[micky]

Hi John keep your chin up mate don’t let her drag you down , you can be with your son another time and celebrate just being together. 🙂

[micky]

Thanks ican 🙂 It’s a full calendar month since i last gambled . Never thought i could get this far but O.D.A.A.T is working plus the tools i use throughout the day when those moments enter my head enabling me to get through the day without acting on the impulse to gamble . Today and tomorrow i’m on my rest days from work, it’s great to be calm and contented with my life. 🙂

[micky]

Thanks kpat and p for the positive posts, im on my last shift of the week later tonight then 2 days off. it’s been a good week back at work after being off 10 weeks , i believe the stability helps in my life and ( obviously the pay as well , thats why we go ) . I know i keep saying this but it is so relevant , life without the booze and betting is 110% easier it’s good to be standing on solid ground and clear headed without the worry , hopelessness. helplessness and all the rest of the negativity gambling and boozing brings. 🙂

[micky]

My budget is so very tight at the moment and will be for the next 8 months until my debts are paid off, it’s a budget of incentive that is driving me on. In the real world there are people who are living on next to nothing , so i think it’s time for me to get a reality check and stop feeling sorry myself . I have an opportunity to put my life right thousands of people do not. 🙂

[micky]

Im using ODAAT to my benefit and it works but only if through that day i use all the methods and tools to get through that one minute when my guards down , it isn’t always easy but well worth it. 🙂

[micky]

Hi Kpat thanks for the encouraging post i too will be one month to the good on monday 🙂 It’s a struggle but well worth it , of all my advice to people i have given i’m using the old tried and tested one ODAAT, but there again through the day we must use all and any methods that keep us ALERT to that one minute when we might let our guard down.

[micky]

Well tomorrow arrived and has been a good day, payday lots of money in the bank but i didn’t gamble 🙂 Had a couple of thoughts i wouldn’t even call them urges , i dealt with them in my head and thought it all through . Where would i be if i gambled just one pound of it , back to square one , D.B.L. is my motivation DON’T BE LAZY physically or mentally. Laziness equals defeat and i’m not going there . 🙂

[micky]

Chin up john, everyone on G.T. has had relapses it’s how you deal with them . Never give up giving up. I know exactly how you are feeling regards your mam , i miss my mother terribly and it’s 9 months ago since we lost her. I always remember the good times and memories and when i visit her strewn area ( her ashes are scattered on her parents grave) i always have a good talk to her. So like i say keep your chin up and keep posting, don’t feel like your alone. 🙂

[micky]

Alls well again today, one of my workmates mentioned the racing at cheltenham next week or this week i said i wasn’t sure when it was, i don’t care to be honest . The less said the better but then again friends choose to gamble and it’s their choice, so it’s good to be open minded and democratic. Looking forward to tomorrow 🙂

[micky]

Thats brilliant john you are doing all the right things , congrats on your first week. 🙂

[micky]

Today has been good again, had a weird sleep last night though, i was with my first wife , i packed my job in and we both enlisted in the army but the day before we joined i gambled and lost all our money on a slot machine, so when we were in the army camp i was trying desperately to find out when we got paid but no-one seemed to know and i never did find out before i finally woke up . 🙁

[micky]

Sounds like you had a nice day John , well done on not gambling ODAAT. p.s S.T.A.R. ( Stop- Think- Act- Review ) . 7 days tomorrow = 1 week . Another milestone , keep it going John. 🙂

[micky]

Day 25 and i feel great , was at work today up in my big yellow bird ( the crane ) , and i felt totally at peace with the world , no hangover , no hopelessness or helplessness from a gambling binge, i felt calm for the first time in a very long time. If this is what it feels like not to gamble and abuse alcohol, i’m in , i will have some of this and more much more. ODAAT. 🙂

[micky]

Keep fighting it john ODDAT ( and don’t forget STAR) it’s a very useful tool , day 6 tomorrow then 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 ………………………………………………………….. 🙂

[micky]

Hi kpat thanks for the post it means alot when i get a positive post , really makes me feel good 🙂 Well done on being a month free of gambling ( in advance ) keep up the good work. 🙂 Micky

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