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Nämä sanat ovat kaikki niin totta. Toivottavasti tämä löytää sinut hyvin Velvet. Jatka tämän suuren työn tekemistä. Olet hyvin erityinen monille ihmisille ja olet niin arvostettu kanssasi positiivisuutta ja hellittämättömiä pyrkimyksiä tukea kaikkia.
Te słowa są bardzo prawdziwe. Mam nadzieję, że to dobrze cię odnajdzie Velvet. Kontynuuj wykonywanie tej wspaniałej pracy. Jesteś wyjątkowy dla wielu ludzi i jesteś tak ceniony za pozytywne nastawienie i nieustanne wysiłki, aby wspierać wszystkich.
Just wanted to say hello and wish everyone on the forum good health. Been gamble free now since my last lapse which was approximately 2 years ago.
Good to see some of the same folks here. Will update in near future, suffice to say, life is good and every day not gambling is fantastic. The demons are always with me but we have to have our own personal blockers.
Hope Vera, Velvet, BlueElvis888 and all you beautiful folks are doing OK
Cheers
Uncontrolled
Hi Swoosh,
Give up all access to your own money to your other half. I remember being embarrassed many moons ago, when I was so out of control, that everything I had I lost to gambling. I would gamble on anything and everything. The brain thinks, that surely a big win will come. IT NEVER WILL. because even if you won a million, you would think it is not enough.
I don’t want to sound harsh, but you have to admit you have no control and have no access to gambling sites, block yourself from all casinos etc etc. Give yourself the bare minimum each month to survive. I PROMISE, a point will come when your brain will start to heal subliminally. I get so much pleasure from all the things that money can never buy. Laughing with close friends, the sun on my face (although not much of that at the moment 🙂 !! All the very simplest things. I have a pug and take him for long walks, it gives me the time to just think and he always agree’s with me 🙂
The scratch cards will always tease you but you will never win. I beg you to stop. This is from someone who has gambled for the best part of 40 years and lost a lot of money. However I have come to appreciate what is important. Focus all your thoughts on your son and Disney. Imagine the days there and the sheer joy you could have……those memories are never lost, but gambling memories are hell on Earth.
You will be shocked how quickly your funds will recover, however bad thing seem. I know its hard to get perspective, as I have been the worlds worst gambling idiot !!!!!
Just take one day at a time and thing will get better.
Good Luck my friend
Just wanted to say hello to this wonderful community. I am still alive and kicking but forgot my password yonks ago !! I always sneak on to the site and read about how everyone is getting on and feel I am a part of you all (without sounding like a right nut job :-)…..)
Writing because for the first time in 5 years or so, I went to a Casino and gambled. Not proud of myself obviously and have fully abused myself for going with some friends. No real damage has been done, except that I wanted to let everyone know here that, for me, the urges never go away and it has been a warning, that I need to be aware of. Still with my gorgeous wife and life has been good these last years. Ups and downs, father died (Parkinson’s with dementia) and was close, so was a big blow. Mum is not great, but never complains.
On a lighter note, have been attending local meetings and that has helped a lot. Lots of new folks, but as you all know, similar stories to all of us.
It feels good to write and will not leave it so long in future.
I hope you are all well my friends.Take care all and keep fighting just ODAAT. Today I will not gamble.
Ed