Get busy living... Or get busy dying..

Thanks for your post Blondie 🙂

I too have learnt to trust my instincts more. Isn’t it amazing how once the ‘gambling fog’ clears, we can see things so much more clearly? For myself at least, it’s almost as if I was completely blind to everything before. I hope that by coming back, I can continue my recovery and in the process, help others see more clearly too. Life without gambling is sooo much better isn't it? 😉

Well done mate on your continued recovery… you’re doing a sterling job!

Lmm xxx

Hi Blondie,

Ya know...I think we all go through different stages at different times....Bit like new borns hey!

I also feel like im moving into a different time zone now.....Change is good....change is accepting........Whatever works.

You have come such a long way on this journey and I suspect.....You...I......and a few more on this site are here for the long haul.

Keep doing what you are doing.......cos it works!

Hugs Sue xxxxx

Day 109.

Today was just one of those days, I had my car MOT and it failed 130 quid, then i had to tax it but its my dads old car (i got rid of my flash one which was ideal for this weather) a few months ago thought i would save myself 350 quid a month, so i couldnt tax it on line because i hadnt changed the log book, so off to the local DVLA office i went 2 hours later i came out with my tax and a parking ticket.

I actually wasnt that stressed about it, accept the things you cant change and all that, now in my gambling days I would of walked out or not waited and then come home and through a s**t load of money on the machines on line. Instead I smiled messed about with my little princess thinking about random funny names for people who were in the que and waited patiently. That my friend is progress, so a cr** day but actually a light bulb day also.

Home now and just had a nice sirloin steak and asparagus and mushroom sauce with my 2 girls and laughed right the way through the meal, we have been texting our house phone with random rude messages and listening to them and laughing..

Life is fun if you look closely enough.

Blondie xxx

Hiya Chook....

My fridge magnet bought as a stocking filler that is in my kitchen drawer as my fridge is housed in a cupboardy thing reads...."Life is what happens when we are making other plans..".

and that is what I thought of when I read your post....Im so glad you made the best of your day and that the light bulb has gone on too...sometimes having a right old belly laugh after a S***e day is the best thing.

Me and my pals go into our comedy "Epic Fail" routine after this kind of a day...where we conjour up the most extreme stuff we have ever failed at and magnify it by a g/gillion....(scousers)

We have an anarchic sense of humour and Eddie the Eagle was our front man for a while...but you get my drift...

Good for you...you turned it around and had a good laugh to boot ....mouth watering at those steaks...rare blue please for me!..YUM (ex veggie 25 yrs)

ps...just seen your post.....got me razor on speed dial....did I push it too far???.....tee hee xx

Hi Blondie,

Thanks for your message. Made me smile. 🙂 Yes, I'm getting v excited about the impending birth. Not long to go now! I will never ever have a better reason to stay strong.

Take care

Dave X

Morning ,

Can see the progression you are making .

It's takes time to realise that the money is such a small part of the CGs problem.

Avoidance of life was for me a much bigger problem.

Never quite facing things head on, then fire fighting when I had to.

Those light bulb moments , they keep coming , often at the most unexpected moments . But as each one does it is a giant reminder how far you have come .

Today your should be proud , very proud , .....

Hugs to you mrs !

Plus it's Friday 🙂

Shiny xxxxxxxx

hiya Blondie

Not sure if you're North or South this weekend but wherever you are you may get some event weather by all accounts...

keeping puckered up....

hugs

Rach and Doo xx

ps...out walking Dot later with wanger.....I look at that wanger now a bit more suspiciously...xxx wuffs to Woody Wuffpecker..xxx

hi blondie

carl

Day 110.

Wow how quick has that gone 110 days without a single bet.

So i couldnt make G.A last night with the car tax debarcle and then having to catch up on work that i missed whilst queing it was to late but I did attend an on line meeting.. and guess what... I got to chair it.. woo hoo.. , felt quite proud and it was a lovely meeting obviously not as good as face to face but it was a compromise on my part as i couldnt attend in person, lots of newcomers who i hope will find there way to recovery soon.

I dont get to as many meetings as i would like to but i read my orange book and beyond 90 days now too because i am 😀

I shared about how i found G.A and what i felt like when i first logged on there website 110 days ago I found Gamcare not long after that, I shared about how I had tried so many times to give up on my own for so many years and yet this time i reached out for help, My life was out of control, Now i have got a firm grip on the wheel and Im driving.

Feels pretty good, and it confirms to me even though im an impatient cow still sometimes just how far ive come. I beleive if you are wise you will learn from everyone and there is always something that I take away from there or hear and add it to my memory bank.

Today i know that to be happy we have to have humility, my boyfriend went to the olympics yesterday and his best friend is a policeman working in the olympic village when i asked my fella how his friend was he said oh its to hot, his feet hurt, he was bored, it was to far to walk for food, that got me thinking that some people just cant see any good in anything and may always think that way.

Now i am a none gambler i know i would of thought, Wow what an amazing opportunity to experience something that i may never see in my lifetime, the sun is shining, people are happy and have travelled from all over the globe to be here and celebrate the success of there team and humans showing what they can achieve if they really put there mind to to....

Some people are just never happy or humble... Im not one of them.

Enjoy your weekend everyone, keep that sunshine beaming down..

Blondie xxx

Blondie,

Yet another brilliant post from you my friend!

It’s so obvious how you are turning your life around and looking at all the positive aspects of situations as opposed to negative. It’s so much better that way.. I too am beginning to see that life can be so much more rewarding this way.

Stay happy, stay humble and life will continue to reward you!

Have a great weekend buddy!

Lmm xxx

So a double post from me today, last night when i was on line chairing the G.A Meeting my youngest asked what i was doing and i just said I was running a meeting which she never questioned me anymore about, Today I have told her a little about my addiction and what i was doing on the meeting, its amazing isnt it you worry about these things and think that people will hate you or love you less, it was like water of a ducks back for her, she said she understood, she wasnt worried about me because she knows im "Hard as nails" lol her words not mine, and that she thinks ive been much happier and more fun these past few months.

Long may that continue.

Blondie xxx

Blondie,

Sounds like you have it all going on right at the moment, and long may that continue. I can only imagine how you feel having to speak to your youngest, my oldest is only 7 and had to tell him and his wee brother and sister( twins 5 years old) why Dad sleeps in the spare room right now. Pretty sure they didn't really get it and to be honest haven't mentioned it again.

The important part is " she thinks ive been much happier and more fun these past few months."

Stay Strong, Hard as nails lady!

Steve

Hi Blondie,

All I can say is ....wow...wow....and more ...wow!

What an incredible 2 posts from you!

From the MOT fiasco to young 'un...To chairing your GA meeting......My goodness Blondie.........Shussssssssssssss......my eyes welled up a little!

Womble...wiping tear of pride for ya!

XXXXXXXXXXX

Well Good Afternoon,

It appears the blonde one is well and truly rocking again. Not intentionally applying pressure here but if Blondie is happy then the whole forum seems to be uplifted. You get round the diaries and spread some cheer, people write good things back, the place is just one cyber lovin session.

Thinking of giving the position of chair a go myself at some point following in your footsteps. Can imagine you being pretty great at it too be honest.

Onwards and Upwards for you and secretly to keep Mr Flagg happy you still count 😉 sucker for a counter!

Flagg