(((P))) get this tune in your head when the thoughts and urges are there. It will get you focusing on it rather than gambling. I know that when I had really bad urges it helped me to have something else to focus on. Also, when I was feeling those urges I would make sure that I did not have access to cash if I went out. I would buy myself a Visa Gift Card that I could use to buy things, but you could not get cash from it. I would not take my debit card or credit card with me. No money = no gambling !!! Keep fighting those urges (((P))). Remember that feeling you get if you do go on a gambling binge, how hard it is to get back on the recovery train. The urges will be worse if you gamble and how bad you feel about yourself after you gamble… the self loathing, hating ourselves. That will not change P, it will be the same old story… I know I can’t put one dollar in a machine as I can’t stop once I start. I am powerless over it. As we get some gamble free time behind us our memories are not quite as good at remembering how we felt after we gambled. You can do it (((P)))
