Winning Every Day

I had just the same...rang the gambling commision and reported them....i knew nothing would came of it....just made me feel better....and it made me realise how low they will go to lure you back....not me...not having anymore of my time..money...or soul..! .stay strong brum..

Day 20 today. Still not going to get complacent though. Things can change so quickly but for now I am still keeping busy with family, work and keeping fit. 3 weeks tomorrow!

Well done brum..keep it going love....your winning : ) x

End of day 24. Loving having the extra money to spend on things for myself and my family. Feels good to be able to save some money rather than handing it all over the greedy slots.

On to day 25!

Hey brum....your brumming along well !. ..good on you...and yes it's great to have money in your hand ...not in a slot machine...everytine I think of you I picture that little yellow car ...sorry...flash back to when my kids were small....stay strong ..keep going xx

just joined this forum

similar to you brum

not in massive debt but this addiction casuing daily pains when i blow my spar money

this is day one

blew my overdraft earleir so cant be spending until end of month when i get paid

i will proberly do some overtime to clear my debt " have a fresh start next month........ then get into debt....do some overtime next month ot pay off the losses... then have a fresh start next month" this goes round and round since the FOBT hith the shops (befroe that i would have occasional bet 1 or 2 times weekly for decades

so brum

wishing you all the best. 28 days (if you resisted thsi weekend)

day 1 for me

I am ashamed to say that I got an urge yesterday that I stupidly gave in to and over the last 2 days I have wasted around £400. So annoyed with myself as I really felt that things were different this time and that I was going well.

So, tomorrow is day 1 all over again. I have to do this for my family and especially for my 3 month old baby boy who I absolutely adore.

I want him to grow up knowing that his Dad is better than this and not to think of me as somebody who wastes money that could have been spent on family holidays etc.

I have to succeed this time and I promise that I will absolutely give it my all.

Hi Brum - sorry to hear that you had a little slip but dust yourself down and get back on track. It sounds like you really want to quit so are there any barriers that you can put in place to make sure you cant gamble again? It is extremely difficult to beat this addiction with willpower alone so having these barriers can make it impossible to gamble, even when you have that urge.

Make sure that today is day 1 and you dont have a little run of gambling - I know you can do this!

Good luck on your journey!

Hi Rose,

Thanks for the message. I have put as many blocks in place as I am currently able to. The one loophole though is my phone which is what I ended up playing slots on yesterday. I can't get rid of it as I need a smartphone for work. I did try to install some blocking software yesterday but unfortunately it doesn't seem to block all gambling sites, just some.

I was almost at 30 days so this time I am going to set myself an initial target of 50 days and then go from there.

Today is day 1 and so far no gambling today.

Hi Brum, what type of phone are you on? Some phone providers can put age restrictions on you phone which might be worth considering same with broadband providers. One trick a very wise former member suggested was to order a new bank card, when it arrives get someone you know and trust to scratch of the last 4 numbers on the back of the card that will stop you using it online. They can remember the last 3 numbers if you do need to bake any non gambling purchases. Yes it's an inconvenience but I'd rather that then lose another £400 in a couple of days.

KTF

Sorry, not been on for a few days but I am glad to say I have stuck with it and am now back up to day 5. Does anyone have any tips for stopping casino ads from popping up every time I go on to Facebook, Twitter or various other apps. They are definitely not what I want to see when I am trying to recover.

Set up a new email address and don't use it for anything gambling related and change your email on FB. The adverts are linked to your your history of what you are interested in or should I say was interested in

I am now no longer winning every day. I am continuing to lose. What is wrong with me? Why can't I stay away?

9 days gamble free today after I had a disastrous few days a couple of weeks ago.

14 days gamble free and making a real fist of it this time. I've found a couple of hobbies to take my mind off gambling and so far it seems to be working.