Excuses
Not sure if anyone will resonate with this post but it's something I wanted to get off my chest. Something has clicked this week. I don't know why unless it's got something to do with the gratitude Ive felt this week for all the support in getting to 6 months off a bet.
I've not overly recognised but on a few occasions my sponsor has said to me no excuses. Yesterday I had to drive down to my parents to help my mum sort some papers out. A member of my family who I've not seen for a long time decided to spend an hour reading me the riot act. She has no empathy or understanding of addiction which is understandable. The first thing I recognised was that it didn't bother me but also that I didn't want to make any excuses. Then it sort of clicked. I've been walking in recovery thinking no more lies but half of them weren't lies in the past, they were excuse after excuse after excuse. None of them completely true but still excuses.
So I've made a conscious decision today to do my utmost to not make any more excuses at all
Yes this excusses one of friends who a non gamblier asked me few weeks back how am i so calm about life anyone that had any form of addiction will have gone through problems i have noticed as a recovering addict i am able to get on with life which living in the present had taught me i no longer think about the future or plan ahead one day at time this has helped me massively and i have noticed its had a positive affect on me when others are noticing these changes like as asking me how do i cope👍
hi Taz, great reply mate and thank you as I enjoyed reading thatÂ
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