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How many pints of milk are in that bottle Sherry?you’re right RTC!
Time for me to start practicing what I preach! Follow my own advice.
Any idea WHy Cgs are so eager to throw everything we have away and self-destruct?Just looking in to make sure youre safe, Sherry!
Those calves sound amazing.
Don’t think I’d like farm work though! I ll stick to the humans!
I feel so sorry for your mom Sherry. Does she know about this site or GA. She ***** help but you will not be the person to give it to her.
I will pray thay she sees the light soon!Isnt great to have the bills paid and to be able to heave a sigh of relief. Not having paid one bill and realising we have dumped the last of our money in slot machines is just SICKENING! Frantically searching for another loan. Why do we do this to ourselves? Its really the worst form of self destruction!
Day 14 is a happy day for you!Does wife know you gambled?
Thinking of you today Cat, as you say your final farewell to Ruth. May her soul rest in peace!
Well done on getting back from your business trip without gambling Libbie!
Easier said than done, but you DID it!All sounds like "normal" living!
Can’t beat Dunlaoghaire or Howth pier for a stroll and maybe a "one and one" in the chipper!
Went for a walk along the River Dodder myself today with a friend, then had a lovely meal cooked by her hubby and watched the DVD of their daughters wedding at Christmas.
The more time I spend gambling , the more out of touch I become with reality . When I go into non gambling venues,I feel like a zombie from outer space or a fish out of water. It takes me ***** to adjust. I feel I don’t belong.
Scary when you dwell on the long term effects of gambling. Bit like **** addiction, but we all have a choice to opt for the normal lifestyle.
I can’t get Izzi’s poem out of my mind. I found it riveting. Look it up!
CGs always lose emotionally, and spiritually and psychologically and its always glossed over by money loss because the Financial loss is the thing we can see.
Here’s to a win! Here’s to Recovery!Could you call that casino and ban in advance, Libbie? Will you be alone? Phone GA in that area and request one of the members to meet you and ask him to walk in with you and ban yourself BEFORE you play. Ambivilence towards gambling is what poses the biggest danger to a CG. It allows our twisted minds to magnify the "good" aspects of gambling and play down the bad. If we didn’t experience these emotional extremes our attitude to gambling would be more balanced.
I m reading between the lines Libbie. I sense you ARE planning to gamble in Pittsburgh?
Do you really need to carry cash?
Why chance spoiling your trip.
Build those barriers before you go. Expressing it here is the cry for help. I never reach out for help before I gamble. Too proud and selfish. Just want my own buzz when the opportunity presents itself. That ***** to be addressed…– 05/04/2013 11:57:01: post edited by vera.Great post RTC!
The consequences of my gambling hit home big time today! If only I could go back to May 2008 when I first joined this site! If only I had followed the advise I was given then.
I hope you will never live to experience such regret . The damage is SOO hard to undo!Well done on checking in on youself Aka!
The day/night we stop doing that is the time we are liable to slide away to our secret life!
You are forming a good habit!No shame in coming back and trying a new style, Paul!
So long as we are willing to begin again! (Gets weary though when you’re a "regular beginner"!)I think "April Fool’s Day " fell on the 2nd not the 1st, this year………..
Is it possible to kick oneself in the head???
RG!
Take a "HOW" bow!
Honesty at it’s best!
Openness with hubby
Wilingness to share with the cool dudes!
Send me some of your magic potion R! The bitter aftertaste from poisoned chalice still lingers!
On a POSITIVE note, Cat.
Today is a new day!– 04/04/2013 00:12:29: post edited by vera.Izzi,
I hope you don’t mind me bringing this poem to the top as a poignant reminder to all of the consequences of gambling.
You know I was "on your side" from the beginning Izzi. I often wonder what happens to people who vanish from this Forum. I often ask myself "Is he/she gambling or (God forbid!) are they dead!?"
I never read this poem before. I was just broswing and it jumped out at me.
I think it’s brilliant!
Maybe I am meant to read it at this time.
I has certainly taken my breath away…..
Thanks Izzi. I needed to be stopped in my tracks.Izzi,
I hope you don’t mind me bringing this poem to the top as a poignant reminder to all of the consequences of gambling.
You know I was "on your side" from the beginning Izzi. I often wonder what happens to people who vanish from this Forum. I often ask myself "Is he/she gambling or (God forbid!) are they dead!?"
I never read this poem before. I was just broswing and it jumped out at me.
I think it’s brilliant!
Maybe I am meant to read it at this time.
I has certainly taken my breath away…..
Thanks Izzi. I needed to be stopped in my tracks.