Day 47...great day today can honestly say not one gambling thought. I am stronger than it now.
Hi Shorty!
Just dropping in to see how you were doing and now to congratulating you on your ongoing recovery as well as your looming milestone!!
Really well done!! Would be good to see you on the challenge thread - but understand if it wasn't working for you.
Take care and keep going!
Mr B
Shorty, You're sounding much more positive now, and only 1 day until that 50 milestone. Keep up the good work.
Day 51....should have been celebrating yesterday but spent the day traumatized after the events of Saturday night...don't want to say much more but there are some vile, evil people out there and I hope they get what they deserve. So I will celebrate hitting the 51 day mark today instead 🙂
I know I am going to succeed this time. I know it.
Day 52...so tired but no gambling thoughts
Day 53...had a really good nights sleep last night. The sun is shining, the events of the previous weekend are slowly fading from the forefront of my mind and that light at the end of the debt tunnel is still shining. Going to try and get out and do some gardening today if the weather stays night, then it's an early afternoon gym session and home for tea for me. I read someone's diary yesterday and they were talking about how you experience this adrenaline rush when you gamble and that's why it's so hard to go back to the 'quiet' life. I totally rare with this...the reason I have lapsed in the past is boredom and the dreaded need for some excitement and I have no doubt that these urges for excitement will come again but for the minute I'm enjoying the quiet life. And that is how I am going to look at any urges in the future...an urge for excitement not an urge to gamble. Buying some new clothes or going out for a posh meal would excite me and it would be a hell of a lot less expensive than gambling.
Today....so far....I have had no urges for excitement.
****i don't know why it autocorrected agree to rare!!!! Stupid phone!
Day 54....finished the front garden today. It's amazing what you can get done in a few hours and what a difference it makes.
Early night with a box set tonight...I love my bed!!!
Day 56...days seem to be going a lot slower since I hit the 50 mark! Anyway just getting into bed for an afternoon snooze....BLISS! This is what life's about not wasting ur money on crappy gambling. Out tonight but driving so looking for to a fresh Sunday and day 57 xxx
Bravo shorty. You'll be reaching 100 days before you know it !
Day 58....feeling good still attempting to move debts about/pay cards off without leaving me completely broke but gambling thoughts are few and far between. Going to go out for a walk with the baby in a minute, hopefully the rain will hold off! Maybe get to the gym tonight too.
Superb going Shorty!!! Not far from 10 weeks, then 3 months and 7 weeks today it'll be the Century Club........but one day at a time mate!!!
Don't forget to check in on the Challenge this week!!
Stay strong and keep the guards up!!
Mr B
Day 59...every time I reach a multiple of 30 days I know I've paid a minimum of a grand off the debt so tomorrow that's at least 2k off the debts so far. I seem a lot less bothered about the money side of things at the minute. A lot more relaxed about money is a strange feeling. Does it matter if I spend thirty quid on clothes....not really...can I take the family for a carvery now and again...yes! Feels good and it almost feels as though my brain knows this is the final and last attempt that is going to work. The debt recovery is going to be a long one but it's manageable and I can still afford a few luxuries. Strangely what scares me is that debt free day when I have lots of disposable cash! But I think by then I will have come so far gambling will be a distant memory. Not urges for excitement today!xxx
Day 60...in a pretty foul mood today if I'm honest. Sick of constant housework and chores and cooking blah blah blah...dangerous times for me as this is what normally sets me off down the gambling road. Difference this time is it does t even cross my mind as a 'mood enhancer' anymore. I know in this frame
Of mine I'd just make stupid massive bets that would eventually lose so what's the point! My my my I think I've finally found the key to success. Now to snap out of this mood!
Day 62...made a last ditch attempt to transfer some more debt last night which was unsurprisingly unsuccessful. Got to leave it for a good 6 months now and let the credit rating rebuild itself. Actually quite I relief I get 6 months off from thinking about all that just got to concentrate on making sure minimum payments are met and making overpayments where I can. For once gambling to get myself out of debt doesn't cross my mind.xxx
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