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Well done on your days gamble free they are adding up now and you are feeling a taste of the recovery life.. keep going, keep moving forward. Its a big change from the life before.. well done

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Well done on your journey so far.. I am happy when i see your posts here, its good we are all staying around, hanging on, recovery is so important for us all here.. its the main priority really.. Well done.. just wanted to say you are doing a good job on all your forward thinking too in paying your brother back and working out a plan.. keep going ican.

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How are things Micky.. hoping your day is a gamble free one and looking forward to seeing another post from you.. keep moving forward, i like your little three points about yesterday today and tomorrow..

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I just love your posts .. i hope that you keep posting, i love to read them. so selfish i am hahaha… and i love hearing of your days, your progress, your thoughts. i totally get where you are coming from about animals.. my animals are part of my family and i adore them like they are my children. They are there to share our journey how lucky we are to have shared a journey with these beautiful animals.. i am sure you would have spoilt your dog rotten and what a wonderful life you would have given to it…
I hope your days today are gamble free and you are in a good place.. keep posting. You are very creative in your writing and your poetry.. that could be your calling.. who knows. I think you are talented.

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That is so wonderful to hear your progress through GMA.. well done in the first place for getting that help. What a wonderful thing that you did to help yourself. I find GA meetings like that too.. you can openly say what you want without being judged and there is an understanding in those rooms that is very hard to find elsewhere. So good you have gone through this therapy with GMA you are lucky to have their insights.. what do you think is the thing that helped you the most.. what clicked.. if you dont mind me asking i love to always ask this question to people what helped them the most in their journey.. what helped me the most was the support i have here and elsewhere after reaching a very painful rockbottom. Hope you keep posting and sharing your journey

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Thank goodness you have those barriers in place. if you can do them then use them,. what a wonderful thing that they stopped you gambling that day.. good you are sorting your money out to for your pay and making a plan ahead of time.. with no plan its dangerous with money coming in.. well done on your progress..

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Well done on your gamble free time.. 100 days is wonderful and gives you a taste of the gamble free life. Really well done.. keep up the good work. Keep us updated on your journal. Its good you are doing other things in your life not just not gambling.. wahoooo. well done you.

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Well done on your gamble free days. I think with compulsive gambling you dont need to be an every day gambler.. its just what happens when you do gamble. For me once i start i cant stop.. so i cant start. Its the same every time, its never different only getting worse. It is good the steps you are putting in place, whatever works for you, if thats excluding if you can do it where you are, Gamblers anonymous meetings, counselling, coming here, there are lots of options. Throw all you can at this addiction its a very sneaky one.

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Well i like your blog its very well done. you describe what happens to the mind very well and our thinking.

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Well done on the steps you have taken so far to stop gambling, be proud that you have done something about your addiciton, reaching out for help is often the hardest thing. GA meetings are wonderful.. for me anyway, not eveyone likes them but i find them incredibly beneficial. It is anonymous, its a safe place to go and somehow i always walk out feeling better than i walked in.. cant say the same for when i gambled!! What have you got to lose by going.

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Hi Jenna

I think its normal to feel the way you are, the good thing is it sounds like your mind set is in recovery and out of addiction at the moment because you can see the insanity that gambling was. The serenity prayer is a good one for the situations where you think of the past and you cant change it. It was teaching you to get to where you are now. Maybe had you not gambled and been through this you may not have appreciated those little things nearly as much today. Just a thought. You are doing well.. keep going. Dont be hard on yourself.. addiction doesnt discriminate. You have done well to stop and use support.

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Its great your mum is home and you are also starting to look after yourself again.. wow you need it.. you are the greatest care giver for others. I am astonished always at your energy and your drive.
How are you enjoying the gym? That takes effort and motivation. How are you feeling in recovery now.. you have done so well

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Sometimes the person that annoys me the most is myself.the good thing is I have control over my ow actions no one else’s. I can get quite cranky at me some days.

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Hi Micky

Well done on your gamble free time, I love the little lists you write.

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Well done Izzi, keep going a day at a time

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