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Well done on closing that account, 3raser.
“What you are aware of, you are in control of.
What you are not aware of, is in control of you”!
Denying that you CANNOT control gambling, gives it power over you.
Take back that power now.
I have to go out now so no access to internet.
Maybe we will meet in one of the Groups this evening.
Stay safe!I’m glad my thread helped you through those 14 days, 3raser. The whole purpose of this Site is to lend support to each other. When I read or hear of peoples’ relapse, it helps me to remember the “bad times”. I’m only a “rooky” when it comes to recovery. There are members here who have lots of years under their belt but will I let you in on a little secret? Its not the time away from the last bet that counts, its the methods we use to protect ourselves from making the next bet that make the difference.
TODAY is all that counts.
2016 has been a G free year for me but I’m here in GT since 2008. Ducking and diving . IF I had taken the advice I was given initially, I would be debt free now. I am a lot older than you. I had to retire on ill health grounds. Gambling played a big part in that. I will be paying off debt forever. I have had many near misses so I just try to take each day as it comes, saying,
“Just for today, I will not gamble”.
It IS possible to stop gambling.Recovery from gambling is not easy, 3raser. It is deemed to be the most difficult addiction of all. We need to fight it with every available weapon. There is a lot of help out there. We all go through difficult times when we feel we have no hope of overcoming this “demon”. Can you think of any other person, besides your mum who would help you to be accountable for your money?
Of course you have a choice, 3raser.
Read what I -did- it said. I agree totally that when we leave doors open, our minds continue to play tricks on us.
Make gambling impossible and you will see a very big difference.That’s what gambling does to us, 3raser. Blinds us to reality.
No money=no gamble.
Tie up your funds and start again.
The reality is you CAN stop gambling. We are all at different stages in recovery.
Making comparisons with others is not helpful.
Read your own tread from the beginning and you will see the pitfalls.
Keep posting.You are right 3raser. Gambling consumes us. Eats us alive and all that remains is an empty shell…..
but only until we admit we are powerless over gambling.
When we realise that , everything changes.
None of us knows how our “journal will end” but we do know one thing for sure-gambling always ends in tears.Very true, Kin!