Time to kick the habit.....easier said than done

Welcome, my advice is to keep writing your feelings down in your diary. No one will judge you here, they will listen and support you. Good luck, life without gambling is a better

Hi jordan good advice from dave.Remember everyone on here is or has been in same boat as you good luck sam

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. day 1 was difficult, had few urges to gamble, especially knowing I have spare money to spend and racing on tv at the moment. Just gotta focus on this forum and keep thinking positive, I'm sure it gets easier. Pay day tomorrow so will soon find out, determined not to spend another pay packet on worthless bets

JM

Day 2 was quite hard, payday for me and always a trigger to gamble. Must be the first Friday in years I haven't had a bet, felt good waking up this morning and knowing my wages were still untouched.

trying to keep myself busy and mind away from gambling, always seems to pop in my head tho, especially walking past the bookies.

Onto day 3 lets hope for another gamble free day. Determined

JM

Almost end of day 5 now, urges aren't too bad today and yesterday. I think keeping busy is key to taking my mind off it. Still checking the horse results and seeing if I would of had any winners on but at least I'm not wasting my money on bets.

This forum is a massive help, seem to spend a lot of time reading other stories and I think knowing everyone is going through the same thing makes me more determined. Onto day 6..

JM

Day 13 still going strong, urges have got less and less and each day is becoming easier.

still have the thought of gambling in my head, check racing results etc, but don't let myself fall back into old ways

JM

fell off the wagon pretty badly, back to my old ways after getting to about 40 days 🙁

really determined to stop it for good, just so gutted i've let my self get back into old habits!

DAY 1......again

Hi Jordan,

Ok you fell 🙁 but you have got back up, think of what you can change with your old habits, not easy but if you are committed to not wanting to gamble you can do it, breaking the triangle is a good start, you cannot have even a small half inch left open.

You have to really want to stop, we can never underestimate this addiction, we cannot control it because that one bet leads to disaster, well done for getting straight back up, you have to dig deep now to stay safe, it is the only way we do win, change what you can, one day at a time, you will be surprised what these changes can bring, no matter how small they are at the beginning.

Suzanne xxx