I am new to the site but found the gamcare piece both interesting and useful. The truth is that my urges build up day by day and are probably not overly powerful in their selves – i.e. the compulsion to gamble doesn’t manifest itself immediately making me want to get into action straight away. Instead, I start to plan my next gambling spree and perhaps for me that is all part and parcel of my addiction – I get away from sitting with my feelings long before I make that first bet. My addict is on my shoulder all day long but I’m going to try and use the tools suggested to see if I can break the pattern & stop my addictive behaviour at a much earlier stage by not entertaining the seemingly ‘exciting’ thoughts of planning my next break out.