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Hey Katheryn,
glad to finally make it here and catch up with you. I’ll wish you a better late than never personal HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
I have spent alot of my free time with my youngest son this weekend and this is the first time I logged on the computer all day. It kills me that one of the things I enjoy the most, being on this site, causes my back to ache. But, at least I can still use it so I will try not to complain too much!
You are making me longgg for summer days on the beach. It will likely be 5 or 6 months before I will be able to enjoy that pleasure. I don’t think I was meant to live in a land where winter lasts almost 6 months. But then again I don’t think I was meant to live in a land with mammoth spiders, scary snakes and crocodiles. I need to find somewhere in between I think.
Glad you enjoyed your New Year’s Eve with your sister and the little ones. That is truly what life is for. All the best in 2010.
take care,
LauraHey Kathryn,
popped in to catch up. Sorry you had such a hurtful day the other day. As you are planning conversations with your daughter and bestie I’m assuming that is where the comments came from. Sounds like you have it all under control though. Another thing to be proud of. It’s funny how us CG’s need to walk such a tight rope. We are advised not to dwell on the past. That guilt (or is it shame?) is very close to self pity. But yet don’t forget the past completely and the damage that it wrought. Live one day at a time and don’t think ahead too far, unless that involves financial planning and barriers. Hmmm confused yet? I am lol. Guess what I’m trying to say is good for you for not letting it keep you down for long. You are balancing on this tightrope of recovery very well and should be darn proud of yourself.
I probably won’t get to see much of you in group, I’m working four mornings a week now and it’s getting hard to get on and get out the door on time. Not to mention a little thing called sleep. But I will keep in touch in the forum and will bump into you again one of these days. Take care, hope your favourite patient is feeling better.
lauraHi Larry,
thinking of you as I sit here with a cup of coffee in hand this morning. GT is now part of my morning ritual. On work days it may only be for a few minutes, spend reading or in group chat, but it has become my second home. So glad you are part of my GT family. How did it go over Christmas? When I see your daily pledge I know all is well. Take care Larry. You are in my thoughts.
LauraHi Kathryn,
I have had a chance to read your Christmas post and your boxing day post. Firstly, you are so right, you have given yourself the best Christmas gift ever, and by giving to yourself you were then able to give a special Christmas gift to your family. You were able to bring them all together in a special celebration of love and life. The best gift they could have gotten . These past six months could have turned out so different, but they didn’t. Thank God! All the more reason to cherish what you have. And, if something is on your mind, it is worth sharing. Sometimes just getting things out here are enough to give that release of pressure that lets us get back to where we want to be. Huggggggs Kathryn. Thank-you for sharing with us and thanks for all of your support. Oh, and this is a little late getting back to you, but, no I didn’t think that you were avoiding me. I tend to get a little insecure by times, but I am working on that along with the rest of my recovery. It seems I have just a few character flaws lol. But I guess they are part of what makes me me. Hope you enjoy the rest of your holidays. It has been a pleasure knowing you in 2009. Look forward to getting to know you better in 2010.
LauraHello Kathryn,
didn’t have a chance to ready your post above about your Christmas day, I want to do that when I have a chance to sit and enjoy lol. I am inbetween turkey dinners and it is time to leave for round 2! Sorry I didn’t get a chance to stay at group today, I knew that as soon as I sat down my son would wake up. Didn’t help that our 60 pound dog came flying downstairs with me and jumped on the pull out with my son, lol. Anyway, will catch up with you soon. Take care and have a lovely day.
lauraHi Larry,
I stopped by wish you a Merry Christmas and catch up on your thread. I have just read about your brother’s passing and am so sorry to hear of this. God bless you and the rest of his family at this difficult time. I think others have said it all, but I will repeat some of it because it bears repeating. Thankfully your brother’s tough love helped you steer your course. And thankfully that course brought you here. We all benefit greatly from your presence and participation in this forum. It is wondeful that you too find benefit from being here. Your support has been such a comfort to me, and I’m sure many others. I am happy that you are succeeding one day at a time.
I wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and hope you have a holiday season filled with peace and joy. All the best to you and yours.
Take care,
LauraHi Kathryn,
you are probably now in the middle of your gift wrapping marathon lol.
Take care,
Laura
I wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and hope you have a holiday season filled with peace and joy. All the best to you and yours. Enjoy your day, it is as much a celebration of your gambling free life as it is of Christmas.Hi Kathryn,
just catching up. It’s wonderful that you are soooo excited about Christmas this year. So much better than stressing because the christmas money was donated to the slot machines. I’m still trying not to overdo it, so short notes from me over the next few days. I may try and catch the late night group tonight if I can stay awake. I was up til 1:15am last night, so not like me either. Take care and keep enjoying that anticipation of Christmas with your family.
LauraHey Kathryn,
I think it is Friday morning for you, still Thursday evening for me. Wanted to stop in and wish you a good day and see if there were any more updates on your pet spider. Have you given him a name yet? How bout Harry lol. Just don’t get them confused and squash the wrong one.
I’ve had a fairly relaxing day finally. Slept in a bit. Caught a group chat here today. Went for physio this afternoon and ran a couple of quick errands. Spent some quality time with hubby and now I get to spend some time reading and posting. Everyday should be a day off lol.
Well, not much else new with me. Oh, but now that I think about it. I overcame a small urge today. I received a Christmas cheque in the mail, for $800. It was for $200 each for myself, my husband and our two kids. I had to take it to the bank and cash it and bring home $600 for everyone else’s shares. I left mine in the bank. When I had $600 cash in my itchy little hands I had a little surge of excitement, like I used to when I’d take a wad of cash out to gamble. But I tucked that thought away, I’d be found out very quickly if i gambled everyone’s christmas money. And then I drove home. I forgot all about the money in my wallet, never even gave it to everyone when I got home. Just remembered it now, lol. I will have to give it everyone right away! So no more temptation.
Well, going to do some more reading and posting (once I hand out the cash stash lol). Have an awesome gamble free day Kathryn. Take good care,
lauraHi K,
finally having a chance to catch you with you. And wouldn’t you know I’ve missed important events. Great bounding husbands and scary hairy spiders lol. I’m glad Damian apologized. I think you are right, pick your time and discuss finances. It has taken 20 years but now that my accountant (aka mom) is helping with my budget and we keep going over, my hubby has started to take an interest. He is actually participating in cost saving ventures such as putting on a pot of coffee instead of going to the drive through.
Now, your great creepy hairy spider is giving me the shivers all the way over here. I am petrified of spiders, even the small ones. I probably would have crashed the car. You brave brave woman to get back into it. I will probably never make it to Australia for the very fact that you have spiders as big as your head lol. Not to mention snakes, alligators, crocodiles, and all sorts of other wonderfully dangerous creatures. I hope your adventures with the spider are over. Although you can always take Harry’s suggestion and wear a bee keepers suit lol.
Anyway, I’m off to a group chat at Safe Harbour. Take care and talk to you soon,
LauraCongrats to Brea Katheryn. Sounds like she has been working really hard and deserves her reward. Proud mom must have been doing something right . We are so quick to blame ourselves for the wrongs we’ve done, we should take a little pride and credit when things go right. Have a great day!
LauraCongratulations Larry on reaching this mile stone ODAAT.
So glad that I have found GT and have met such woderful caring people with which to share our journeys of recovery.
May you have a happy gamble free day.
lauraHi Kathryn,
First off, Congratulations on your six months, wohoooooooooo, you’ve come a long way girl.
I’m glad you enjoyed the food (dessert sounds down right decadent) if not completely the company . You are right, we can’t save the world and it is up to each person to decide if they have a problem. I know that someday I will be able to say I am a recovering CG with pride but it is very early days for me and some people are just downright condescending. My fragile new RCG self just can’t deal with other peoples attitudes. So far I have picked and chosen well who I share my "secret" with. Now my husband is another story. He decided to confide in my in-laws. My MIL has a big mouth and lives in my same small town. I am getting some vibes from people that I would not have chosen to share with. But, it’s not worth the confrontation to tell my MIL what I think and in reality she is only sharing the truth about me. Just annoyed that it was my truth and I should decide who it’s shared with.
So I am VERY proud of you for walking right out of there tonight. With your six months (wohoooooo) under your belt. You deserved that decadent dessert, lol. Good for you for picking the right reward for yourself, dessert not gambling.
Hope you survive the visit with the MIL. Take good care of yourself and enjoy your sparkling bathroom and spotless oven lol.
Talk to you soon,
LauraHi Kathryn,
sorry to hear about your niggling thought. But as you say, it is out of your control. For the most part I try not to worry about something until I know I have something to worry about. It’s just those things with really emotional ties that tend to throw my good sense out the window. Do your best to keep busy and not worry.
I’m praying that you have absolutely no urges tomorrow. That you have a lovely dinner and a lovely time with your co-workers. I’m sure you can walk right out of there when you are done. I play in a dart league once a week at my former local hangout. For the most part I don’t even have to see the machines. But last week I had to park out in a different lot so came in through the other entrance. I did look at them for a little while. But I found myself looking at the people playing them more than the machines themselves. Looking for signs of CG in them maybe, lol. It was just a bit strange to me, watching them watch the machines in facination. I only take 2 dollars with me, enough for a little snack only.
I’ve been really busy lately. I’ve been off on Tuesdays and Thursdays when the group meetings are at 5am and 6am my time, ugh. Please forgive me if I decide to sleep through them lol. Take care, hope you had a good time shopping with your mom.
LauraHi K,
amazing how we can make such a change once we have finally decided enough is enough. Glad your oven is sparkling, care to come do mine? Have a great day girl.
Laura