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A gamble free March 2013 (one day at a time) sounds very good to me, I hope you dont mind if I join in with the rest of you and say just for today I will not gamble, thank you all for all your help and support, wishing you all well love Maverick.
— 3/3/2013 3:19:42 PM: post edited by Maverick..Just for today I will not gamble and with that I will be happy, one day at a time is the only way I can do it, there is a lot of help and support around here to help you get through the day gamble free. I know for me “barriers” have been a big issue in the past (meaning self banning and having a lot of money on me), barriers are a massive help in recovery along with so much more, I wish you all the very best and I dont give advice ………….but if I did I would suggest you read other peoples journals (I know I find them very helpful in my recovery) and see where they were, where they are and where they want to be, take care love Maverick.
Hi P, I like the sound of that “a bottle of wine and a pizza”, you are so right in what you say “its amazing the little things i can buy when i dont gamble” and also so very true when you say “its not just the money though its the state of mind”, I know life in general at ***** can be so very tough and I also know when I make the choice to gamble it only ever leads me to the same place, ok some***** it will take me on a different route there but the destination that I always reach is the same and that place is horrendous, so just for today I choose DESTINATION RECOVERY, I just wanted to wish you all the very best and thank you for all your help and support you have given to me and many others, take care love Maverick.
Hi Neva, It is good to hear you in good spirits and without a shadow of a doubt those bar stools are a much better investment than the alternative, just wanted to drop by and say wish you all the very best and hope you have a nice gamble free weekend, take care love Maverick.
Hi Bettie, I hope you are well and love your consideration about your neighbour below, I wish you well and hope you have a great 2013, in truth I could do with a little more exercise myself but just for today my exercise is to chase my little boy and girl around the house (boy can they run), take care and look forward to reading your thoughts in the coming year, all the best love Maverick.
Hi Jess, I am a compulsive gambler, I know when I gamble I am doing wrong and it can only lead to one place, I know what I need to do, I know what I shouldn’t do, but in all honesty at ***** in my life depending on how I feel I will feel the need to gamble, there is no excuse to gamble as I honestly know I shouldn’t but more important I know where it leads to, I know for me it is not a “well maybe” or a “I might” I have been there thousands of ***** before and it always leads to a “what the **** have I done” sorry I don’t usually use those sort of sayings but I am being honest and so very truthful, I am not telling you this for your benefit because I know you know I am saying it for my benefit, you know what worked for you when you where gamble free so just get back to that, I know how it feels after slipping when having a good stint in recovery but don’t beat yourself up because after all we are all the same distance away from our next bet and I know just like you we can only ever beat this addiction one day at a time, stay strong and wish you well, all the very best love Maverick.
Hi Sherry, just wanted to drop in on your thread and wish you well, hope you are keeping well, I liked your last post a lot and keep in that mind set, I really hope that 2013 is a great year for you and I am sure it will be, stay strong as this addiction is very cunning and will always catch us out when we are not on our guard, you are doing great and I look forward to hearing your progress and hope to share with you very soon, the only thing that saddens me is that I am 2 years older than your son, take care and wish you all the very best in the world love Maverick.
Hi Razzabelle, Just wanted to wish you well and to say keep doing what works for you, we are all different and what works for one will not for another so do what works for you and when you find what that is hold on tight to it and work it everyday, take care love Maverick.
Hi Cat, I hope you are keeping well and had a good christmas and new year, it seems like the days just keep ticking by and in truth I know they do, I really wish you all the very best for 2013 and look forward to reading your posts in the coming year, take care and always follow your heart because your heart never lies, wish you well love Maverick.
Hi Geordie, I hope you are keeping well my friend, I read your thread and see hope, hope for you, hope for me, hope for everyone, I don’t know you apart from sharing on here but you strike me as being a pretty genuine bloke who has the unfortunate disadvantage of being a compulsive gambler however on the upside you have the massive advantage of being a compulsive gambler in recovery who has so very many friends including me, I hope your life is going smooth and also hope you had a nice christmas, happy new year to you and keep doing what you are doing, your grit, strength and determination is inspirational to me and so very many, take care mate and look after yourself all the very best love Maverick.
HI Chubbycat, I just wanted to say I hope you are well and wish you all the very best, in my opinion and only my opinion I would stick around the site, if you don’t feel like posting then don’t but it is still good to read, in all honesty I have only really started posting again today and hope I will be able to keep posting as I think this site has a great community and I know it has been a massive help in my recovery, I always read all the posts of here and have done since I have been in recovery, since I started my recovery I have to say this site and more important the people on it have helped me so very much, so thats my opinion for what it is worth but I have to say ……… you have to do what you want to do and just follow your heart and all will be well, take care my friend and always good to read your thoughts, wish you well love Maverick.
“You make me stay, when I should not, are you so strong, or is all the weakness in me”, I read a lot into that Vera but hey perhaps I am just a complex person, I just wanted to post to say I was thinking about you and just wanted to wish you well, life is very strange at ***** and also very challenging but I am afraid to say it is only us who can see it through to the end, we follow the road of life and everyday we choose what path to take, I have taken many wrong turns but the good news for me is that when I go down a wrong path it leads to a dead end so I make my way back to the main road and start again, after all it maters not how many dead ends I go down (only my opinion of course) but all I know is just for today I am very happy to be posting to you and I hope life is being fair, take care Vera and I look forward to hearing from you soon as I am thinking of starting a new thread on here, all the very best love Maverick, always remember no mater where you are in life it is the people who make the places and you are one of those people.
Larry, while I used GT all I ever saw was the endless support, guidance and hope you brought to the site and all the people on it including myself and for that I for one will always be so very grateful. As I am sure you know I was deep into recovery but relapsed and at the time I was devastated, I am very happy to say I am well and truly back into the swing of things now and working my recovery as always one day at a time. I feel stronger now than I ever have and I know my relapse has made me stronger, so ok feel what you feel but just for the day but always remember and never forget we are all the same distance away from our next bet, so just for today my friend I would like to walk hand in hand with you on our recovery journey and say just for today I will not gamble. You are a good man Larry and never forget that, there is a saying I always use but in truth I believe it with all my heart people make places really glad to know you my friend, never give up, love Maverick.
Hi Kathryn, just wanted to make a quick post to say thank you for all you do, your posts help me and so very many people and in truth I am guilty of not responding enough, not because I cannot be bothered just because i honestly dont seem to have the time – I know people always say I had time to gamble and that is so very true but I have found when you dont gamble and choose the path of recovery then it is a juggling act between family – recovery and work (I hope u noticed I put work last lol) anyway just wanted to say thank you and wish you all the very best in your recovery and life, take care love Maverick.