Day 224 - you do make me chuckle ODAAT!!! I do take on board what you are saying about the focus, but I need it to be currently becoming debt free, it's a long way away, but I really needed to focus on the credit cards 1st as the interest per month was crazy. But this is due to how much cash I had taken it on them, I remember it well, I could take £1000 cash per on each of them. Some days I would do £1000 on each credit card and then take from my bank account!! This could be gone in less then an hour sometimes, depending on what horrible establishment I was in!
I wish it was that easy to pay back!! Stay gamble free all
Day -227 had a very busy weekend and spent too much money, but not wasted any on gambling . Sat night was tricky as I found myself at a xmas party with a roulette table in it for fake money, it was horrible as I wanted to play, I could see everyone getting the bug, saying we must go to a casino. I was honest with my wife to say I felt an urge to join in, but I didn't and it's a nice reminder to me that I can't rust myself in such an environment. I can't go back to that life, it would kill me!
Day - 228 still not gambled or smoked. Still waiting on this money to come in, fingers crossed it will be soon, as I want the credit card balance down to zero asap. Sleep well all
Day - 229 thanks GT, your words mean a lot to me. Got offered to go to Cheltenham with my new company for the festival, I had to make up an excuse to say no. I would rather do that then risk going, as I think that is playing with fire. To be honest I have never really bet on horses anyway, only the grand national. Still waiting to be paid for the extra work, but I will be patient GT I promise.
Day - 229 thanks GT, your words mean a lot to me. Got offered to go to Cheltenham with my new company for the festival, I had to make up an excuse to say no. I would rather do that then risk going, as I think that is playing with fire. To be honest I have never really bet on horses anyway, only the grand national. Still waiting to be paid for the extra work, but I will be patient GT I promise.
Day 230 - still gamble free, and not even thinking about it today. I am gutted though that my credit score has dropped as I got a new phone contract, crazy. Been promised the owed money to me tomorrow, so hopefully I can pay it off credit card straight away, it's another step closer
33 weeks today it's passed so quickly, and life has changed so much in this time. Onwards and upwards
Day 232 - that is it work over for 2015, I so need a break. I hope you all have a gamble free xmas!!
Dat 234 - spent the weekend at the wife's parents and they all do my head in!! So hard to explain, it's one of those you need to be there to see it to fully understand, hopefully that's it now until August!!! Still G free and loving it!!
Day 236 - still gamble free, which is the best Christmas present ever!! So not ready for xmas but who cares!!
Day 238 - Xmas eve and still gamble free. Had a massive fall out again with the other half,she got drunk today and did what she always does and kicks off on me, getting so fed up with it. Seriously don't know what to do about it, Xmas has now been ruined, all because she is unable to handle her drink. Oh well I'm still gamble free so this is more important then her!! I wish you all a non gambling Xmas xxx
Day 240 - Xmas day was ok, more. Arguing with the Mrs as she was drunk again, told my mum and dad about my gambling issues on Xmas day and they were not surprised at all!! Catch up soon
Well done Dave, very inspiring that you managed to stay clean for 240 days! Tremendous achievement.
I'm 20 years old and registered to gamcare today after losing 10k in about 2 weeks. I'm taking huge inspiration from your post and I will keep this story in mind when abstaining from bookies. The thing that will drive me too is beating the bookies.. They treat us like chumps and I am not prepared to give them a single penny more of my hard earned money.
Congratulations once again, I'll be checking up on these updates every now and then, I'm rooting for you! Keep it up.
Day 241 - thanks both for your words, these are a major part of what keeps me going. Yes GT I did tell them, and it felt amazing to get it off my chest. Onwards and upwards for me, it was hard yesterday as I went to the pub with a mate who was meeting some other mates to watch the Man Utd game, they all had bets on the game, and the whole match was about their bets, not about the football. I remember this too well, and I did well to stay out of the conversation as much as I could. However I did start thinking if I had bet on stoke I would of won this etc etc, then I took my self for a little chat and said stop being a t**t!!! I truly never want to be like them ever again. I am just about to pay another £1000 off my credit card (more cash work, that I am owed money for) this will only leave me with £1590 on my credit card, this will hopefully be gone by end of Feb. This would mean I have took them from well over ten grand to 0 in less then a year. I dread to think what I would owe now if I hadn't of stopped, most prob be £75000 in debt instead of £34000 that I now owe.
Day 243 - easy day today walks with kids etc, no thoughts of gambling until my mate just sent me a message about a bet he has on the darts!! I told him I'm not interested but the truth is I am now watching to see if he wins, fed up of my mates talking about gambling. Sleep well all
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