Hi JK, well done on another week of not gambling and normality. I hope you don’t mind me commenting on your above post. I agree that a mental BAN ( I don’t gamble anymore ) is a very important part of recovery. But i also feel that for a lot of people it takes barriers to break the cycle. Many have tried the will power thing and failed many many times creating so much destruction. I wanted those barriers as I was afraid of myself, and wanted a just in case safety net. True, I probably could have figured out a way to gamble a small amount once I was gamble free for a year or two, but I didn’t want to. My early barriers were pretty rock solid. The good thing is that people can come here and read about what worked for different people. There are some that can’t put barriers in place and there only options are to make it a little more difficult and to put in place a mental ban. It is good that they see it can be done too. Take care,
Laura
