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Safe driving B!
I hope that car always goes in the right direction and never spends time in a casino parking lot!
mini skirt and sun glasses next!
Hi Bettie!….I was in a restuarant lately (maybe I told you this before) and saw a young woman discreetly injecting herself with insulin at the table. She was about 8 stone weight! My point is, dont blame your need to take insulin on your weight. There are other factors involved too. I was at a wedding last Saturday. I still have every dress/suit/jacket etc from my wardrobe (all the items that would not fit) thrown on beds and bannisters , I spent so long trying to squeeze myself into a rigout I was exhausted and fit to go back to bed before we left the house for the wedding… I didnt breathe properly until I got home that night! Sickening!
You haven’t failed Bettie. Never give up. Stick to a diet/exercise plan that will eventually bring down that weight. Stress won’t help of course! I’ll have to follow my own counsel too!Glad youre feeling better B! The bank must love you! Building up all that business for them! I hope you continue to achieve your potential in EVERY way! On day at a time!
Hi K!
Very nice of the older boy to befriend a first year! Usually they would not be seen dead with a younger boy! It must be a big help to Bailey to have him there. My friend’s daughter started secondary school in September. She would not fit in to the "tall/slim/pretty" bracket so you can imagine how she grew ten feet, when the good looking 15 year old son of another work colleague sidled up beside her at break time and said "how’s it going J?" All the girls were enviously asking "How do you know him?"
Starting high school can be either made or break time. My son only recently told me how a neighbour’s son bullied him very badly at that time. He was too scared to tell! My gut reaction all those years later was to get that creep and crack his skull! Charity or common sense prevailed and we had a good laugh at how pathetic some of these 13 year old" he men" with low self esteem will go to any level to defend their own position. That young man is still around. He hasn’t change! Another one on the forgiveness list!Just bringing you to the top Bettie because that’s where you deserve to be!
You’ve inspired many many people here. If you find yourself struggling, why not come on here and share with your friends? You know we are here for you Bettie, for better or worse! Trust us!as a month with less days, sorry!
Larry, 29th "Leap Day" is a day for the women so all you eligible men beware!
It could be an extra day if we needed on to gamble, but I look on February as a day with less days. Any one with a bithday on the 29th would probably disagree…no idea how that works out…??Being physically unwell colours our whole outlook on life Bettie! Healthy body, healthy mind! Kathryn is right. All that glitters is not gold. Take a break B! You need to rest!
Hi Bettie!
All very upsetting but gambling wont solve any of it, as you know.
Why not get a friend to go to the casino with you now,WITHOUT MONEY to re affirm your self exclusion. If your face is fresh in their memory, you wont be able to sneak in unnoticed. Stay away from the liquer!Hi Larry!
If my calculation is correct, today would be your 29th month anniversary! you don’t mention your lgd or ldg anymore!
Thanks for bringing Colin’s thread to the fore to let us congratulate him on his anniversary too.
Friday 13th!
I’m not superstitious but I won’t take any risks today..
or ANY day!
Thanks for your detailed "sharing". Hope you are enjoying your new coffee maker. (can coffee not be made by just boiling hot water and adding the coffee? I’m not a coffee drinker so I’m guessing!)
Did you ever consider alternative therapy for your Raynaud’s condition Larry? Acupuncture or Botox?
Keep posting!Hi Larry! Thanks for posting to my thread yesterday. I love getting a post from you. I read it three times then read it aloud to my son!
I’m happy to hear you are not being controlled by either gambling or recovery, Larry! The opposite to control is freedom. I think that comes only with the years! We spend our childhood being controlled by impulses and the restrictions adults put on these impulses! As adolescents, we are controlled by a mixture of hormones, fear of the consequences of our actions and in some cases the fear of God. In marriage our children control us during their childhood and teenage years, and just when we think we are free, many so called mature adults realise we have become slaves! Slaves to our convictions, slaves to society, to our desires, to gambling, alcohol, drugs even slaves to our GOD! Until one day we wake up and have to admit that our lives are in a shambles and we didn’t even see it coming until it was too late…
Of course it’s never too late Larry!That thing we call recovery is really just us slaves learning how to drop our attachments. One by one we examine our desires, whether it is a down town trip to hear a band, a choice between staying in or going out for a nigt, a trip to the casino, whatever, when we SEE it for what it is, we are no longer under that’s objects control. We become aware of it’s true worth and in that awareness , we learn to drop it! and lo and behold, we are FREE!
Long live freedom!
Lonh live recovery!I agree Carole!
Nobody has shown greater signs of progress in recovery than you, Bettie! I remember how you were when you first came here and I know the huge efforts and strides you have made.
How well do these people know you?
I ve been thinking about your "slip" Bettie. From what you have written here and from what we discussed privately, I would say you didn’t gamble at all! It seems to me as if you went to the casino in a sort of fugue state and putting money in a machine was incidental. There is always more to one’s action than meets the eye.
We are all here for you Bettie! You know that! I’m not putting your sponsor or GA to one side B, but from my experience of GA they relied a lot on policy and objective theories. My experience of course is limited so maybe Im wrong!
To quote Robert Frost-"In three words I can sum up everything I learned about life: It goes on"…
same can be said for recovery!In case you think I’ve moved off the radar , Grace, I’m letting you know you are in my thoughts and prayers this Little Christmas (in Ireland, the 6th January is so called) An even older name is" Nollag na mBan"-"Women’s Christmas".
I love the Feast of the Epiphany. As a Cg it has become very significant for me. We can come in our brokeness and and impoverished circumstances, and discover that the Saviour we meet is our true wealth. I put the 3 Wise Men into the crib when I came home from work just now, said the Serenity Prayer and came to bed
I’m finished nights for this week but will spend the day sleeping and go to Dublin to Church tonight then have a Family meal when we come home.
Hopefully my son will come late tonight with his girlfriend and the puppy he bought her for Chrismtas.
I’m making an effert to restore normality where possible!
Glad youre keeping up your old thread Sherry!
That dream is self explanatory. It was worth all the hard work to have that pension now. IT’S YOURS, Sherry! Don’t give it away.
Thank God you have a job you like now. The only way we will ever get honest money is by hard work.
***** your blessings!Hi Jen and congrats on your G free week! It may feel like a short time but think of the damage we CGs can do in a week and be grateful that you can look back and say "I’m free!"
What a difference than feeling enslaved!
Keep going forward Jen!
Well done!