Massive congrats on the 6 months Blondie. Awesome stuff.
The wedding was great, really great, i was just glad i could help in any way make there day be as good as it could be. Im glad im gamble free for moments like this. Hadnt really thought about it but if i was still gambling i probably wouldve just been P***** off that i was missing the races. Id have had to get up extra early to get my bets on, id be checking my phone every 5 mins for race results or latest scores. Nope that is not me no more, thats sounds terrible writing that and yet its 100% true, if i was gambling that wouldve been me. So glad im free of all that.
Sorry to borrow your diary and just talk about me - you only got one and a half lines - oops.
Ok well - CONGRATS BLONDIE FOR A MASSIVE ACHEVIEMENT IN GOING 6 MONTHS GAMBLE FREE AND TOTALY CHANGING YOUR LIFE FOR THE BETTER, KEEP ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT IN YOUR NEW LIFE.
I feel better now - not all me, me, me lol.
Hi Blondie,
Thanks for your post today and I will surely try to log in this Thursday, quite looking forward to seeing what that brings 🙂
And congratulations for 6 months too! Awsome.. Well, it seems to be celebrations all round on the Forum this morning :-)))))
Have a great day today 🙂
JP
Today I didnt gamble! The past 6 months I didnt gamble...
Why.? Because I know as sure as blood runs through my veins that if I place that first bet I wont stop and the madness will take over instantly. I am not going back there any time soon.
RIP gambling . !!! Long live the gamble free me.
Blondie xxx.
you stopped the cycle blondie and chose another path...
Long live you and Woody ..the amazing recall dog..lol xx
happy days!
R and D xx
ps whens your jols?
Hi Blondie
6 months gamble free , in some respects it must feel like a lifetime and in others its just whizzed by , never the less its a great achievement and something to be so proud about , the brain is now controlled and knows too much too ever go back to where u were
And why would u absolutely no reason whatsoever to do so , so pleased for u
Castle2
Did I gamble today.. Ermmmm Nope. What the hell would i do that for ?.
Work is busy, I am stressed, I am sad but today I wont gamble because that wont take away any of my work or make me happy, So i will try and use the knowledge and strength I have gained from my 6 months gamble free and just.... Get on with it... !!
Such is life s**t happens its how you shovel it that matters not how you hide from it, It will pass for me tomorrow i might wake up full of the joys of spring but one things for sure I wont wake up with regrets or self hatred that i gambled.
No way hoseeeeeeee.
Thank you for the posts everyone,
Blondie xxx
Did I gamble today.. Ermmmm Nope. What the hell would i do that for ?.
Work is busy, I am stressed, I am sad but today I wont gamble because that wont take away any of my work or make me happy, So i will try and use the knowledge and strength I have gained from my 6 months gamble free and just.... Get on with it... !!
Such is life s**t happens its how you shovel it that matters not how you hide from it, It will pass for me tomorrow i might wake up full of the joys of spring but one things for sure I wont wake up with regrets or self hatred that i gambled.
No way hoseeeeeeee.
Thank you for the posts everyone,
Blondie xxx
Dang right Blondie.....no more that "morning after "feeling" that a slice of toast and coffee won't take away.
You are on the right road for sure...
This too shall pass hun...those feelings I mean,...my buddhist friends...(whoooooo..get me!) suggest that people should detach... watch feelings pass as if on a tv screen.
Not likely...perhaps in my next life...besides i wanna watch Most haunted on my telly...lol...ps SOOO want to do that haunted house and a murder mystery weekend.... ;0) xx
R and D xx
you go blondie
I think you told gambling it places and if it don't like it, it can jog on lol
No gamblings the new gambling
Carl
Yo,
Sorry to hear to are sad . Isn't greys on living at the moment .
If not you could always utube MCSteamy , well sure that will lift your spirits .
Seriously though do not send the kick assssssss cone machine back , I might need it again another day .
Hugs
Sleep well Hun
Shiny xxxxxx
Blondie.
Oh how you would have laughed,my Hovis yesterday after a good talking to about the code of obediance between man and his best friend we ventured over to the fields,I let him off his lead and gone!! straight off after the small spaniel a long way off!! no wonder why they are called sight hounds lol!!
Just before he ran he turned,looked down his nose and if he could have talked
"Look at me GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"
me after unpinning the spaniel from under him, smiled polightly,inside laughed and thought of you!!
I may need a whistle or a longer lead!!
Hope today dawned a good one!!
Duncs stepping forward never back.
hey blondie...
just a flyer to see how you are...hoping your stress has eased off and that you and woody are tucked up at night..its meant to be arctic tomorrow!
keep on truckin xx
r and d xx
Half a year Blondie!!!
Truly amazing mate! I don't read many diaries these days, but I always make a point of catching up with yours! Why? Because you truly inspire me!! Your glass is always half full and even when you have a down day, that demon has still got no chance!
If I had a hat on, I would take it off to you mate! You really are getting busy living and any newcomers could do a lot worse than to follow your lead 🙂
Hope you are feeling better today mate!
Take care and catch up soon!
Lmm xxx
What a killer of a day !! I aliken my job some times to someone in a circus who spins plates, i seem to have so many spinning at the moment that it inevitable that i will smash onem 6 months ago whilst i was gambling I would of run around like a women possessed trying to keep them all in the air.
Those days are gone, now i find that i can prioritise so much better and make confident decisions about the plates i choose to spin, the rest can wait on the list in order of importance.
Im still feeling quite sad november used to be a happy month for me but it will be a year on the 18th since my dad died, I find that there are lots of memories of that day spinning round in my head more than normal.
I suppose over the next few weeks I need to be on my guard as high emotions and stress would be just some of my triggers to gamble, But I know that i dont have to act on those triggers now and that it will pass.
Rach as always posted something that gave me food for thought, If its to much to handle then today I hand it over to my Higher Power.
The glass is still half full despite lots of things hitting me at once.
No gambling today.. 🙂
Blondie xxx
Hey Blondie xx
Hand it over my friend...doesnt matter who or what to...us if you like?...don't carry the load alone...
Remember you have to only "be willing" to hand over the rest will follow naturally....
A good visualisation from an Al Anon member was to wrap up the little Blondie in the palm of your hand..blanket too! lift her up and hand her over to the universe..
Youre safe hun...and this november your HP, extra owls and doggies keeping the watch over you ..xx
R and D xx
ps.
Another share passed on to you from the rooms...that I once stormed out of in temper over my total resistance to step 3 !!..lol
First we "came"...we showed up ..to meetings?
Second we "came to"..we woke up
Third we "came to believe"...in a power greater that could restore us.
Then we "became willing" to hand our will and our lives over to that care.
hugs
R and D xx
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