hey ((( Bettie )))
I’m just trying to catch up on some posts too! Never enough time in the day to accomplish what needs to be done and what I would like/love to do. I am a creative person and it’s been sooo long since I’ve had a chance to indulge that side of me. Anyway, I’m getting off track!
Your comment above:
“When I first found GT I couldn’t wait to sign in as soon as i got home and do two things. One was to see if I had a response and some good advice. The second was to keep connected and fend off gambling thoughts and urges. i am fortunate that the site was there as I feel it was God sent to me. I am not sure that I would be gamble free today if not for GT and then GA.”
I could have said those very same words. It is soooo true! I am very grateful for the connection and life saving advice this site provided to me. I so needed it and spent my free time here whenever possible. As we move on with years of recovery work under our belts ( notice I didn’t say clean time, to me a slip doesn’t take away the clean time and the hard work we put in if truly focused on a new way of life) we have evolved our lives to include other things. When we were in action the last thing that would seem like fun to us would be to have a wonderful meal with family and watch a game on tv, to have a hobby like “picking”, often with company, and selling on line. Or least of all taking road trips all over to visit new friends. I wouldn’t be thinking of learning guitar and be working on my home or taking my annual trip home to see family and friends. So it is natural I think that we perhaps stop posting as much as we have less free time. Thanks so much for posting! It reminded me how important the support from others was in my recovery.
Keep posting dear Bettie! There IS life after gambling addiction and you and your thread are part of the living proof.
talk soon,
Laura