[Nick]

Hi cmc your doing great , everyday is a great day when we don’t gamble and you will feel so much better in yourself for not doing it . Keep moving on one day at a time and you will be fine. 🙂

[Nick]

Hi Emma thanks for your post on my thread , yes i will be on day 50 tomorrow and i’m loving, like you say having money to spend on the things i need and want. It’s not easy and recovery never will be but my barriers are working . Keep moving on one day at a time and you will reap the benefits of not gambling . 🙂

[Nick]

Hi Emma, we will never win everything back and well done on recognising you do not want to lose your money, your doing great, one day at a time, moving on. Personal development sounds great 🙂

[Nick]

Hi idi ,
thanks for your positive post to me on my journal, i cannot remember the last time i went this long without gambling . I’m now buying things and treating myself with my money and not money i think i would have won gambling. Because we never really win , in reality we have lost so much over the years we will never get it back . Keep moving on one day at a time . 🙂

[Nick]

Recovery day 40, i havn’t mentioned how many days i am into in recovery but idi said i should to give others on this site hope. So i’m being brutally honest now , this is why i have not mentioned it , i did not want newcomers to gt to think it’s easy . I have owed , been in debt for thousands of pounds in the past, i used to gamble every single penny on payday , surviving on £3 bags of frozen sausage whilst having a well paid job. I have been to prison, i have been close to drinking myself to death , i have attempted suicide on more than one occasion, all because of gambling. I’m 54 years old and i’m moving on now because i could not go on living the lie . The lie of a gamblers life. Because we are all lying to ourselves when we gamble . I hope some of the folk on here read what i have said and never go to depths i did because of this addiction .

[Nick]

Harsh Criticism is what it deserves everyone on this site knows that. In england there are 460 thousand problem gamblers that they admit to , in reality its alot more . I’m sick of the false adverts ” When the fun stops , stop” were addicts and they know it , it never is fun it’s an addiction. Your now getting into a routine , you must be so pleased 🙂

[Nick]

Trigger today my ex , sent me a message saying ” I cannot stand any contact with you please stop” . I say trigger, it might have been in the past but not now, not today, not ever. 🙂 I’m sitting with a cup of tea and enjoying it.

[Nick]

Hi Lizbeth just been reading your last couple of posts , you are doing great while admitting you still get urges you know what your triggers are and you are not acting on them . Your daughter is doing great and you have your grand daughter with you i’m so pleased it’s turning out well for you. One day at a time , yes it’s a cliche but it does work i should know thats how i’m doing it . 🙂

[Nick]

Hi idi thanks for your post on my journal, i’m just dodging the bullet she has fired toward me, enough said about it. I’m bigger and better than that ( Bros i owe you nothing ) . It is great as you put it “To think in a straighter way” , i’m 36 days gamble free now and never felt better for a long time 🙂

[Nick]

Trigger today , just a remark from a friend (unintentional ) about my ex organising something to which i’m not invited . Got me thinking for a while but i’m not acting on it. : Happy recovery day . 🙂

[Nick]

Láttam az interneten azt hiszem, hogy a bbc sport honlapja, hogy a lovak tulajdonosai bojkottáltak néhány találkozót a múlt héten. Néhány mezőnyben 2 futó volt a legtöbb, 4 vagy 5 körül. Bevallom, másnap ellenőriztem az eredményeket, mert őszintén hittem abban, hogy minden favorit minden versenyt megnyer a lecsökkent számok miatt, ezt kétszer tettem meg. Bár tegnap este a témacsoportban voltam, teljesen elfelejtettem, hogy ezt tettem eddig. Ja és a végeredmény nem minden favorit nyert 🙂

[Nick]

Hi idi, just been reading your post saying about freedom, i certainly agree it’s given me much more freedom in i feel able to speak up and do things i normally wouldn’t have been able to do if i had been gambling . Recovery is good , i like recovery. 🙂

[Nick]

HI idi ive just googled and had a read “A small part of the brain and it’s profound effects” ( insula) Very , very interesting. It clearly says before an addict takes the drug the insular is activated. I had a brain scan several years ago which was fine but they did say i had several “lesions” which they said was normal in any brain , i wonder just exactly where those lesions were.

[Nick]

Moving on is just the best thing , my life without gambling is not perfect but certainly the best thing that i have done in a long time. Life is good . As someone said ” people don’t plan to fail” they “fail to plan ” 🙂

[Nick]

HI Jen hope alls going well in your no March Madness , i’m on board as well 🙂

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