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Thank God you didn’t win the lotto B!
If that man was a CG, I doubt if he would be planning long term investments etc!
Just a lucky punter by the sound of things. I’m delighted for him!
As for “liquid” meals, B. I remember they were all the craze when I was about 30. I would drink them between meals!
I’m like you. Food is for eating and drink is for drinking! They are as different as chalk and cheese!
I have a friend coming shortly to say for a few days. When we were in out 20s she was size 10 ( 8stone) and I was size 12 (9.5 stone). I always felt fat and frumpy beside her. Wonder what happened those two slim girls???? Nature can be cruel!Today ,May 12th, I did not gamble!
Sounds like a great Mother’s Day! A smoothie maker is a lovely present B!
You can also make vegetable “smoothies”in it, (or can you?)
I got the notion to make smoothies last week. Put all the healthy fruits and yogurts in and pressed the button only to release the contents through an open shoot spreading it all over the worktop and hitting the window with a big SPLASH!
Hubby came in and ask why I was use a food processor instead of a blender!!!
I swear to God, I can’t use basic kitchen utensils. Spent too long away from the kitchen either working or gambling. In the meantime, hubby had bought lots of new fangled items plus a new dish washer and washing machine which as yet I haven’t learned to turn on!
The only machine I could “master” was a slot machine!
Says a lot doesn’t it!
Some day I will take lessons!
Hubby just moves in and does it. He is a bad teacher!The sad thing is, Jo, we thought gambling would help relieve our hurts. The truth is, it made every thing 100% worse!
Thanks for your vote of confidence.
For a CG, everything can change with the blink of an eye! We need to stay aware, odaat!
You are lucky to have your mom on your side!I’m doing “OK”thanks, Jo!
One day at a time.
May has been a G- free month!Back to the Drawing Board, P!
We’ve all been there.
Day one will be over soon….
Then what?Hello Gio!
I saw your post last night late and answered it but just then the internet was disconnected so it did not deliver! Sorry about that!
The weekends are quiet here. You will get more replies next week.
It is good that your mother knows you have a problem with gambling. Can you ask her to take care of your money because gamblers cannot control money We will just keep losing and losing. Then we will lose all our friends, our dignity and our souls! Gambling is like a magnet. It sucks the life out of CGs.
When you decide to stop you will find there is a lot of help available her Gio. You will be given a bag of recovery tools with instructions how to use them Then you will decide HOW to use those tools One day at a time.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
Keep posting!Well done on reaching the One Week milestone Jo!
One day at a time.
I think you were meant to meet that woman! Imagine bringing gambling debt to your grave and beyond! Doesn’t bear thinking about!
If we hadn’t gambled I’m sure our money worries would not exist but what’s done is done.
Not adding to the debt is the best we can do.Hope you are still firm in your resolve to stay away from the casino Jo. Itchy feet and hands can wipe out bad memories!
Stay on your guard.
Might see you in Charles’ group later today.
Same time. Same place, but maybe one hour earlier on Fridays. Check it out!Thinking of you, Ruthless, as you face into your first weekend at home.
Hope all the barriers are firmly in place!
odaat!Sorry to hear about your mom Carole, but if she is stable in hospital, maybe you should sit tight. Can you rely on your family to give accurate reporting or can you phone the hospital? Who is next of kin? I know we always gave most info to NOK! Relatives have to be informed if a patient is “critical”.
I’m just thinking of you being there at a loose end between visiting hours. What would you do?
If you are going, bring somebody with you and limited cash!
(Who am I to lecture?) lol!Loss and loneliness would seem to be common factors with the female CGs I have met, Jo. You have been very involved with caring for loved ones and now there is a huge void. Have you had bereavement counselling? I’m sure you are familiar with the stages of grief. Escaping is easier than facing emotions. I escaped for too long in the slot machines. I remember coming out of a sort of trance once, realizing I was in an allnight casino and had gambled for 26 hours! It was one pm and I had started at 11 am the previous day! How SICK is that?
Charles’ group is at 7pm (19:00hrs) It is almost 6pm here now (18:00hrs) so you can calculate from that. I think you might be about 6 hours behind us. My daughter is in Sydney. They are 9 hours ahead. I’m hopeless at calculating time differences! I get mixed up!
A friend invited me to meet for a bite to eat and a chat at 7pm. I’m trying to do “normal” things!
Nothing replaces the buzz gambling gives, but no other night out will cost you a grand (and that’s on the nights we get off lightly!!!)My ” victory” today , Jo was to “drag” myself out for a two hour walk that would have taken me less than an hour in the time before gambling took over my life and reduced me to a fat slob, who has aged before her time! I will miss Charles group this evening. I recommend that you join in there. Charles will straighten you out!!!!
I must compliment you on looking after your brother in his time of need. What a wonderful success story you have there! Why not share your problem with him? I hear you about his new “addiction”. Its more of a hobby I think. It is constructive. Addiction is destructive. Hobbies can become obsessions though! My husband is praying I will develop a new obsession….ironing…lol!Good to see you are beginning to look at the sinister side of gambling and addiction in general, Jo. It sure is scary! I have a story I can’t post here, but I can tell you it doesn’t get much worse than what happened to one family who are still haunted by gambling….
Anyway, as Janey commented on another thread (in response to my “tongue in cheek” post to another GT user) it is all about Personal Accountability. We, of course will empathize and sometimes even identify with other CGs but in my experience we need to stand back. CGs (me, for one) love chaos. The more tall stories I heard about other CGs, the more I would think ” I’m not as bad as that!” or even, maybe, “Am I REALLY a CG at all?”….The mind plays tricks on us. Whereas we do need to see the widespread effects of gambling , we should not allow it to prevent us from focusing on “THIS CG-ME!”
You will read lots of success stories here Jo. Focus on the positive. Not the negative.
Just for today……keep it simple!Our Profile shows the follow, Jo,
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You find this out by highlighting the name of the person submitting the post. I usually look at it so that I know the time zone for posting to people in “real time”. Having somebody there to answer immediately is important to a Cg especially when we find ourselves in crisis and distress. Don’t worry, everyone here can remain as anonymous as we want to be. I email some other members but GT does not recommend this as far as I know. It is more healthy for all concerned to stick to the Forum, but obviously nobody wants to expose every detail on the world wide web!
GT is a wonderful site and the ground rules for using it to it’s full potential are based on common sense!