That's fantastic Gareth.
Well done & keep on guard for complacency
Huge congratulations mate.
Promise you the urges get easier to deal with over time! Just keep purging the desire to gamble out of your system by not gambling and filling up your time and your life with more meaningful stuff.
Well done mate ?
Hi Gareth
It's great to see that the day counts are a motivation to you and that you're over your 100 days milestone. This is great commitment. You recognise that gambling thoughts will come and go, but that you can decide not to act upon them. I read that you're also enjoying more family time and keeping busy - great stuff. Well done on getting back into the running, too. I wish you well in your continuing recovery.
Kind regards
Leigh
Forum Admin
110 days GF
Thanks very much for the kind words it really does mean a lot.
Got some nice gifts and cards from my 3 boys this morning for father's day. I took them all swimming this morning then went for Sunday dinner. Now chilling watching the telly with them. Happy days. No gambling urges whatsoever.
Happy fathers day to all the dad's out there
Day 136 GF.
Thought I would check in. Still GF. No urges recently. No desire to gamble. Bank account steadily improving.
I'm keeping busy at work and at home with the kids. We are going down to Devon at the end of next week for a holiday . I'm really looking forward to the break but not the 6 hour drive down!!
Gareth,
absolutely terrific to see you doing so well.
K2
Day 145 GF.
Travelled down to Devon yesterday for a weeks caravan holiday with the partner and 3 kids. Long drive down but worth it. Stunning part of the world I absolutely love it down here. Going to spoil the kids for the week and just chill out. The break from work will be nice and gambling couldn't be further from my mind.
When I get home I will have passed the 150 day mark. Happy days
just wanted to pop by and say well done mate.
2 years since starting this diary and I'm back. I stopped coming on here after doing 150 days GF and stupidly thinking I'd cracked it.
I went on to do 11 months GF and worked off most of the debt. Life was pretty good. Then the gambling crept back in starting with one bet a week, thinking I could control it. Old ways crept in and it quickly escalated to gambling all day , everyday. Depression, mood swings etc have returned. The debt is small and manageable but I can see the road I'm taking and don't want to end up in that dark place again.
Very strange but inspiring reading my old diary.
One day at a time!
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