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Hi and welcome to the forum. There is loads of help and advice on the forum. Have you looked into blocking software? I don't have it myself but I have heard of others talking about K9 that is free. As you have now reached out for help and need someone to talk to have you thought about ringing the helpline? They are great and will help to support your needs and advise appropriately. Also it is worth considering the ga meetings as you will be able to talk directly to other people in the same situation as you. You can put all blocks in place to help you but you really need to want to stop to be able to get through this. It is a horrible addiction but with baby steps and taking one day at a time you can get through this.

Good luck in your recovery.

thanks for reply already comming here has made me feel better knowing there are other people going through the same thing i thought if i write a post no one would comment or care but now i know someone else might comment im comming here each day just this small step had made me feel better knowing that i can beat this i want to stop and i have stopped its only day 1 but you cant get anywhere without taking that first step

Tilly has given you some great advice there the first thing to do is call Gamcare they are open till midnight.

My situation is a bit different I becer told my wife to be till it was to late and had no option as the mortgage and bills where not being paid and birthed had the wedding which was in 10 weeks. I wish I had told then things might of been different. Unfortunately we are not together but that does not mean you will not be able to remain together. I think you stand a better chance if you tell her rather than her finding out or you getting so deep you have to tell her.

I would really encourage you to call Gamcare now. They can give you done great advice and support.

KTF

Hi....I really don't want to call you stupidme so I will refer to you as sm :-). People do care here and are so helpful. It is with the help of this forum and the chatroom that is open to everyone from 8pm until 9pm every night that has got me to 73 days gamble free. Pop into the chat room tomorrow evening as it does help to chat and see that you are not alone. There are lots of new people and some people who have been around much longer to share their experiences and support.

Hello. Your situation is exactly the same as mine, it's kind of like my post 9 days ago. You've came to the right place and will get plenty of support on here. I have the same dilemma about telling my other half and this is 9 days on. You've done the right thing coming on here and will definetly benefit from talking to others who have been there before. Still early days for me so I feel like I'm not qualified to give advice. Good luck on kicking this evil addiction I will be keeping an eye on your posts.

thankyou tilly i will pop in to chatroom tom night and thanks for the boost by not calling me stupidme already i feel so much better knowing that there are people who care and just by reading others stories has helped knowing we are all here to beat this addiction so im going to give everyone i speak to encouragment as as simple reply makes me feel better thanks

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wilko thanks for input the comments after afew mins being on this site have already given me confidence to beat this

You are very welcome. Early days will be very difficult and you will see that when you read other diaries. But as Wilko said he has only been here 9 days but that's a great start for anybody. You will get high and low days and it's how you deal with them. If you get any urges (which will be common) to start with come on here instead and do some reading. There are many things that you can do with your children at weekends that won't cost you anything. They will enjoy a nice walk around woodlands or a park and especially if involves both parents. You will also get a buzz doing something with them instead of gambling.

Remember this too......bookies/casinos are all businesses out there to make money.....if we was designed to win then they would go bust......you will never make money from them and have you heard of any of them going bust?

keep strong.

Hi everyone hope all is well joined Sunday so now day five all good so far iv been looking forward to weekend to fight the first round of my addiction (I only seem to gamble at weekends) so since joining I really can feel I can beat this so if anyone is reading this diary like I read others before I joined join up it will help Every person who comments or posts is giving hope or encouragement to readers wish me well people as I go against my first weekend of throwing money away

Hi sm, well done for getting to day 5 gf. Keep yourself really busy over the weekend to avoid temptation and keep your blocks in place. Enjoy your weekend and stay strong.

Hi everyone I feel iv taken a step towards beating this addiction it's been a week today since iv joined felt the urge to gamble yesterday it's funny how the urge comes out of now where and hits you but I thought about putting 10 pound on the slots then I thought no that 10 pounds will get treats tomorrow for the kids. just about to take kids on a bike ride feels so good that I didn't just throw the money away onwards and upwards