New beginnings!

Good evening Lucy

Just caught up with ur last 2 posts and once again full of energy and positivity sets a great example to all how our lives can change by not gambling

This sooooo thing is starting to get contagious on this site see it on loads of diaries now , sooooo not only do u lead the way in showing us how to live our gamble free lives to be full happy and smiling but soooo leading the way with new trends

Makes me smile and that's got to be a good thing

Take care

Castle2

Hi Lucy,

Meant 2 post this earlier lol.... I hope u r ok and still smiling 🙂 xx

Hi Lucy... Life is tough enough even w/out all that gambling cr**, so i m really glad you manage it so well. You are real credit to yourself and you doing brilliantly, don t you? Btw thx for your last input in my diary. Helped me a lot. You are really helping me become a person i d love to be. This will never ge forgotten. All the best to you and hope every day life will hold many more rewards. all the best. K.

Good mornin Lucy

Do u know what I like bout u so much ?

That ur very similar to me , well that can't be a bad thing part from the swimming of course lol , seriously though I love how u post on others diaries first b4 posting on ur own that just goes to show what a thoughtful caring person u r thinkin of others needs b4 ur own wanting to help people so much is the 1st thing on ur mind this mornin posting away putting a smile on other people's diaries

I really hope u realise u do this and r sooooooo proud of urself , well I know I am u av become a true inspiration to many on here myself included

Take care

Castle2

Thanks lucy 4 ur post we both joined this forum the same day and i reali appreciate your support.

You are doing so well and helping so many on here you should be soooo proud of yourself

Hi Lucy, thank u 4 ur support on my diary, means alot 🙂

I saw something this morning that u wrote on some1s diary about after u have had a few drinks thinking that u have a great singing voice lol... made me think of karoke reminded me of myself 🙂 neway it made me smile so thanks.

U r doing brilliant... u r a real inspiration 2 a lot of ppl on here Lucy 🙂

Stay strong xx

Lucy.

You are so right gamble free you will sort out the difficulties in your life with clarity and a lot more sense, You keep on smiling and even better laughing I find a belly full of it daily does make this life our "gamble free" one well worth the enhanced effort we embrace it with.

Most of all "Believe"

Duncs stepping forward never back.

Afternoon all

Today the sun is still shining and Lucy is smiling 🙂

Came home abit early today as not feeling in tip top shape and now chilling watching the tennis

Yesterday an advert came on showing a new site I hadn't seen before ........

For a brief moment I thought , oh I might have a go BUT it was soooooo brief and then I laughed !

Can't even call it an urge as came and went so quick , so another first for me and one I liked !

Really looking forward to walking up the Cumbrian fells next week , I believe I deserve this break for all my hard work and am going to enjoy it (well not sure about enjoy as I get to 3000ft as I'm sure I will be huffing and puffing lol ) but I just know as I reach the tops I will be smiling and thinking YES done it , just as I smile every day when i say to myself YES another day I have not gambled !

90 days for me today and I must say it feels pretty d**n good 🙂

Difficulties , hey ho that's life , I will not let them effect my recovery , I will remain strong and then in time they will right themselves and life will become even better !

Be patient Lucy lol ( what's that , I don't normally do patient lol )

So for today I feel pretty pleased that I am still winning and will continue to win , been up and down but soooooo what , that's life and I'm sure I will make the best of the rest of mine !

Still smiling

Relaxing too

A little chuckle along the way

Soooo excited that it's getting better and better

Keep strong all

Smiling and chuckling Lucy xxx

Afternoon,

Sorry to disturb the tennis, but hay I defo have something very important to say.

90 days, tra la lat, so good I am going to say it again 90 days tra la lar.

So my friend as you take your walk up that big fell or hill or what ever it is called. 90 steps in take a breather to pat yourself on the back. Then continue on the top, knowing the next time you take that walk you will have got that much further in your recovery journey.

Keep smiling , and defo keep chuckling cause it makes going over the bumps and dips sooooooooooo much easier.

Well done honey,

Now you can go back to your tennis, enjoy.

Dusty.....

Ps keep your eyes peeled next week , lots of fairies about where your going, but don't breath a word if you see you one. Cause that would spoil the magic xxxxxxxx

Evening Lucy,

Thanks for your 'simple' post on my diary. Yes, it will be hard work climbing all those feet but when you reach your destination it will all be worth it.

Just like these recovery journeys of ours.

You stay strong too and keep laughing off those silly little urges.

NT

Hi Lucy, way to go girl 90 days, how fantastic is that !!!!

I can hear your chuckling all the way up here in Scotland, sounding good to me, keep it up, its infectious!

Climbing the Fells, the nearest I got to anything like that was the *** at Edinburgh Zoo lol, thats one place you don't wanna visit if your ever up this neck of the woods.

You are doing an absolutely amazing job with the not gambling, and I hope and pray that one day I will be where you are now.

Have a great evening, hope your feeling better soon, take care

All the Best

Cameron

wow have been reading this past hour or so - I am probably where Lucy was about -ermm 87 days ago - I am sell at the stage where Im gutted about what I have done and what I have put my husband through.The Lies, deceit , secrecy and just horribly pretending everything was fine when i had racked up 18k debt when he thought we were financially stable. He has been absolutely fantastic- we went to the bank today to put me on the same account(something I avoided as i didn't want him to see my spending/ DDs on credit card debts, loans etc all taken out to fund this horrible addiction) .I now feel absolutely adamant I will never gamble again - I only need to think/ remember his look of utter disbelief/ despair and disappointment in me that I had lied for 6 years of our 12 year relationship ( the worst look) but I will always remember and be utterly and eternally grateful for his total acceptance and forgiveness and his practical approach to my massive confession.I have wanted to kill myself at times over the past 6 years-now I feel I have a new beginning- I went to the bank today with him and what a first - no lies , no avoidance and slyness.... sorry if I'm rambling but I am so grateful i feel i have a second chance- this time last week i was crying constantly and depositing hundreds trying to "win" ..for the first time in years I feel we have an open, honest relationship.I count myself extremely lucky.I am an intelligent 42 year old woman and can't believe I've been so stupid over the years- I will take his attitudee that whats done is done now we just have to deal with it.Its the "we" that gets me every time.My rock.I will be going to my first GA meeting next Tuesday (scared I will see someone I know but hey ho they are there for the same reason as me as he pointed out)- he now has complete control of my finances(lol another first) but something I need to allow to happen to gin back his trust .I haven't gambled for 3 days .... heres to the first of many and hope everyone has the gamble /bet/waste free day I have had xxxxxx

90 days wooo hooo lucy, you can now chair a G.A Meeting lol.

So very very well done on what you have acheived so far, I hope your grinning from ear to ear, you should be extremly proud, you are a tower of strength to me and lots of other people on this forum and for that i thank you and commend you.

Enjoy it lucy this is recovery at its best.

Blondie day 37 xx

Hi fizzy

I can't find your own one and think your post on mine should be the first one on your own diary

It's great you want to quit and have the support to help you and I wish you well on your recovery

I'll look for your diary when you start it

Take care

Lucy

well that went well- because i have lied and cheated about money apparently I've cheated with other men- i fully understand his mistrust about money but my optimism was short lived-back to the rope