Hello Harry
First of I would like to dispel for you the thought that maybe this site believes that only the less affluent and less educated find themselves owning the addiction to gamble, our eclectic membership knows that this addiction crosses all social boundaries.
Today is the day that you have chosen as Day 1 and is therefore the only day you need to concern yourself with.
Harry – your friends, family, members of this site and most importantly ‘you’ cannot know which leap into a gamble-free world will lead to a true recovery, so why not make it today? There are no rules that say relapses have to occur; true recoveries exist, I know I have seen them and they are very, very special. Make your mind up Harry that today is the day you will not be distracted by sport. Engage with friends and family who do not like football, avoid sports programmes and do something else that pleases you. Do you have hobbies that are not gambling related – if so use them – go swimming; play table-tennis; meet with friends for coffee; go running,d o anything but throw your money away to for the sake of an addiction that you neither asked for not wanted. Do you have on-the-ground support you can turn to?
I hope to read later that today Harry made it through and proved to himself that he can do it because I know he can.
I wish you well
Velvet
