Hi Jaymay,
It would be a shame if you moved away from the forum. If any of us could do it on our own then to be blunt we wouldn’t be in the $88t in the first place.
Stopping gambling is a day at a time. But living life isn’t. Stopping gambling allows us to plan things knowing we wopnt have blown our money the day before the plans.
What to do to fill your time? We all have different interests. Was there anything you used to do but have stopped since gambling took over? Anything you have always fancied doing but not got around to?
When i first stopped i used to go to the cinema on a day off and watch any old rubbish to fill me time. It gets easier though – gardening, running, scuba, theatre, exercie, reading, walking the dog……. Pick an interest and google it adding your local area. There will sure to be groups of people doing that interest.
If you do decide to move away from the forum then email the office – https://www.gamblingtherapy.org/about-us/contact-us/ Though then I have a question for you – what support are you going to use instead? Coz again if we could do it on our own we wouldn’t be here.
I hope you keep posting and let us know the positive steps you are taking to both not gamble and to fill your time.