First day gambling free

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(@juneejo)
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hi.  This is my first day gambling free  I was using online slots and gradually over the last 11 months became more and more drawn into playing   Last night I registered with GameStop and today I feel normal. No more thinking about which site to go on and no more hiding my playing from family 

 

 
Posted : 5th June 2019 10:48 am
Vin47
(@vin47)
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Good luck on your recovery 

 
Posted : 5th June 2019 8:46 pm
(@juneejo)
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Thanks vin

 
Posted : 6th June 2019 10:10 am
(@Anonymous)
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Hi

Good luck on your journey!

I have been GF for nearly 3 months and I feel fantastic!  don't get me wrong, some days are tough, but the longer I go on the less I think about it.  It occurred to me yesterday, I actually haven't thought about gambling for a week!

I now see the bigger picture and for the first time in a long time, I have money in the bank.  No more gambling till every penny had gone.  registering on gamstop was the best thing I did.

so I now continue with my journey and wish you luck with yours.

Lyn x

 
Posted : 6th June 2019 10:31 am
gadaveuk
(@gadaveuk)
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Hi

I like many people did not stop Gambling for day one.

The recovery program helped me learn how to abstain from Gambling just one day at a time.

Once I put a lot of time and effort in to my recovery and handed over all of my finances and started to abstain my recovery was going to become much easier.

The money was just the fuel for my addiction.

I did not respect myself and I did not respect money.The recovery program helped me understand what my emotional triggers were.

The recovery program helped me learn how to interact with people rather than react in unhealthy ways.

My emotional triggers were my pains not healed, my fears not faced, my frustrations due to my unreasonable expectations of people life and situations, my loneliness due to my fears of emotional intimacy, my feelings of boredom because I felt that life was boring, that I could succeed, that I avoided facing being accountable and I avoided facing challenges in my life.

My unhealthy reaction in my anger was due to my pains not healed, my fears not faced, my frustrations due to my unreasonable expectations of people life and situations, I use to think that being angry was healthy, not today being angry is not healthy in any way for me today.

My unhealthy reaction in my anger caused further aggression and confrontation, my anger caused people to fear me.

I want every one to be free of all fears towards me today.

Please keep going to meetings, you will benefit from it in so many ways.

Love and peace to every one.

Dave L

AKA Dave of Beckenham

 
Posted : 6th June 2019 5:43 pm
(@spendlikewater84)
Posts: 108
 

Hey

 

well done, this is my 8th hour gf after 10 years! I’ve had enough 

good luck on your recovery x

 
Posted : 7th June 2019 6:27 pm
(@juneejo)
Posts: 5
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Now over 8 days gambling free thanks to gamstop.  First time in 11 months since I first started online slots.  Without the ban I feel I would easily slip back into old ways so although I put a one year van on GameStop will definitely have to extend it to 5 years.

 
Posted : 13th June 2019 7:45 pm
(@paddy38)
Posts: 12
 

After years of gambling,now 5 days free.cant say it's getting easier but the thought of betting gives me headache.im committed to this and will give it my best shot 

Still haven't been to a meeting yet as this was a big for me to relay my feelings others.but I'm sure soon enough I will.

With each day in feeling better but know if you lose focus you can slip at anytime. 

 
Posted : 13th June 2019 8:29 pm
(@juneejo)
Posts: 5
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Thanks paddy, yes at the end I vertically hated betting but couldn’t pull back.  Now it’s such a relief,  good luck 5 days gambling free is great.

 
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