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I like that Liberty. Never knew what it meant either…
Every time I think of you now I visualize a bag of sweets. Several bags, actually!
I cooked a “cheap” dinner today. Chicken curry with rice. Most of the veg came from the garden. Onions, courgette, garlic, tomato,peppers. For dessert I did a “summer fruit crumble”. Stewed rhubarb, raspberries, strawberries with a few digestive biscuits to give it the “crumble”. All from the garden except the biscuits and the ice cream. Unbelievably delicious! Guess what I’m longing for now?
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not gambling…sweets!!!!Just wrote you a long post and the cyber ghost zapped it.
I won’t repeat every word. It basically said, when you are at peace with yourself and with your Maker you will find true happiness.
Did you go to the graduation?
Dying to hear!
‘Hope your son is okay and that his health issues are improving.
GMA seems like a good place. It happened at the right time for you.Welcome back Micky. I was hoping all would go well for you. I’m glad to hear you killed two birds with one stone on your trip to London. It’s great that your brother will support you. Two months seems like a long time to wait but by then you will be almost 4 months G free which means you will start therapy on a strong footing.
Enjoy your well deserved holiday, Charles.
In the past you would have spent the price of a hundred holidays trying to win one that never materialized.
Look out for the sharks!!!I feel gutted for you Lizbeth….
All you can do is try not to ever take cash again. Especially when you are parting with your grandson. Can his dad lodge that payment to your account?
I hope and pray you will cut your losses and not chase them.
You don’t deserve this grief.Good to chat with you earlier, Liberty.
Just bringing your Thread to the top.
Cream always rises!!!Hello Maverick.
I woke this morning from a dream. I dreamt I was in my old haunt gambling but not totally absorbed. I dreamt I went to the ATM and took out €50×2. I tried to insert one note into the machine but it was too wide for the slot. It was a FAKE note. I woke up when I got bored standing in the queue to get to the cashier to complain about the fake note. ….It was only a dream, Maverick but I woke realizing how easy it would be to slip back into that dreadful scenario. The same people who gambled in that casino were in my dream. The cashier (called Marie) was as real in the dream as she ever was. She was wearing the same tee shirt with the name of the “casino” (glorified arcade on it). The power of the human mind, even at an unconscious level never ceases to amaze me. I think the fake note symbolizes the “fakeness”of Gambling. The minute I woke up I thought “Maverick will soon have a 100 days behind him”….then I turned on the laptop and saw lots of posts from you! Mental telepathy ,methinks!
The reason my dream was so vivid was because I am trying to wean myself off a sleeping tablet which I have become too dependent on ( you know how “drugs” play tricks on our already fried brains!!) and I took a substitute to replace the original poison. I am highly sensitive to all chemicals. Legal or illegal. This other drug really wrecked my head. I won’t name it. Suffice to saw, I wont take the same dose tonight. Gambling masked a lot of my issues. Without the props we have to face Life single handed. I think lots of CGs use alcohol , cigs and RX medication to soften Life’s blows. The real boxing match begins when we find ourselves in the ring without any gloves. Sometimes we need to fight this addiction bare knuckled. When it fails to get us in reality, it will try to posses our minds in our dreams…..I hate those G dreams!
Saturday will be your 100th day, but it really is only today that matters, Maverick. I think of you a lot. You had a real hard struggle. I know that. Your posts are calmer now. What a difference in 97 days Glad to hear the Therapy in London is working out for you. When you make more progress who knows what will happen with your wife? Maybe it would be good to put things on hold before you make any permanent changes. Life can be full of surprises!
I hear a hen squaking! That means another egg! Hubby brings me home made brown bread and a soft boiled egg in bed in the mornings (or afternoon) when I wake up. I make the bread. He makes the marmalade. The joys of old age!!!!Remember you, Dino?
How could I ever forget you, for all your support and goodness to me? I wish you all the very best Life can bring. I ALWAYS knew you would get back on track. Sadly, some don’t!My stage name is still “Vera”!!
Enjoy your trip to London Micky. ‘Hope things have settled down.
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Did you forget or are you not posting on weekends Micky????You were blessed to have met that Mentor, Kin. He was there when you needed him. Maybe you will step into his shoes and be the new mentor in that Support Group.
You have a lot to give. We will flourish if we live according to God’s Will. We are where we are meant to be.
Your journal is very inspiring.The greatest freedom a CG could have is freedom from gambling, Lizbeth.
The alternative is slavery.Thanks for posting to my Thread, Ican.
I suppose the words we use to describe where we are at in life mean less than the actions we take to keep gambling out of our lives.
UNCOVERING what we covered up for so long can free us but it will also bring pain.
I’m glad your job is keeping you too busy to have time for gambling.How is your son Micky?
‘Hope his fracture heals.Good that you enjoyed that weekend away with “himself” kPat. I think it gives a great message of Unity to the children when parents go away together.
Horses, dogs and bookies for me are boring. I remember going for a work night out to a dog stadium a few years ago. I do agree people get hooked though. Keep an eye on hubby. It might give him a buzz.
July is here already!