Time to stop

2 years ago today, a day that I will always remember. The day of my last bet. 26th January 2016.

Weird reading back on the early days of my diary and how so much has changed for the good.

Good luck to everyone battling this addiction....it can be done.

Dear ITDamo,

many congratulations on being two years gambling free, a brilliant achievment.

Keep up the good work and enjoy your life and the positives within it.

All the best,

Eva

Forum Admin

Congratulations on 2 years gamble free!! - you should feel immensely proud of yourself.
You give many hope for the future, proving that it can be done, we can all achieve if we want it enough.
All good wishes x

Well done Damo on going 2 years without gambling. That is a massive achievement which must have taken a lot of courage.

It is a heartwarming reminder that we can get our lives back...stephen

First time reading my diary for quite a while.

Thanks a lot for your kind words Admin, LML and Stephen.

Things are still going well for me, life is good and my debt continues to steadily reduce each month (50k + down to 20k). I am ok with that as is serves as a reminder of the destruction that gambling brings.

I have actually been spending a bit more time on the site than I had been for a while. Sad to see so many new people coming onto the site, some staying for a while and others disappearing very quickly. I have spent a bit more time trying to encourage people with the hope that some may even take a small part of what i say on and that it may help them towards recovery.

Damo

Hi, I feel like I'm in a similar situation to you, but only 4 months into my journey. Curious to find out if you ever told your OH? I still haven't and this feels like the hardest thing for me.

Well it took me around a month (popping in when I had time) to read all of Sabine's dairy and what a sad, yet happy, story it was. I must admit it brought a tear to my eye on more than 1 occasion.

I have been gamble free for quite a while now but reading Sabine's diary has made me realise that recovery requires work and has hit home as I should be putting more in than I have recently.

For anyone struggling I would recommend spending a bit of time reading her diary "Charly’s life". You can find it up near the top in the recovery diaries section.

I really hope she is looking down and can see that her story is still helping people to this day.

Good luck to everyone.