I’m still gamble free. I appreciate and am grateful for this day and this forum. I am here to reaffirm that nothing has been taken away from me by not gambling. Therefore there is nothing for me to reclaim by gambling. Gambling sucked the life out of me. I gambled to forget and to mask and to not have to face my problems. Gambling only multiplied my problems.
Now I recognize I have problems, and acknowledge them. I understand that it is perfectly normal to have problems. I am imperfect in many ways, and I am learning to accept that. I say “It’s OK” to myself a lot, because quite often I have a hard time really believing it’s OK. I try to reassure myself, because in the end, my worries and angst are rarely a true picture of what really happens. But I still worry. A lot. It’s not completely rational, but I do it anyway.
Enough rambling for today. Another gamble free day in the books.