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Second post today i am feeling good. Been out on my mountain bike ( 1 hour and 10 mins ) it felt so good to be out there feeling the wind and fresh air blowing around me , gulping the fresh air into my lungs was so refreshing. Havn’t done it for quite a long time it was good.

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Hi Tango thanks for your post on my thread it looks like your doing the same as me , what works , works , so keep doing that . I’m pretty much the same as you i recognise that i can go 3-4 weeks with very little money and survive so lets do it on a budget leaving our hard earned money in the bank .

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Proof i didn’t need it : on the 26th of August i was panicking after gambling most of my salary away the day before trying to lend money until payday, i was unable to borrow anything although i did try. Now 15 days later and only a couple until payday i now realise i didn’t really have to get deeper into debt. I budgeted with what money i had left and it worked. I get paid monthly and i’m going to the same thing this coming month ( not gamble ) but stick to a rigid budget for a month and see just exactly how much i need basically to live on for a month.

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Ive decided to do some research on the things i used to gamble on and what the odds of winning are, this is an interesting one if you had gambled £10 on the favourite on every horse race in the uk in the last 10 years you would have lost £37,298. another fact about 40% of favourites are false favourites. and last but not least the bookmakers rake it in if the favourite loses , they are not interested in which horse wins as long as it isn’t the favourite. Oh and one more roughly about 2.5 / 10 favourites win.

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Hi Jackdandy hope you are doing okay, just been reading all the posts you have got from the wonderful supportive people on here , i have started writing useful tips and advice down, whichever way you use the advice it’s all good.

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Thank you i-did-it, laura & Jackdandy for your support on my journal i have taken on board all of what you have said and feel better for it. Yes i totally agree the more time on here the less i think about gambling, we deserve a better life and work things through, never give up.

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Thank you laura and Monica for your support, my minds my mind and i am dealing with it the best i can. Taking each day is not easy but attainable.

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My last post reads i really do need help. Helping myself is the priority here if i can’t help myself then im doomed to failure. At the moment im trying to hold everything together with very little money whilst working on a plan of action for my next payday in 2 weeks time. There is no point in languishing in self pity. I am not repeat am not borrowing money i got in the hole on my own and i’ll get out of it on my own.

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Thanks for the posts monica, i-did-it, laura and lizbeth i really do need help .

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setback number 2 last saturday where will this all end, why i keep putting myself through this hell i do not know i have tried everything. I can’t get an overdraft i can’t borrow i’m a mess . Maybe in the long run not being able to get in more debt is a good thing. All i know is my head hurts from trying to put a false face on at work again and again. I’ll keep trying i suppose.

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Counselling appointment went really well iv’e got to say i was surprised how well it went , so glad i made the first step .

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My first appointment with the counceller today i hope it goes well .

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Surfed the urge today and so proud of myself i was able to make the right choice .

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Councelling appointment booked for next week , hopefully once and for all i can beat my demons.

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Starting over is never easy but it has to be done , tuesday seems so long ago as i enter day three of my recovery . Drawing a line under it was never easy and it ever is but i have done it .

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