[amg077]

I am almost a week clean. Lot of work in the coming weeks but I think I will have the will and energy to face the upcoming. I will finish paying new debts by december 2k4.

[amg077]

First 24 hours of peace. Lets do this for a lifetime

[amg077]

I have relapsed. After so many years.4 years six months more less. I cannot gamble. My best friend came to visit me.He is helping me. I will attend my meetings, I stopped attending them. Bad decision. Now every week I will rejoin.

My best friend took control over my gambling account. He destroyed it.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by amg077.

[amg077]

Well guys. As you know we are facing really difficult times globally:

Personally, I have been through a lot:

-My brother had to be taken to  AA therepay: From december to january, he was visiting us in Mexico. Everything seemed fine. One month ago, he had an incident with his wife while he was drunk, so my father had to travel to Oakland to help him. My brother loses control of his behavior when being drunk, he is agressive. He now takes therapy and everything is getting better. This reminds me of the dangers of addiction. Well, he is not an addict but when he occasionally drinks, he cannot control himself. Similar to what happens to us with compuslive gambling.

-Coronavirus is striking the world. Well, here in Mexico, the problem is not as big as in other countries. Apparently we are under control. I just hope I dont get fired because of this economic crisis, since I am still paying debt.

-My trip to Colombia has not been canceled, since it will take place on July. What has been cancelled is the Copa America 2020, what can I tell you. I was supposed to attend the 3rd place match.

Well, lets keep together, and face trough this covid hell together. I spend my time working on my youtube channel, studying online courses to be a better worker. Be calm and dont get desperate. We will see the light in the end of the tunnel.

With love, I wish you the best

[amg077]

You are absolutely right Charles. Start a project, I dont know, read a book,clean your home, there are lots of things to do.

[amg077]

Well, right now. I don´t know if i can say thisis gamble free.

In my new job we have table football and table tennis. Sometimes the guys bet things.I try not to bet, but sometimes I do it, so they don´t say I am rude. The things the team bets are candies, popcorns and stuff like that.

Anyway, my life gets better. Now I cand spend some money with my parents and my brother that visited us. I am also dating a girl. So I compare these things with gambling. With gambling I used to bet money and loose it. Now I am spending that money in food and experiences with my loved ones.

By august I should be finishing paying the most expensive credit card I have. So i will be with a lot of peace when that moment comes. Also interest rates in Mexico are going down, so that helps me to pay debts faster.

I hope you guys are doing great!!

Life is going so good for me !

[amg077]

Hi Steve! Thanks for your comments.

You are right, I have not been conscious about all I have been through. I suffered from money they owed me and was never payed to me. 

But things look better now. And the main motivation to keep free of gambling, is that I am having a wonderful life with friends, dates, job, personal projects and other stuff.

Greetings!

[amg077]

Well, My job has kept me really busy, so I haven’t had the the chance to say hello.

Everything is going well and finally I am paying debt faster. I can finish 2020 being debt free.

Now I enjoy sports but not gambling, such as Australian Open 2020.

I hope to hear from you guys soon!

[amg077]

137 days clean.

A lot of good stuff is coming.

First, I am paying debt faster.

Second. I will travel to Colombia. I start to gain more financial strength as soon as my gambling problems stop. I will go to Copa America 2020, to Bogota.This will be my first time in south america.

Third. I am also busy working on my youtube channel.

I have not been here in a while, but it is because I am really busy working.

I wish all of you a gambling free 2020. Lets keep fighting together and thanks for your support and good advice

[amg077]

Well, 120 days clean so far. I am glad for this. Regrading my job, I will receive my performance bonus on december 20. And the salary of the whole month until Christmas. So I had to wait a little, but I will receive money until those dates. I will post before the end of the year. Thanks for your support so far!

[amg077]

Hi guys! I hope you’re doing fine.

I have great news. First: 112 gambling free, this is a great record.

Second: I found a new project within the same consultancy firm, so I have not lost weeks of salary and that is great. I begin working on Monday and I will take lessons learned regarding communication and emotional control.

Regarding debt: I will transfer debt from one credit card to another in a month or less. The other card has less interest rate, so that can help me to pay less.

I may travel to Colombia by July next year to watch a game of Copa America, and if not, I will continue saving and paying debt.

I have also opened a pension fund, to start planning my old me.

Thanks for you support and I will read you soon!

Greetings!

[amg077]

Well, In the gambling side, I broke my record of gambling free. My previous record was 92 days gambling free and now I am 96. It is great.

Sadly, on my personal life I got kind of fired from my job. I am a consultant working for a bank. My bank boss decided to fire my because I replied to her angry. It was a situation where I lost emotional control, so I will take an emotional intelligence course to fix this. Not everything was my fault.

In the consultancy firm, I have 10 days to find another project, and if in those ten days they don’t find me a project, they will have to fire me (I hope this doesn’t happen, but in case they fire me, they should give me a firing fee (3,000 dollars more less).

Maybe in the end, my problem was not only gambling, but also emotional control. In the end compulsive gambling happens because of a lack of emotional control.

Pray for me so I don’t loose my job. I can survive this year only without salary (with only savings). Six months if I sell my investments. Thank you guys! I will keep you informed!

[amg077]

Thank you so much Vera.

We will chat another time.

[amg077]

Hi Steev, thanks for your advice, and yes, I will take the money that my cousin owes me as a bonus and not chase losses.

Actually, I made counts and I am 81 days gambing free, not 70.

A little bit more and I will break my record of gambling free (that is 92 days)

Greetings!

[amg077]

Well, It has been 81 days gambling free. My cousin never payed me, we suspect he is in something underground. He owes me 100 dollars, but he owes my uncle a lot more. I will receive a kind of money in one month, it is a tradition here in mexico to receive it from the company you work, it is like 15 days of salary. I will be rehired in february, meanwhile i continue working with the other company. I am working really hard on my youtube channel, and spend more time with family.I owe nothing to my father and that is great. Being gamble free its great, I continue paying debt to the bank, but I slowly continue winning this battle!

Sometimes I think in this community. You have a place in my mind and in my heart. I have not had the chance to join chats, but i wll try!

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