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Originally posted by bettie
… Funny. looking into the past. I was so filled with life then. I had forgotten, the life without gambling.
Good morning Betty,
"Such is life", and eventhough there have been losses and unwanted changes, we taking each day without gambling fills us with life; and a precious life at that.
To borrow from Kathryn’s closing – "To live, that would be a great adventure – Peter Pan"; but alas, the adventures carry disappointments and adversities as well. Yet we can choose not to add the devastation and anguish or any additional troubles brought about by gambling.
God’s speed my friend. Stay strong.
Have a Happy Gambling Free New Year in 2011
LarryThanks to my Higher Power, My 3G’s – God, GA, and GT, "Day Two Is Another Day Behind" and with the help from all , I will continue to remain gambling free.– 12/31/2010 11:17:20 AM: post edited by paul315.
Originally posted by Kathryn
I have realised i need to let go of some things…but …
… I need to believe in myself… I am a strong person…
To live, that would be a great adventure – Peter PanGood morning Kathryn,
Good to see that you have your shopping completer, in fact I do too, and that you are ready to give them. Just as we give up the things we buy for others, we do have a need to give up things that may be hindering us as well. The best way I know to rid ourselves of these unwanted traits is to not try to give them up, but to push them out by replacing them with positive feelings and actions.
If you haven’t read or received Ken’s "Today’s Gift" email, it is copied below. It speeks of going byound letting go, it shows that we need to believe as well as being strong.
And yes, you are a strong person, and you pass that strengten to others. Thanks for the share I have been given.
Merry Christmas!
"God bless us everyone". Keep aware. Stay strong.
Today’s thought from Hazelden is:One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have wholehearted enthusiasm.
–Hannah SeneshLife offers little if we sit passively in the midst of activity. Involvement is a prerequisite if we are to grow. For our lives’ purposes we need enthusiasm; we need enthusiasm in order to greet the day expectantly. When we look toward the day with anticipation, we are open to all the possibilities for action.
We must respond to our possibilities if we are to mature emotionally and recover spiritually. Idly observing life from the sidelines guarantees no development beyond our present level. We begin to change once we start living up to our commitment to the program – its possibilities and our purpose – and it’s that change, many days over, that moves us beyond the negative, passive outlook of days gone by.
The program has offered us something to believe in. We are no longer the people we were. So much more have we become! Each day’s worth of recovery carries us closer to fulfilling our purpose in life.
I believe in recovery, my own; when I believe in success, I’ll find it. There is magic in believing.
You are reading from the book: "Each Day a New Beginning" by Karen Casey
LarryThanks to my Higher Power, My 3G’s – God, GA, and GT, "Day Two Is Another Day Behind" and with the help from all , I will continue to remain gambling free.– 12/22/2010 4:24:26 PM: post edited by paul315.
Originally posted by bettie
… it does get tiresome of identifing myself as "bettie, compulsive gambler". When do I just get to be "bettie"? …
good morning "Betty", although you are Betty, compulsive gambler – short for Recovering Compulsive Gambler, to Fellow Gamblers that you meet with at meetings, here and during homework, you have become Betty to the rest of world and even to us other CGs outside the confines of our moments of sharing. There is no crimson CG stamped on your forehead.
Be patient, the day will come when you do not dwell on gambling and it’s affects; and you will feel alive, not dead. Nevertheless, we still need to keep a knowledge of our recovery in our everyday lives.
God.s speed. Stay strong.
Merry Christmas!
LarryThanks to my Higher Power, My 3G’s – God, GA, and GT, "Day Two Is Another Day Behind" and with the help from all , I will continue to remain gambling free.
— 12/21/2010 3:33:57 PM: post edited by paul315.– 12/21/2010 3:35:10 PM: post edited by paul315.Originally posted by Kathryn
…As of yesterday, i have not gambled for a year and a half. (i think that sounds much better than 18 months!!!) …Good evening Kathryn,
Well done! And better still that you did not realize it; that only means that being gambling free is a little more natural for you.
"How do you measure, measure a year?", or in your case a year and a half; but somehow, although more accurate, 788,400 minutes does not have the ring to it as 545,600 minutes when sung. So here’s to your year plus, the happiness found in a year is only multiplied with each additional day..
?Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights
In cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.In five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure
A year in the life??
God’s speed.
LarryThanks to my Higher Power, My 3G’s – God, GA, and GT, "Day Two Is Another Day Behind" and with the help from all , I will continue to remain gambling free.Originally posted by bettie
Oh rough day … my Aunt passed away …
Betty, sorry for your loss. There is no good time to deal with death, but the holidays seem to bring out stronger feelings about the loss. Remember, this too shall pass.
God’s speed and comfort to your family.LarryThanks to my Higher Power, My 3G’s – God, GA, and GT, "Day Two Is Another Day Behind" and with the help from all , I will continue to remain gambling free.Originally posted by bettie
Hi Kwb,
I’m sure Larry will have a better answer …
Good morning Betty,
Good to see you enjoying the everyday things that recovery sets us free to do. Your mention of the Christmas parade reminded me of the ones that was lost by my gambling. We did not go this Thangsgiving, but it was because of bad weather; gambling did not keep me away – being strong when it comes to not gambling, but a wimp when the weather turns bad.
I read you post to kwbwmom and felt like a school kid being called on by the teacher to answer a question. For you Betty have become one of our teachers here at GT, there are no better answers than those found in your post and accountings of your life and struggles. Keep helping us with our homework.
God’s speed. LarryThanks to my Higher Power, My 3G’s – God, GA, and GT, "Day Two Is Another Day Behind" and with the help from all , I will continue to remain gambling free.Originally posted by bettie
… What in the world does this have to do with gambling? Everything. …
Good morning Betty,
I just posted to Kathryn about her post on life, and coming here your statement above pops out to me. Just to let you know that you are one of those included in the "others" I mention (there are many). Getting things off our chest and sharing in our lives, has everything to do about our recovery.
A good song for today for you would be from South Pacific, "I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair", and keep the soap out of yours eyes while you are doing it – no reason for tears.
And a note about pumpkin pie; I make mine from scratch also, although I have cheated a few times and used "store bought" crust. I am on my way to visit my sister-in-law, my nice’s mother, now; she always was able to make perfect crust.
God’s speed. Stay strong.LarryThanks to my Higher Power, My 3G’s – God, GA, and GT, "Day Two Is Another Day Behind" and with the help from all , I will continue to remain gambling free.Originally posted by kathryn
To live, that would be a great adventure – Peter Pan
I haven’t posted to your thread in a while but I do read and enjoy your post; they are quiet beneficial. When I first started here and at GA I wondered why all the talk about things happening and not recovery; I needed to know what to do, not something about someones private affairs. I soon learned that this was an important part of recovery; knowing that there was a life outside the one governed by addictions offered encouragement for me to continue. Yours, and the journaling of others, about the struggles before us and the benefits that await is part of what keeps programs like this working.
I found the ways and means for me to stay gambling free and work my recovery in the same meetings and post, but, first I had to see the reason behind my desire to recover; that to live life would be great adventure. I am happy that you and others have found the way to live life as well, and not just endure or cope with it, or perhaps even just elude it, while in the grasp of our addictions.
God’s speed. Stay strong.LarryThanks to my Higher Power, My 3G’s – God, GA, and GT, "Day Two Is Another Day Behind" and with the help from all , I will continue to remain gambling free.Originally posted by bettie
… failure is not an option …
… I will wake up to 90 clean days tomorrow …
… What will the next 90 be like? …Good morning Betty,
It is the tomorrow yo were looking forward last night – WELL DONE!
Failure is not an option in the gambling part of your endeavors either, stay strong and continue working on recovery not only staying gambling free ODAAT. I have found that my working a recovery program has help is all aspects of my life, not just the gambling.
For some guidelines on continuing with your recovery GA has a pamphlet, "Beyond 90 Days", look through it and use all that will help in the "one days" to come: http://www.gachicago.org/beyond.html.
Again, well done. God’s speed. Keep aware.LarryThanks to my Higher Power, My 3G’s – God, GA, and GT, "Day Two Is Another Day Behind" and with the help from all , I will continue to remain gambling free.Originally posted by bettie
… no man would accept my financial situtation and my CG …
Good evening Betty, just a note to say hello and reinforce the fact found in today’s topic in the Our Daily Bread site; that is, we are all significant no matter how we may feel or even how others might think. The opinion of the guy you know, comes from him not knowing you, and not even wanting to really know you; from him only wanting to drag you down to his level.
I don’t recall if you were in the chat room the other day when I talked about the key speaker at the GA conference I attended last week, but I will repeat part of her story here. While on a plane a few years ago she was talking to the passenger next to her and it came out that she was on her way to an earlier GA conference. Because of her honesty and outspoken confidence in her recovery, he became interested in the person she was; not turned off by the person that she was evolving from. The bottom line was that they were later married. She was accepted for what she was.
I am not recommending that you take a plane trip somewhere, but am saying that with you continuing on this trip of being gambling free, you can be the person a true friend sees in you.
God’s speed. Stay strong. LarryThanks to my Higher Power, My 3G’s – God, GA, and GT, "Day Two Is Another Day Behind" and with the help from all , I will continue to remain gambling free.