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Thanks Kin,

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congratulations on your 500 days, you have found the way out of this addiction just keep doing what you are doing and enjoy the fruits of your hard work.

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Day#180,
6 months free of gambling. I am so happy that I did it finally.
I have not reached this level since January 2020, back then I relapsed on day 187.. it is not gonna happen this time… I have matured enough to accept that this a permanent illness and that I should never reduce my roadblocks.

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thank you Risingphoenix,
I have read your post congratulation my friend on your 500 days free of gambling, it is a great achievement.

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Day#175,
5 more days to cross the 6 months mark, I didn’t reach this level since January 2020, I had 3 tough years with almost 20+ relapses each relapse drags me back to square zero (or below zero ), but finally, I can see my way out of this addiction and I am walking in the correct direction.

I am changing slowly to a better version of myself, and I always remember a comment from one of the members here in this forum ” what has been destroyed during years of gambling can’t be rebuilt in just a few weeks or months).

to be honest I have stopped posting for a while but I felt it is important to keep posting my progress as a reminder for myself and to others that even someone like me with all 20+ relapses can finally find his way out of this addiction.

there is always hope, but it should be mixed with cautious because I know I am just one bet away from going back to square zero.

just keep trying and you will find the way.

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hi,
make her part of your recovery, and hand over the financial part to her, it is a huge trigger for us as a gambler if you can do that it will benefit you in both ways, regain the trust, 2nd you will have fewer urges to gamble, and from her perspective, she will feel more secure.

you can ask your salary to be transferred to her account or to a joint account, so she can monitor the transactions, or give her full control which is better at least for the first 6 months to 1 year.

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Don my frind, you still don’t get it.
it is all designed to keep you coming back and gambling, again and again, the casino wins in the long run, they don’t care what the result of the next bet is, because they are depending on the long run, they already have an edge against the gamblers, and in the long run, they will win,
so everything is designed to keep you coming back and bet again and again, you can’t win in the long run, and if you say ok I will win x amount and stop, you can’t do it, because the games are designed to keep you addicted to it ( the small wins, the occasional big win, the bonus…etc. it is all by design) and we are as gambling addict are more prone to continue gambling compared to the average person.

so please you need to admit that firstly, then your recovery can start, as long as you think you can win gambling you still live in delusion and you can’t start your recovery.
wish you all the best
DE

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hi Gustav,
you didn’t post for a while, I hope everything is fine.
wish you all the best

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Hi JVR,
happy for you, and you have done a good thing by telling your BF from the beginning about the gambling addiction if you kept it hidden it will keep bothering you.

I can see you start gathering the fruits of your hard work, a good life is ahead of us if we stay gambling free.

wish you all the best

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hi Risingphoenix,
congratulation on your 436 days, whish you all the best.

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hi sunny,
I believe by now you already crossed the 600 Days mark, great achievement, keep it up.

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Day#116,
4 more days to cross the 4 months mark, the recovery looks good so far, only from the addiction perspective.
the rest is really very slow progress (weight and health, financially …etc) I know I need a long time to rebuild what 8 years of self-destruction did to me.
anyhow as long as I am not gambling the re-building will continue.

the payday is very close, today I will put a plan to manage the payday, for me the slogan is not one day at a time but one payday at a time. if the payday passes smoothly I am safe for the rest of the month.

JVR,
thanks for your support, you and raisingphonix, sunny are an inspiration for the rest of us, that the recovery is possible, keep posting.

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Day#99,

thank you Raisingphonix and Don for your support, tomorrow I will reach 100 Days. it is getting easier with time.

wish you all the best

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Day#88,
yesterday I received my salary and I was tempted to put some amount to do online day trading (gambling) but I managed to get rid of all the extra money and put it away me, the temptations are gone now,

very happy to reach day#88 and I can see I can cross the 100 days easily since the next payday is after one month.

it is all about controlling money.

today is the last day of this year, and to be honest, it was not the worst but it was bad enough, I have relapsed many times and lost a ton of money, anyhow the last 88 days of it were a good recovery start I wish it will continue throughout 2023 and beyond.

anyhow I hope 2023 will be better for me and for all of you

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU

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congrats JVR, happy for you.

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