Hey I-D-I
sorry I missed chat! Dang it! PC volume was on not sure why it wasn’t making any noise when everyone was signing in and chatting! Although I spent a lot of time reading the latest posts on your thread. Lots to digest, i love Geordie’s posts as there are always lots of little nuggets of good advice and experience to dig out.
I have always held back some what on some details here at GT when it comes to my marriage and other perhaps identifying details. I live in a very small community and was always so afraid of being identified. I also wanted to be able to be honest here about recovery mistakes. I laughed a little when I read Geordie’s sentiment about “slips being a part of recovery” being a load of potatoes! I’ve probably used that one myself. lol. Yet I think sometimes its the thought behind the statement. We can’t go back and erase something. We can just look at what we can do differently to make sure it turns out differently. It sounds like this time you are making some big changes. The switch has been flicked! Week 3 Wohoo. You made it through some tough things this week. Real recovery is downright scary. It involves doing things truly outside our comfort zone. Admitting to things we’ve done that we’d rather hide out of the sunlight. Or it was for me anyway. Be proud of your success and build on it. One tool at a time. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Laura
P.S. I’m adding in that if you ever felt you couldn’t deal with everything within your GA group I wouldn’t hesitate to seek some counseling as well. I had to layer my supports. GA, GT, Gambling addictions counseling, medical support.