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Morning B,
I had a quick catch up before i head off to work. PC working like crap so takes ages for pages to change etc, very frustrating. Once you get a bit of relief from the infection hopefully you will feel up to making some changes. Change seems to be so hard before you do it, but once done, it seems so much easier. Have you looked into the info i sent you for Jules? I have tried everything, patches, gum, hypnosis and nothing seemed to help. As soon as the patch wore off or the gum i still wanted a cig. It has now been 17 months since i’ve had a smoke! And I don’t want one. And to answer the question we keep smoking because of the crap they put in our cigarettes to keep us hooked good! Not to mention the psychological crutch factor. I’m focusing back on the weight now. Trying to take off the last five pounds of weight i gained quitting smoking. Then I have another 20 that is from being laid up with my injury a few years back. Baby steps though B! for you, for me, little changes at a time. The time will go by regardless and it will add up. I miss you lots and lots. Hopefully I’ll catch you for morning coffee tomorrow before you head off to work. What time again? My memory!
take care hun, love Laurahey B,
I am two hours ahead of you so will see you then! Gardens of time, that name reminds me of an online slot i used to play for fun, when i was warming up for the real ones! the music from that one has been haunting me lately. But I’m not going looking for it! I’m off to bed, checked group to see if you were still around but not B. Talk soon.
Laura xowhat time for coffee tomorrow B? I’ll set my clock! Miss ya lots
LauraHey B,
you doing ok? Miss ya ((((((((((((((((((((((( B ))))))))))))))))))))))
LauraHi Kathryn,
sorry to have missed you this morning! Your upcoming long weekend seems lovely and well deserved! Reading your post makes me finally understand how I was living in the "dream world" of a gambler. As I was never one dreaming about big bailout win, (the games i played didn’t have such a thing), i couldn’t understand how this applied to me. Now I do, I must have been living in some kind of dreamworld to think i could put 100’s even thousands of dollars a week into a slot machine and still afford to support my family! Madness! So truly well done K on doing what needs to be done and then rewarding yourself in a healthy way. Wish I could come along on that trip to Sydney. I am picturing it now! Have a good short week at work and talk to you soon.
xo LauraBettie my friend, i too am so proud of you! It is amazing how the days and improvements add up. Our self esteem grows, our bills shrink and life begins to take on a new normal. I’m grateful to know you B and look forward to another year as sisters in recovery, ODAAT of course!
Wohooooooooooooooo B!!!!
Congrats on your 1 year gamble free
xo luv LauraHey Bettie,
sorry i missed you this morning. Hope you are feeling better B. If you are working out take it slow. Not sure if working out with bronchitis is recommended!??
Not much to say here either B but wanted you to know i was by to check on you. ((( Bettie ))) Feel good.
LauraDear Larry,
you have been a most important part of my recovery since I began posting in November, 2009. You shared the good times and the bad as we began to come to grips with our addiction. Always there with some heart felt advice and sometimes the needed words of comfort. It seems that many "recovery old timers" seem to dissapear from this site around two years of clean time. There are several theories as to why, moving on maybe, living life to the fullest hopefully. I know that there are many that go on to live gamble free ODAAT for the rest of their lives and i silently wish them all well. I cannot picture GT without your presence, that means so much to so many. You have been an inspiration Larry, and I know you have been inspired too. I am a very proud of you and will always be your sister in recovery. Well done on 2 years gamble free!!!!!!!!!
Luv Laura xoxoGood morning K,
you are off to bed likely! Seems I have been missing you a lot lately. Not a whole lot new and exciting for me. Just trying to get rid of darn neck pain. It is somewhat better but don’t think I’ll be doing and gymnastics any time soon! Haha as if. I’m soooooo happy for you! Finding out you will be out of debt in one year is awesome! I’m a tad jealous but very very glad for you. You deserve it. You have worked really hard on your recovery and it will be nice to have real dreams, not fantastical fake gambling ones. I hope I can start catching you soon. I’m going to have to start setting the alarm clock lol.
take care my friend. xo
Lauragood morning Larry (c) Still on my first coffee so a little short of words. Reaching out for help in a time of need is so important. Having a list handy of those you can call if struggling with urges can be a life saver. How do you get a list of people to call? Attend a GA meeting. These seem like such simple and obvious answers to me now. But how i struggled with that while i was still gambling. Thanks for sharing your journey, your struggles. And I look forward to the 13th! Good work my friend.
take care,
LauraWell dear Kathryn,
the weekend is over for you. But I’ll do my best to make group tomorrow as I’m on vacation wohoooooo! Depends on whether my beauty rest decides i need more help tomorrow and i zzzzzzzzzzzzzz through it. Talk soon i hope and don’t work too hard. Hope you guys are back to your full compliment at work!
xoxo bye for nowmorning miss B,
I see I have just missed you! Hopefully you were able to get back to sleep. I’m up a little earlier today. Thank god I established some better rituals like GT with my morning coffee. Seems busy days have kept me away from that ritual but some vacation time should hopefully remedy that! The date. Hmmmm. Self fulfilling prophecy?
Well I see you decided on the coffee 🙂 LOL be right there
xoGood morning K, or it is for me, getting ready for work. I’m feeling rather exhausted these days too and seems i always have a list of things to do looming ahead of me. But, getting ready to have a month off. And I feel I need it. It seems some of us semi oldies are in the same place. Busy juggling real life and for once our gambling is not adding to the problem! Thank God! I could only imagine the major stress i would be feeling right now if i was still trying to juggle massive high interest gambling debt with where i was going to find the money for my next fix to get the heck away from all the problems and the drama. Brea has a mom who is there with the required shoulder to cry on. Little Harry has mom around to tuck him on the couch or snuggle with. And most important our minds are present and not busy plotting. So I agree with RG, as soon as a good opportunity presents you deserve a little holiday. I am thinking of doing the same. Money is a bit of an issue but i’m determined to find something! Even a couple of interesting day trips. Sometimes I think to the person that is just starting on this recovery journey we must seem a right bore. But part of our recovery is learning to deal with responsibility better. So here we are a couple years into this journey and i don’t know about you, but i’m still learning. Is this what they call life long learning??? Well girl, I must run, time to get ready. Hope you are sleeping well! Lucky duck, its already Friday night for you! Sweet dreams.
Laura xoGood Morning Larry,
I missed your post of July 4th so have just enjoyed having a read with my coffee. We had not had coffee together in a while so wanted to stop by and see how things are with you. Your post allowed me to get to know you a little better. As your sister in recovery for the past year and a half or longer i treasure that 🙂 I hope you are comfortable in the heat wave you are in the middle of. I just couldn’t imagine what it feels like. I don’t know if we’ve gotten over 28 C yet this summer and usually 25 or under, going down to like 12 at night. Our weather has been cooler this year and everything that grows is way behind. Of course heat was always an excuse to go gambling for me, just want to get in some air condition, ha! Could have bought an air conditioning store lol. Now I do something healthier like go swimming at the beach or pool. ODAAT we have the power to make the next right choice. Take care of yourself in this heat, maybe an iced tea instead of a coffee today! Have a good day.
LauraMorning Bettie,
see we are both on posting away. Temperatures have come up a little, at least we are into the twenties now, but we are getting a lot of showers and the weather is just very unsettled, they don’t know what it will do from one day to the next. I was watching on TV where they were saying this is a heat sheiled affect, you are on the inside of the big heat shield which started all the way down in Texas, and I am on the outside of the shield stuck in the cooler unsettled air. Figuring it is going to be another week before the shield is punctured so to speak and the streams mix together. So that was my weather lesson I’m sharing lol, any cooler? Are you off today? I am but have an appointment later and so much to do as well. You know my famous spreadsheets! Have a good day Bettie and hope you are feeling better. Talk soon hopefully.
Laura