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Great poem Oasis
Hi Danny and welcme. You are of course welcome in any of the other groups we have here as well 🙂
I’m a CG myself and here is somethign I have learnt – if we wait until we are struggling before we use support then it is often too late!! You went to Gordon House to help you stop gambling, now keep using support to maintain recovery and make it less of a truggle. keep posting and maybe I will see you in a group soon.
Hi James. I’m here in the groups for the next couple of hours if you are able to talk. Well done on getting out of tonights poker game. Why not tell your firend you have decided to stop gambling? Otherwise you will continue to gt the invites and the temptation that goes with them.
When it comes to the online sites, again well done on self exclusion and on planning to renew that exclusion. How about getting a blocker for your PC though? Again it removes the temptation of ending a ban or finding another site. If you are unable to connect to one of the groups here, though the time of your last post was less than 1/2 an hour before my first group this evening, maybe see if you can connect to the live one to one helpline? I don’t know what the time difference is where you are but some of your earlier posts today would ahve been made while that helpline was open.
Keep posting and hopefully I will talk to you in a group soon.
Great poem Vera. Though of course if it isn’t a happy ending, well it doesn’t have to be the ending 🙂
Great poem Vera. Though of course if it isn’t a happy ending, well it doesn’t have to be the ending 🙂
Hi Mike, good to see you posting. Hopefully see you in a group again soon.
Hi Jilly, Thanks for the update. It was great to read.
A little sadness? No doubt. That little bit of sadness comes with, I hope, a big chunk of happiness, hope and excitement about what comes next.
Use this site as much as you like on your journey or just pop in from time to time with another update. Take care.
Hi Raj and welcome.
I am a compulsive gambler. Why? No idea really, the important question for me wasn’t – why? It was – what am I going to do about it?
For me that was getting to GA meetigns, putting barriers in place, being honest with family etc.
There is a lot of financial support/advice out there. Lots of options from bankruptcy through to repayment plans, with lots in between. Get that advice and support, Im sure if you connect to the Helpline here they will be able to give you some useful links to look at to help you do so.
What then? Unless you address the addiction then any financial solution will be short lived. As Compulsive Gamblers we have the tendency to climb out of one whole only to start digging anotehr one, usually deeper!
Yes teh finances do have to be addressed but keep posting and tell us about the steps you are taking to address your gambling addiction, the barriers you can put in place to stop this happening again.
One day at a time.
Hi C Noel, well done on coming here and posting honestly and promptly about what happened.
Did you talk to your parents? Maybe show them this site, there is a Friends and family forum that they might find helpful.
Have you asked them to help you with some barriers? I’m sure they would go with you as moral support when you self exclude from that casino. Financial accountability will aslo make you less able to do the same thing next pay day.
What are your thoughts on GA now? After what’s happened maybe “….plan to attend sometime this month…” could change to “as soon as possible”?
Keep posting and let us know what positive steps you are taking.
Hi Jack, stay strong.
If you need to talk then I’m in the group right now and for the next couple of hours.
Hi Paul and welcome to the Forum. Im glad that recovery seems to be treating you well, maybe start your own threada in the My Journal Froum. You can tell us about the positive things that are in your life now away from gambling.
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Hello and thanks for starting a thread in the Gambling Therapy forums
Here at Gambling Therapy we pride ourselves on being a caring and diverse online community who can help and support you with the difficulties youre currently facing. We understand that this might be a tough time for you, particularly if youre new to recovery, so come here as often as you need to and participate in the forums, access online groups and connect to the live advice helpline if you need one to one support. Were in this together!
Here on the forum you can share your experiences in a safe, supportive and accepting environment. The beauty of writing it all down is that you can take your time and you will be creating a record of your progress that you can look back on if it ever feels like youre not moving forward. So, share as much or as little as you like but do try to stick to keeping just one thread in this forum so people know where to find you if they want to be updated on your progress or share something with you.
And on that note….
Im going to hand you over to our community because Im sure they will have some words of wisdom for you 🙂
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Well done on your gamble free time Jack. One day at a time can achieve great things.
Well done on your honesty Micky. What things might have stopped you placing a bet on Sunday? Learn from what has happened and make it harder for it to happen again. keep posting, one day at a time.
Hi Danielle and welcoem to the Forums. You have already had some good advice here, I’m sure you will also have been reading about some of the things that have helped others. What positive thigns can you apply to your own situation? keep posting and let us know what steps you can put in place.
