• Phoenix posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 1 years, 1 months ago

    Well I keep trying to have a day 1 without gambling and having to reset. I self excluded from a lot of apps and currently all are maxed on limits I set for myself or self excluded. This has become a habit while watching TV, it’s ridiculous. I came clean a few months ago and stopped for a few months and started up again. I promised my husband I would never go back or relapse, which looking at this now was a really hard thing to promise. I really thought I was done. We started to build some money in the bank and I already bet away all the extra we were holding. Just when we started to climb out. He hasn’t caught what I have done in the last 15 days, and I can’t tell him. But still I’m really upset with myself for self excluding and not being able to play today. Active addiction. I hate to post this for those of you in recovery, but it’s just where I’m at. Self-exclusion will expire for different apps at different times, but every time it opens I lose hundreds more. The worst part is the things my kids can’t do or have because I wasted our extra, and sometimes even more. I have got to get a handle on this and get to that Day 1.

    • Hi Phoenix.
      You are trying and God knows it’s not easy to stay away. Especially in the onset of trying to stop gambling. I have found as time has gone on it gets much easier to stay away. I can go along time without thinking about it or having any urges. It did take sometime for me to get here.
      You could possibly consider getting Gamban chose your length of time. It blocks pretty much every site there is online and it also blocks the ads which is nice. A person doesn’t need those reminders when they are trying too stop. ❤️

    • Id highly recommend installing Gamban app on your devices. Its about 50/60 dollars a year, but it will save you much more. God bless.