21-04-2010, 02:05 PM
Hi ya
Just read your post. You mention about no longer having your debit card etc because your cant be trusted. Maybe that should be seen as a a good thing not a bad thing that you dont have your debit card because you are begginging to put barriers in place to stop the gambling which is good. Just take a small bit of money out with you that you need to the day and then there is no worries about what you could have had if you had a debit card because you still then having your money for your lunch or whatever items you need through out the day. I have only been attending GA for 4 weeks i no longer have a debit card with me but i have began to like that in a way not having it because i have not got that tempation in my pocket then during my lunch breaks etc to go of and gamble a few quid. at the end of the day what i have began to realise in the last month it aint the customer that wins its the bookies etc that are sat rubbing there hands together at the end of the day.
Just take things a day at a time mate that is what i am having to do myself because thinking 5 days ahead etc and thinking to much in advance causes me negativity. Maybe attend GA meetings or something, or try looking at the just for todays in the literature if you have previously been to GA. Just remember starting with one day at a time.
Just read your post. You mention about no longer having your debit card etc because your cant be trusted. Maybe that should be seen as a a good thing not a bad thing that you dont have your debit card because you are begginging to put barriers in place to stop the gambling which is good. Just take a small bit of money out with you that you need to the day and then there is no worries about what you could have had if you had a debit card because you still then having your money for your lunch or whatever items you need through out the day. I have only been attending GA for 4 weeks i no longer have a debit card with me but i have began to like that in a way not having it because i have not got that tempation in my pocket then during my lunch breaks etc to go of and gamble a few quid. at the end of the day what i have began to realise in the last month it aint the customer that wins its the bookies etc that are sat rubbing there hands together at the end of the day.
Just take things a day at a time mate that is what i am having to do myself because thinking 5 days ahead etc and thinking to much in advance causes me negativity. Maybe attend GA meetings or something, or try looking at the just for todays in the literature if you have previously been to GA. Just remember starting with one day at a time.