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Hello my little CHAF, great to hear you being so positive 🙂 Try not to worry about the negative feelings creeping up on you, gambling is still keen to win you back & everytime you bat away a test, shows you you're getting stronger! Thinking can be very painful but you're still winning & that's what counts 🙂

I've not seen the yellow signs yet but just hearing about them here has started to ruin the colour for me, as if gambling hasn't taken away enough of my life :-0

Stay strong yourself - ODAAT

Hi Ade, Thanks for your continuing support much appreciated.

Sooo pleased you have negotiated with those negative thoughts and come through feeling positive again. Had a few myself last week but have pushed through them now.

Now then the knee business my friend is probably wear and Tear I get that too, especially when the weather is cold, all that exercise we did/do takes it toll lol.

Take care and stay safe and POSITIVE

Suzanne xxx

Hi Ade 🙂

Thank you for such a lovely post! (63 is new 30 lol lol).
Hope all is good with ya and sometimes it is quite therapeutic to have a soul searching time. Thoughts can lead us into actions and nothing wrong with that as long as they are healthy and full filing ones!

Keep up good work and look after yourself

Sandra xxx

Alright my old mucker, thanks for dropping by & giving it large to Mrs D (ooo er missus) - it did make me chuckle 🙂

I hate to state the obvious coz it ain't got the same ring as Norf or Sarf but you do know West is Best innit 😉

Thank you so much for all your kind posts ladies!! ;0)

Feeling on top form today, following a bit of a dip in mood over the weekend.

Basically I think a few irritations at work with useless work colleagues (numpties!), who's incompetence impacts directly on my ability to be able to do my job. Coupled with a swollen painful left knee that meant I was unable to keep busy at the weekend, and those irritating yellow banners in bookies windows, all compounded to drag me to a generally grumpy fed up state.

I can kind of see now that in days gone by, I would have most probably thought, f***k this I'm off to the bookies. So in a way, I am quite happy that I have managed to avoid that scenario, although I don't think I had the urge to go down that route.

Work has been better today as I made a decision to remove myself from the project that I was involved in that was sucking the life out of me. Although I do really hate it when other people who are no doubt earning more than I do, continue to under perform at their jobs.......................... grrrrrrrrr!!

Looking forward to a night at home, ice my knee inbetween taxi-ing my eldest daughter to and from swimming club. Do some reading with youngest daughter and chill out......

70 days for me tomorrow, thats 10 weeks if my maths is correct!! ;0)

Keep strong all

Ade

Alright, alright Hop-along, you choose you're own nickname then since we in agreement as to which part of the big smoke rocks the most 😉

I've hung up my CHAV hat now anyway & moved out to the shires! Sadly just like you can't take the council out of the boy you can no better take it out of the gal & when I'm surrounded by Numpties (as I too, so often am - It has a name, all these idiots being promoted to their own level of incompetence, it's called the Peter Principle) the potty mouth opens & starts running away with itself :-0

Never let your baby stop swimming not til she's like a hundred (& too old for boys)...It has stood me in very good stead all these years (I mean literally Cindy Crawford has nothing on me - joke)! From French exchanges when I was the only one small enough to tumble (the 1 & only freestyle race I ever won) to seeing people on telly & being able to say I swam with them because they happened once to be @ a Meet that I was @!

I wanted to wait til tomorrow so I could congratulate you on a different number but instead I'm gonna say a big whoop whoop to the end of week 9...Check it out tonight in your rear view mirror!

Thanks ODAAT and NT for your supportive posts.

Feeling strong and positive.

10 weeks of recovery has brought me peace and control.

Rather than being in pieces and out of control.

Big change in my life.

Focusing on my future..... money to save.....things to do.....etc...

Keep strong all

Ade ;0)

Whoop whoop 10 weeks Guvnor 🙂

Ade

Fella your journey is ongoing proof that no compulsive gambler should ever give up on giving up.

Keep adding to your continued abstinence my dear friend, it's a fantastic achievement.

Most of all keep sharing, inspiring.

Enjoy all it gifts.

Duncs stepping forward never back.

10 weeks ade Well done mate keep up the good fight. I am 5 weeks behind you so hopefully we will stay that way the rest of the year.

Thanks ODAAT, Duncs and Gregg.

70 up!! 10 weeks of making the right choice. Recovery.

It can be done people, it can be done.....

Ade ;0)

Hi Ade,

Congratulations on 70up, ten weeks of making that right choice, well done my friend.

Be very proud Ade.

Suzanne xx

Well done, Ade. 70 days is a great achievement. Now go and make it 100 days!

Thanks Suzanne, Pelle and NT.

Onwards and upwards....

Keep strong all

Ade

Hey mr projects master 🙂

Well done on 10 weeks!! Time just flies eh! Very happy for you dear friend, keep up good work and keep reaping the benefits of abstinence. Ohhh soo many of them to grab and enjoy 🙂

Ps. How is your little project going? Remember progress is slow but it is worth it at the end 🙂

Later Bobby 😉

Sandra xx