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Hi Bettie, just a quick post to thank you for all of your posts and input, believe it or not I do read a lot of posts but I am afraid to say dont have much time to respond to many, so felt the need to say thank you for all you do and your support on this forum is amazing, I wish you all the very best in your recovery and life, I hope life is being kind take care love Maverick.
Hi Larry, I wanted to post to many people tonight you being one of those people to say thank you for all your posts and the time you take to reply to me and many, I know this addiction is so very strong but working hard at my recovery one day at a time with the help from people like you I know my life will only ever get better while I am in recovery, thanks again and wish you all the very best in your recovery and life, take care love Maverick.
— 8/24/2012 8:10:18 PM: post edited by Maverick..Hi Jay, A very close friend I used to have who is no longer with us used to say to me “be quick to listen and slow to speak” now they are very wise words but I have to say there have been many ***** I haven’t listened and for that I am sorry, If I can ever help I promise you I will listen, I wish you well and look forward to catching up with you very soon, all the very best love Maverick.
Hi Vera, Just wanted to say hope you are keeping well and always good to see you around, stay strong tomorrow as I know those days are the worst, sorry for the short reply but as always wish you all the very best in the world, take care love Maverick.
Hi Larry, thank you for posting on my journal, thank you for taking the time, I have read your journal before and I draw a lot of strength and inspiration from it, you really are an inspiration to me and so very many and I would like to thank you for all you do like many people on this site, for me it is always good to get feedback and other peoples experiences, I hope you are keeping well and thank you for all you do, I will look forward to sharing with you in the near future, take care and wish you all the very best in your recovery and life, Maverick.
Hi Kathryn, just wanted to say thanks for posting on my journal it means a lot to me to know there is plenty of help and support out there so thanks, I hope you are keeping well and wish you all the very best in your recovery and life, take care and thanks again all the best Maverick.
Hi Lorraine just wanted to drop in and say something on you journal, I come up with many silly and stupid things at ***** and some others that do make a little sense, I have been thinking of something that would stick with you and hopefully have some meaning in helping you get through the next few months (one day at a time of course) so here it is and I hope it helps “When a person finds no peace within themselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere” peace lies within I make this comment as I see so much peace, hope and also believe in your life and words, I would like to refer to that comforting feeling you spoke about many posts ago (for me that is peace within) of course I know there are ***** when we feel there is no hope but when we dig deep there is always hope. Take care my friend and I wish you all the very best in your recovery and also in life. All the very best love Maverick.
Thanks Geordie you are a good un, thanks again for your help as your post to me last weekend helped me so very much, thanks for all you do and take care my friend, have a great weekend and lets make sure its gamble free, all the very best love Maverick.
Hi Geordie, I am very touched you opened up a thread for me so for that I have to say thank you my friend and thank you for thinking about me. I have many issues in life if I am to be honest and one of those issues is I decide to close journals after having them open for less than a week but I am afraid to say thats just one on the ways I deal with things when I feel venerable (not the right way) but the way I do it and just for today that works for me. I often reply to posts but in all honesty never share that much about me, not because I dont want to because those of you who know me I am sure you will agree I am always open and willing to share all about me, I just get a lot more out of sharing on other peoples journals than posting on my own, not sure why perhaps my life is boring lol but in truth just for today I am very happy with my life and all I have in it. I agree with you completely Geordie and you are right if I was gambling at this moment then nothing and no one could stop me it never did and it never would, I also agree totally when you say the people who give some of the best sound support to others do seem to gamble, I have seen this before and like you also righty say it is a shame we dont always practice watch we preach but then in defense (if there is a defense probably not in all fairness) I am a compulsive gambler and always will be. I know for a fact that this site has so many helpful and supportive people on it and it is an inspiration to see the support people give to each other on a daily basis. At ***** in my life I stop posting and sharing for one reason or another but I always read every elses and get my recovery boost that way. So I would like to thank each and every one of you for all your posts and replies as I know for a fact it helps me and so very many. Geordie thanks once again for you kind thoughts and I wish you all the very best in your recovery and also in your life. Just for today I am Maverick and I am a compulsive gambler, I have such a very strong and powerful addiction, everyday of my life I fight this addiction some days are so very hard and others a lot easier although never easy, the last time I slipped up I made a massive mistake I had stopped gambling for the longest ever time in my life and was doing really well in recovery but had a moment of madness and to be honest that is all in takes as the addiction is always ***** in wait just waiting for us to have a weak moment (as we all will). I have and will always respect everyone within recovery because I know myself how very hard it is to stay gamble free but one day at a time it can be done. Just for today I will not gamble and with that I am so very happy. So for those who really want to know my name is Maverick and I am a compulsive gambler and always will be, the last time I slipped up was 29/07/2011 as always thanks for listening and thanks again for everything you all do, wish you all well, take care and hope you all have a great long weekend love Maverick.
Hi Lorraine, sorry about tonight miss communication I went straight into SH and was waiting for you, I always read the signs wrong lol. Hope you are well and have been trying to catch up with you for a while and seem to keep missing you, when I let you have the info you need I will give you my email address as well so we can stay in touch (only if you want of course), take care and really hope you are doing well, all the best my friend love Maverick. P.S you haven’t explained about my fence yet!
Lol Vera I have just read your post to Carole, I didn’t even get your post when I had closed my journal and didn’t read it till this morning, I promise you I would never close any door in your face and it was total coincidence I decided to close my journal, just not in the **** to talk about me for a while, take care and see you soon, wishing you well love Maverick.
Hi Bettie, at the end of the day it is whats inside the person that counts, now I know that and you know that but I am afraid there are some sad individuals out there who either haven’t got a clue or just quick to pick holes and judge others, for me I know you came up with a classic comment of “I wished I could hurry up and grow up because people didn’t call adults mean names” well perhaps these name callers are still living there lives as children and that is there issue if they cannot move on. In life we will meet all kinds of people some will be nice and some not so but all we can ever do is work on our own lives and do what we can to make ourselves happy, I wish you well and take care love Maverick.
Hi Geordie just wanted to make a quick post to say thanks for your words of encouragement yesterday, along with reading peoples journals and posts on here it put my mind back to where it ***** to be so for that thanks. I hope you are keeping well and always great to read your posts, take care and wish you well love Maverick.
Vera just wanted to say thanks for your support, It is so very strange at ***** and even though I know what the end result will be if I was to gamble the addiction is so very strong and can just take over (if we let it). I know writing what I am thinking and reading the journals and posts on here give me so much help and inspiration and that in itself seems to kick start my brain back into the place it should be, so thanks to you and everyone on here for posting and sharing. Vera I hope you are keeping well and also hope life is being fair, look forward to catching up with you very soon, hope you have a great day love Maverick.