New beginnings!

Hi Lucy

Sooo glad to hear you are still doing fantastically well!! So proud of you girl!

Ermm.. Tabby.. long story, but it was a temporary thing (!)

Lucy, I am about to post on my own diary but I just want you to know that I will be forever grateful to you for your unyielding support over the last 3 months. Really not sure what I would have been or done without it!

You should be very, very proud of yourself for what you have and are achieving. This is one b****r of a journey, but one that you are taking with every ounce of strength and resolve that you have... and always with a great big smile on your face!

I have no doubt that you will continue on this wonderful path to greatness and with the support that you receive and give on here, you will never be alone.

If it sounds like I am saying goodbye, it is. At least for a while. Details will follow on my diary, but I want you to know that I am ok, that I am still gamble free and still feeling strong and able to fight this.

Take care my very special virtual friend and know that you have played an important role in my ongoing recovery....

Lots of love

LMM

xxx

Hi Lucy

Thank u for us continued support urs in particular gives me great strength as we are both in similar circumstance with the exes and been on our own I know how hard it is and I av my daughter to keep me busy and focussed so I take my hat off to u

It's just so great to see how u r now from when u first posted , yes there's been the usual ups and downs but overall the progress is amazing

Like u one of the most important things now is how clear our minds are and we can see the devastation gambling caused on our lives

So together we move forward so much stronger and definitely happier

Why would we ever want to go back to where we were ?

The answer is we wouldn't and we won't

So much time for u , take care

Castle2

Hi Lucy,

Thank you so much for your kind words and support on my diary, you'll never know how much they mean.

Im not giving up the fight, I will keep at it.

You are an amazing support to so many on here, and your recovery is fantastic.

Heres wishing you a great gamble free day,

Cameron

Lucy.

You certainly have the half full glass of life mantra.Long may it continue to flourish.You are in a great place and lucy all because you are turning your life around,you should be smiling that mile wide smile you reaaly did and continue to earn it.

Keep inspiring Lucy keep enjoying and most of all beleive.!!!!

I wandered into that magners for a brief moment as I wound up for a busy service and "virtually" it tasted GREAT LOL!!!

(ice creams are todays staff perk up i think the coffee unless iced will be taking a back seat!!!lol)

duncs stepping forward never back.

Hi Lucy

Thanks for popping onto my diary .....its great to see how positive you are and how far you have come..you have a lot of support on here which is fantastic...GCare really is a healing community I feel .....

Am also in agreement about the many guises self harm comes in and yes I also agree gambling also falls into that too ...I have my own vices which even as a non CG I recognise as being equally destructive and its why I still stay on this site as I also need recovery too.

Also in my job I do work along side people who are suffering ..its a part of my job I don't do as much now but a few years ago I was more involved and also I am involved in another two programmes of recovery which have brough me into contact with people suffering in a self harming way.

My own relationship didn't make it but im a pleased as anything to see people on here on both sides that find true empowerment and who are committed to turning their lives around.....

At the end of the day i think we are all really looking for the same thing...we just join the road at different places.....

Big Hugs Lucy and i shall keep reading xxx

Rachel and Dotty xxx

Hello buddy!

Thank you so much for your kind words on my diary.. I think you might have over-egged the compliments though!! haha!

I'm feeling much better today.. had a good day at work and went for a few cheeky ones this evening. It's the sunshine.. puts me in a good mood!!

How are you today? I hope you still have that big smile on your face!

Thanks again for your support, it means a heck of a lot!

LMM xxxxx

Hi Lucy,

Just wanted 2 say I hope u r ok and still smiling 🙂

Stay strong xx

Hi Smiling Lucy

Are you out enjoying the sunshine?! Thinking of you and hoping you're ok!

xxxxx

What a great day !

Smiling Lucy is still bet free and has no urges whatsoever 🙂

Seems strange as the devils been around a lot the last few weeks but this week none whatsoever , but didn't know what to write and hence first entry for a few days .

I like this but can't remember the last time I had no compulsion at all , none , ziltch , finito to gamble , it's been years and years so finding it hard to get used to but also know that this is how it's going to stay as I no longer with absolute certainty want to gamble again !

So this is how I hope it will stay , I know it might change but the longer I feel like this then I know I will continue to win

Keep strong all and enjoy this weather

I'm sitting in the garden and as its soo hot I've got to have a magners !

Cheers smiling Lucy xxxxxx

Well done Lucy, just caught up with your diary and will start to follow it.

Ah the lovely Magners!! well, unfortunately, i'm having to know the alcohol on the head also. I can't take anymore risks and when i am consumed in alcohol my thinking in terms of gambling is warped and weak. So i need to go tee-total. Addictive personality for me means ALL or NOTHING. Shame, but i can still have a nice ice cold COKE. Day 1 - No Alcohol also. 🙂

Hi Lucy, thanks for your post on mine.

Im smiling at you, sitting supping your Magners, sure beats gambling anyday.

Staying bet free feels so good, you have a great gift in being able to express your feelings in words, coz it helps us lesser intellectuals pinch some of your words - hope u dont mind !!

Thanks for being there

Cameron

Hi Lucy

I know how u feel with not much to say but in a way that's good our lives are turning for the better and nobody can deny us that after all the hard work we av put in to our recoveries

But like u we never forget where we were and how hard it is and we always remember to support others on here

Keep smiling

Castle2

Morning,

So great to hear that you have had urge free week

And I truly hope this continues.

Just be on your guard , cause this dam addiction has plenty of tricks up its sleeve, ready to pounce when you least expect it. ( nothing would make me happier than you to prove me wrong , by the way )

Thank you for your concern this week , I am getting back to myself but get ready cause I have no doubt that in a few weeks it will all happen again.

But hay ho, not a lot I can do about it

Keep smiling Lucy,

It's infectious !!!

Dusty xxxxxx

hi lucy,

i m so proud of you, you seem that you are very determined to turn your life round.even the ugres are lessen!

have a good sunday!

mike 49 DAYS FREE

Hey Lucy,

Yes yes what a post your last one was! A gamble free week awesome, an urge free week almost too good to be true. You deserve a week like that though as I know you have had a few tough days previous to that and as you well know I am a much bigger fan of smiling Lucy 🙂

Eurovision was awful, I think all you lot who boycotted the event had the right idea lol! However, I will prob do exactly the same next year and get carried away as I really enjoyed being a prize idiot for the evening 🙂

Well I hope your Sunday has been equally as pleasant as the rest of your week. Here is to many more weeks like this one!!

Flagg