HARMONY !

Thanks forthe support once again Shiny. Yes it will be great to be debt free and consider some of your suggestions! - pity it will take me 10 years! - difficulty is getting balance right between renewing and buying new stuff, taking holidays etc. versus doing nothing and paying off debts quicker. My view is I need to have a life and make progress, cant just focus on debts.

Hope you are well and taking it easy, have a great weekend.

Mornin shiny

All u can do is deal with what u can deal with the rest later , thats what I tried to focus on and most of the time it worked , if anyone can get through this difficult time with the shop and ur dad then u can , u av the knowledge , experience , tools and of course ur gamcare family to look out for u , after all u av done for us its the least we can do

On that one we will be with u every step of the way

Bgt final tonite and looking forward to it mainly just to see the excitement in jess's face and share that experience with her , really could swing a few ways with so many kids involved , the public voting is always strange on that one , I av always been a bit cynical on that one , I tease jess and say she's goin on it next year just sing bah bah black sheep and everyone will go ahh she's cute and so young lets vote for her lol but saying that think the kids that av got through av been really good , do think pre school got a few sympathy votes but they are well cute won't be voting though for them though lol

More importantly yes its a year since we were goin on bout the dog winning time does fly , lets hope next year our lives in where we want them to be

With u every step of the way

Ps jess says attraction all the way

Castle2

shiny

just a line to say thanks for my message to toast my 500th days abstinence.

until earlier today i thought the message was.

shiny xxxx

until Sarah said loved shinys post!! bewildered i said what and she showed me; see i post from my antiques roadshow mobile phone, it doesn't have the ability to show pictures!!

Sarah has an all singing all dancing phone along with all the kids, maybe its time to upgrade, do they do a modern phone for sausage fingers!!!

so a belated thanks.

Duncs still prostrate with my slipped disc.

stepping forward never back.

Yo,

Just a quicky , and will catch up with everyone's thread next week, as I have some holiday and will be standing in that shop twiddling my thumbs , so expect lots of posts lol

Dad not doing so well, but that's to be expected . So we take pleasure in sitting in the garden a few hours a day , me planting and gardening which is my new addiction and him just enjoying the fresh air and change of scenery .

Things with shop still unresolved , hubby has agreeded to see a solicitor . But the tug of war continues .

On a brighter note , I have spoken in the past about my daughter who made herself homeless at 14 and turned her life around . Yesterday she finished her acess course to uni , she got 52 distinctions out of 52 assignments . Wow! Can not say how proud I am of her . Especially with everything they are going through at the moment . I know it's not comfortable at home with me having left , so that makes me even prouder .

So much for a quicky .

Gambling the urges are there , but then with everything as it is , it's to be expected . Because that's what happens when your an addict and they never in my opinion goes away . What's important is not being upset because you get them , it's what you do next that's important .

Catch you all next week , lets hope the sun is shining .

Shiny xxxxxx

Hey Shiny

I miss your posts so selfishly I shall be glad you are in the shop...post away Ms S...xx

Your daughter sounds like she has gone full circle and in a crazy way even though im sure you have had many sleepless nights she is washing clean and got it out at a younger age...I was the black sheep of my family and now look what ive become .! LOL

Keep posting hun xxx

Yo,

Good morning one and all.

Lots of chatter recently bout moods.

I know that at present I am up and down like nobodies business and that looks to be the case with so many at present .

I agree with with Steves post on Flaggs thread bout after sustaining a decent period of abstenceny there is a lull . Reading around the forum , it appeares so many are frustrated at the fact that they suffer these mood swings . I personally think its part and parcel of the condition we suffer , and that being frustrated bout it exasperates the our feeling .

I personally went through a sustained period where I was coasting along quite happily in my middle lane , during that time my mood swings were there but no so extreme.obvously now with the pressures in my life at the moment I have versed out into the fast lane .

I do not believe there is an answer to this , think myself it's just about acceptance and understanding that almost every cg is going through the same thing .

Having said that I am upbeat today . Which for me today is enough !

Shiny xxxxx

hey Shiny

glad to see you back on page 1 ....

Yes ..moods ...wow ..in the early days we used to be able to set our clocks by them on here ...they almost became viral,but I think as you say accepting them is a big part of it .

Know thyself ..as they say.

Im also getting better at accepting my pattern...im not so much moody but i can start getting wound up like a flywheel and then it takes on a life of its own until bang! I snap and then it disperses.

The triggers for me are keeping things "in" ..and festering on resentments.

It's true..there is no answer and unless all the people and all the stresses in the world disappear I guess i will be this way in varying degrees for life.xxx

Keep posting xx

Mornin shiny

Goin from been on my knees exactly 4 weeks ago to firmly believing I will never gamble again I think sums it up for me , up and down is an understatement , everything always reverts back to the gamcare catchphrase one day at a time is the way and we all know it is but we rarely take it our compulsive nature doesn't allow it , all we can do is keep goin and to be fair most of us do

Jess is revelling in attractions victory but has quickly moved on to big brother and bgt is long gone then it will be x factor again ! What to be 9 again the only care who wins a reality show on tv bless her thats just how it should be at her age

Keep goin with it all I know u will , always here for u

Castle2

Morning my Shiny friend,

Just a flyby to say hi. I agree Steve nailed it the other day on my diary which in some ways makes it even more frustrating because I don't want to have mood swings they just kinda happen. Oh well like you said it's part of our makeup as addicts.

So, new strategy do i enjoy the time in the middle lane which is always very pleasant or do I continue to work on eliminating the mood swings which form part of my makeup?

Taking some major inspiration from you my friend you are handling some huge challenges extremely well at the moment and should be very very proud of yourself.

Keep Smiling,

Flagg

My shiny friend.

So twiddling your thumbs in the shop,

Me i would be twiddling the wrappers off all the sweets lol!!

I am glad to see your in good spirits, I raise my glass to you!!

Duncs stepping forward never back.

Hi Shiny,

You are a wise one. If only I could learn to take the sh it out of my ears every now and then... I would hear alot better. Glad to hear things are okay out you way. -joanxxx

Hey lovely

When it comes to I.T. I am definately talking the talk as to get me even thus far it has involved much slamming of pots and impatient midnight phone calls to my long suffering pal to get me back on line .....

I have withdrawls if I can't get on GC and FB and YouTube ...proper IT rage.

So....I'm finally down wit da kids man...talking and jivin and hangin with my IT homies xx..need me tablets to face me tablets xx

Yo,

Lol Rach..

iPad in one hand, bottle of anadin in the other .

Shiny x

Yo,

Today was a good day .

Will not bore you all with the whys and wherefores it just was .

Lets hope tomorrows the same .

Have a good weekend everyone .

Shiny xxxxxx

Hey Shiny pants,

thanks for popping by always brings a smile to my face when i see your sparkly face 🙂

Coasting Pffttt I wish lol.... Sometimes like you i wish i could but i think we are both all or nothing type of gals...

Im glad today was a good day.

Its farthers day on sunday a day that opens up the flood gates for me, but then sometimes its just any day with a Y in it...... I know you will but give your dad an extra big hug and kiss from me.

Have a great weekend.

blondie xxxxxxxxxxx