Calm & Confident

Hi Stephen, did'nt realise you were under a new name, great to see you are still going strong. The points you make at 4 and 5 is sad but true. Keep going and enjoy your life. All the best

Morning Greenflash. Hope you are happy and well. Many thanks for posting on my diary, I appreciate your support and encouragement.

I have just been reflecting on the state of the world and have sadly concluded that conflict, cruelty and greed are the norm for many people.

However, I cannot do much about the behaviour of others other than by setting a good example myself. With this in mind I fully intend to stay gamble free and enjoy my life in a wholesome way.

Good Morning Stephen

Thank you for taking the time to post on my diary recently. I’m 22 days in and really agree with this paragraph you recently posted on your own diary :

It is good to be gamble free and I have no desire to win or lose money. My income is adequate to pay the bills and enable me to live a happy and contented life.

This is exactly how I feel. I have adequate money to live my day to day life and can just about save up enough for Christmas, birthdays holidays etc.

In any case, gambling doesn’t pay. I often think to myself : in which month in my entire life have I ever profited from gambling ? Sure, I’ve had weeks or days where I’ve felt small wins, but hand on heart there’s not been a single month in my entire life where I’ve ‘won’ anything. Surely common sense prevails here !!! I must not ever gamble ! It’s only ever caused me financial loss ! What a no brainier it is when you can think logically about it ! Like you, I’m just still wary of any weak moments . Let’s hope we can continue with the logical thinking & avoid, avoid, avoid gambling for good. Hope you’re well and I was pleased to read your recent eye operations went well too.

BDF

Thank you BDF for posting on my diary. I agree with you completely that a perfectly good life can be had without gambling. I imagine most people on the diaries would think likewise.

I used to think that abstaining from gambling required great courage, wisdom and integrity but maybe I just made recovery more complicated than it had to be.

All I really need is:

1/ A genuine desire to stop gambling.

2/ Plenty of common sense.

3/ A bit of patience.

4/ Some self awareness and understanding.

5/ And last but not least the abilty to say NO and mean it.

I am Stephen. A compulsive gambler in recovery who is ready, willing and able to climb the Gamcare Mountain.