The bear the last diary no more.

Very happy for you, Bear... It's great that the cbt is helping you to make breakthroughs unearthing the deeper issues. And it's so good that DP has a friend in you. Please tell him that no matter how bad or how often he screws up, I'll be here for him and really hope he comes back soon.

Day 26 been feeling quite anxious since cbt session on Monday unearthing feelings not been seen for a while can be dangerous I guess?? don't know not done it before have techniques to deal with it so will battle on I know gambling wouldn't help so its not on the radar it's completely off it thanks everyone for your posts on my diary it's nice to see people have time to read my diary it means a lot.

Have a good day

Anxious bear :-/ x

Hi Bear

Thanks for posting on my diary.Good to see you are going strong.26 days is a great achievement and it will only get better.i used to set myself small targets.you are in the right place stay strong.Jeff.

27 days stressful day yesterday had to spend a lot of time on my own which I don't cope with very well as these were days when I would gamble its hard filling the void but wasn't close to gambling but I sure get anxious hate it 🙁 have a good day all.

The bear x

Stress is never good,it has often made me think f*** it,I'm gona gamble- gambling will only make things worse,which only leads to more stress misery.

Hope u have a good day bear.

1 month gamble free very soon,well done.

27 days, nice one bear. Coming up to that first month, a big milestone. Make sure ya give ya self a little treat, a like to along the way reminds me what im doing is the right thing. Thanks for signing up to the thread hopefully it'll give you more ammunition in this gambling battle. It'll be nice to start the new year gamble free and who knows hopefully this could be our last year we gamble in. Lets keep fighting and keep winning. Looking forward to the first check in.

Thanks for your post dave and everyone day 28 today some positive news from dark place at last we started this together I'm hoping hes getting back on track now anyway no gambling for me today ready for weekend hope everyone has a good day.

Day. 29 sailing smoothly along having to work today not fun :-/ have good day all

The bear x

Well done bear. What did you do to reward your month?

Have a good weekend, gambling free.

Hanz

No reward hanz the reward of non gambling is enough 🙂 day 30 still do have feelings about gambling but have realised I cannot go back no more I have my 3rd session at cbt tomorrow it's a long process but I'm confident I can get my life back in track it's been off the rails for quite a while :-/ one thing is for sure gambling is definitely not the answer x

Have a good gamble free day everyone

The bear x

Day 31 session 3 of cbt today looking forward to it after nice weekend of non gambling more of the same for the week please 🙂 have good day everyone.

The bear x

Hello Bear

I am back 🙂

Great to see you hjave done so well, its brilliant, i was tired of being DOG meat so here i am and day 6 today of not gambling.

Really interested in how your CBT goes, could be something for me in the future.

Keep racking thos enon gambling days up my friend, soon that will be the habit to break. Have a great week.

Dark Place

Great to have you back dark place where you belong away from the devil 🙂 just had 3rd cbt session all going well my anxiety from my schooldays is a major factor on how I feel today just a few sessions and I realise where this undercurrent has been and how gambling like beer or food for others and now and then for me 🙂 made me more comfortable starting to understand now for the first time in my life have good day everyone x

The bear

What is cbt?

Cognitive behavioural therapy 🙂 have a look on google it's a therapy that retrains the brain expensive but very effective well for some anyway 🙂

The bear