Wow, look at you go! Admittedly I’ve only read the last few posts but….I’m really impressed and so so happy for you.
Here’s my take on a blocker…you know I self excluded all those years ago and continued to do so….I think it has lapsed and I really need to get back onto that once things go back to a new normal….but, I agree wholeheartedly with you, it frees the mind, and once you start doing those normal things, thinking of normal things, it’s almost a re train for the brain. After a while you just don’t think of gambling near as much, simply because there is no point! You can’t do it, I can’t do it so we do something else. And those ‘something else’s’ are so much more satisfying…I bought new curtains yesterday, they look great and I KNOW if I was still gambling they wouldn’t be there. I self excluded for the first time on 16th June, 2009 . It was my daughters 18th birthday. Now I haven’t had a perfect run, I’ve slipped a few times after my exclusion ran out, all the more reason to get it done ASAP. The local venue isn’t open yet with covid but as soon as it is….I’m there! That sounds weird but that’s where they do the exclusions (isn’t it ironic)
Anyway, I remember all too well the ups and downs I had when I finally stopped gambling. It’s like finding a whole new person who had been buried deep down. I was so afraid of her, what if I don’t like her? What if she’s rubbish? Well, I feel the best I have ever felt about myself. She’s a pretty good chick if I say so myself LOl!! IDI as my thread used to say (maybe still does I haven’t looked!) ‘to live, that would be a great adventure’
Welcome to life! Breathe it in! Your thread made me smile today!
Love K xxx
