Abstain and maintain.Stepping forward never back.

Hi Duncan, thank u 4 ur kind words on my diary 🙂

Well done on the 19 weeks gamble free, u r doing gr8!

U r soooo supportive of others here, ur positivity gives me hope.

Stay strong and keep going 🙂

duncs 19 weeks wow how good does that feel? I love your diary I love your attitude to your recovery I always pop by for some inspiration to keep me going and I see it there in every post jumping out of the page. Thanks for your support. Blondie

Yo,

Really do not know what to say.

It's all been said, but you know that half full cup , looks like it is spilling over to me.

And rightly so

Dusty xx

Duncs 19 weeks bet free

Oh that felt bloody good to write 😉

I would raise a glass but am abstaining this week otherwise I won't get up the fells but back the weekend so would be rude not too then lol

So good to see Sarah and you enjoying a few Sunday good for you both , we really can start to enjoy it now Duncs cause we choose no bet

Love reading your posts

Keep strong

Smiling knackered Lucy

Wow. my fellow gamcare family I feel so proud to read your posts and thankyou soo so much.

Afternoon Diary today is my wedding anniversary we have been "legal"lol for 9 years today. We have been a couple for 21 years in october but only got round to getting hitched 9 years ago. Sarah is simply my soul mate the person who I would lay down and die for, she is folks my heartbeat my motivation my most of all best friend. I kept a secret from her for many years, so many times she stood by whilst I spurned all we had a never mentioned a word and stood by many false recoveries too many to count.On january 22 2012 I so nearly lost it all my wife,3 wonderfull kids and the home we worked hard for. Today 19 weeks and a day on we smile alot we have a plan a GREAT

one, and most of all folks we are living without fear without the thought of were the next dinner will come from, or worst when will the next bailiff come knocking, I pinch myself alot to be honest I dont know what I would have done if the tables were turned,But I do know this I cant change what has happened but I will have a say in the bright future I walk the walk today no longer have a pipe dream!!! I woke up and I am living the dream!!!

So folks I rightfully today toast my beautiful Sarah "heres to us and getting old"

Duncs happy smiling stepping forward never back. ( worked lunch now squeezing a 2 hr break to walk hovis hand in hand with the one for me. then back for service tonight.Tomorrow night I am off the stoves and plan a suprise!!!!) duncs compulsive gambler NO BET TODAY.

Joining you in a toast to "Amazingly kind Duncs and is Beautiful Sarah"...xxx

Think this is great post Duncs and soulmates is my pet subject as surprise surprise im reading a book on it!

I reckon she is your twin soul too..

I've had a few soul mates who have challenged me to raise my game often painfully through holding that mirror up to my soul but the love you have is twin souls ...you are each others other half that make a whole.

Very rare but very beautiful if you are lucky enough to have found your one!

Keep living your dream and always stepping forward never back..

"living a dream...where things are even bettter than they seem"...(Love is waiting by Al Jarreau)....little ditty for you there...

Keep on keeping on.............

Rach and Doo xx

Morning diary.

No bet yesterday, went to work early to sort out all paperwork and deliveries for the weekend then home and had a day with no pc,no mobile just the five of us+ the hound LOL chillin. Today I feel refreshed and ready to take on the world again. My observation today is the oncoming football tournament seems to be recieving not a great deal of the publics attention which compared to the bookies and there wanten advertising campagns is suprising as I think england have a decent chance, well as decent a chance as many others. Still on to more importat things our eldest is performing his poetry at a festival this weekend alongside stevie wonder!!!!! Wow wish we could be there but Work is first this weekend I am sure he is pleased we wont cramp his style LOL. So fully re charged I hope the weather calms for us all over the weekend and BET FREE it is a good one for all(especially above Cheltenham!!! PLEASE LOL)

Duncs stepping forward never back.

DMac,

Great news. 19 weeks is amazing. You are a fantastic advert for this site. Your life was unmanageable, you through yourself into your recovery and now you are a happy and extremely positive individual who enjoys all the benefits of a happy and peaceful life. All the boxes get ticked - happy family life, happy with work, happy with life in general.

They should put you on a billboard and stick you next to a bookies/casino.

Love reading your updates.

Tomso.

Afternoon diary.

I forgot to post earlier I also did not attend GA last night that is now three of the last five weeks missed 2 due to work one well I made family my priority last night and will certainly be attending next week as I do take a great deal from my meetings a medicine I shall keep the lid off of for life.

duncs stepping forward never back.

Morning Duncs

Thaks for your post, 100 not out sure feels pretty good 😉

Exciting about your eldest what a great thing to do, you must be soo proud!

I have come to the conclusion that you work too hard lol, i get tired just reading your posts but what a great thing you are achieving by giving it your all, i know how hard the kitchens are as left college a qualified chef but changed careers around 12 years ago, i don't think i could do it again so RESPECT!

Hope Sarah. the kids and you have a great weekend Duncs

Keep Strong

Massive smiling 100 day bet free Lucy

Hi Duncan,

U r doing brilliant, u should be sooo proud of urself 🙂

U must be sooo proud of ur eldest son what an achievement 🙂

Have a gr8 day!

Stay strong 🙂

No worries about missing those meetings as long as the priority is something even better.

Like spending time with your family.

Time for you to catch up on lost time, eh? The past is gone, we can't do anything about our lost time.

But we can do plenty about our present and our future.

And you are, well done!

NT

afternoon diary. Today i feel i have measure, what i mean is as a cg at it our measure is all disproportionate we set out with unreachable targets or pipe dreams as i see them under some illusion that life can function that way, today i judge less but make judgements all the same, i have a choice in life and gamble free it is always measured i think about the end result because in all i do there will be an end result, so today i guess that stick in duncs hand will take on a new meaning and i am going to make a judgement on all i do and all for the greater good, rest assured and safe in the knowledge that my stick will always beat back that urge to blow it all. So today i once again celebrate my recovery and what feels like another light bulb moment! Duncs compulsive gambler stepping forward never back. NO BET TODAY.

Hi ya,

Could so relate to your post.

To me recovery is a series of journeys. Or ledges as Rach says , missing her already lol

We are continuing climbing or evolving .

The end result I believe if there ever is one, is thinking differently, behaving differently , living differently.

Cause again this is only my belief , GC although an addiction and illness , is only made worst, or comes to the for front when other things in our lives impact on us. If we can change our lives, the way we react , the way we escape from life's disappointments , life's pressures , or sometimes even pressures we have caused ourselves. Then I think we stand a chance of keeping this addiction at bay, never gone just dormant inside.

Today you reached a new ledge , I have no doubt as you continue on your journey , you will reach higher and higher ones.

Take care

Dusty xxxxxxx

morning diary, no doubt i have seen the best of today from the top of the hill first thing this morning whilst running the hound ragged! The only other noise on our half hr saunter was the majestic perigrines who are protecting there young on they nest on the cliff top. Then home for tea with the wife and now on route to work to spend a day at my stove. Three days to go and i will take my first day off since starting my new job and folks i plan to do not a lot, a day to unwind and recharge the body. I will be honest when i say i know i need it, my body is worn out lol. Today i feel like i am draining the last of the gas from the tank and know if i am not carefull i risk burning out that is not an option, i as dusty said have reached a new ledge time to enjoy the view for a day or two then march on. This morning i have found myself thinking alot about other members and the stark contrasts in there recoveries, one special person reached a huge milestone another left this forum i respect them both equally and can only wish them all my best regards, i learnt about recovery that we have to accept it really is different strokes for different folks, does not stop me caring any less and yes js123. From time to time you are still in my thoughts we shared a great deal in those early days and hope that you and yours are well, i conclude this is the great humility this forum has given. And two handed NO BET TODAY i will step forward never back. Duncs compulsive gambler no bet today.