Just a quick update regarding my recovery
It is nearly 3 weeks since I last posted and I am still gambling free and can see the bank account slowly getting a little better and although I have had a couple vivid gambling dreams I have not had any urges to gamble..
I purposely do not read the sports pages anymore and definately do not look at the racing results. I have just have a quick look at how my football team have got on and that is it..
Been kept busy both at work and helping my mum with her renovation project on her new house so any spare time I have been busy there or catching up on sleep…
Not joined the gym yet but it is on my to do list and I am still doing lots of cooking on the cheap (going to the market to secure fresh produce) so that is helping to keep me in trim due to eating healthy,
The counselling is still going well and I am midway through my course now so need to keep going and learn as much as I can to why I gambled so I can ensure I do not get any trigger points in the future. It has been really good to speak to somebody whom you know is not going to be judgemental and will sit and listen to you waffle on…
I seem to think my gambling was to try and win a better standard off life but if I had not wasted my time and money gambling I could have afforded everything I wanted or thought I needed just by saving up..
Just got to my 6 month probationary period at work so my salary now increases another 1000 a year so that will bump up the take home wage by a few quid each month…
Lots going on at home now I am not a slave to the computer and been catching up on films and actually spending time with family and friends. (Again on the cheap)
Funny how £30 a week can be stretched out when you have no access to funds…
We went to stay with friends at the weekend in a cottage and it cost me £40 in petrol but I would blow that in minutes back in my gambling days and not even blink so it is £40 well spent.
My mum has been treating me for the jobs I have been doing at her house as a lot of physical labour and helping her to move forward with the project and she knows it is keeping me focussed..
Anyway keep up the good work all..
Thanks for reading..