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I am sorry that you gambled. You were doing Great! Actually you still are. It was a slip and you can bounce right back. I often think I try and sabatage my happiness with gambling as punishment from all the years I gambled. Ugggh! I hate this flipping addiction and all that it takes from us. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. I am confident that you can and will get right back up and keep going strong.
Yes you can.. We have to remind ourselves how sh..ty we feel after we gamble and loose and how much better we feel after we made it through another day. Not easy but nothing worth It ever is.
Glad you are able to pay your insurance. I bet your house looks amazing with all the decorating. Enjoy your time with your freind/family. Cheers! to no desire to gamble!!!
You and me both “strange world in our heads” I am all over the place. There is one thing I know for sure though….. I never want to experience the gambling hangover over again. I guess I rather wonder about the what if’s before than after. I want to gamble but I do not want to deal with the fall out and there is only one way to do that. I have to find another interest.
I am sorry. You are young and have your whole life ahead of you. Let the child you have comming be your motivation to stop gambling. Keep comming here. Can someone take over your finances for awhile?? Can you ban yourself?? Do you have GA or Celebrate recovery meetings where you live??
I remember my black jack days…. it doesn’t matter weather it was the track, black jack, slots and cards. (Mississippi Stud, ultimatum) All the same results when we are compulsive. We will never win enough and we will always chase losses. Like you I have made a lot of money over the years work wise, (not much to show for it though) I have had a lot of really good runs. (Over 30k a handful of times) with that being said I have nothing to show for them either. I remember maybe 7 years ago or so playing at a table with a friend of mine (just someone I knew from casino). He had it reserved it and let me play. He was up over 250,000.00. I left that night and came back the next day. He was there again. He lost it all and than some. Never saw him again. I always wondered if that was the end of his gambling days. I remember being angry when people would say “I would of quit, I would never do that, blah, blah, blah. How does anyone know what they would do unless they were in his shoes. In any case just goes to show when we are compulsive no win will ever be big enough. It’s all a waste of time, energy, health and you got it.., money. I have been on the gambling roller coaster for over 25 years… lots of pain and misery and “what if’s” It is only 21 days g free for me but I am determined to live a better life. I hope you do the same. Also as you know drinking and gambling are a really bad combo. Been there done that way too many times. I guess it does not matter much because wether I am sober or straight the results are the same. I wish the best for you.
I hope you are doing even better Vera??? I have been thinking of you a lot. Sending positive thoughts and prayers your way.
Step 3 always a struggle for me. It’s so easy “surrender our will to God” yet at times I make it so hard and surrender to temptation. Temporary pleasures almost always lead to long term consequences.
Always a big problem for me. I never think of consequences until I am facing them. Not today.