No respect to a poster elsewhere but my poison of choice was horses - on the nose or each-way. End of. So I would rather not be told about how a weird type of accumulator works, for example, thank you very much.
Why not copy your annoyance onto the relevant post?
I did express myself elsewhere politely but I just wanted to post on own diary page for my own benefit.
Sorry I meant no "disrespect" not "respect". I just read my post again and saw my grammatical errors. Apologies.
Excuse the grammar (my dyslexia).
This is not a political post but wow I definitely have heightened emotions since I stopped gambling and started coming off those horrible pills.
I had some tearful moments watching the One Love Manchester concert and I felt a lot of sincerity there. The recent events in Manchester and London would have upset me a year or so ago of course but I don't think I would have been quite so emotional as my head would have been elsewhere.....
Love not animosity - again George. d**n I miss him and he died so young but his lyrics are so beautiful and relate so much to my issues. We all have different opinions here but I believe we are on the same journey....the yellow brick road or whatever. Best wishes, Phil.
No more me, me, me - no more dismissiveness about other people's issues unless it was a big crisis. Being moved by current events, having emotions and caring again - that to me is recovery.
There are a lot of cruel and messed up people in this world. For example, I had to deal with a d-head who referred to my beautiful African wife with the "N" word recently but I genuinely feel most people are living their lives their way and feel no hostility or want no animosity. Love is the answer.
That person who said that about your wife truly was a d-head and a lot more besides that would all be censored out if i typed it. What an awful thing to have to listen to and well done for not head butting that person. Yes i would hope that was more an isolated incident than a common incident, i feel ashamed to be of the same species as someone who could say something like that to another person.
Thank you. I love my wife but treated her badly when I was gambling but I would not have put up with that kind of comment and would have ended up in the cells because my head was such a mess.
Dear diary: One thing I can't understand which is people who have been using the forum for several years (longer than me) and I am in no way having a dig but I looked at a couple of profiles then the posts and the non-specific people were still asking for advice about stopping gambling? It will help me on my journey to get some advice as I do not want to gamble again one day at a time in my own way. Please constructive criticism only and good responses or none. Best wishes, Phil.
I guess people keep asking the same question hoping for a different answer, an easier solution?
People like yourself who don't want to go to go down a specific route because of previous bad experience, others who have had treatment/counselling hoping to be cured, people who want to be able to gamble again (without losing) & others who haven't yet found the strength to face their demons. I'm not a statistician & I haven't been around recovery from addiction enough to be an authority on it but I've seen enough to say with some conviction, addiction doesn't just go away. It requires sustained effort for any level of longievity & I know for me, a huge fan of the quick fix, that's a bit of a ball ache!
Keep an open mind & keep working on you is all I have to offer I'm afraid!
& yes, abject shame on that person who let themselves down so horrendously when talking about your wife...I'm not @ the stage where I can pray for their souls but I do think that people like that are not worth our thoughts.
Thanks for the response ODAAT and your comment about my wife. Best wishes, Phil.
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