Well been a couple of hours and carnt log onto gambling sites feeling aggitated and very stressed but spoke to someone on chat and feel better in me self going to read through people stories see how other people have overcome this thought it would be easy but turning out alot harder than what I thought...
Hang in there, you can find the strength and seeking help is the first step.
I am on day 5 and have just posted for the first time.
Good luck, stay strong
It never knew I had a problem till my mother stepped in and woke me up to a reality that couldnt carry on. I blocked all sites and I posted my story on here the day I joined, i am now on day 9 it hasn't been easy I've even been dreaming about the site i was playing bingo on and asking myself what if i closed my account to early i could of won a big one but reading other stories and taking head of advice on here you will never win in the long run. Congrats on taking the 1st step.
Demi-leigh
welcome to the forum a place full of like minded folk who share the same common goal to arrest that next punt, because the truth is that will lead to another punt because we all live by the same mantra
I cannot win because I cannot stop
take a deep breath, slow down because I believe that we all carry the same traits and the desire to fix everything yesterday is pretty high on the list. Addiction is progressive my own gambling life was an ever decreasing cycle and I believe recovery or rediscovery as I today see it is the polar opposite the circle grows with the effort given to recovery.
I attend ga and it’s often said give your recovery 90 days and see what difference you can see in yourself and the way others see you and there’s a great deal in those words. You will never overcome addiction wholly, there’s no cure, but one day at a time there’s abstinence, by abstaining from placing that first punt you give yourself an opportunity and a 100% pay rise as a result, you turn that mantra upside down. Everyone is one bad choice from active addiction.
I have been here for eight years now and in GA for the same length of time and I have relapsed four times, each time the reason being I stopped working my recovery, recovery wasn’t my first and last priority every day and today I understand the value of that.
there is a wealth of help and support out there, my advice take everything you can, be wholly honest about how you feel and how addiction has effected your life, put as many blocks between you and that next punt
theres a triangle
Time-money-location
take one away at all times and you will have the opportunity to change your life, adapt to take control of your feelings and to live without the self destruction and harming addiction brings.
I wish you well and hope that you take as much from this forum as I do
be kind to yourself
just for today
Duncs
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