Thanks Anna
Not almost a year though...its been 17 months since my last bet!!!
🙂
Jim (last bet 22/04/06)
Ha Ha! I can't do math! 🙂
We are all different and we all probably approach our recovery's in different ways.
And so it should be.
I do not claim to have found the answer to compulsive gambling but I do seem to have found a way that is working for me.
We must all find our own way to a life of happiness, free from the misery that compulsive gambling brings us.
It doesn't matter whether that way is the GA way, the Gamcare way, the SMART recovery way or a combination of many different ways, it is what works for us.
Personally I take bits from all over the place..if I see a good strategy then I will use it, I don't care which program it comes from as long as it works for me.
Our beliefs may be different but our goals are the same. We are here to support and help each other as we stumble along the sometimes rocky road of recovery. We should not make this journey more difficult for others just because they are travelling along a path we don't agree with.
Everyones recovery is a personal journey but we can offer each other a shoulder to lean on when the going gets tough.
We can do this alone but it is easier with the help of others.
take care
Jim (last bet 22/04/06)
Jim
You are spot on.
Ive just told anna and lynn that i love them so i better not leave you out
Love you
des
lol
Hi Jim. You are absolutely right. I just posted a thread on Overcoming Problem Gambling that gives my thoughts on that matter.
Stay strong, Jim. I'm behind you even if I can't do math! Ha ha.
Love, Anna
a little bit drunk but very happy..just got back from watching Torquay United beat weymouth 3-2 and claim top spot in the blue square premier league.
Sad i know but it makes me happy.
love and happyness to all
Jim (last bet 22/04/06)
hi mate and well done so far i be three years old in Oct 27 th 2007 THREE years with out a a gamble
Hi taffy
3 years!! nice one
I have a bit to go before I get to 3 years but I will get there..like you I use a combination of GA, this site and bloody mindedness to stay away from gambling.
all the best
Jim (last bet 22/04/06)
HI
I have just read your diary and thaks for allowing me to share it..
I am having so many ups and downs at the moment and it has helped me to see that this is normail and it does get better.
I agree with you on the battles of which way is best,, it beacme a tad to like a competition..I honestly hope there are a 1000 ways to beat this the more the merrier, if what I am doing at the moment isn`t right then I will try another way and that is why I am glad you are with us by our side..I am learning day by day by so many sources, thanks Jim fo being honest and sharing your posts.
Inspiring and thoughful I am so proud of you and what you have overcome..
Warmest Regards
Lynn
xxx
Just getting ready to go watch Torquay United play....lucky me!!!!!
I used to pretend I was going to watch them back in the old dark days, when really I would be hiding in the bookies betting money I couldn't afford..lying to my wife.
There are lots of things I enjoy doing that I didnt have time to do when i was gambling.
Today I am going to the football and i will have fun shouting for my team...and if we lose it will not be the end of the world cause I dont have this months shopping money riding on the result!
Life is good without gambling.
all the best
jim (last bet 22/04/06)
still off work sick..bored out of my head!!
But at least I am not gambling so life aint all bad.
all the best
Jim (last bet 22/04/06)
Feel better soon Jim!!!!
Love, Anna
Still bored and off work, but hopefully all this time off is doing what it should and my foot is healing.
Anyway, gambling doesn't really come into my life anymore...don't get me wrong..recovery is a big part of my life and I will never forget that I am and always will be a compulsive gambler.
I don't get urges , I dont have any desire to gamble at all. I just live my gambling free life one day at a time.
I have changed and hopefully will continue to change, for the better.
I could never have got to where I am now without the help of GA, my family and people on this site...or maybe I could have got here, it would have just been a longer, harder journey..who knows. I am just grateful that I am where I am today.
take care
Jim (last bet 22/04/06)
Hi Jim sorry to hear you still off sick. If you were like me they would of been my bonus gambling days, and if i couldnt go out, then on line.
Thank god for GA and the great people on here....im only 28 days in, but feeling good and cant wait for my meeting tonight and to see my friends again.
Best wishes
HI Gull
Tanks for sharing your post (ps hope teh foot gets better)
Its good to here that it gets better and the urges go away..I am only 1 month into my recovery and can relate to the changes in me (some a tad scary) but most are liberating..I am looking forward now instead of back and get a tingle of excitement what life has ahead..
Take Care Jim and rest that foot..
All my Love
Lynn
xxx
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