First of all hello and well done on looking for support.  You can stop gambling I promise you.

Now though look around the forum, there are a lot of new members here.  We always get a lot at this time of year – Christmas has just passed and, sometimes, the chit has, or is about to, hit the fan.  Presents not bought, family visits to make, expectations and oops, no money.  We will get a lot of new members in the next few weeks as well, all those New Year resolutions etc

The thing is though, the pain dulls, memories fade, we get paid again and the urges will return.  That’s when you need to be still using support.  That unfortunately is when some of the new members will drift away and return to gambling.  Just check around this time last year and you will see what I mean.  The way I look at it is – if we need help to stop gambling then we should keep using support to maintain recovery, keep posting here, get to GA meetings or whatever.

Now look around the forum again, all those new members.  If there is only ONE of you still posting and enjoying life this time next year… well just make sure it’s YOU.

I will set this as a “sticky” for a couple of weeks so that it doesn’t sink too quickly down the forum – when you start a thread then keep posting so that yours doesn’t either.