[micky]

Freezing here up north and no not manchester i mean proper north england 🙂 Just had Christmas lunch with my brother and sister, so good of them to travel up here to see me. Sisters idea ,with our mam passing away earlier this year to meet up and have lunch together. Something didn’t go my way yesterday , just a small thing and i got the urge to gamble i didn’t act on it and i am delighted once again i didn’t 🙂 Sometimes O.D.A.A.T. has to be O.M (minute). A.A.T. so it eventually turns into the day .

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Thanks for the posts Sad and Kpat, so true Kpat living for the good of the next day, my friend always says ” the past is history, the future a mystery but today is a gift , thats why it’s called the present” I’m doing things today so easily and readily most of the time, i normally wouldn’t if i had been gambling and felt hopeless and helpless and all the other **** feelings it brings.

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car fixed, dental app attended, walked, exercised, done some shopping and housework, it’s great in the real world. One or two gambling urges but not acted upon 🙂

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Thanks sad that’s so true . my cars broke down and going to garage tomorrow although i’m a bit down about it i’m not as down as i would have been if i was gambling .

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Thanks ican i did over do it though 🙁 Hangover from hell but i will get over it , looking forward to being clear headed again tomorrow 🙂

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I’m handling my money better than ever ” watch the pennys and the pounds take care of themselves” so they say. 🙂 Out on my works christmas bash today , deffo not going overboard with the beer and deffo no spirits .:)

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Thanks for the concerns about my time off, i’m going to my works do! on saturday, i’m going into work on four of them ( 3 are o.t. will be handy money ) , a meal with my brother and sister on one of them , a dental app on another, picking up my son on 4 of them, and doing my regular exercise on most days too. Iv’e just been writing out a things to do list which is filling up nicely 🙂

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How true Sad it makes everything easier 🙂 i’m on my last night shift tonight then 10 days off can’t believe iv’e just done a full shift cycle at work first time for months 🙂

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Busy all day never even thought of gambling at all 🙂 just been sorting chrimbo decs out and done some housework and some shopping. My sons hamster is on his way out god love him , ive been hand feeding the poor little fella, no doubt my son will be heartbroken when he finds out but i will be there for him 🙂 It’s all about everyday things each day now and i like it this way because im able to deal with the ups and downs.

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” gambling gambling do not touch it will hurt you very much” I know it’s a kids rhyme my kids used to sing when they were small about matches, i just thought i’d change the words. Now it’s an adult rhyme 🙂

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Yes Harry i totally agree complacency is the word i would use as well thats why i am using my D.B.L.M.O.P. tool when i need too because i believe laziness will lead to complacency. If i don’t think things through i’m being lazy mentally , once i think things through there is no complacency. O.D.A.A.T. is the only way otherwise you take your eyes off the ball , we are taught at work to start each day with a fresh pair of eyes otherwise complacency creeps in. As humans if something happens 99 times on the trot we expect the same on the 100th , thats when complacency has crept in and the accident happens . Measure twice cut once . 🙂

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Deffo a holiday with my son. 🙂 Another goal to add to my list thank you Sad .

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Thanks Sad i do feel as if ive come to far to ever go back, my goals far outweigh any urges i have. First payment was today , 7 to go that means my next one will in fact be a quarter of my debt paid, there is light at the end of the tunnel 🙂

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Still getting urges ( i don’t suppose they will ever go away ) apart from thinking through the consequences i’m going to write a list of things on A4 and carry it round with me so i can read and digest the reasons not to give in 🙂

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Please be strong john you can get through this i myself ended up in prison and thought my life was over , if your not in a good place phone the samaritans there available 24/7 . I think you have reached your rock bottom and the only way now my friend is up , do it for you , your dad and your son. I’m thinking of you . Please post and let us know your okay . Micky.

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