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Its great you have come for help.. keep going, just dont gamble for today.. youve done it before.. just this hour even.. take it slow break it down into time slots.. just for this hour get busy if urges come, distract yourself, ignore, clean, eat, shop, cook, fix something, read, watch a movie, walk, exercise, talk, have coffee, go to a meeting, book in for counselling,.. anything but gamble for this hour.. and so on and so on.. the days will add up again and life will continue gamble free.. we are all here with you
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How are you my friend.. i know you will be ok re gambling because you are banned everywhere, but how are things.. you are quiet.. the quietest you have been.. come back and share how you are doing.. hope your days are good ones..
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i am just wondering how you are doing.. you are not here so often now and i miss seeing you round the place.. i hope you are ok and still here reading
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Fantastic on your gamble free time. I think it takes being pretty messed up to really want to stop an addiction. You are doing very well. I liked that post.
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Keep going Seri. The urges are temporary, they will go away. When they come distract yourself. Wait an hour do something else. For me the more I focused on the urge the more it grew. I had to learn to be tricky to the addiction like it is to me…
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You always amaze me with your busy ness.. its incredible you are always on the go, then sometimes you say you are attending the gym too.. i feel incredibly lazy when i read your posts. im so glad you are not gambling and you are doing all these other things in your life instead. You deserve so much
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You need to be logged in to your account to view the groups that are on too.. i find the easiest way is not the timetable as sometimes the little join sign is not there for me.
If you click on helpline any groups open are displayed on that page at the bottom and are visible if they are on. Thats just more simple for me so may be for others too.P
Hey how are you going these days Kathryn
I hope that life is treating you well.. i was so pleased to see how much you love your job that certainly makes life easier..
Hope your day is a good one and hope to hear from you soonP
Sorry to hear that you lost that money but just so pleased you didnt lose it to gambling.. sounds like you have had a few things thrown at you lately, hopefully a few good things to come too..
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Keep hanging in there.. those urges try to take us down, i sometimes see this addiction as a monster in a cage wanting a feed and it gets very roudy and restless when its hungry but the job i have is to starve it as its an evil lump of no good..
starve that monster and the more you starve it the more it will kick back but after a while it will weaken and you will become stronger and it will become weaker.. those hungry growls will die down and it will be easier the more and more you deny it… dont feed the monster john.. you are doing so well.. i hope your date goes well with the lady you met… how exciting. change is coming, grab onto it and dont look back, let go of gambling, embrace the new..P
Sorry to hear you are going through all this at the moment, life certainly likes to challenge us but its the way we get through it.. and you Bettie are getting through it in recovery without gambling and you have done a very very good job of it..
Imagine the financial state you would be in now had you been gambling.. youre doing so well with your life Bettie.. dont let these things drag you down, you are more than thatP
Well done Liz on getting through those gambling urges, they can strike out of no where cant they no matter how much time gamble free and when they do its a little bit of a shock sometimes as they can be so overpowering..
Thank god you didnt go Lizbeth.. so proud of you. Keep going a day at a time.. maybe that class would be good for you.. i get it, i get urges too.. of course i understand. Im a cg too. Sometimes when they come for me i think im done, i cant escape this and then if i get busy and get in contact with someone, watch a movie, go shopping, meet for coffee, talk to someone, clean, re arrange, then after a while the urge is gone..
I am just so glad you didnt go but stay on guard lizbeth because that addiction is wanting a feed and its starting to bite.. ignore it, keep moving forward, you have come a long way through a lot of heartache and distress and you have come out on top.. dont let that monster of an addiction drag you back again.. dont let it..P
You will get through this and thankfully without gambling.. while not gambling you can focus on these issues and address them.. good to see you are not gambling now and that you are there in the real world doing your best.. well done
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Wow day 42 go Jansdad
You are doing great.. keep it up.. just get through today and then wake up and do the same tomorrow.. wonderful stuff..P
Thats a great post.. i love the honesty in it and the change.. you are working through things rather than ignoring them.. well done.. on with recovery you are doing reallly well..
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