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Lorraine,

It’s always good to see you around and read your posts, I haven’t been around here much for one reason or another, I was just reading your recent post and your meeting you had with another recovering compulsive gambler, it is strange how other peoples actions have an effect on ourselves but yes I have to agree I am very much like you and would get upset at the way this other person reacted towards me, having said that who really knows what people are going through at that certain point in time when the meeting happens, all I do know now is “what other people think of me is there problem not mine

Lorraine I wish you all the very best in the world and hope to catch up with you very soon, take care my friend and keep fighting.

Maverick

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Hi geordie,

Just wanted to drop in and wish you my very best, I hope your mother is doing ok and likewise wish her well.

Great post by the way, I could relate to it so very much, I often think about the lengths I would go when I made the choice to gamble, some of the things I did you wouldn’t believe………but I know I wouldn’t have done them if it wasn’t for my gambling addiction, when actively gambling I would go to any lengths to fuel my addiction…………..as we both well know thats not the real us.

Take care my friend and I hope this finds you well, I read a lot on this site nowadays but don’t do much posting or sharing, perhaps I will start a new journal as I honestly believe sharing is good for the soul.

Dont work to hard Geordie and all the very best.

Maverick

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Hi Mav,

Hope you are keeping well my friend and staying strong, I don’t mind you asking at all about my real name……..my real name is Lee, hasn’t got the same ring as Maverick but hey it is what my parents called me and I with christened with it also.

I hope things are going in the right direction for you and I promise you “one day at a time” things do get better and in truth it is amazing how quick they do get better when we choose not to gamble.

I wish you all the very best in your recovery and also life, keep sharing because that is a massive part of recovery, take care and wish you well.

Maverick.

[maverick.]

I haven’t been around this way for a while but have been reading through many many posts, yours included my friend, I just wanted to wish you well and to say keep at it, I am also a compulsive gambler and have been for many years fighting hard against this addiction, all I know is when I gamble my life becomes unmanageable and when I choose recovery I become my real truth self.

Take care and stay strong, “one day at a time” a better life is possible and I can promise you that, wish you all the very best in the world.

Maverick

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Lorraine,

I felt the need to reply and in all honesty wanted to reply, I have thought about the many times I gambled on payday………and guess what………I lost everything nearly everytime………….oh wait one time I won a load of money……..more than I new what to do with……..more than I could ever imagine……………I was the man………a king…………..the day ended and I went back the next and lost everything……………..(maverick takes a long sigh)…….the problem is I am a compulsive gambler………….as long as I choose to gamble I can never win………..I know that now………..I understand that now……….Lorraine I just wanted to share with you and wish you all the very best from the bottom of my heart. I dont always do it but please do as I say and not as I do lol………..really hope you are keeping well, I have never used your blanket so much as over the last couple of months…………bloody cold over here at the moment……..well cold fir us English.

Stay strong Lorraine and take care my friend……….if this message doesnt go through I am really sorry, on my phone, poor reception, hardly read the text……..so in truth I am hoping for a miracle……….the good thing is I do believe.

Maverick

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Lorraine,

I have just been reading through your recent posts and I just wanted to say sorry you are going through such a tough time, I consider you as a really good friend, I really hope all works out for you and really wish you and your daughter all the very best , it is hard when we are in a situation that we want to help the people close to us but have no real control over the situation, stay strong Lorraine as I am sure you always do for your daughter and stay positive……tough at times I know but keep at it and in the end I hope all works out as it is meant to be, always good to see you around and hope to catch up very soon, take care Lorraine and I really do wish you all the very best in the world, you have always been a good friend to me and I will always remember that …….in turn if I can ever help you out then please just talk……I am always happy to listen to you my friend and it always brings a smile to my face when I bump into you……I look for you often must just be in the wrong places lol.

Maverick

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John, I read everything you say and have done for a while now, I am sorry I don’t post much at the moment but that is because I am caught up in my addiction and I struggle to share when I am in a bad place (thats just me my friend and I can’t change that at the moment)……..In truth I totally understand what you mean, where you are coming from and how you feel……now if someone had said the same to me I would say “bollocks you don’t have a clue how I feel at the moment” but John hand on heart I promise you I do, I don’t want to bore you about my life but yes I struggle on everyday day and keep making the wrong choices for one reason or another, keep posting, keep sharing and please stick with it, sharing how we feel…..good or bad is a massive part of our recovery, always good to read your shares and I can honestly relate so very much, I hope this finds you well, take care and wish you all the very best, always remember when we think we have nothing left there is always something worth fighting for…….we just have to dig deep to find out what it is!!!!

All the best John and take care.

Maverick

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Carole,

Really good to read your journal, like you so rightly say “we have to stay away from that first bet” like you also so rightly say “when we start we cannot stop until we have nothing left”.

Hope life is treating you fair and just wanted to drop in and wish you all the very best, take care and speak soon.

Maverick

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Lorraine I wish you and your daughter all the very best, stay strong and never give up my friend, I think about you often and my thoughts are with you.

I hope the “no candy” sign didn’t get you in any trouble……..as I know what these trick or treaters can be like……….we ran out of candy in the end…….had to turn the lights out a pretend we were not home, I suppose better to hide from trick or treaters rather than the rent man…………..that was common back in the day due to my gambling activities.

Take care Lorraine and speak soon, all the very best.

Maverick

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Lorraine,

It is always good to see you around (although I haven’t for a long time and in truth thats my fault) I have been informed I am ok to use the gambling therapy site again and in fairness that is great because I have missed a lot of people on here and you being one of them. Life can sometimes take over and also take us to some very dark places and I am not afraid to admit some of the places my gambling has taken me I never even knew existed. I just wanted to drop in and wish you well Lorraine, thank you for all the help and support you have given me over the years you really are a true friend and I am sorry I haven’t kept in touch more, I think about you often and in truth the other night myself, my little girl and my not so little boy now were sat on the sofa watching mighty ducks (some hockey film) and snuggled under a very nice blanket made for me by a very special friend……..well it is getting cold over here as it is nearly november, Lorraine thank you for being you and I really hope this finds you well.

Take care and will speak very soon.

Maverick

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Icandothis,

Just been reading through your journal and wanted to wish you well, I hope life is treating you fair and stick with it, as I am sure you well know as the gamble free days add up life gets better………..haven’t got the energy tonight for ten positive things but having said that one good thing about you……..you are here sharing, caring, helping, being honest, fighting to overcome your addiction and doing the right thing to working your way to a happier life without all the grief and suffering gambling causes us and our loved ones.

Just one thing I need to say Ican………………………..at that price I never want to use your gym………….

Take care and wish you all the very best in the world.

Maverick

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Vera my friend, you are here, you are in recovery and as we both know there is no better place to be but I am also very glad you are here, take care and will always wish you well love Maverick.

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Neva, always good to read your words and life, easy to say but just keep chipping away one day at a time, you know as well as me it will all come together, we are what we are but we can also be what we want to be, I class you as a true friend and thank you for all you help and support, so keeping doing what you know works for you and within doing that life will all fall into place, take care of yourself and will always wish you all the very best in your recovery and also life, take care love Maverick.

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akapmat, you seem to be doing very well, easier said than done I know but just stay in that mind set, as always one day at a time, keep doing what is working for you and 3 weeks is fantastic, trust me I understand, so keep at it my friend and keep working hard on recovery, I wish you all the very best in your recovery but also in your life, take care love Maverick.

[maverick.]

Keep at it ready2change and never give in, you are doing great and keep doing what you know works for you……between me and you never let that tank get built up, always keep it running on the bare minimum and with that the rest will fall into place, take care my friend and wish you well, all the best love Maverick.

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