As idi said, don’t feel you can’t post if you slip up, we have all been there!
We are here to support you through thick or thin, no judgement. None of us are perfect, it’s when we are slipping that we need others around to keep us steady. Don’t beat yourself up, learn from it and move on.
As for the venues, it’s been 8.5 years since I first found GT and did my first self exclusion. I still find it uncomfortable going to my old ‘haunt’. It’s a golf club and very occasionally we have been out there for dinner with family or friends.
One time (I’m a smoker) I had to walk through the gaming area as the other access was locked and I didn’t want to make a scene finding and asking someone to unlock it ( I do my exclusions there, and I have since pointed this out to the club)
It was a 15 step walk through, and I was sick the whole time! This was about 4 years ago, I avoid that place as much as I can, even though I am excluded from gambling there. It’s not a place of joy for me, quite the opposite! It’s not just you!
So, in signing off, you have done amazingly well, look at how much you have achieved in such a short time. Remember that my friend, the addiction will try and pull you back in, keep doing what you’re doing, it’s working!!!
With love and my best Christmas wishes,
Kathryn xx
