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Just woke up with a bad headache as usual it wasn’t a good night but it’s positive as I didn’t gamble manage to get rid of the urge . I am hoping today is a better day . I am
Getting paid in few days so that’s when the proper test will start for me . Motto is to give nothing to casinos , lottery , scratch cards . I don’t normally play lottery but now I am
Going to eliminate my self from all sorts of gambling ,
I am hoping to save enough this month to get my hair done .
I will treat my self and my family everytime I don’t feed this horrible addiction.
It’s going to be a busy afternoon today .
Lots of strength to you all we will do it we will beat this monster.
I won because I did stop

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Thank you for everyone for the online chat I really needed it.
I am so happy for liberty teaching me how to put blockers on the iPad and iPhone I am greatfull for that and cannot wait for my boyfriend to implement them tmr night .
I am glad I found this forum :))

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Few minutes ago I hd a really bad urge to play , I opened the bloody email I received and wanted to deposit some money thankfully I got no means to deposit any money . I am not happy with myself or my thoughts . So I am going to sit down for few minutes try work out why I had this urge at day 6 .
I need to bet this addiction it’s driving me crazy

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How are you since Friday ? How did the meeting go you was very excited so hopefully it went really well.

Remember everyday you don’t gamble is the day of happiness
It’s day 6 for me I never felt so good

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Weldone on admitting that you have a problem , it is now time to find ways to recover from this horrible addiction .
We have all gone through the same , mist of us lost allot of money in the long run .
But it is never too late to stop.
Tell yourself everyday I won because I did stop

As above cut all the cards , get off from online banking eliminate anything that allows you to gamble and just go cold turkey. It’s day 6 for me it’s hard but with determination we will all get there .

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Hi

I think it’s day 6 today had a great weekend managed to get a baby sitter so me & my boyfriend had a night out too where I managed to open up and told him all about it and he was so understanding which made me so happy , I am sorting out my online counselling forms today so cannot wait to get that started .
I will be going to ga meeting next Tuesday too still feel on the edge about that but it’s got to be done I guess.
Today is going to be a chill out day
Hope you are doing great maverick

I won because I did stop

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Ok I am very drunk but I can still write , I been out all night with some amazing people who live near me .
The experiance was amazing .
I am embracing day 5 with joy and happines

I did win because I did stop

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I do admit I have a problem and most of us have the same problem and most of the reasons are very similar from what I am reading . We all have so much in common

But yes I now know that I need to deal with it properly now for my dreams and my families future .

Maybe I am greedy , I got a great well paid job and other incomes but I was still chasing for more , last 4 days I been thinking and I admit to myself I am a greedy person .

I need to be satisfied with what I have first .

But I still blame the bloody government making it so accessible too .

Today I did win because I did stop

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Hi maverick

You done it before you was a successful man earning great income with your business therefore you can do it again.
Maybe people like me and you need to go through this I order to accomplish greater things in life .

I don’t know but something inside me tells me that I am on to something better , I am on the road to success.
yes you need to think of your self for now but also you need to think about positive things .
Think of the positive out of this situation once you overcome this nasty addiction you can overcome pretty much anything .

That’s what motivates me as I believe there is greater force out there .

Your son will be proud of you one day as he will know his daddy didn’t allow this situation to put him down. Pick yourself up and move on .

Yes one day at a time baby steps to success , I don’t want to feed casinos anymore they are not going to get a penny out of me anymore .
I am not going to let the casino bosses have a free life out of my expense anymore .

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So sorry to hear about your marriage but don’t forget things can change once you recover than you can turn your life to the best . Your wife is upset but she will come around once she sees you are recovering .
My boyfriend knows about my problem but he doesn’t know the seriousness of it . He has all my finances now but it’s because I told him I spend too much money buying stuff online which isn’t true .
I am hoping to tell him the truth when I am on day 10 I just don’t feel the courage to tell him now as he helped me so much in the past financially.

I am afraid I can’t travel too far As I have serious health problems too to which I think what made me to relapse again.

I have no means to gamble now as I got rid off all my cards and online banking , I only have cash on me or use a cash card so temptation is not there.

I have a ga group very near me so hoping to pop there on next Tuesday if I get the courage to do so.

I think suicidal is not a good state of mind , I meditate allot so I would def recommend meditation .

Some one said a quote on another site he said

I did win because I did stop I keep repeating this to my self

So sorry to hear about your sister speedy recovery to her

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I think my night mare disorientated me today , I feel like my mind ran a marathon .
My gambling addiction started in 2009 when I went to Las Vegas and never stopped since than , I had to leave my boyfriend as I was blaming him for taking me there and got me into this habbit.
I was out of control so I moved back to my parents for few years and rented my house . I went out and enjoyed my self that helped for a bit but I went back in to it again .
I broke down and was so suicidal so told my mother all about it but there was nothing she could do to help me rather than shouting at me she was so disappointed of me as my dad was a gambler and he still is , worst of it all her current husband is also a gambler so she thought it’s her fault and kept blaming her self .
We managed to over come this , I got rid of my iPhone and started using a crappy phone no internet this lasted for few months and I thought I was over it so brought a iPhone and back at it again and it’s been like a yoyo since than .
I met with a incredible boyfriend and we now have a child but my addiction is getting worst as we have money problem so I am at it all the time . The last straw for me was few days ago when I gambled all our money on our joint account so I got no money to spend till payday . I never done this before so I know it’s getting dangerous so i need to get help.
I am in Essex very close to london. There re meeting here but I got till Tuesday to build up courage to go being a women is hard to admit we have a problem.
My only addiction before this was smoking and I stopped just like that and it’s been 10 years . I never had any other addiction what so ever so it’s upsetting . I haven’t even brought nice clothes for months and it’s upsetting .
This time I need to beat this , I need to do it for my self & my son .

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I had really bad nightmares last night I never had these before I was seeing slots in my dream. It was horrible but I got over it . Clearly I am not getting any support from people here , is it cus I don’t have a sob story or some dramatic writing experiance . Whatever it is I feel like I am talking to my self which is totally fine.
I been there done that and I am def not going to kill my self for gambling I am going to beat this and I am going to help others too .
Today is going to be good I am going. Out with few friends in the evening so will keep my mind off from gambling .

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I had a great day today with my family and little one , I also treated my self for some pedicure which felt good .

At around 2000hrs I started getting the urge all because I received an email form a casino asking me to deposit money well I got no means to deposit money so I stuck my two fingers at the email and deleted it completely .

I than started thinking of gambling so I decided to visit the forum and read other people’s stories and now it’s 22hrs so urge is completely gone and I am looking forward to day 4 .
However I feel so on edge at the movement I can feel the gambling urge is irritating me also the adverts on tv from casinos are not helping either .

I know I can do this and done it before so I say to my self it’s a temporary thought and it’s going to go away in few minutes .

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Ok. Your situation is very different to mine however it’s the same I just have lot better opportunities to control it .
I am sorry to hear about your mother and your dad is not being very supportive so is your sister l but my mother is like that too and my dad is a compulsive gambler and I some times think have I got it in my genes but I know I haven’t .

Here are some control strategies that might help you
When you go out of your house don’t take your cards or money with you only take enough to come back home with .
Every Morning tell your self that you will be free from gambling . Affirmation is very powerful .
Go to ga meeting and try meeting with people who won this addiction and find out ways to stop yours , I know this is easier said than done.
Work out what times of the day or night you go to the casino and try making your self busy at those times by either cooking healthy food or joining a art class or some other free courses you can .
If you are religious try going to church or which ever religion you follow
Meditation is great try mastering meditation special at times when you get urge to gamble .
Remember you never own and never will
Write a journal here and keep diary of your successes and struggles . I started mine today you are more than welcome to follow mine or join with me .

Take one day at a time . Focus on now and forget about past and future .
I use positive affirmations to get rid of negative thoughts in my brain .

Casinos are hypnotising us in order to take our money and make us their salves once you recognise what triggers off you to gamble is when you can work on those thoughts .

It’s all in the mind and you are a very strong person hence why you are addicted to gambling it only happens to people like me and you .

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Do you gamble online or go to casino ? . If you go to the casino get your self excluded asap if it’s online exclude your self from as many casinos as you can.

Think deeply what triggers you to go to the casino or online for instance mine was when I was in need of money mainly or when I wanted to buy something nice .

I know it’s hard but coming clean with your family is best thing to do they are there because they love you and would do everything to help you . If you don’t feel comfortable passing your finance to another person than think of ways to control it .

Do you use cash to gamble ? Credit cards ? In my case I only gamble online so even if I don’t give my finances to my boyfriend I could just close online banking and cut my cards I set up a cash card account that I can’t use in line and that’s where my spending money goes to and thank god I don’t visit bookies so this works for me really well .

You need to come up with strategies to control your finance first .

I am like you I never have allot of money in my bank reason is that I am Always paying bills hence why I need to pay them off first and only gamble with what’s left . I used to use my credit cards so I closed most of them and got two left to pay off and will do the same too . I now want to simplify my life so that I have no way to borrow money from banks so I don’t go I to debt.

It’s hard but you will get there .
Think of all those nice thing you can treat yourself with the money you think about giving to casinos .

I been gamble free for 3 days now so today with the little cash I got I treated my self but getting my nails done it felt so good. Reward yourself .

I have a little boy so I feel so guilty waisting my money on gambling where instead I could buy him nice clothes and take him out for the day .

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