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Yes, Future Star , it’s all about dropping our desires when you study the plot.
“The root of all sorrow is desire;the uprooting of sorrow is desire-less-ness” is one of the quotes I could dwell on for days.
I too agree that Social Media portrays unreality. Everything is perfect in the cyber world. I have seen this in Real Life too. One man in GA goes on and on about “A Life beyond my wildest dreams” . I don’t doubt his sincerity but I often thought “What about the members whose lives are still in a mess even after we have stopped gambling?”?
It is very difficult to let go of the loss of 5k. I struggled for years to let go of my losses.
My only consolation is that if the money was handed back to me tomorrow, I would be likely to throw it all away again and wreck my life in the process.
Stay focused.Good to meet you in the Group earlier, Taz.
I agree with Steev. Both parties need support.
Non CGs find it difficult to get their head around the chaos a gambler creates. Big arguments fudge the issue .
Don’t drip feed your wife with the truth. It only causes mistrust.
Well done on looking for help.
Keep posting.do you think they would ignore a “good customer”, Jen?
They will always get their money back…unlike us!!!Well done on not giving in to the “whim”, Jen.
It ALWAYS ends in tears!
Is there any way you can cancel that line of credit?Sorry to hear about your friend, Monica. A big shock for all. Also a wake up call……. 2018 was your “Year of Change”. Without enormous effort on your part, none of those changes would have taken place. WELL DONE, Monica! Giving up the “smokes” will be a walk in the park compared to quitting gambling. One day at a time will work. I’m “choking” all night with a cough. Just thinking if I was still smoking the discomfort would be much worse. I am NOT a good patient!
The New Year is a good time to start again, Kin.
You are not alone.
The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Time for us to balance the books .
HAPPY NEW YEAR!I thinks lots of people run into NSF problems over the Christmas /New Year period, Lizbeth.
Not the end of the world. It will level out in a couple of months.
Don’t allow it to throw you off balance.
Only a “First World” problem!Jen, if we could bottle the “aftershock”gambling brings, we would never gamble again, but the human mind has a way of obliterating pain, so when the coast is clear it will always be “Ready, Steady , Go” for us CGs.
What we need to do is make it impossible to gamble.
There are ways to put a distance between ourselves and our cash. We just need to figure out a strategy to make it impossible to have instant access.
Back to the drawing board!I hear you, IDI.
It gets more painful with every “fall”.
Why?
Because we lose confidence and think we will never get back to “recovery”.
Every flaw in our surroundings becomes magnified post gambling. Everything seems hopeless and other people become the enemy. I think that is why we isolate .
Time for the Serenity Prayer.
Some things will never change. That is possibly true about your situation at home. All we can do is change our own behaviour, which also seems impossible at times.
I have an awful dose the past few days. Upper respiratory infection. Expecting family tomorrow and have gone to a fair bit of preparation but already I’m getting texts message saying “I don’t think we can make it”!!! Not an ideal recipe for a non gambling New Years Day but in my case I have made up my mind.
2019 will be a G free Year.
My last time of entry to a casino (hell) was December 26th at approx 7.30 pm. I was well after midnight (possibly 1.30 am ) when I left but I’m c ounting December 26th as my last gambling date.
Just make up your mind and draw a line under the last episode.
If nothing changes, nothing changes!There is only one thing to understand. A compulsive gambler NEVER WINS! Everything we “win”, we lose back and everything we chase we lose again. Like a dog chasings it’s tail. A waste of time.
“Perfect Love casts out all Fear”!
„Doskonała miłość usuwa wszelki strach”!