Difficult subject

will miss u on chat mate.......as its such a tough subject the chat room is often a place with high anxiety, depression, stress, worry, but i like to try to offer help as you did..... they are fine just to let u know.....its a tough chat room so i understand ur reasons.... all the best adam xxx

Hi Faith,

Sorry to hear you won't be around but I understand your reasons. Your compassion, contributions & your candid honesty will be missed by many. This forum will we poorer without you.

Sincere Best Wishes

AL 

Hi

Sorry you are feeling other peoples pains and feeling frsutrated.

In my recovery I found out how to heal my pains.

And in time I have emoathy for my self and others.

Yet I understand that I am not able to heal other people pains.

We can give a hand to people yet if they are nto willing to go to recovery we can not make them.

Why it is important to stress to people that we will go with them to meetings yet only when they are willing to  go.

Hence no matter when we last gambled going to meetings is esntial because in time we get it.

It is important to not give up on our self.

Before my addictions and obsessions I tried to commit suicide my self.

I took certain items which I thought would end my life then went to bed and told no one.

The next morning I woke up and felt a complete failure yet again.

Now on arriving in the recovery the question had I ever tried to commit suicide.

I was very confident and said no.

Due to painful emotional truamas in my life  I buried and blanked out those painful periods of my life.

When people are in pain I feel for them because I am also feeling the pains I had or have in my life today.

Only by empathy for my self can I have empathy for others.

The recovery program for me means healing my pains in me and also healing my hurt inner child.

Facing our fears is even more important.

By my reducing my fears life seems so much easier today.

Thank you fro your sharing.

Dave L

Dear @faith-777,

I am sorry to hear you have been affected by your experiences with our chatroom recently.

If you did want to talk to someone about this, the Samaritans are always there to listen and help you through this https://www.samaritans.org/ Tel: 116 123

Furthermore, if you have been struggling with sleep, the National Sleep Helpline can support you with this https://thesleepcharity.org.uk/national-sleep-helpline/ Tel: 03303 530 541

Thank you for sharing your experiences on the forum with us.

Kind Regards,

Forum Admin

George

Thanks George , Adam and Slow,

I appreciate your support and recognise the importance of the chat room, but for me it was too raw at that time.

I am not criticising the adviser on duty for that session, because I realise that they did respond to the group. But for me, i had already gone onto tilt and nothing that anyone could say or do would have changed my thoughts at that moment. I am fine, with absolutely no thoughts of gambling and you are all nice people. Thanks for caring.

Hi Faith,

I hope you & your family are well. You're missed on the chat & I understand why you've chosen to stay away. All I want to say is people like yourself who've abstained for several years are the ones who taught me some of the most valuable lessons in life. Keep posting please, stay in touch not just for my benefit. There are many who need your input & advice. I learned so much from those who'd talked the talk & had walked the walk. 

Best

AL