiction is in my mind progressive in nature and will if you let it take all you have to give and some.

There is for me one very simple way for you to maintain your own abstinence

Today go to your phone provider,purchase a phone that has no internet access,they cost less than a ten pound note and will prevent you from gambling.

You would gift yourself and those you profess to hold dear some truly outstanding and you the ability to discover why you have let gambling become the main focus in your life.

I wish you well and hope you stick around

Recovery is a gift,it costs nothing but commitment

Abstain and maintain

Duncs stepping forward never back

Fair comments dunc.

Im half way through day 3 and still confident I will do this.

Have to agree with you dunc that yes whatever your poison your going to lose.

Ive tried the phone before and slowly went back to the android. I really do feel confident this time and im on this site all the times I would usually be betting so I'm here a lot. Its amazing reading everyones experiences and I read people who have started ro stop like me and are explaining how they've lost thousands then on the 2014 challenge I read people who are on day 300 and so happy.

That will be me this time next year.

How many days are you on mate?

I want to make this point in my diary that I WILL be showing my wife my diary on Christmas eve which will be the best Christmas present I could give her. I feel im doing this more for my wife and two girls rather than myself but I will do it and we will experience the best Christmas ever..:-)

Nearly at the end of day 3 and still going strong.

Even watched some tennis at a friends house and I have no urge.

I have my nieces christening tomorrow so I won't be thinking about betting just my family 🙂

mba

Fella good to see you making plans for the future,this can only help your resolve to arrest the misery that is your destructive gambling.

I see the initial stages of recovery as the honeymoon period,the brain is stimulated by something new,it goes gung ho at not placing that punt,it embraces the new challenge.

Use this good feeling to your gain,put as many obstacles in between you and that first bet.

A fella once asked me 'how much do you love your wife and kids??'

because what every the size of your next stake is,that is how much you value that love.

Because in black and white that might be the punt that loses them.

He lost his own family through his own gambling and wished his pain would stop others doing the same.

Today I know what is at stake

At any odds I am not prepared to wager losing it.

I hope the same befalls you fella.

Abstain and maintain

Duncs stepping forward never back

Hiya mate some valuable points there again.

Our families are worth more than any amount of money so its here in black and white. No more betting.

Got a busy day.

Speak soon be safe

Mba