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A big well done to you… yes whatever works for you do it. It is a great feeling to get through days gamble free, its relief to be out of the madness. The longer you go the less the urges will come. Its only once we start again that it takes over and we are gone.. its avoiding the start. One day at a time you are doing this, you have stopped

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I really loved that post.. I hope to catch you in chat again soon its always good to catch up again..

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Hi Mark

Congrats on your 30 day pin..

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I see i missed you in chat, im still in there, im not sure what language it is but its in english if we type lol..
Congrats on your 31 days that is just wonderful to see

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One week free yipppeeee.. well done.. it all adds up , the time goes by.. its worth it , keep going

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Really makes me smile taht you have some relief from that pain.. wow thats been a long time coming for sure..
Thats great you are getting out to do things.. something i am trying to implement myself but the action is harder than the thought right now lol…
Wonderful job Laura on your recovery … it really is the simple things isnt it

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I am hoping once you go on your trip you will love it, sometimes the main anxiety is leading up to things and then when they happen its a different story.. thats how i sometimes find things..
I have anxiety badly and i find a build up to things the worst..
Wishing you a great time on your holiday.. i dont know if you will be on the forum at all in that time but if you are needing a chat at any time just let me know and if i see your message i will be here.. as always if there is no group on or a list of groups i just click whichever group is at the top of the list regardless of language you can type in english.. just so others know too..

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I just want to say well done on choosing food over gambling.. you said you were being selfish by doing that.. good god no.. you are being smart and tricking that addiction right back..
Good on you for doing that.. that voice that says hey i dont have much il just put a bet on is the addictive voice wanting a feed that is all.. the recovery voice is the one that got the food.. listen to the recovery voice, the addictive voice will get softer and the recovery voice will get louder the longer you go.. keep going..

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It was nice to catch up in chat recently.. I hope that your day is going well.. I just want to say well done on your progress so far, please keep coming to chat and talking things through too and thanks for listening to me too

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Its always great to catch up with you in chat.. i wish we all here would go to the chat room to talk it would be awesome wouldnt it if we could all have a cuppa and a chat together..
Thanks for the chats it helps my mornings..
Congratulations on your gamble free month.. Look at you go!!!!!!!! Just keep focused on your recovery you are doing great

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Hey there

Be proud of yourself… you are doing great!!!!

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You are back on track now in your recovery which is a great thing to see and wow did you have a lot of time off gambling, i cannot imagine being that long gamble free but certainly hope to be. You really have got back on track well though and you are once more here and reaching out for help… Im so pleased as some never return here.
You were extremely generous to me with your time and friendship in my early recovery and i will always appreciate that.. you have done a wonderful job of recovery. Those years you had are still there.. all those years gamble free and embedded in your brain and there are many more to come now i am sure.. a day at a time of course.
Wishing your pain to ease

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Hello there chickadee

I am so happy to read you are on day 23 well done!!!!
Oh i can totally relate to the questioning, to the emotions.
I do think in the first while in recovery things come out, things seem magnified and it sometimes feels like having a breakdown. Maybe it even is in a way. A breakdown of the old ways. Letting go of addiction and all it masked.
There will be stuff under the surface it has to come out somehow. Gambling allowed us not to feel, well i speak for me but say us as i dont know if this is the same but figure of speech i guess.
It will settle down IDI. The big difference is you are noticing things and being aware. The situations you are doing through have they always been there and you not seen them because of gambling, or are you now aware of them now you are not. Whatever it is you are seeing things and trying to deal with them the best you can at the moment. its hard at first in recovery, its hard still later, days are just like that. Recovery doesnt mean rose coloured glasses, it means welcome to reality. Sometimes its harsh and raw.
Proud of you for for how far you have come and your continuing effort. Hang in there IDI.. i do love the open doors you are seeing. I want to hear about what is on the other side of them.

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Wherever you are right now Mav im wishing you well…

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Glad to see you here..

Gambling addiction is progressive so the more you go the worse it gets. What you lose now is nothing compared to what you end up losing if it continues. Its amazingly sneaky and cunning and its our own brains tricking themselves into any excuse or reason as to why we should go to get that next fix..
You saying you would love going for a cheeky gamble and a coffee… i would have to ask you to question is that how it felt when you left broke.. the addiction will often make gambling seem glamorous, and somehow the brain wants to remember the fun of it, where was the fun really though when walking out the door with no money and loss of time and self esteem etc…
Lots of places to go for a nice coffee and i guarantee there are nicer coffees out there hehe.

All the best and keep going on your gamble free time.. avoid places that have gambling and maybe venture out to find some new spots to go. The world is your oyster.. outside of gambling places..

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