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

Day 111 . No gambling to report. No thoughts either. I have no intention of going there any time soon .Xxx

Hey There Blondie - It's early evening here in the States and I was just diary surfing. I take a tremendous amount of comfort from this site. Someday, I hope to be able to give back.. anyway, just wanted to send a hug your way. ((((Blondie)))) 111 days!! You rock grrrl. 🙂 joan

Blondie.

Hope your weekend is being enjoyed in your glass half full approach, we will always have stuff thrown our way and just for today dont hit the self destruct button and for sure tommorrow will be better for it.hope woody is back to full health.

Duncs stepping forward never back

Over 100 days and still gamble free, congrats Blondie! Again thanks for recent post on my diary, you've been an inspiration to me, so keep up the good work and keep gamble free! 🙂

hi hun

a flyer....just 150 miles to work this morning...you remember those days?...quick coffee and a hello from the road xx

R and D xx

Hey blondie,

Hope you enjoyed the weekend, pity Monday comes to quick. Least now we are clear headed we can enjoy the time!

Stay Strong

Steve

Day 112 & 113,

No gambling, no thoughts, no urges.. It can be done if you fight through the early days this is what you can achieve.

Yesterday turned into a nice day a bit of a domestic with my fella but like anything worth having relationships are not always easy, and it takes hard work, commitment and compromise from both sides to make it work, I find that now i can handle my emotions better im not indecisive or hot headed or mood, so I know im making progress.

Went to a horse show in the country park and then for a nice italian meal, fed the swans, then home and watched the closing ceromony of the olympics.. I felt really sad to see it finish and I have enjoyed every minuete of it, Lets hope it does inspire a generation, I tell my little girl all the time these are the kind of role models you want, not the plastic reality T.V b******t that is on the TV none stop nowdays.

SO today Im tackling another one of my addictions Smoking.. I have smoked for far to long and tried to give up more times than i can remember so today is day 1.. No cigarettes so far I know this will be hard but like gambling I know that it is destroying me.

Watch this space.

Hope all are well, thanks for all your messages as always it means so much to me to stil receive your support and comments.

Blondie xxx

Day 112 & 113,

No gambling, no thoughts, no urges.. It can be done if you fight through the early days this is what you can achieve.

Yesterday turned into a nice day a bit of a domestic with my fella but like anything worth having relationships are not always easy, and it takes hard work, commitment and compromise from both sides to make it work, I find that now i can handle my emotions better im not indecisive or hot headed or mood, so I know im making progress.

Went to a horse show in the country park and then for a nice italian meal, fed the swans, then home and watched the closing ceromony of the olympics.. I felt really sad to see it finish and I have enjoyed every minuete of it, Lets hope it does inspire a generation, I tell my little girl all the time these are the kind of role models you want, not the plastic reality T.V b******t that is on the TV none stop nowdays.

SO today Im tackling another one of my addictions Smoking.. I have smoked for far to long and tried to give up more times than i can remember so today is day 1.. No cigarettes so far I know this will be hard but like gambling I know that it is destroying me.

Watch this space.

Hope all are well, thanks for all your messages as always it means so much to me to stil receive your support and comments.

Blondie xxx

happy birthday to woody ....wuff wuff...chew stick cake for tea xx yay!!

just in the motorway again...trying not to crash into stationary car in front,....bored bored..

hope your ok hun and all olympically inspired.....xx

lippers puckered for next session...lol

take care and pats to the birthday boy xxx

r and d xxx

Blondie, my friend!

Sounds like you had a nice weekend in the end. I too was really sad that the Olympics ended yesterday.. don’t think there will ever be the same buzz in London again, but it was nice to be amongst it and see lots of happy, cheerful people! Quite unlike London normally!!

Smoking… I wish you all the best mate.. I have been wanting to quit for ages now and just can’t seem to summon up the will.. but then I suppose if we can stop the gambling, then anything is possible eh?

Let me know how you get on and maybe I will follow you!

Enjoy the rest of your day mate xxx

Hi Blondie,

Domestic with the fellah...sounds like "normal life" to me!

Giving up smoking.......Hummmm...well done..few people recommend those inhalers...What are you using?

I want to give up but know i'm not ready yet!

I'm gutted about the olympics finishing too...wasn't the closing ceremony awesome...proud to be a Britt!

Sue xxxxxx

Hey,

Just a quickie on the smoking. This has been hot topic in GA last couple of weeks. We have 2 guys who have given up both about 3 weeks now. There is also an older guy who gave up years ago. Basically they say the thought process is exactly the same, one day at a time, and having given up gambling they are finding the quitting smoking easier in some respects. Not a smoker personally so I don't have a clue but these guys are doing pretty well following the same thought patterns they used for stopping gambling.

Just a thought!

Flagg

Thanks for the post blondie. I'll make sure not to use my moods as a trigger and I think I will look into lowering my repayments for now. But at the same time don't want debt for any longer than I have to. It's the gambler in me I suppose always looking to rush things through. Glad all is well with your recovery. Good luck with the no smoking.

Hiya hun...just catching up again..

Good luck and determination with the smoking...im not a smoker but my partner is and also would like to stop too...

A few of my pals given up totally and never gone back...one even had ear acupuncture!!! somewhere in Manchester as she lives in Chorlton.

Well hun...will sign off for now...still reading but pretty much dinked out on my own diary xxx

wuffs ..R and D xx

Just dropping in to spread my joy. I've hit 90 days today and I just wanted to say thank you for you all your posts of support and encouragement. They have helped me a long my journey massively. I owe a lot to this site and all that have helped me and that certainly includes you thank you very much.