• Serenity posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 12 months ago

    Today marks 50 days bet free for myself.
    I had gambled for about 6 years. Such a huge mistake. Six months in I really felt gambling wasn’t good for myself. Casino and online slots.
    In the past six years I had banded myself from the casinos I self excluded online. For online I went back once my three year self exclusion was up. Always playing but in the same breath wanted to stop.
    I didn’t want to stop badly enough. I was fooling myself.
    This round is really different for me gambling has hurt me badly enough that I don’t want to go back.
    Finally to the point of realizing it’s 100% up to myself to keep true to the fact that I don’t want to gamble.
    I really only went to one or two FA meetings had I stuck it out possibly it would have been easier to stop. The distance was really what prevented me from going.
    Anyways welcome to our new people here.
    Not gambling gets a lot easier to stop the longer a person stays away. I hope we can all be in the place we’d like to be gamble free!

    • Congratulations way to go you must feel more grounded and lighter and your spirit

      • Thank you Steve.
        Feeling grounded is a good word. I do feel more sure of myself and confident that I am able to do the right thing for myself.

    • That’s great! Way to go. Thank you for being such an inspiration!