Was ВЈ50k, now £14k in debt May 1st 2015 day one

Day 154 over and still smoke free. Hi maestro11 yes I have two kids and they are the main reason for needing to stop, I want them to have a life and a dad!! Good luck with your journey and thank you for your comment it means a lot

Just wanted to fly by with a High 5...Great work on both fronts 🙂

Also, wanted to pass on a tip I was given regarding the tiredness...Water, lots of it! I hate the stuff (bleugh) & I'm not going to credit it with anything in particular but I have to say that swapping my favourite tipple (the fizzy stuff in the red & white can) for the sugar free, taste free, everything free (unless you're posh like Ginge & get it in bottles...even though Mrs Ginge only buys him the cheap stuff) option appears to have improved my life a little!

Keep winning - ODAAT

Day 155 still not gambled or smoked, and still feel tired..... Thanks ODAAT I will try drinking lots of water this weekend and see what the outcome is, I am now really starting to wish I could snap out of this feeling tired. Have a good weekend all

Day 167 gamble free and 57 smoke free!!! Haven't been on for a week or so, I must not do this again. I found myself last night nearly being sucked into a bookies next door to my hotel, luckily I stayed out. This is what happens if I don't come on her and put down how I am feeling, I know that's why I crashed last time. The good thing is I am still gamble free!! Have a good day all

Great going on 167 days of winning, and 57 smoke free,

Keep strong and focused with your guard tightly up:) these thoughts will come and go but get weaker as we continue to keep starving it.

Suzanne xxx

Day 169 gamble free and still smoke free - just realised that I am not far away from 200 days, this is my next target. Things are defo looking up, I am hoping for some money to come in from various projects I am working on, this should amount to around 3k which would nearly pay off my biggest credit card, I am hoping this money should all be in within 30 days, fingers crossed! Once it's paid I have one more left with about £1600 on. When they are done I will then concentrate on loans, I have two one with about two years left and one with 4 years left, if I could get rid of both in two years I would be happy. This is possible, as long as I stay away from you know what. Sleep well guys

Now won't clearing off that credit card be a great gift @ 200 days 🙂

Keep close to the site if this is what is keeping you safe, you cannot go back this time! Hope the tiredness has passed & the missus isn't being a pain 😉

Day 170 done - thanks ODAAT it is a massive achievement for sure! I am soooo proud of myself. But I must stay close to this site, if I don't then I know I will falter. I can't do that again, I think it would be the end of me. Keep focused people

Thanks GT, if you read mine back you will see I was close to 3 years before I crashed, then about 6 months later and £50k down again I saw the light, now on day 171 and I never want to gamble again, in fact I hate it! Now all my mind wants to do is pay off my Debt, starting with the credit cards, I know owe (after 171 days of no gambling) £3800 on one and £1600 on the other. I then have two big loans, but these don't worry me yet. 171 days ago my cards were £9500 and £2500, so as you can see I have eaten a lot of them, but still loads to go. Stay strong everyone, we are all better off not gambling

Day 173 gamble free today. Massive decision to make this week work wise, as i have been head hunted to join another company. This is possibly a real chance to earn massive amounts of money, which could once and for all sort my finances out, but I need to take that out of the equation before deciding, as job satisfaction still needs to remain. I still have no urges to gamble, in fact I feel in a much happier place then I have ever been in!

Well done dave

Day 174 - so I am one day away from 25 weeks of not gambling, and still smoke free also. I messaged my boss last night saying I needed a chat, so she is calling me this am today to discuss the offer I have had. I think my mind is made up, but I have to offer to chat to her. The way I see it is my potential to earn money gets less as I get older, so in the years of being able to earn lots I have to take it. If the job goes wrong, I get a new one simple as that. If I can pay my debts back quicker then o had planned, it would mean maybe my wife could go part time at work and start to enjoy some free time? Who knows, all I know is I don't want to gamble anymore, that's for sure. I walked past my old billy hill that I used to spend 10 hours a day in, only one bloke in there and no one on the FOBT's, are people fed up of these money drains now?

Well done and also well done and the job offer do what u think is best 🙂 I've noticed aswell they is not as many people on the fobts hopefully people are geting sick of them life would be a better place without them aw phone gambleing, good luck mate

Day 176 done - I am a little worried about leaving my job now, I hope it's just me being silly!! I have done over 10 years with them, so I know them well, however I hope I will not regret it. Lots to learn prior to joining but I will be fine. Hope you are all gamble free???

Day 177 done - had a well chilled day today, not really left the house at all just playing with kids and watched a movie with them. It's nice to do nothing sometimes!!