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Hi Marriot! I can so relate to what you said about belonging to a "society" that needed me and my money. I honest to God felt that I was depriving the casinos and the vlts of money when I started recovery. How insane is that!!! Like I owed them to keep gambling. It is part of the insanity of this disease! Carole
Hey Cat!! My plan is to have 2013 be a gamble free year, a day at a time. I’ve got 2 days this year under my belt so far! LOL! Only 352 more days to go! Carole
Dear (((Cat)))! I sent you an email but don’t know if you got it. When do you go back to work?? Maybe you could call me when it’s a good time for you and we could chat. Carole
Dear (((Vera)))! No news from you is not a good thing usually! Hope you’re well physically and emotionally! Wishing you a year of peace of mind and many blessings. I wish you’d post so that we know if you’re OK. Carole
Happy, Happy Birthday (((Nelly)))! Seaworld sounds like a lovely place to spend your 40th birthday! Carole
Dear (((Larry)))! That’s the kind of things I love to be a part of, self-directed dance and musical performances by grandkids. It’s always so cute! Or activities they have planned for when I’m coming over there to look after them. My daughter was taking part in a cookie exchange and the last 12 cookies she baked, it took her about 15 minutes to ice and decorate each one of them. She goes upstairs to shower and comes back downstairs, to find her almost 4 year old, with green icing on her face, and holding three cookies in her hand. My granddaughter initlally denied eating any of the cookies, even though the "evidence" was all there. She had eaten 9 of the cookies already and had the last three in her hand. Her excuse was that she was "very hungry." Even though it’s naughty, I love hearing stories like that. It’s probably good I didn’t drink margaritas, as it was, I partially climbed down the bank where the crocodile was sunning itself, just to get a better look, and threw a stick at it, hoping it would move. My father-in-law was not impressed as there are no barriers to the crocs in the river, other than staff that stand there 24/7 making sure the crocs down’t come up the bank and attack hotel guests. Another three drinks and I would have thought that I could ride the crocodile in the river. That’s why I seldom drink- it makes me stupid!! Carole
Dear (((icandothis)))! I’m thinking of you and your brother, and hoping that the tests go well and that your brother can have his surgery. Carole
Dear (((SG)))! I’m sorry to hear that you have had two significant losses so close to each other. First losing your dog and now having your car repossessed. It’s important to feel and express the grief attached to these events, and then to move on. You will make recovery work for you, and who knows what wonderful things 2013 holds for you, as you live gamble free. Carole
Dear (((Razzabelle)))! Way to go on coming back and posting about your recovery "detour." Slips can be valuable learning lessons, and the good that came out of this situation is that you are considering blacklisting yourself. It’s a huge barrier and one that I found so helpful. One day at a time you can be gamble free. It’s a new day, new year, so a clean slate for all of us. You need to be kind to yourself today because you deserve it. Progress not perfection! Carole
Nice you got the tree down (((Bettie))). Ken L was asking about you this morning on Gamtalk. I told him you were doing good. I saw you posted on someone’s thread that you had ordered yourself another Coach purse. Way to go! I love mine. I also saw that 2013 was going to be Bettie’s year!! I hope that it is! Who knows what 2013 will bring for any of us??? Hope it’s all good! But I like your attitude anyways!! We’ve got nothing planned for tonight but who knows. Maybe we’ll go visiting grandkids! Carole
Dear (((Larry)))! Hope you had a blessed Christmas! Did you spend it with your granddaughter and her family?? Got any cute stories to share about that precious granddaughter? Carole
Dear (((Kathryn)))! it is so nice to hear that you have such a loving relationship with your mother. Alzheimer’s is such a cruel disease, especially in the later stages. That’s a lovely response you gave your mother when she was worried about what would happen when she didn’t know who you would be, due to the progression of the disease. It is difficult not to be concerned as to how this disease will progress for your mother, so I wanted to share a little story with you about my MIL’s passing. She died of pulmonary fibrosis. We all expected her passing to be traumatic, with her gasping for air. It didn’t happen that way at all. She died peacefully, not gasping for air. Family were sitting in her room chatting and then someone noticed that she had died. A lot of things happen in ways that are different than we can imagine. Enjoy your mother, one day at a time. You have been truly blessed to have had such a loving mother. Carole
Hey (((Bernie)))! It was nice chatting on the phone with you, and catching up. My Christmas decorations are always put away the day after Christmas because I’m always so glad when Christmas day has come and gone. I do know that I am DONE with having Danny’s brothers and their families over here on Christmas Day. My daughter was smart this year with her husband’s family. She asked everyone to bring two dishes of food. Even I have never had the nerve to ask my sister-in-laws to bring more than one dish. I forgot to tell you that your favorite of my granddaughters and her sister will be vacationing in Cuba in January. The 7 year old told me today that her friend’s mother had travelled to Cuba and said the food wasn’t really good. I told her that maybe they would just have to eat ice cream for every meal if they didn’t like the food. Talked with my oldest granddaughter and she is all settled in the house she is sharing with three other students, and she is watching repeat episodes of Glee. The other students won’t return till after New Year’s. According to N, she said that the fridge is full of beer and that there is hard booze in the freezer, and she thinks they may be big drinkers and partiers. The little girls were sad to see N move to the city, and your favorite came out to the garage and begged her sister not to go. Next time when someone asks you why you’re at the meeting, maybe say that you were wondering the same thing about them, why they were there. Going to try and organize myself in the next week, which means lots of cleaning. Carole
Dear (((Larry)))! I don’t know if you think so, but for me looking in from the outside, that 60 days sure came fast. Congratulations on another 60 days of gamble free time. Way to go!!! Carole
You opened a lawn chair and were going to stay out on the balcony? Isn’t it freezing in Chicago??? Nice that you went to your brother’s today, even though I’m sure you had a lot of work to do at your own home. That decorated historic home sounds like something I’d enjoy seeing. Do those obnoxious neighbours ever sleep?? I didn’t watch much tv coverage today as I was feeling pretty stressed out. I saw one little girl’s picture yesterday and she was a blonde angel- so beautiful and she had a beautiful giving kind spirit. My 7 year old granddaughter overheard my daughter mkaing comments about the tragedy and she asked my daughter if something had happened at a school. My daughter told her that it happened in a school far, far away. She then asked her mother if any children had died, and my daughter told her she didn’t know. I think she should have told her the truth, and reassured her that she was safe at her school. I think that the kids that know will be talking about this at school tomorrow, and she will hear that children died. It’s hard to know what the right thing is to say to your children, because as parents we want to protect them. We don’t want them to lose their innocence. The fallout and ripple effects of this one tragedy will be felt worldwide. Carole