Hi Maverick
There is nothing that says you should post in F&F and there is nothing to say you should not.
When I was in Gamanon years ago a CG from the GA room put his head round the door to tell his wife that he was going home as he had been on his own for the last hour. His wife and I were the only people in Gamanon that night and she and I asked him if he would join us for a cup of coffee, so he stayed and talked. At that time the only CG voice I had heard was the one affecting my life and I had tremendous trust issues with all that I had heard – I didn’t believe that there was an addiction to gamble, I thought it was just another lie and I was being led up another crazy path. This man told me his story without trying to excuse himself or bamboozle me and my eyes began to open to the possibility that the addiction was real but more importantly he was living proof that it could be controlled and not only that but a fantastic life was possible. He was a lovely man, he had a lightness of spirit about him, he empathised with me as nobody else had done, he was different to anybody else I knew at that time, his honesty was mind-blowing and he was easy to talk to and understand – in fact the opposite of everything I had expected.
That evening and that man have stayed in my thoughts ever since. Happily, that man was to be only the first of many CGs I have had the pleasure of knowing who have fought for a life free of addiction and won. The addiction can be controlled and kept down with determination and wonderful, fruitful, special lives can be lived as a result. Knowing that keeps me here on this site.
Your post to an F&F member reminded me of that evening in Gamanon when a man shared with me and made a difference. You didn’t intrude in F&F; you posted to another person who, like you, doesn’t want the addiction to gamble in her life.
Nobody can know when a true recovery begins but begin they do and a true recovery only has to be begun once – I wish you well you Maverick – I know you can do this.
As always
Velvet
