A new life

Hey Jaq,

Happy Mothers Day, glad your son is doing so well, and the therapy is helping him along. Were only a couple days apart in our soberity, lets keep on kicking this gambling addiction out of our lives. He is very lucky to have such a great and supportive mom, my hats off to you.

Chicagoguy

Hi jaq

Its lovely to hear your son is doing so well 60 days is amazing, the 1-2-1 seems to be proving invaluable.

You both have so much to be proud of and long may it continue. Have a fantastic day, you deserve it.

Hi Chicagoguy well done to both of you for our gamble free days - had a lovely Mother's Day and enjoyed a wonderful bouquet of flowers and a bottle of wine !

You should be very proud of yourself and have been keeping up to date on your progress.

Today my son asked me to change the password to his bank account in case he was tempted to gamble - this concerned me as he has had access to all his accounts and has not been tempted - then he said it was a precaution as last time he spent all his deposit for his apartment - this time he is so close to completing on his apartment and doesn't want to lose it - I guess this is the time for me to regain his trusty .... But passwords changed as his request - so hopefully he oil have his own apartment soon.

You take care and keep up the good work 😉

Hi cjdan thanks for your post it means a Lot that you take time to post. I had a lovely day yesterday and am looking forward to my sons next 50 - take care and keep posting x

Hi Jaq,

I hope u and ur son r ok, I am thinking of u!

I am always here if u need me 🙂

Take care xxxx

Hi Charlotte good to hear from you ... All ok here my son off to counselling again this week (I hope) had to cancel last week because of work. Glad you are still in touch - changed the title of my thread and name as someone got on to my ipad and didn't want them to share my private life !

So glad you are staying in touch ...in means a lot to me xxx

74 days gamble free for my son today 🙂

The counselling is really helping and he is doing well. I still struggle somedays with the trust issue and believing him but I am sure that will come in time.

For those of you that take the time to read this post, thank you and I hopefully realise that I have Changed my name and the title of my thread - someone I work with decided it was ok to snoop through my ipad ... I should have known better. Take care everyone and keep up,the good work x

Day 77 for my son, all is good - still find it hard somedays to think what happened and to believe what he tells me, but trying my best.

Hope all is well with anyone that reads mys post x

Hi Jaci

Just realised you have changed your name.

Really pleased to hear that your son is still doing so well and receiving your help and support along the way - he is very lucky to have you.

I suppose it can be difficult to believe someone all the time when they have gambled and possibly lied in the past to cover up their gamgling. I know I have done this to some of my family members and it is not very nice. However, since I have been a member of this forum and been posting in my diary, I no longer have to tell lies as I am not gambling anymore. Hopefully, this will be the case for your son.

Take care both of you.

Feb.

Hi Jaq,

It made me smile when I read that ur son is doing gr8, u must be sooooo proud of him 🙂

He is really lucky 2 have a gr8 mum like u, I hope u r ok and staying strong 🙂

Have a gr8 nite xxxxxx

Hi Feb

Thank you for your post, glad you were able to find me as I have change my name - you may have seen that someone just helped themselves to my ipad and then proceeded to look at my history and my emails. So I changed my name as I don't want everyone to know my business.

All seems to well at the moment and my son is working so hard trying to regain his confidence in the real world. He as received promotion at work, been gamble free and managed to survive the break pmwiht his girlfriend, all good news.

So pleased you are doing well too, you also have some good support.

Thank you once again for your pot it means a lot tome x

Charlotte thank you for your post and yes I am very proud of my son he is doing so well, as I have mentioned previously I still struggle sometimes with believing him and when I check his bank account have a very sick feeling -although I am checking it less as he is doing well, but I willow be complacent.

Keep it touch x

It's great that your son is going strong. Like others have said this addiction does make us do horrible things including lying to loved ones. I'm not proud of the lies and pain I've caused whilst gambling and I'm determined never do this again. Have a great Easter and well done for being so supportive for you son

Thank you Betterfuture for your post ... it is hard to start believing again, but I am trying my best x Have a great Easter and beware of too much chocolate (lol)

Well here I am ... up too late and work tomorrow, and hopefully a busy day.

Well I have had several sleepless nights and early mornings !! my son is off on his first night out since the gamble free period, to celebrate his birthday ... I know the guards will be down and I am worried ... first night out since gamble free and first night out since break up girlfriend ... will I sleep NNOOO !!

will let you know how it goes on Sunday - I am hoping for the best, but will be a worried and loving mother - hope you all have a good Easter xx