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Bettie . . I know how hard it is to loose a friendship. Please don’t let this drag you back to the casino. Get out, take a walk, go to the mall, go to the library, just be around people. This too shall past. You’re in my thoughts and prayers. Please stay strong…………All is well . . . NancyLearning from the past is useful. Dwelling on the past is destructive…
I think it is great that you could be so close to those machines physically and not near them mentally. You have shown us that it is possible to have fun that does not including gambling. You have come very far in just a short period of time. And you are alway so ready and willing to jump in and help others here. Thank you Larry ….All is well….Nancy
Bettie, It is important to keep busy and find other things to replace the gambling. Keep it up you are doing great…NancyLearning from the past is useful. Dwelling on the past is destructive…
Kathryn, You sound so good. Life is what you want it to be. It’s amazing isn’t it. Gambling certainly wasn’t this fulfilling. Have a great day……….NancyLearning from the past is useful. Dwelling on the past is destructive…
Hi Bette, Keep that determination. Get that cashiers check and set up those barriers. Don’t throw your retitement money in a slot trash can………..Keep strong..NancyLearning from the past is useful. Dwelling on the past is destructive…
HI Kathryn, Yes it’s me, I’m back. You can’t keep a good ole’ gal down long. I have been reading and now I am back to posting. woo hoo. It sounds like you have a full life right now. Isn’t that great? One child off to college , one off to school. WOW. Well, I know you will handle it just find and come up smellng like a rose. I too am taking RG and Minnie’s advise and trying to stay in the moment. It is a pleasant experience…. Thanks for checking up on me……NancyIf we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back………..
Hi Kathryn, Our kids went back to school last Monday. It was the coldest day of the year and the two girls were complaining that the school should have been closed. lol You are writing about a wonderful NORMAL life and I am so glad to read what you write. Hope you have a restful day……………NancyIf we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back………..
Hi Larry, Happy New Year.. I ditto everything Vera wrote… My aim is to try harder then ever this year to stay gamble free…..Nancy***An addiction is what it is. It is a hard thing, to face up to an addiction. It can take over your life. Make you do things you wouldn’t do otherwise.***
LIke RG says I think the comments will lessen in time. My husband used to call me a gamble holic because I wanted to stay at the Moose until it closed. He would go out and sleep in the truck. He hasn’t called me that in months. I feel that when they are bringing up the past, they are still hurting. Like, how could someone I love so much care more about gambling then me. It is hard for a non CG to understand. My first husband was an alcholic. I didn’t gamble back then, so I did not understand his addiction. I often said, if you love me just stop. How hard could that be. Little did I know at the time how hard it is. So as we fight this addiction, we have to learn to let go. Let go of the hurt in their words. We did it, we screwed up, but we are now trying to make amends.
Scrapple. Scrapple is a meat product shaped in a square. It is made up of all the pork meat that is left over, like pork snout. It is fried (like bacon) and I have to admit it is delicious with eggs. Sounds gross though doesn’t it. If I had not eaten it as a child, before I knew what it consisted of, I would never have touched the stuff.
You are doing so good Kathryn and your family and friends (us included) are so very proud of all you have accomplished this past 6 months………………..Your cyber friend…….Nancy***An addiction is what it is. It is a hard thing, to face up to an addiction. It can take over your life. Make you do things you wouldn’t do otherwise.***Just wanted to stop by and offer my condolences for the loss of your brother. It is especially hard to lose love ones during the holiday season. That you so much for taking the time to post on my thread. You do offer such good advise and encouragement to everyone here. Thank you. I am wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas…….Nancy***An addiction is what it is. It is a hard thing, to face up to an addiction. It can take over your life. Make you do things you wouldn’t do otherwise.***
Busy, busy, busy. Isn’t that what they say, keep to busy to think about gambling. I too have to go shopping for food today. We are all out of breakfast making stuff and since the husband will be home for 3 mornings we NEED breakfast. At least he does. He stopped at the store the other day for scrapple, came home and cooked us breakfast. This doesn’t happen often though. I am taking the two granddaughter home to spend the night so their mom can finish her shopping and wrapping. I gave her money to buy the girls gifts from me. Usually she gives me the gifts to wrap. They are still in her attic, so she said she would wrap them. Great idea. Since they each get $200.00 that’s alot of gifts to wrap. And since tomorrow is Christmas Eve and we have a dinner to go to, I would have to stuff everything in bags. So I am grateful she is going to do the wrapping. When you get a chance slow down and smell the roses… And I will smell the poinsettas…………….Merry Christmas………….Nancy***An addiction is what it is. It is a hard thing, to face up to an addiction. It can take over your life. Make you do things you wouldn’t do otherwise.***
No fair……… You sitting outside in your bikini and I am pushing the dog outside in this blizzard to go pee. Yep, we are working on our seond foot of snow. The wind gust have made the snow drifts 5 ft. high. But I am here in my home office posting and not in a casino somewhere out there in this blizzard. I did go out earlier today and was thinking about doing the snow angel thing. But damn it was cold out. So I just stomped around alittle bit in the snow (up to the top of my boots) came inside and have been reading, watching tv, and on the computer. I watched The Susan Boyle story. It was good. Oh well, don’t get a sun burn while I will try not to get a freezer burn. Love ya, Nancy…Each day is a lifetime in miniature….
Kathryn, I did exactly what RG said. I was 6 months gamble free. I got complacent and let down my guard. I gambled. I did come back here and started this journey again. I am deathly afraid of bees not spiders. I steped on a nest of yellow jackets when I was a child. The neighbors had to use baking soda and pull them off me. They were stuck to me all over, under my arms, etc. Scary and painful. Have a great day Kathryn……….Nancy…Each day is a lifetime in minature….
I’m so happy for you and Brea. You both have worked hard to accomplish this. She is an amazing daughter. You have a right to be proud…………..Nancy
Thank you Larry for your words of widom on my thread. They are much appreciated. You showed me that I can still offer encouragement even when I thought I had nothing to give…….NancyThere is magic all around us. All we need do is stop and take notice. There is no charge for admission. You don’t need any special equipment. The good Lord provides us with this incredible spectacle each day. All we have to do is show up for it…….