I didn't sleep too well last night as its way too hot. Makes a change from gambling giving me sleepless nights though! I will be glad to get work done and out the way today as I have a day off tomorrow.
Day 6 for me today and I won't be gambling today, need to take this slowly and day by day. I don't want to gamble ever again, but I have been here before and gone back to it. Need to stay positive, so many others have used this site to help them quit for good and I want to join them.
Have you thought about joining the 2016 challenge?
Thanks for the post triangle, I hope you are well. I'm not ready to join the 2016 challenge, I need to get some more days behind me first!
So it's day 7 and a day off work for me. I find on the days that I'm off work boredom can take over and gambling thoughts can enter my mind, especially when most of my days off are week days when most people are in work. So I have downloaded Pokemon Go and I've been out and about this morning searching for new Pokemon! It may sound really sad but if it gets me out and about and keeps me busy then it's well worth it and I would recommend it to anyone who gets bored or tempted to gamble in their free time. So no bets today, hopefully lots more new Pokemon!
How are you getting on Phil?
So its day one again, yesterday I found my way into a bookies and won a huge amount then gave it back, but thankfully left before I had lost what I had left. The last few weeks has been tough as I've had an issue in work and currently find myself on gardening leave awaiting an investigation before knowing if I have a job or not. So with too much time on my hands and the stress the work situation has caused I stupidly have had a few binges. I walked out of the bookies yesterday and said to myself enough is enough, I can't continue like this. Without making this stance and coming back on here I would have ended up back in the bookies today losing what I have left. That won't be happening today, I need to stay strong and get this gambling out my system for good. I have a baby on the way and could well need to take a new job and a pay cut and that will make life much harder for me. If I don't gamble I can handle the pay cut so its now or never for me, I really need to get a grip and stop these stupid binges that I have been having.
So todays task is to keep myself busy and put my money safely in the bank. Its a new start, I have to leave the past behind me and focus on what has worked for me before. My baby is 12 weeks away, I can't gamble anymore, I want to be the best dad ever and if I gamble when hes here I will be letting him down. I need to use this site a whole lot more as its been the biggest help in the past. I will post again tonight.
Hi BA,
That baby on the way has to be the ultimate motivation, but stress is a trigger for so many of us, and the gambling zone just switches off the rest of the world. But then the world comes rushing back, only made worse by what that gambling means. Sometimes a pay cut for a different less stressful job is not a bad thing, I've done it myself in the past when things at work were just too unpleasant to stick it.
Make sure you hit that target this weekend, and build from there.
Ryan
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