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Day 308 – of being Gamble free.

Busy week at work. Keeping my savings at arms length and not being able to access is giving me an opportunity to appreciate what I have and learn how to protect it. I only have a few hundreds in my checking account and the rest of my salary each month goes to accounts owned by my family.

No easy access to money means no temptation. This is the biggest factor in ensuring I stay gamble free.

Interestingly the temptation still lingers. Oof! Doesn’t look like it ever goes away completely.

Well I only need to remain gamble free one day at a time! ? Here’s to staying gamble free again tomorrow.

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Hi SinusDD. I remember you were here a few years ago, is that right? I used to browse these forums since 2017 and read so many posts but never interacted with anyone. I vaguely recognize your name as it is unique. Hope you will be able to stop before it is too late. It is great you are still not in debt. That is way better than what some of us are having to endure.

I just started posting here after I hit rock bottom last year. I was over half a million in debt last year and it was a terrible feeling and was in a miserable state. I just couldn’t continue any longer. I had to sell my house in order to pay my debts and after a lot of effort I was able to recover my situation. The key was to stay gamble free.

Try as hard as you can to stay gamble free. One day at a time!

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Congrats on staying gamble free. Keep it up. Yes! Pets are the best. Enjoy as much time as possible with them. ? ??

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Hope you are doing well. Sending warm wishes

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Thank you so much Jvr3419. Congrats on your 9+months too! ? Yes, we all need to push through this and regain our life. The sooner we all can realize how much damage we have done to our lives, the sooner we can all start the recovery journey

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Day 300 ?

Nov 12,2021. A day I will never forget. The day I confessed to my family. The day I started rising up from the ashes like a phoenix!

Gamble Free journey continues. One day at a time

Thank you all for your kind supporting comments and for following my progress so far.

I have successfully dug myself out of a massive debt and have started saving again. I am very fortunate to have been able to do this. I will continue to remain cautious at all times!

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Hi Don,

I still always think about the money lost. It is a very large amount of money for me. More than half a million dollars lost!!

What keeps me away from gambling now is realizing that even if there is a 0.001% possibility that I may lose any money again, that activity (gambling) is not worth it.

Hence I stay away and choose to live my life gamble free..

The pain, anguish, lies are not worth it.. Quick money (gambling, trading etc.) never stays!

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Day 287

Payday is coming. I know money=temptation, so as usual I have already written checks and made standing instructions so that the minute the paycheck hits my account the money gets drained to safe places out of my reach. All my money is now handled by my family. I will hardly have access to a few hundreds of dollars left after paying bills and rent every month after the paycheck hits.

This is not anything for me to be ashamed of. I acknowledge I am powerless over the addiction and I need all the help I can get. I am grateful for the love, affection and support of my family that continues to ensure I stay gamble free for the rest of my life.

One day at a time! Hope everyone here continues to stay gamble free.

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Thanks DarkEnergy and Gustav101. Appreciate the comments.

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Day 285

I got some inspiration from DarkEnergy’s post on milestones.

I have a few milestones (financially) that I am tracking and targeting personally. These will be the key days on my road to recovery.

Milestone 1: Day 239 (completed)
Milestone 2: Day 354
Milestone 3: Day 535
Milestone 4: Day 811
Milestone 5: Day 1085
Milestone 6: Day 1266
Milestone 7: Day 1542
………

One day at a time. I will conquer this!

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It is interesting how we both have this mathematical approach to this issue. I have this huge spreadsheet that I have mapped out all the intricate details of purchases and plans for the next 5 years and which I look at daily. Sometimes multiple times a day!!

I have certain financial milestones over the next few years with one close to 1000 days (981 from today to be exact) from now being the most crucial one that I am tracking.

I am going to post a few of my milestones on my thread.

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Congrats on 30 days. Keep it up! Atleast 1310 more days to go! 🙂

One day at a time.

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Day 284

Looking back at my very first post here – I said that I feared it was too late for me.

However it was NOT too late. Once I surrendered my ego, pride and confessed, I was able to recover my life with love and support from my family.

I am grateful to them for their support.

Staying gamble free. One day at a time!

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Yes. I have seen it. A very nice and powerful movie!

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I totally understand and empathize completely with that Kin . Every single day I feel upset at what I have done all these years. I had everything but still chased after some FALSE notion of happiness and satisfaction and lost everything.

We all now have a second lease at life and a chance to be good stewards of the resources we have been given. It is now our duty to do it the right way. We are all extremely fortunate to have this opportunity.

There are millions who are still in this mess and don’t even know they have a problem yet. At least we all here in this forum recognize the issue. Knowing we have a problem is the first step.

I hope I keep the strength to continue on this righteous way for the rest of my life.

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