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Athena1991
(@athena1991)
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Of course you can Laura! Welcome to the group! Collectively we will work together to get to the next stage and then the next! before long we can all be gurus

Athena

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 12:36 pm
(@Anonymous)
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I love a challenge so can I throw my hat into the ring.

ItMattersMore

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 1:26 pm
Athena1991
(@athena1991)
Posts: 151
 

Great to have you itmatters more! Another striver in the group which is great! Not long and you'll have elder status 🙂

Athena

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 1:29 pm
degenerate
(@degenerate)
Posts: 479
 

I will join. When does this start? I guess we begin at Day 1.

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 5:00 pm
(@Anonymous)
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I would like to join also please.

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 5:54 pm
(@mixer)
Posts: 1828
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*** THE FIRST EVER GURU CHALLENGE ROLLCALL! ***

And here we go ... we're on our way with the first ever rollcall! (Want to join us? Drop us a post!)

Athena and I welcome 11 intrepid souls (including ourselves), all ready to become the GURUs of the future. We start with 8 NEWBIEs, 2 STRIVERs and 1 ELDER - Degenerate, trailblazing the way for the rest of us. Rubybaby is not far off being a STRIVER - a status that really means business. Talking of whom, we have 2 STRIVERS, Sars27 and ItMattersMoreWhenTheresNoMoneyOnIt (did I spell that right 🙂 ) both on 81 days a-piece.

LET THE CHALLENGE BEGIN !!!!!

Athena1991 - 7 days - NEWBIE!

Bornagain - 7 Days - NEWBIE!

chartom3 - 4 Days - NEWBIE!

degenerate - 147 Days - ELDER!

ItMattersMoreWhenTheresNoMoneyOnIt - 81 Days - STRIVER!

laurainsky - 12 Days - NEWBIE!

Mixer - 11 Days - NEWBIE!

Moorey631986 - 7 Days - NEWBIE!

rubybaby123 - 25 Days - NEWBIE!

Sars27 - 81 days - STRIVER!

Xenedra - 6 days - NEWBIE!

Let's keep posting, keep supporting each other, and keep chalking off those GF days 🙂 - here we go!

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 5:58 pm
(@Anonymous)
Posts: 0
 

Hi, currently on day 5 looking for a challenge to remain gamble free. Would like to be included please.

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 5:59 pm
(@mixer)
Posts: 1828
Topic starter
 

Hi amt722 - you're in! You'll be part of the next rollcall. Welcome aboard 🙂

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 6:11 pm
(@Anonymous)
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Seeing as I am over 500 days I would be classed as a guru accordingly to your scale. I am far from such a title.

I can tell you now that I do not have the best life and it's nothing to do with how many days I have been gamble free or not .

I have no advice or indeed any insight to how you can reach my prestigious level. I'm sure everything will be better than it was because you haven't gambled for 300 days and can now proclaim yourself a guru.

Good luck everyone!!

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 6:37 pm
(@mixer)
Posts: 1828
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Hi robf,

As the saying goes: "Upon us all, A little rain must fall."

I have to say, to be honest, your post did feel like a little Robf-shaped raincloud just passed overhead, stopped at this thread, and dumped a month's worth of rain!

Fortunately, I've been blessed with a rather large brolly 🙂

I'm sorry that you feel that the Guru description (a rhetorical device) didn't fit you. Hey - it's not compulsory 🙂 I wrote those descriptions in context of comparing gambling to non-gambling. The contrast couldn't be greater in my opinion: gambling, especially the way we gamble, leads to comparative disaster and refraining, going GF, leads to comparative happiness.

Ah, but I think you're talking about life; that's a different matter. Life will throw at us what life does. Nothing we can do about that, unless it's in our control and we decide to make things better - or worse.

So, don't worry that the terminology doesn't suit you, Robf. I wish you well, and thank you for your post.

And hope you get a little sunshine coming your way!

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 7:19 pm
DeterminedDan
(@determineddan)
Posts: 1083
 

Let's make it a challenge that we ALL make it to Guru status. Let's carry each other over the finishing line.

But for now I'm looking forward to achieving Striver status.

Feeling so much more positive than this time last week.

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 7:47 pm
(@mixer)
Posts: 1828
Topic starter
 

That's exactly the spirit that'll get you to the next level Moorey. With you all the way mate.

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 7:48 pm
antics
(@antics)
Posts: 24
 

Sign me up for the fellowship 🙂

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 7:49 pm
(@sars27)
Posts: 397
 

@mixer woooooooorrrrrrrddddd 😉 I got schooled with your last entry ! Just beautiful !!! Again wooorrrdddd ! See you at the chatroom later !

Sars

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 7:51 pm
(@mixer)
Posts: 1828
Topic starter
 

Thank you Sars my man ... I had great fun writing the entry I think you're talking about 😉

Antics - welcome aboard, you're in and great to have you with us !!!!

 
Posted : 22nd August 2017 7:57 pm
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