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Morning Jon,

A hash slap to the face, but i appreciate that. Your right they are at the end of the day excuses, taking responsibility for the fact i gave into temptation is something i need to accept.

Barriers are also not always going to be there to defend me, they are helpful but on reflection i guess i have become to reliant on them and got lax to the gambling addiction itself.

But i can only try harder

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Sorry to hear you too have relapsed DNcanada, it is very difficult when we as addicts are trying to overcome our obstacles and we are still bombarded every day to keep gambling through media, junk email, etc

I too regularly recieve emails promoting bonuses on sites i have self-excluded from, when you have the temptation being dangled in front of you on a daily basis it is even more difficult to get back on track isn’t it.

But be persistent, as i have been told me, relapse is all part of the journey towards being free, you have said you managed 3 weeks cold turkey, you fell at a hurdle but look at the positives, you managed to make it almost a month, you done that, no one else, you and you can beat that record, i’de be a liar if i said it won’t happen again too, it will but you learn something new every time and with time you will be in control, so head up we are all in this together.

Also in the UK we have independent organisations that can consolidate debts and will agree on an amount you can afford to pay them which they will distribute between your debts until your debt free, where you are based maybe look into seeing if something similar exsists. My 2 cents.

Good luck ??

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