[Cruising247]

Hello Ncosta, and Welcome!

After 11 years, I still ask myself “how did this happened to me?”
I have no other addictions or unhealthy habits.
The sad part is we don’t realize we have that addictive gambling gene until after we are hooked.
The most important part is to not place another bet, if you you don’t put any more money into it, that debit hole will hopefully not get any deeper.
One day at a time is the best way to recover. If you start looking at all your debit, as soon as you get money you’ll go chase that lost.
Organize and prioritize your bills and start working on paying them down.

I also check in on the forum, even when I have nothing new going on.
Hang in there you can do this, after a couple weeks, it gets a little easier.

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Hi Jean1955
Welcome!
That’s my personal motto, “one day at a time!”

Nothing to really report today.
66 Days Gamble Free
I am a “recovering” compulsive gambler…
Recovering “One day at a time!”

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65 Days Gamble Free
I am a “recovering” compulsive gambler…
Recovering “One day at a time!”

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Hi Sjc1
I am so sorry that you are having a hard time getting pass one day.
Hang in there, and dont stop trying. Everytime you fall, get back up and try again. Prayerfully, one day when you get up, you will stay up (gamble free).
I know first hand how hard it is, because you know the damage you continue to do, the debit you continue to build, and pain that you cause love ones, but you just can’t stop.
Hang in there my friend.

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Danieldrake
For now I am more comfortable communicating on my journal. At some point I may include other channels (like phone calls…)
But for now I look forward to seeing your daily achievement(s) on the journal.

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Hi Danieldrake,
Congrats on your 15 days!!!
We have to celebrate “each day” we go to bed and wakeup gamble free.
For us, that’s something big/huge, that’s something to celebrate!!!

That’s right, ‘NOT TODAY!!”(Smile)
We are taking our life back, “one day at a time!”

[Cruising247]

Hello,
Praying that you will receive “Mercy and Grace.”
This is a very hard journey to travel, honestly, the hardest thing I have ever had to do. Do please just hang in there.
Don’t worry about next week, or next month, we have to do this thing called recovery “one day at a time.”
Hang in there my friend.

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Today was better….

Walked about 5 miles and enjoyed the beautiful weather….
Headed out to dinner with the family.

64 Days Gamble Free
I am a “recovering” compulsive gambler…
Recovering “One day at a time!”

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I know this is a site for recovering gamblers, to talk about gambling and recovering. But right now I am just typing..

My emotions have been all over the place, I’m sad, ok I’m emotional, I’m just feeling down. I was at the point of telling myself, just go play, you will feel so much better, just go, you will get that high that you have been missing. Honestly, it is like a drug, it is just a satisfying feeling.
Let me be clear, I have never been in drugs but I can imagine it’s the same high.
I know this conversation is a little different, but I’m just so freaking sad today and I can’t shake it.

I must say though, instead of going to gamble, I went to Longhorn Steakhouse and ate me a side salad and some wild west shrimp. The food didn’t change the way I was feeling, but it was so good. But as I say one day at a time, and I made it through one more day, gamble free.
Praying to wake up feeling happier in the morning.

[Cruising247]

Hi, nothing new, just checking in.

63 Days Gamble Free
I am a “recovering” compulsive gambler…
Recovering “One day at a time!”

[Cruising247]

Correction: I would have said “nooo wayyyy, I can’t go that long without gambling…

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Hi Danieldrake
Congrats on your 12 days!!!!

I cannot believe I am on day 62, if someone would have told me I could do this 63 days ago, I would have said “nooo wayyyy, I can go that long.” But here I am, I can’t believe it myself.
The only encouraging words I have today is “never stop trying to stop.” I know it’s hard (it is extremely hard), but it is doable. I am still a work in progress, but I’m still here and I (we) have been given another day to get it right.
I hope that one day each of us can share our story/journey as a testimony to help someone else break free of this evil, awful addiction that come to kill, steal and destroy.
But, we will not allow it to do either to us.
Each day say to yourself, out loud if needed, “NOT today, I WILL NOT GAMBLE TODAY!’

62 Days Gamble Free
I am a “recovering” compulsive gambler…
Recovering “One day at a time!”

[Cruising247]

Hi
Re paying off debit

Right now this is what is working for me.
I wrote out a budget, listed all my debit and I prioritized the order I want to pay them off. So as I receive that “extra/unexpected money” I put it towards bill #one until it is paid off, then on go bill number #two, and so on.
“Go ahead and put funds toward the bill as soon as you get it”..
You do this while still paying your regular bills.
I know the smart thing to do is pay off the highest interest rate bills first, BUT I chose to pay off the smaller bills first, after I pay one off I use those funds to help pay the next bill off…
By doing that, I can see that I am accomplishing something each time I can write “paid in full!”
Just paid a medical bill off the first of the month, now that’s one less bill.

[Cruising247]

Thank you!

Good evening,
Really, nothing new. Just checking in.

61 Days Gamble Free
I am a “recovering” compulsive gambler…
Recovering “One day at a time!”

[Cruising247]

Hi ujju197 and danieldrake,

It’s good to hear that you all are doing well. Ujju197 congrats on your 2 days and danieldrake congrats on your 5 days!!!

Ujju197, I didn’t allow myself to go as far in the hole the last couple times I relapsed. Those financial holes got smaller each time I relapsed. But, there were times when it took me years to dig my way back out. The way to come out of debit is to put that money you were gambling with, towards debit. If I can do it, you can too. “Remember, one day at a time.”? You got this.?

60 Days Gamble Free
I am a “recovering” compulsive gambler…
Recovering “One day at a time!”

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