HEALTHY BODY HEALTHY MIND ;)

Almost hitting the weekend again!

It's only Wednesday  :)) LOL !

At the end of another week.  Back to work tomo.  New bed being delivered tomo morning so gonna have to get used to new mattress hopefully its as comfy as in the showroom.  Now i was in chatroom tonight and as id talked at length to my docter and paretns about my gambling and they thought that the five pound pub poker games were not my problem

now I'm in two minds on the one hand pub poker is not a big amount of spending but on the other hand it is gambling and that's what I'm trying to stop.

one great thng from this week I was in the pub and a guy I know who is the manager of a local bookie I said to him ur bookie must be struggling as they have taken away the cash machine in the shop next door and he said with that and the two pound spins its closing, I and he's taking a retirement package I said horray one less bookie. Great signs I will no longer have to walk past it.

Speaking tonight on chat has made me think about how far ive come since last year and the fact that although I enjoy seeing my poker friends its important to keep that distance from a first gamble with a view to keeping away from the rest of gambling options available. With this in mind I think ill look for other hobbies to take up and save my money for other ventues. I'm on course to pay my mortgage off super quick as this year and other two years I've had it ivs paid off large chunks of it making it significantly go down. Also id like to take up swimming with a friend and learn box fit classes with another friend. Al this comes with my gym membership I already pay which is great. Again this year for I have made huge steps and am looking after my health so one or actually three poker games now shouldn't ruin my years progress its just a blip in a great achievement.

lets do this!!!!! To not have lost any money for a whole Calender year ending 12th August, then to have not drunk alcohol or smoked for a whole year 27th August.

Brilliant Adam, August is your month 🙂 well done , you must be very proud of yourself 

Stace xx

well another five das have gone by, another five days of recovery, and today i will say i walked past a bookie and thought about trying my luck on the slots, then thought better of it.  Then i saw a mate today and talked about him playing online poker and thought id like to do that.  But nothing changes if othing changes and im now one month away from a whole calender year without losing any money.  I did play poker last tuesday and lost which now puts me 2 pounds up on the year on gambling so im not going again so that i go the full calender year without losing any money.  Went to the beach yesturday and it was lovely didnt think anything of spending money on drinks and lunch as i deserve to treat myself and its good to see friends.

I have come a long way in 326 days and im proud to say that apart from a few minor blips on the poker front ive not lost any money and not gambled.  I have not drunk so not been in the situation where im out of control and thats where most of my mistakes have happened.  I wasnt a big drinker but i think clarity of mind has gone a long way to helping me this year.  My birthday was a major lapse where i suddenly got the go ahed from my docter as well as my mum to go for one night of poker and that gave me the willingness to take it one step further and go again as i head broken the abstinence.  The day count doesnt mean much in the grand scheme of things but i liked to say ive not done gambing for x amount of days.  I can still say ive not lost any money and that goes a long way in my book and ive still not drunk or smoked so these 300 odd days have been a great success for the health and mind.  My mind is very fragile and it doesnt take much to make me knock off my stride, thru work , thru social life, i have to be careful to keep me in good stead.  I thank all my gamcare buddies you know who you are for being here and lighting the path with me as life is fragile and can go at any time.  Lets hit august in a months time and be glad for everything we still have in this life as gambling cant take everything away.

Another day down free from gambling.  Mondays are pretty good lately just have a lye in till 10 then go to work till 4pm then go to the gym and relax.  Happy days.

must admit I played a five pound game of poker last night. a nights entertainment for ten pounds altogether isn't bad tho is it. Another day at work today, feeling a bit tired today but two more days and its the weekend again, but not getting excited as in four more days its Monday again doh.

another work day about to start looking forward to the weekend. Prob gonna sit in my garden a bit over weekend.

hi smartie to be honest I have thought about playing more, but not about playing on fruit machines or casinos which is where my problem lay. I'm happy to play once a week and not trg and win money back once lost just five pounds a week and stick to that. Hope this helps you smartie

hi smartie thans for the concern in just sticking to the one five pound game of poker once every week or every other. Looking forward to playing tomo night swing some friends. Just back from work went to voices clinic after work. Main goal is that if voices in head Sa negative things about me try to think about positive reasons why they are not telling the truth. Makes sense the voices may not be real but they seem it tk me so just got to roll with them and see the positives.