THIS IS THE START

Day 11. No gambling of any kind. Feels good. Will take time to recover finances but thats ok, it is a long road, this time i will reach the end of it and have a party, ha ha. Good weekend and feeling poistive today.

Well i havent been on here in ages. After many false starts i think i am finally on the right path, i havent touched a roulette machine in 39 days and i feel so much more better. It has held me back on so many occasions but its amazing how positive you feel after the initial withdrawel. Im not saying i have conquered it as i know its to early for that, but i am getting their. The bookies is not my friend and never was. Stay positive folks.

Well done NP on 39 days of winning.

Your positivity shines through your post:)))

Keep goinnng and goinnng the days soon rack up:)))

Suzanne xxx

Well done NP on 39 days of winning.

Your positivity shines through your post:)))

Keep goinnng and goinnng the days soon rack up:)))

Suzanne xxx

Well done on taking your first 39 steps to recovery good to hear you so positive. Keep doing your winning formula and you won't ever have to be on the 39th step again

KTF

Thank you for your replies folks. Now on day 45. I have broken last year's 43 day record. I still dont have access to cards though. I have had problems with work and when i get stressed i get tempted to go to the bookies, but not this time. Imagine the boards going up in bookies up and down the land after closing down, boo hoo, i wouldnt care less about bookies closing down or the people working in them. If each and everyone of us who comes on here abstains from gambling from this point on it would be more money for the rest of the economy and not these parasitic evil bookmakers. KEEP FIGHTING FOLKS, DONT GIVE IN TO THE TEMPTATION AS YOU WILL FEEL LIKE HELL AFTERWARDS. NEXT GOAL FOR ME IS 100 DAYS FOBT FREE.

Day 47. It feels good writing such a high number. all those days that i havent played a fobt makes me feel good. I have beaten last years record of 43 days, need to keep focused though.

Had a good run and fell off, very little lost after i convinced myself i could control it but i cant, i now have no access to funds which is fantastic, so this time with my own will power and help from others i want to beat that 51 day tally and this time i will keep it going. screw the bookies.

It's not about the money. It's about why you feel an apparently irresistible need to gamble.

What are you going to DO differently this time? Are you going to address why you feel that addictive need? Go to counselling and/or GA, and break the triangle properly?

Or are you just going to keep your card safe and leave the way clear to gamble with cash?

CW

I dont carry anything apart from pocket change, so i never bother when i have so little available to gamble. Been 4 days since last gambled. i have self excluded before but their are vermin bookmakers everywhere. I wish to god that bookies took a nosedive and we see boarded up shops closed down, i wouldnt give a damm about the staff at all. The good it would do to the compulsive gamblers would be astronomical. Not gonna happen i know, but i so far this year have reduced what ive spent in them. So determined this time not to let other things get on top of me which makes me want to gamble. DAY 4 NO GAMBLING. ONWARDS.

Day 5. Bad start to the day, my car wont start, no sound at all, i had an mot yesterday with 2 new front tyres, all happening at the same time. It feels like it is happening on purpose to push me back to gambling, im sure many of you feel like that sometimes. Im not giving in though. I AM NOT GOING TO GAMBLE AND PLAY FOBT MACHINES.

Day 6. Work was ok today. i am tempted to gamble on a fobt though. its because i had such a good run away from it that then fell off the wagon that it seems hard to get a new good run going. I will fight it though.

Keep going, one day at a time - we cant rush this journey to break records do just need to focus on getting through the day gamble free and making progress on why we gamble.

Stay strong, FOBTs are not the answer, in the end we cannot win because we cannot stop!

Hi NP , You will never beat a Fob't . They were my downfall and took me to a place I never want to revisit , programmed to suck you in by giving you so many near misses , they promise you so much but deliver so little !

Keep well away and stay safe my friend !

I havent been on here for ages and ages. A good thing right? wrong. I will admit i have relapsed on the fobt machines several times. I am addicted to them. I have done all the self excluding thing before etc, i am only 34 and i have only been regularly playing them since about 2008, but the addiction i would say got worse in 2012-13. I am financially ok at the minute, when i say ok i mean i am in the black but not by much. I obsess over credit card bill and wages etc as im sure many of you do. From now though my partner has both credit and debit cards meaning i literally cannot get acess to money. Cold turkey for me. Not easy i know. I am now on Day 2, i am back to work on wednesday after a few days off but i havent got another extended break from work until end of november, it is my aim to get to that period without playing fobt machines so i can enjoy my week off and treat myself without feelings of guilt. I love this tie of year as the nights get darker and cosy. Ive already got my budget for christmas, which i would never touch, all the gambling i have done has been with excess money, i always make sure i have enough for essentials and bills etc. So here i go, That point where i finally stay away from those machines and say no more, where i change the way my brain thinks. I didnt come into this world gambling and i will stop playing these machines now. Here is to a great end of 2016 and to stop thinking of money and gambling. Day 2 today but i want to break all my records. Here goes.