I am stronger than I thought!

Keep it up charlotte 🙂 good to see you in the diary section 🙂

Love, Becka x

Hi Char

How you doing? How was the cinema? Hope you had a good day!

Catch up with you soon x

Hi Lmm 🙂

I had a really nice day today, my parents came over to look after Maddison. Altho I kept calling to check on her every hour lol ... what am I like? Me and my bf went out for lunch and then we went to the cinema, the film was ok. But it was nice just to spend some time 2gether. It really cheered me up, think I needed that and no fruit machines 🙂 I am feeling really positive and strong again. I am hoping my difficult phase as now passed 🙂 I hope everyone is doing well 🙂

16 weeks gamble free 2day 🙂 I can't believe I have got this far. I will not lie it has been tough!

I am so glad that I managed 2 stay strong and not give in when I was feeling weak. Thanks for everyones support on here 🙂 it means so much. I am beginning to realise that sometimes u have to make the right choice for yourself and then believe in your choice. I hope everyone is doing well.

hi charlotte

well done to you! wow 16 weeks! i hope i can get that far you are an inspiration 🙂 i'm on day 13 tomorrow and feel great, never looked back!!

well done again you should be so proud!

Hollie xx

Hey Charl,

Thanks very much for the post 🙂 and as good as my day has been its equally satisfying to see supportive people like yourself reaching targets and having a brilliant weekend! You are prob seeing that the people closest to you are loving having the real Charlotte back!

Keep going you are doing amazingly well!

Flagg

Hi Charlotte19, great that you are keeping strong for you and your daughter. Big smile to you. SQ

Hi charlotte

Thank u for ur continued support , 16 weeks is a massive effort so be very proud of urself , like u believe now life is bout choices it took me a while to figure it out but ultimately we decide whether to gamble or not and it really is as simple as that , and by doin this it gives u so much strength

Well done so much

Castle2

Hey Char

Thank you for your kind words. Hope everything is going well with you and hopefully chat to you soon xx

Hi Charlotte,

16 weeks wow!

Well Done and it's so good to see you are starting to enjoy life once more

Keep strong

Lucy

Thanks for your words of support Charlotte. You are doing really well. Chat again sometime.

Jon

You have done terrific job Charlotte. Walk this way. Should be proud. stay safe. Kristoff

Thanks for all your kind words and support.

I am just thinking, people on here write about being in "recovery" ( I hate that word tbh). How long r we in "recovery" 4? Is it 4ever? or is there a time when we will not have to worry or be careful again?

Just a thought 🙂

Hi

Your not in recovery, just not gambling a day at a time.

Mike:)

Hey Char

That's a really interesting question and one that I've thought a lot about in the last couple of months. I hate the idea of being 'in recovery' for the rest of my life.

However, given that I relapsed (spectacularly, I might add), the last time I tried to give up, I don't think, no I'm pretty sure, that I could never again gamble with any control.

Therefore, I think that 'recovered' in my mind, is being able to take it or leave it - to be like non gamblers, to be able to control it. Can a compulsive gambler ever regain control? I'm not sure they can.

That's my view anyway, so therefore, even though I hate the term too, I think I will always be in recovery.

But hey, it's not such a bad thing! 🙂