Out of the shadows

Thank you !! At last I can die a happy man knowing what they are , so basicly a sort of spicy chip type thing then ? I was begining to think it was some sort of national secret or something !

Hope your well mate and family matters are calming down a bit , did your kids make bail or have they been remanded ? LoL !

xx

Things just stray too far from the original chippy concept don't they ? they mess around too much sometimes and like the saying goes " If it ain't broke don't fix it " wonder if that applies to jigsaw's ? .

Anon told me there battered chips ?

Sorry mate must have missed that in one of my " Senile " Moments :((.

Bloody posh chippy's up near you then :))

Just off to work so I'll catch up later if ok ?

Kisses

Hi Deano just popping by to say hi and hope your well 🙂 best wishes Lu x

I'm Hungarian. No, sorry, I meant hungry. I noticed you'd gone off radar bubs, and guessed it was family. Don't worry in the slightest, I miss our weird and wonderful convo's too and am ready to make you laugh (there must be someone left I haven't insulted yet lol) when you're ready to make an appearance again. Stay safe gangsta xxx

Yooo deanooos
Was just telling the fishfryer how bleedy grateful I am to you guys and dolls for catching me when I turned up here back in the beginning.....
You guys crack me up....
Make me chuckle...
So a massive fanks. ..
Beer on the bar for you x

Just thought I would mark in my diary the day we went back to the 1800s. Terrible news from across the pond

Just thinking what the Mexicans would make of a bloke in shorts with one shaved leg , shouting " Arriba Arriba ,Ondele , Ondele , Yihaaaaah " In a west Midlans Accent :)) ?

xx

Ah..so now it can be "my amigos"
🙂

A non gambling life is pretty alien to me. I really have never known any thing different. Even at school playing penny up the wall the desire to win was always there. Gambaling has always been the fall back when my emotions came to the front.
A world where for that moment in time had frozen ceased to exist. In 20 odd years of being compulsive I never won anything of significance. It was more the act of gambaling I enjoyed
I guess in the end I realised the world and her problems were still there waiting for me to return.

I don't tend to talk about urges to gamble because I like to pretend I don't get them. Previously I wouldn't tell my family about them because I didn't want them to worry about me. The bigger part was I didn't want them to think of me as weak.
Although I talk openly about being addicted to gambaling I still feel ashamed. Not about the money I spent that's one aspect I don't really care about. It's more the time I've lost. Precious memories I missed out on because I chose to go hide. On my deathbed the money will be of little importance.
But the time wasted will mean a great deal.

Now I always talk openly when I have an urge to gamble. Which the last couple of week's have been for front of my mind.
Urges drive my anxiety through the roof. So speaking them through have helped me stay on the right path.

I've removed thing's from my life that drive me to run away.
Even family arguments about my late brother in law I've walked away from. Because I don't need conflict in my life. It serves no purpose for me to be arguing who's right or wrong.
For now I'll concentrate on me.

touche

Honest post deanooooo
and like you ....the time lost to gambling is a tough one to swallow.....but we can't change the past can we....
We can look forward to the future.. knowing what we know...knowing that were doing are best to not give anymore of our precious time to gambling. ..
Life really is to short isn't it....
Stay strong amigo xx

Sorry mate didn't notice that post from the other day :((.

We can all be ashamed mate of the time weve spent focused on gambling while everyone else waited patiently on the sidelines but we all make mistakes and it's never too late to rectify those mistakes , far better to do that now finally than never to do it at all :)).

I noticed you not getting involved in arguments recently which is great mate , you have to do what suits you and works for you , unfortunately not something I've mastered just yet but hey there's always hope Eh ?

And there's alway's my Dad ( Martin ) to pull me away and give me a good tellin off , or the west country bird who speaks funny and walks funny as well now by all accounts :(( .

Stay safe Brudder :))

Man hugs and Kisses to you old buddy xx

Hi Deano just wanted to say thank you for the help you gave me when I first came on here. Even though I relapsed you helped me so much to start breaking the hold the addiction had on me, anyway thank you 🙂 best wishes Lu x

Deeeeaaannnnnoooo x

Thanks for the post mate. Now working on a lot of things with Mrs Bal.

You take it easy mate x