Adam poker 2015-2022-the future

Hi Adam

Thank you for your sharing.

It is nice to have couple of friends get together and share some ehalthy time together 

It sounds much more fun and healthier than our old unhealthy habits.

Once we write down our needs and our goals we find once we ereach one goal we want to progress more.

With each healthy goal comes more confidence in our self.

Funny thing I dont talk about gambling it got me no where healthy.

Yes gambling was so unhealthy during those painful years.

I feel that there no place in my life today for Gambling.

I do not need to do it nor do I want to do it, it is the last thing I want to do with my life today.

For me stopping gambling I thought that was an impossible task for me.

I thought that I woud be the last person on this planet to stop Gambling.

I got selfish about my recovery.

Yes stopping and starting gambling was soul destroying for me.

I wanted to give up on myself so many times.

Last night I was scared about laying some concrete.

I had bought 48 bags of concrete and one in hand already.

I did not think that I would use most of them.

Because I bought so many I did not think I would use most of them.

Today I used 43 bags each weighing 55 pounds in weight.

Needless to say did I listen to my body.

Did I over come my fears.

Yet who would have thought it possible by saying just today I will not gamble.

How can it be that each of us is abale to do things we thought at one time impossible.

From facing our fears we can do so much more with our life today.

75 years of age and laying concrete are you mad. LOL.

Gambling was the last thing on my mind today.

I am very grateful and thankfull for today.

To become part of a program that nurtures us and encourages us to do so much more healthy things with our life each day.

The healthy wisdom shared helps others help them selves.

we each come here having the responsibility of nurturing and spreading to others who have started their new life and new journey with other like minded people..

Life is just to precious who wants to waste their time today being unhealthy.

Love and peace to every one

Dave L

AKA Dave of Beckenham UK

Hi dve for a 75 year old you sound very active which is great mate..... thanks for posting again....

Last night i went to a friends who had a pizza oven in their garden..... had pizza then played football with his two sons..... was great fun... got back at 9pm and started watching killing eve.... then went to bed... slept well

Today i woke at 11am then a friend came over at 12 and we had a bbq and sat in the sun was another lovely day of the many ive had this week.

Then another two friedns came over and we had another bbq lol... today ive had two burgers and three sausages lol pretty well full...

Then they left and i have watched an episode of killing eve and listened to some music....

Really have had a lovely week.... ive been entertaining every day since saturday so 7 days now lol..... ive eaten lots, drunk lots of coffee...slept well...just need to relax a bit more before monday and as its friday night tonight ive got another whole 2 days to do just that.....

My friend sold me an old tv of his today 39 inch one that i can have in my bedroom.... mum and dad are bringing achest of drawers down tomo morning that i can put it on.... theres no ariel in the bedroom but its apparently got a dongal that connects with the internet so happy days...... will be good for when i want to relax in bed watching tv.

everything going well with recovery.... last day at flat tomo then going to go back to mum and dads for a few days to get used to the transition at work and at home for the first few weeks..

All the best AdamXxx

Hi

I am very productive and very active for a 75 year old.

I am more productive and healthier than at ay other time in l ife before.

I was so sure and confident at 15 years age that all I wanted to do was nothing with my life.

Well I went to the coast at Winchelsea bought a caravan and I did nothing for a year.

After one year I knew that I did not want to do nothing for the rest of my life.

Recovery helps us understand our needs, our wants and eventually more goals in our life.

I did work during the day possibly obsessively.

But what did I do with the other 8 hours a day, not a lot.

Rewarding myself for being much healthier seemed impossible. 

It is great and healthy to hear people use their time doing healthy things. 

It is nice that you went to a friends place who had a pizza oven in their garden

Where was my invite then. LOL

Sounds like more fun playing football with his two sons, did they let you win.

Sleeping well I would like some fo that.

I still got trauma from my childhood.

It sounds healthy having another healthy lovely day.

Your friend sold you a 39 inch TV does it come with warranty.

It sounds useful t o have in your bedroom.

It is nice to hear everything going well with your recovery.

We wish you well.

Love and peace to every one

Dave L

AKA Dave of Beckenham UK

Hi again Dave cheers for popping by.....  Yes this is the time to do things with our lives....

Back to work today..... I've been asked to work on reception this weekend..   8-6 each day so two ten hour shifts... .said yes as I'm pretty well rested at the mo...... It will 1.2 20% extra pay as it's a weekend so I should get 220 pounds for it..... Cracking should make for an awesome paycheque next month.....

She said what would you like to do as she would come in for the rest of it .... I said I'll do it all lol.

If I can keep getting the extra hours at weekends really would help....

Think I'm on day 916 so 84 days till I hit the 1000 mark.

I'm off that Monday on a holiday day so I'll make sure to celebrate in style.

My manager has been off sick for another week last week and today...  A headache...    Other porter had covid and managers manager was on holiday so Joel was in on his own for the week...he did survive it tho so it's all good.

What am I looking forward to now? I spent Soo long looking forward to my move into flat week and celebrating each of day of that I kind of haven't got anything else planned...   

With this in mind I'll try and get it some overtime and earn as much as I can to save up a bit for rainy days...  

All the best Adam xxx

Hi

Thank you our sharing.

Extra money gives us more choices and also we can reward our self for the healthy work we do.

This time exchanging unhealthy habits in to to healthy habits and we can do things more healthy things with our lives each day.

Each healthy day we have is an investment in to our future days. 

That is very impressive 916 gamblinh free days soon hitting the 1000 day mark.

Enjoy your  holiday.

Keep active and healthy.

Love and peace to every one

Dave L

AKA Dave of Beckenham UK

England draw phew ..... Great result away with Germany......praise the Lord for harry Kane.....

I'm back after a busy weekend...  Worked 21 hours over Saturday and Sunday at 1.5 overtime so should get paid for 31 hours when I get the paycheque at end of month...... Looking forward to that....

Was a busy weekend in and they said they will look out for me for other weekends that come up 

All good here ....  Been staying at my folks for a week now. I have option to stay at flat if I want but been happy to stay here a bit too.

All the best Adam xxx

Been a very busy month Soo far and previous month was busy too..... With this in mind I'm pretty run down.... Today was my 11th day in a row at work and it's been hot and busy with colleagues off..... It's only going to get busier at work as other porter has covid and my manager is off for three weeks from today sigh.....

With this in mind I was going to have a bbq at flat Saturday but I've now decided I've had enough of the heat so will try to stay cool inside over the weekend..... Have a lye in.....and rest up.

Just one more day to go tomo then the well deserved weekend.

Really need a rest as been getting pretty down last couple of days and a break from work will give me that .

All the best Adam xxx

I've made it!!!!! I've made it to the weekend....  Horray...... Time to chill

Hi

Keeping busy is a good thing.

But keeping balance is also good.

Understanding my needs my wants and then once in recovery my goals.

It is also healthy to look after our health and one thing people find hard is to reward our self.

Having a good rest with healthy food is great.

Some people think that because we have been unhealthy for some time we do not need to reward our self.

Not so we are nto suppose to punish our self but the opposite to be kind and caring towards our self.

I also tend to run down my self and give my self time off to recovery.

I often push my body to hard getting things done.

Enjoy your bbq at flat Saturday I am not jealous at all.

Being 11th day in a row at work is hard work.

Watch out today with that heat.

Having a very busy month is keeping you busy.

A lye in sounds like a good thing.

Yes resting up is healthy.

A break from work sound slike a good idea..

Another clean day sounds like a good thing.

Love and peace to everyone

Dave L

AKA Dave of Beckenham UK

Your an amazing person adam..so glad I know you even if it is virtual. You have great strength and truly are a kind man. X

Thank you for popping by Dave and stace xxxx

Stace we have been thru Soo much and are still here I hope you continue to visit the site so we can continue this journey together xxxx

All the best Adam xxx

Catching up on my sleep today

Fully rested now and feeling a lot better.

My actions at work of putting forward things for the weekly bulletin have worked as I'm now doing the weekly bulletin.  I'm interviewing colleagues for it, putting together interesting topics.  I'd like to bring together the staff, de stress them and improve their time off.....

I've been watching a documentary on social media and it's fair to say it's a menace and is lowering people's mental health....  It's been designed to shape human users future..... The only industries where the products customers are named users are drugs and technology.  The advertisers pay for this change in behaviour..... It has really shaped the youth of today some say in a very bad way (mostly ex employees of these tech firms who have designed it to take up as much of the users time as they can, reducing time away from computers in oder to relax)..... If u are using a product for free? You are the product......  It's shaped elections..... And changed people's lives..... In the old days when you design and create a tool like a bicycle for example when not used it would lye dormant..... Social media acts in order to get used again thru notifications and is therefore extremely addictive...... These tech companies have become the most profitable companies ever in human kind.  I have not used social media for a couple of years as no matter how many times I deleted gambling adverts saying they are a sensitive topic they would still come up..... As someone who used to be very addicted to gambling having gambling come up at a click of a button and be Soo accessible is a somewhat scary thing..... Now since I'm not on Facebook I see less of these adverts and gambling is less accessible..... This is a prime example that the social media company cares more about the profit margin of an advert advertised to me as a user than the health and care of me as this customer.

There's a documentary I've watched a few times on social media it's called ...... On Netflix.

I'm going to put this in bulletin I think to help staff think more about their and their families social media usage. 

Not written much on here lately as been tired but now I'm recharged I thought I'd update on my progress.

Independence is my current goal...... Well my goal for this year.  Been buying lots for flat..... Curtains..... Slippers..... Sun chair ......etc ..... There's Soo much still to get...... Also got a tv for bedroom ...,.. might bring that back to parent forin bedroom.....

Going to stay overnight tomo at flat and go straight to work from it in morning...  Then if goes well look to stay there all the time gaining full independence.

Moving into flat has knocked saving but with some overtime, tight budgeting, looking at my usage at flat, I should be able to save more again.

All the best Adam xxx