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Great post Tina and it give hope to many others on here .
It can be done- we can do it

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You can beat it Alliesmum
The seven Ts
Take the time to think things through

Play the record to the end – I know only too well how strong the urge to gamble can be – in your mind think it through past the “big win ” to how you feel when your money is gone and your children’s holiday is gone too.

It’s hard but it worth it and it sounds like you are doing all the right things.
Don’t let the addiction tell you it will be just one tenner – it never is !
You can do this Alliesmum
You deserve a good and peaceful life .
Today is day one
In a month you will be on holiday !

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Hi Monica,
I hope everything is ok with your son.
Children cause us so much worry- it never ends no matter what age they are .
Write an update please and let us know how things are

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Sorry about typos – won’t let me edit

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Hi Alliesmum
Is it online gambling that is the issue?
If you buy a blocker for all your interment devices then you cannot gamble no matter how much you want to .
I have betfilter on mine – I used to think it was too expensive (24.99 for three months )- now I realise I can’t afford not to pay for it.

I am no less addicted than you – I have spent hours at the start trying to get around my blocker- I tried the free ones like netnanny but they were easy to bypass.- after a few weeks I give up spending hours trying to uninstall it or get around it .

It has given me such freedom.

I also had no debit or credit cards for the first month or so .i know you have tried this .

Alliesmum , very few of us have the willpower to stop- we need barriers to stop us.

You are only 25- you can have a great life – just think of all that money going on a foreign holiday instead of to the Casino.

You can stop – I found it really hard to but I did – please take the steps today to make it impossible to gamble .
We are all here to support you .

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Hi Laura ,
I wrote you a really long post today about shoes, pain, recovery and all sorts !
Went to post and message came up site was for maintenance .
It would have been polite and respectful to give some warning
Grrr

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Hi Laura ,
I wrote you a really long post today about shoes, pain, recovery and all sorts !
Went and message came up site was for maintenance .
It would have been polite and respectful to give some warning
Grrr

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Yes I cannot connect to any groups .
Take the night off Charles – u deserve it !

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I have always gambled a little too much , since childhood . After a particularly traumatic bereavement , I couldn’t escape the thoughts in my head, reliving over and over again the horror , One day tried online gambling – I lost quite a bit and then it happened – the big win. I held on to it for a week and then lost it all in about an hour – and with it I almost lost my sanity. I kept trying to win it back but one day realised I was addicted. I joined this site and have been trying to stop since . I have had periods where I have been gamble free. That was about eight years ago and I have been totally gamble free since the start of this year . It is the first time I haven’t taken any short cuts or left a door slightly ajar . This time it’s for real- and it’s such a good feeling not to wake up with that dreaded gambling hangover . It’s also very hard sometimes to resist the urges to gamble. I get very positive support on this site , and I hope others find the same. Today is the first of March and the first day of my third gamble free month . Onwards and upwards .

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Goodnight Lizbeth (sounds like the Waltons which I am watching right now).
I wrote recently about becoming bitter – I’m wondering if that’s what has happened to your mum.
Take a break Lizbeth – u deserve to be respected .
Enjoy your granddaughter and focus on the things that bring you joy. There is enough to drag us down in this world .

Onwards and upwards

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How are you doing Micky ?

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It gets easier – although urges will still sometime come out of the blue.
Don’t give them your money – your money is for you.
People used to write about the seven t’s on here

Take the time to think things through .

Play the tape through to the end to when you feel worthless , ashamed , to the endless counting of money in your head , to the worry and stress .
Compare that to how you feel today with a little money to get by.
Well done – a week is brilliant ! Keep strong

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Hi Jaykay
I still write a lot on my journal and find it helpful.
I do however find I am having more dry spells with it .
Keep doing the things that have got you to here .
It helps us all to read about others success .
Well done.
Onwards and upwards

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Thank you Nick and Lizbeth .

Society isn’t fair – the things that trouble me are things that threaten my “middle class” existence while children starve , are forced to be child soldiers- while mothers try to squeeze a drop of milk form their starving bodies so babies can survive another few minutes . Life is not fair and I guess I am not a fair person in that I want “things” while the world is like this .

I once again tapped into those systems which only a few days ago made me feel so small and unimportant and I learned that I do matter – the correct and very human people have done the correct things in the most human way possible – they have went beyond the call of duty. My stresses/worries which had driven me to the brink and have been practically wiped out by a few good people with the power to help me in practical ways .
I guess it’s true –God will never let us be pushed beyond what we can bear.

I feel renewed and I feel Gods hand strongly in my life .
I am grateful and I am happy .

I’m not sure how my body fits together without the stress of several years holding it taut. Again I wonder will my face muscles relax and leave me with a bag of wrinkles.

Today I had completed two months gamble free.
Tomorrow I start March – my third month .

Life is good for me – Things have fallen Into place .

How can I help others ?

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Hi Monica
Hope my post about the bus pass wasn’t annoying.
Here you turn 60, you apply and you get it .

I’m sorry you had to cancel interview – will they give you another date ?
As Kin has written life is unfair – some people always seem to land on their feet-others have harder paths .
I really hope you are doing ok .

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