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Hi Lizbeth –
30 months isn’t so long – imagine being debt free- and all your income being just for you to spend how you wish! You can do do this.
Well done on your assertiveness- I am going to keep that line in mind .
Sounds like you had a pretty idyllic Christmas – so happy for you

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Hi Tina
Well done not using gambling to escape the tension.
You have come such a long way – I hope Christmas went well for you and your herb pot presents worked out well.
Keep posting !

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Hi Laura

I hope Christmas day went really well.
I hope the pain didn’t last all day .
It’s great that you feel so free form gambling and can live in the moment without those torturous thoughts
Looking forward to your next post to hear how it all went
Xx

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Very strong and moving poem Mav.
Also very sad.
The positive thing is that we can all stop today, stay stopped and start to create the lives we want to live.
We can do that today by making the right choices .
Don’t give up Mav- all of us on here have messed up .
Hard though it is – brush yourself down and start again.
Thinking of you.

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Hi Laura
Christmas wa absolutely perfect .
I rediscovered that I love entertaining and I love having my house nice – new throws and cushions – decorations some which are decades old and given to me by various people – memories – thoughtful presents , silly presents and laughter – a mishmash of ages and opinions – couldn’t have been more perfect .
Very hard work preparing – but so worth it .

My son was thrilled with his gifts- it was so great to see the surprise on his face , and I was so touched by his gratitude . He is growing into the most lovely young man ( yes I am biased !) and was so helpful to me and looked after the guests so well.

I am still blissfully happy- it kinda reminds me that have to work to enjoy the rewards in life – days of cleaning, painting , shopping paid off.

I kinda feel like I want to do it all again- I think I might host a get togetejr for friends .

I thought of you today – I had a n early visitor who followed me all over the house – the sitting room where empty bottles and dirty plates lay all over the place , the dining room which had the remnants of last night’s meal and finally the kitchen , which had yesterday’s washing up sitting unwashed ! Oh and of course my lovely cushions and throws were lying on the ground because my son had so sleep on sofa. I just couldn’t muster the energy to do it all last night ! It came into my head. “I have been Laura’d” lol!

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the Christmas season and thank you to all my friends and staff on GT without whose encouragement I could never have come this far xx

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Mav,
Thank you for your kind comments and your sincerity – u could come along to some of the groups for chat – we often meet at the first group regardless of language if they are empty .
It might help to chat .

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Surviving- but happy !
Kinda feeling this will be my year !
So pleased to read of your progress !
Keep thinking of u and your new clothes – and I tell myself that can be me !

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Thank you everyone for your supportive posts.
I am in the “Christmas overwhelm”!
So much to do-guests coming tomorrow.
They probably don’t mind what way things are but I like everyone to have a special Christmas – it always starts with good humoured jokes about how tidy my house is!

Micky the minute Christmas is over I am going to do a calendar and make the days in green – Great idea and very visual .
Kathryn I am so pleased my post let you know how helpful your posting here is – Every day when I read how people like you and Laura are doing – I feel such hope for my own future.

Over the next few days I am going to read Johnny’s thread from start to finish – it starts with him in quite a bad situation – I am the first to reply and I tell him to buy a gambling blocker – he now has over a year of gamble free time behind him and I am still giving advice to others instead of practicing what I preach.

Happy Christmas to all my friends on here – your support has seen me through some very dark times – need to run – so much to bake / cook/ prep. – I am sooo happy!

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Thank you Jonnhy for sharing this .
We all need to hear that mesage “it can be done”
Well done , congratulations and hope you have a very peaceful and happy Christmas .
Great post!

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Hi Chris’s,
How are things ?
I have been catching up on your thread .
Please keep posting- the good and the bad

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Man,
You are the kind man who picked me up not so long ago when I felt like the worse person in the world . You are definitely not the worse in the world.
I hope you have managed to get your finances sorted for Christmas .
It’s such a horrible illness -it catches us by surprise and not one of us would ever choose to have it .
I hope you have an enjoyable Christmas despite this set back .

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Bravo Lizbeth – Tako mi je drago – sada uživajte u Božiću sa svojim prekrasnim unucima. Bravo- može biti teško zatražiti pomoć, osobito financijsku, ali poduzeli ste hrabre korake koje ste trebali.

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Well done Lizbeth -I am so glad – now enjoy Christmas with your beautiful grandchildren .
Well done- it can be hard to ask for help especially financial help, but you have taken the brave steps you needed to .

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Hi Monica-
Hope all is good today with you .
I think I suggested Christians against poverty to Tina – I thought they were very well known .
I think they have lost some status (or some backing ) in the financial world because they insist on praying with people . I think we could use all the prayers we can get .
I know you head away soon so if I don’t catch you before you go have a lovely peaceful CHristmas.

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Hi Micky ,
Could you perhaps make a list of what works for you ( it might help me ).
The only time I had any really significant gamble free time was when I did a Christian online course called setting captives free.
I don’t think the course exists anymore. I had a personal mentor who got An email of my responses and he replied to me .
I haven’t been gamble free but I have definitely made a lot of progress.- it would however be great to kick it for good .
Any ideas you would like to share would be most welcome .
Xx

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