ex and would be ex-gamblers support thread

riquelme

oregon - put the block on and take the medicine, these people know what theyre talking about. It closes another door that leads to temptation. I know its hard but gets easier. 1 day at a time, get through today then worry about tomorrow tomorrow

today i will not gamble

twirly09

18.11. Approximately 48 hours since i last gambled. woop woop! 2 days down, the rest of my life to go

Oregon

Guys, block is on. That's that done! Not really sure how I feel!!

misskaytee

Oregon wrote: »

Guys, block is on. That's that done! Not really sure how I feel!!

Thats excellent, Well done :T

Did you say you also gamble on your mobile? If that were the case i would suggest "losing your purse" were your banks concerned and getting all your cards replaced. Im not fimiliar with mobile gambling, but would imagine registering a new card number via mobile to be a pain in the butt. Also the act of having registering a new card, does sometimes give you those extra minutes to bring you to your senses sometimes!!

Heres to a Gamble free future for us all :beer:

cantcope

well done Oregon. One more barrier to stop you gambling without a second thought. Who chose the password?

twirly09

misskaytee wrote: »

Thats excellent, Well done :T

Did you say you also gamble on your mobile? If that were the case i would suggest "losing your purse" were your banks concerned and getting all your cards replaced. Im not fimiliar with mobile gambling, but would imagine registering a new card number via mobile to be a pain in the butt. Also the act of having registering a new card, does sometimes give you those extra minutes to bring you to your senses sometimes!!

Heres to a Gamble free future for us all :beer:

I did this! Other than actually losing one of my cards, i figured a fresh start to be best as it'd got to the point where i had memorized card numbers!. x

twirly09

Oregon wrote: »

Guys, block is on. That's that done! Not really sure how I feel!!

You will feel weird. I felt weird for a little while.

Now just focus on keeping busy, and dont think about the fact you have the block on it will only drive you crazy if you keep thinking about it.

well done for putting it on smallest and most important step taken, good luck .xx

Oregon

I did the password myself. I banged out something at random, wrote it down to copy it once and then ripped it up, flushed some of it, chewed some bits up!

So the block is permanent I guess. I feel a bit panicky!

Oregon

Thank you twirly x

twirly09

I got to admit, for my block i havent destroyed the password, but i have left it at home (and im now at uni!) I just figure one day i may need to uninstall it. Not for gambling purposes. But i put it on a few weeks ago, and my computer crashed and I needed to reinstall programmes to get things working and that scared me. lol.

Rambling again. Sorry!