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Had some quite strong urges today. I have to remind myself that this is still very early days. I should expect these urges. I know how to cope with them. They pass after a few minutes.

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Had some good advice on here a few weeks ago about reinvigorating hobbies you used to have before gambling took a grip. Today I bought three albums that I have wanted to for ages but of course prior to 38 days ago money wasn’t for buying music, it was for gambling. I’m really looking forward to listening to them on my commute this week.

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One of the things that is massively working for me is just throwing myself into family life at the weekend. Did breakfast, took my daughter swimming, made tea, cooked dinner for my wife and cleared up personal emails late into the evening. No time for urges or thinking about gambling. No wasting time looking at the odds or going into the bookies.

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Realised that my urges are definitely diminishing as time is passing. That is one of the things I am most pleased with. I literally haven’t had time to think about gambling after an epic week at work and now it is the weekend I am just exhausted. Anyone else feel extremely tired after stopping gambling?

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Absolutely shattered. Crazy busy at work. Which helps!!!

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day 1 absolutely sucks. I NEVER want another day 1. There have been so many. You can do this too. Stay strong and positive! 

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Just logged off for the day for work, we are so busy. Normally I would complain but it is really helping as I have barely had any time to think about anything that isn’t work! Off to bed now, need to look after my sleep and myself while I am in these early stages.

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Tough day at work today. But didn’t succumb to temptation. I am taking great strength from writing my updates. I have to keep going with this. There is only one thing that happens when you gamble – you LOSE. No ifs or buts.

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Pretty tired today. No real urges. Thinking how nice it is not to be thinking about overnight bets. It would be the easy option to have a bet. But I’m not going to. All it leads to is losing more and more.

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It’s a full month. Very pleased with myself. I am going to treat every month like I am starting again. When I failed before there was the voice saying “you have done it for a few weeks, it’s ok to have a bet”. It really isn’t!

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Day with my family and in general all fine. However about three times today I found myself really fancying a bet. Didn’t come close to doing so – as I have no accounts nor a source of cash at my sole discretion. The urges don’t last for that long, maybe a few minutes, and my solution is to simply do something else. When I get the urges I must say to myself that in about 5 minutes they will have passed.

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Got paid a little bonus this morning. Immediately transferred it to pay off my credit card. That’s another card completely clear. That feels great. The thought of gambling again and having more debt actually makes me feel ill – which is a good thing.

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Your comments are much appreciated. I do feel different. I love not having the constant thought of gambling running through my mind. I feel like I am beating this. 

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A very good day today. No urges and spending my time doing USEFUL things not USELESS things like gambling. As time passes I am more determined not to go back to day 1. In my head if I did that all of the past four weeks would be worth a lot less.

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Got paid today. Moved money into joint account. None available for gambling even if I wanted too. Paid off some debt. Feels good. Wouldn’t have even imagined I could be gf for this long 27 days ago. No real urges to speak of today!

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