GF day 24. Been keeping busy and focused on life and understanding that I can’t have gambling in my life. If I didn’t stop I was going to lose everything. I have worked so hard to get here, I can’t throw it all away over another bet. I am a compulsive gambler and must not gamble in anyway. Stay strong folks and don’t give into this horrible demon.
Day 26 GF. Still doing ok. Feeling as if I keep taking it day by day I will get stronger and the urges won’t be the same if I remember that I have wasted so many years of my life and now I have a chance to rediscover myself. I am a compulsive gambler and must not gamble in anyway. Stay strong folks.
30 days GF. Hard to keep busy during lockdown but no more kiding myself on anymore and I can control my gambling. I have tried so many times and end up back here. Freeing my time up by reading books and watching tv programmes. Stay strong folks and let’s bet this demon together.
35 days GF. Considering I am on furlough I am staying positive. Concentrating on reading and keeping busy with house work. If I have a wee urge I think of why I have given up and it makes me scared. I am a compulsive gambler and must not gamble in anyway.
41 days GF. actually after 41 days, I feel as if this time I accept after years of trying to give up. That gambling is just not for me and will always end up in the same mess due to being a compulsive gambler. Reading Keith Gillespies autobiography, a great read. Even with the money he had, he was the same as me a compulsive gambler who didn’t know when to stop. Once you have an addiction that means then it’s out of control. I will still take every day as it comes but every day I am getting stronger and dealing with the mess I got myself into.
44 days GF. Sunny is shining and keeping busy and focused. Keep reminding myself every day that I have a gambling problem and cannot gamble in anyway. Stay strong folks. Looks like the sport is all starting back up again.
51 days GF. All sport starting back up again and defo not being tempted back into the demon world of gambling. I feel stronger than I have ever felt towards giving up gambling. I have been keeping busy and sorting my mess out financially I left myself in. Stay strong folks. Every day makes us stronger.
Hey mate your doing so well.
keep up the good work. Remember when sport starts up again that everything you remembered on the GF days you have mounted up. Remember to enjoy sport for sport not for how much you might win.
I am such a big football fan and I couldn’t injoy it because I was so fixed on my corner bets and goal bets I had. That I actually didn’t care who won because all I wanted to do was win the bet.
Watching it now i feel so relaxed knowing I can enjoy the sport for the sport not the bet.
keep going your doing so well. But remember see the money in your account that you have saved by not doing it.
take care Lee
You're doing great my friend I'm so happy for you I've actually got a smile on my face after reading how you're getting on, amazing but just don't get complacent as you know it's so easy to get back on that horse of destruction but i know your not going there again keep up the good work and enjoy your next 20 plus year's. It's such a hard addiction and I just try to do one day at a time and tomorrow is another day. I bet £7300 on the roulette machine on the 24th of April. Boy was I in a dark place and did a silly thing but I'm getting so much help at the moment I just need to think about tomorrow not yesterday. Look forward to you keeping up the good work
Thanks very much guys for your kind words. On day 59 gamble free. This is the strongest I have ever felt on giving up for good. I actually enjoy sport and horse racing, more the football. Your not constantly doing in running bets and changing your bet 20 times during the game or your horse looks certain to win and you get pipped on the line. The feeling of losing and getting pipped on the line or var cancelling out one of my goals was to much for me in the end. I wasn’t even betting for enjoyment or winning I was just so addicted I couldn’t stop. I am just thankful I am coming to my senses. I never knew how serious compulsive gambling could be. Stay strong folks.
On day 60 GF. Been keeping busy. Hopefully next month I will get back to work and keep more busy. I am starting to understand why I had to give up gambling. The lies and the constant change In mood. When gambling I become a different person, I didn’t know who I was at the end. I was so desperate for a winner it was controlling my life. You feel all alone and nobody to talk to when it all goes wrong and rightly so. Take every day as it comes and stay GF. This is a life illness and won’t go away. Take to control it for 20 years and never could. Always if this comes up some bets from now on. One bet would annoy the live out me and the destruct button was pressed it was all over. Stay strong folks.
63 days GF. Been keeping really busy during lockdown and not really had and urges. I tape sport and watch later when it’s all finished. I have got myself a Fitbit, increased my walking and by doing a fitness workout everyday. It’s helping me keep crushed the gambling demon. It’s keeping me more positive. I am a compulsive and must not gambler in anyway. Stay strong folks. Take every day as it comes and don’t given in. Stay strong.
68 days GF. Not had a urge at all. I have been taping Ascot and watching the racing later. I enjoy sport and even more so not having a bet now. I used to only watch sport if I had a bet on it. I know I can’t gamble in anyway and will only ever be able to watch sport. Having a bet on makes you panic and rush into a bet which makes you chase when it all goes wrong. I am a compulsive gambler and can’t gamble in anyway. So looking forward to a GF future and sorting my life out for the better.
84 days GF. Work is starting back and been keeping busy with work. Been watching the sport and so glad I am not gambling. Some of the horse and football results are shocking. I think they have always been there same every season. You just used to have your tinted speaks on. Not had any urges what so ever. I think since this coronavirus has come in. It’s made me realise what’s important in life. Borrowing money constantly to gamble and pay debt off is no life to know one. Here is to another gamble free day.
96 days GF. I have been keeping busy and back at work. Been listening to gambling problem podcasts which have been amazing for my recovery. When they explain how there addiction affected them and where there went to. Everything they say was the same as how gambling affected me and how many times they thought they could control there gambling. Once your a compulsive gambler you will never be able to control your gambling. How many times have I said to myself if I get my money back I am done with it. I would end up wining more than my money back and go and lose more. So looking forward to hitting 100 days GF. I think the longest I have ever going is 71 days or so. This time I don’t want gambling in my life in any way.
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