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Well hello…..My name is Jayson and im a compulsive gambler.
Must be roughly 2years ish since i was last here, and how things have changed.
I was rude and obnoxious in my early days here i always knew better, and didnt want to listen , im a CG i always knew best and it was my way or the high way.
Soooo a little bit about me im turning 40 this year ( though i look 21 still ) gambled all my life roughly 25 years. I 1st sought help in 2009 i went to one councilling session, told the guy there what he wanted to hear , left and went to a bookies ! I WASNT READY TO STOP. June2010 i went to a GA meet and continued to go, as time went by i started missing meets, and i started gambling off and on,i still knew best. Took me untill 2012 untill i commited to GA going to 5 meets a week,getting more involved, stopped gambling Has i finally cracked it ?
No of course i hadnt i will always be a CG , i split again with yet another ex, due to gambling, though at the time i did nothing wrong of course.
2013 changed my life i met another CG , i moved in with her, i was happy,and still am happy, was this the key to my success, i went 14 months gamble free, then outa nowhere i had one bet ,i came home and was honest straight away, this was last easter,I dont even think of gambling anymore, the adverts dont bother me, and the goverment can do what they like ! Im just botherd about me and what i can do to stay gamble free.
For those who remeber me, the biggest change in my life was giving up my buisness of 18 years, i no longer handle money everyday, i actually get a wage now every friday !!
I still go to GA when i can , im often working evenings, but make every meet i can.
So i got the success i wanted all my life……I read many forums with “stories” on them….Everyone wants to stop but only a few want to put the effort in !
I learnt to listen…..
HONESTY
EFFORT
DILLIGANCE
AND DOING WHAT EVER IT TAKES NO MATTER WHAT.
I have a life now, im doing well, i have no obssesion to gamble, im not cured, because im still aware and remeber i can return at any time !
I carnt think of anything else to say lol, but if anyone wants to ask me anything feel free to i dont bite !
Hopefully some olde freinds will read this and say hello (Vera)xx
Bye for now
Jayson
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Great reading, well done Jay keep it up.
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