Hi all,
Ok.......so maybe a call out to those who have continually supported people here and racked up a good amount of time as gamble free. It will most probably benefit people starting on their journey to a gamble free life........
So when I read on here, when there are new members a lot of people who have hundreds of gamble free days under their belt support new members just starting out. While the information given (myself included) we focus on initial strategies to help block, limit and exclude our lives from gambling. We don't often comment on how things are different now.
I'm closing in on two years gf, and my opinion is that gambling (which was hideous) eventually enriched my life through recovery. I am of the belief that I have tried new things (time part of the triangle), funded new ventures (opportunity cost of the triangle by not gambling) and even relocated (location part of triangle) to enable my recovery. The benefits have been amazing and maybe I think I took this direction through recovery and not choice. Does anyone else feel like their direction took a massive change through recovery? I think I have tried many new endeavours, met new people and gained interests/skills and changed as a person through recovery. If it wasn't for recovery I certainly wouldn't be where I am now!
Discuss? I guess I'm seeing major positives through recovery which in the long run would benefit the people starting on their journey. I think a healthy recovery has made me make changes that I normally wouldn't have. The long game is very important and to see how things have changed from our long term users may benefit others. It's a great incentive to see positives coming out of recovery, not just the quitting gambling side.
Thanks for reading!
Hi
I feel calm like I can look down over my own life and wonder who that person was in 2015 and long before that. I see things more clearly and going into 2018 I feel even better. I look at my years of recovery like has two years really passed since then.
Ive learned to calmly choose the situations I want to be in and accept myself for who I am. I am more comfortable with myself and focusing on a clearer plan for the future
Ive organised my life putting things neatly on shelves so I can find them. I have carried on with my collecting and I am not struggling to pay my way in life.
Ive told my few friends that they are important to me and Im glad I met them. Ive told my family that I love them and built that relationship as much as I can.
I think there has been a lot of internal stuff going on. Im realising that I would like to travel and do certain things. Money doesnt drive me and thats ok. Ive been volunteering and handing out food parcels. I have done more and I enjoy meeting new people and helping where I can
Gambling is a stange fish and I wouldnt be where I am now if it wasnt for recovery. Im trying to get over that I havent suddenly become a party animal in utopia but things have been falling into place in a very nice way.
Best wishes to everyone on the forum
I'm resentful towards those advertisements you see everywhere, more and more programs on TV so. Sponsored by some greedy gambling site. They brain wash your mind into thinking it's a good thing to play with money you can't see untill that bank statement turns up. But we have choices, some choose to ignore others fall prey.
For me it was a lifetime of gambling progressing as times changed in regards to how we gambled. From the penny pushers to the unlimited 1 spin games. I regret only 2 things, the hurt I caused during my addiction times, and how stupid I became to think I needed to gamble, regrets money has gone but I am learning invaluable lessons about myself and others in my life.
Here is 2 2018 gf and striving to be me
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