Well I've done various stupid things in my life but far the most stupid was getting involved with slot machines. When I started out it was only 10p a go at the local amusements or 20p in the club and even if you stayed out all day playing you only lost at most £100 - £150 all day but over the years the stake's have been increased to £2 a press or upto £50 a press if you play in bookies on FOBT, so £100 can be gone in a matter of minutes, it's took around 4 hrs today to wax the best part of a grand in amusements in town but no more, I've tried before but this time I'm going to suceed, time to stop for good & the cig's and spliffs are going too, time to focus on my busines & social life instead of working all the time just to put my hard earned money in a f@£$in machine.
Time to think about control measure's and what actually triggers me to do this.
Onwards & Upwards
15 days have now passed sincethe last time I played the slots, had a few urges tojust nip in for a quick 20 but managed to resist & head home instead.
Going to give stopping smoking again a try tomorrow, got a load of nicotine patches so shouldn't be that bad.
Starting with some control measure's as well & hopefully will manage tostay gamblefree
Sparks! Thumbs up. The fact that you highlighted the escalation of slot involvement and losses really caught my eye. Why? Because it's the cold hard truth. Iknow. Thanks for your post , your reminder and for being someone who can see the light . You can do this. tara2
Thanks for that Tara2
Today has been a hard daywith urges to play the slots, not been able to focus on doing anything constructive at all. I've taken this week off to get caught up on the mountain of paperwork that's got to be worked through and alli can think of is "***** Mushrooms" and other slot games I like to play.
On the plus side stopped smoking today with no real urge to smoke, but need to get my motivation back & focus on the future not the past.
onwards & upwards
Sparks
Struggling to get any motivation at the minute to do anything constructive, everything just seems to be a chore probably a bit of depression kicking in & withdrawl symptoms from not playing the slots.
Not going to give into the urges to gamble & also the urges for a cig or spliff
Got to get focused & keep my mind focused on my future
4 weeks since I last played the slots, it’s not been easy many thoughts of just popping in for a quick punt but luckily my resolve has held.
Tommorow will also be a week smoke free as well, this as been relatively easy as I have not had much stress to deal with and the patches have helped quite a bit.
Hopefully will be able to keep this up for good, onwards and upwards
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