The Trigger Map — Free Printable
The Trigger Map — Free Printable
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One page from the 120-page Gambling Recovery Journal — the page that does the most work, given away whole.
The trigger map asks you to name the twenty minutes before the bet rather than the bet itself: the when, the where, the who, the feeling underneath, and one thing you will do instead. Four pages in total, including a short page on how to fill it in.
Print it. Fill it in badly. Nobody has to see it.
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If you are in a bad hour right now
Read what to do in the next hour first. The map can wait until tomorrow.
Other things written here
- How to make a gambling trigger map — the four-column method, and what to do about the triggers you cannot avoid.
- How to stop gambling: the first seven days — blocking access, the real number, and why week two feels worse than week one.
- The first ninety seconds of an urge — writing the plan in advance, for the only part that matters.
- Gambling debt in the UK: what to do first — who to ring, and why never to pay for debt management.
- How to tell your partner how much you have actually lost — working out the number, and the first hour afterwards.
- Someone you love is gambling — for partners and families.
The full structure sits in The Gambling Recovery Journal — 120 pages, including the self-exclusion checklist, the financial reset spread and the weekly check-ins.
Support, free and staffed:
National Gambling Helpline: 0808 8020 133 (free, 24/7)
GAMSTOP — blocks every licensed site in Britain: gamstop.co.uk
GamCare — free counselling: gamcare.org.uk
A printable page is not treatment. If today is difficult, make the call before you print anything.
A journal is no substitute for help. National Gambling Helpline — 0808 8020 133. Free, 24 hours, and they have heard it all before.