Day 57,
Things are really moving at pace now, the fog has lifted. Feeling motivated today, going to be a busy day with the little one! And a nice long lie in tomorrow for Father’s Day, once a year! The joys of parenting...
Much love, Daniel
Dmpowell81 wrote:
Day 57,
Things are really moving at pace now, the fog has lifted. Feeling motivated today, going to be a busy day with the little one! And a nice long lie in tomorrow for Father’s Day, once a year! The joys of parenting...
Much love, Daniel
Nearly two months now, ur doing great. Have a lovely fathers day hope you get spoilt!
Day 70!
10 full weeks!!! Have been having problems posting on here for some reason, hopefully this one will work.
Much love, Daniel
Day 75,
I’m trying to phase myself away from my phone, smartphone addiction is something too! Anyway things are slowly progressing and getting much easier, urges are slowly getting less and less. I think we all had our certain vice when it comes to gambling, mine was online and feeding the slots. This is where I blew the most. Prior to online though(before 2008/2009 ish it was the fobt), never roulette just multi bingo, the highest stake back then was £5, the spin would last I would say 45 seconds, the clever part though was you would 90 percent win something back, this would always be lower than the stake unless you had a lucky spin and somehow won something greater than the stake. My point being is that although you were losing in the mind of a gambler you were always winning something. I could never go back to those fobts and haven’t put a single penny in one for over 10 years now. Bandits were a problem before that and during my gambling career even when I was heavily into online slots I would still occasionally play them in the pub, thankfully I haven’t put a penny in one of those for approx 6 months and also have no intention in putting anything in ever again. So progress is slow but it is very much possible, it’s about changing your mindset and stick to your guns to remain gamble free. Don’t beat yourself up if you do faulter but as long as you keep damage to you know that is a minimum for yourself then you’ll be fine!
Much love
Thirteen weeks!
My big milestone will be on the 24th when on my mobile banking app which goes back 3 months on the statements will be totally clear of any gambling transactions! Massive achievement for myself as I never in a million years thought I’d never reach this point. For anyone starting this journey then I would say that yes it’s a long road but days get easier followed by weeks and then months until it becomes a distant memory, think of it like your first girlfriend/boyfriend, how hard it was in the start when you broke up, if you look back to that point now and could say something to yourself, imagine what you would say! Giving up anything makes us so much stronger
Much love, Daniel
Day 139,
Tomorrow will mark 20 weeks gamble free, it’s been a long old road up to this point, if anybody is reading this and still is early doors then I would definitely say it gets easier each day but it’s a long road. To say I’m clean of gambling altogether would be a lie as I still play the lottery and the odd scratchcard once or twice a week but the devil in me wanted to play slots online for some serious bucks, some may say that I’m still toking the fire, and maybe I am but I’m in the position where £20 a week is neither here nor there (I know from many of the posts on here that blowing that last £20 is the end of the world itself) money is but an object that we desire more of. Anyway stay strong believe in yourself and I hope to be here in another 140 days to mark 40 weeks!
Much love, Daniel
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