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  • Makeachange
    Makeachange Posts: 962 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    laurag89 wrote: »
    Hello :)

    Well done on being 9 months clean of gambling that is a brilliant achievement in itself!

    So excited to follow your debt free journey :) *subscribed*

    Thank you so much! Its been a challenge and i think if i had worried about money during the time i wouldnt have achieved it. Now i am really focused on changing my life :)

    I just can't wait to get paid next week so i can smack some more off this debts :D
    I WILL GET THERE.
  • laurag89
    laurag89 Posts: 728 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    I feel exactly the same, I get paid next week also and it cannot come quick enough so that I can pay some more off! :)
    Total debt to pay: £14,071.41/ Remaining debt: £12,884.12: Amount Paid: £1,187.29

    Survey xmas 2018 savings: £10 / £150
  • Makeachange
    Makeachange Posts: 962 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    laurag89 wrote: »
    I feel exactly the same, I get paid next week also and it cannot come quick enough so that I can pay some more off! :)

    Do you have a diary too? i'd like subscribe :D we can follow each others journeys :D
    I WILL GET THERE.
  • laurag89
    laurag89 Posts: 728 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Thank you for finding my diary :)

    Hopefully we can help each other beat this debt! :)
    Total debt to pay: £14,071.41/ Remaining debt: £12,884.12: Amount Paid: £1,187.29

    Survey xmas 2018 savings: £10 / £150
  • Makeachange
    Makeachange Posts: 962 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    laurag89 wrote: »
    Thank you for finding my diary :)

    Hopefully we can help each other beat this debt! :)

    Thank you :D and you're welcome. After i asked you i thought hang on.....i can go look myself :rotfl:
    I WILL GET THERE.
  • Makeachange
    Makeachange Posts: 962 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Made another payment today on 2 of my debts (very and natwest)
    new total £9055.76.
    I WILL GET THERE.
  • stuartJo1989
    stuartJo1989 Posts: 461 Forumite
    You going to GA weekly?

    Gambling is a terrible illness and I've found that GA helps to arrest it. 5 months clean this month all thanks to GA
  • laurag89
    laurag89 Posts: 728 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Makeachange wrote: »
    Made another payment today on 2 of my debts (very and natwest)
    new total £9055.76.

    Woohoooo :) bet that felt great to see that total coming down!

    Your doing so well, just keep going.
    Total debt to pay: £14,071.41/ Remaining debt: £12,884.12: Amount Paid: £1,187.29

    Survey xmas 2018 savings: £10 / £150
  • Makeachange
    Makeachange Posts: 962 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    stuartJo1989 wrote: »
    You going to GA weekly?

    Gambling is a terrible illness and I've found that GA helps to arrest it. 5 months clean this month all thanks to GA

    no ive done it cold turkey basically on my own :( only a couple friends know
    I WILL GET THERE.
  • Makeachange
    Makeachange Posts: 962 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    laurag89 wrote: »
    Woohoooo :) bet that felt great to see that total coming down!

    Your doing so well, just keep going.

    it really is. im just itching for it to be payday. roll on friday :)
    I WILL GET THERE.
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