Taking responsibility of my life

Congrats mate on your month in sobriety 🙂

I'm a carbon copy to... I to in the past get complacent after refraining for a while.

Times a big thing... When I have to much free time I'm more likely to get the urge to head to the casino. If I'm busy with work or have plans for the weekend, gambling doesn't usually enter my thoughts. Try to plan and schedule your free time mate, it might help?

Hope everything works out this weekend and you have a blast because you so deserve it with what you've achieved. Take care mate 🙂

Morning dairy, TexG thanks for your surport hope you are having a good day.

weekends are ment to be happy times spent chilling or having fun but this morning I'm sat here feeling very low so much spare time and nothing constructive to fill it, just bad thoughts maybe a long walk over the *** to no where the place my life has gone, for all those who have family make sure you make today their day

How do I move on? even the simple things like cloths are bringing back all the good memory's of what I used to have I would do anything to have that back, is so true you never really apresate what you have until it's gone. Roll on monday

Keep focused! Your recovery diary was a real thought provoking read. I was touched by so many of your points.

Use the sadness and memories of the past to spur you on, you need never make those mistakes again now you're heading in the right direction.

What's meant to be will always be and your life is in your own hands now, keep it that way.

Best wishes 🙂

Mac1, thanks for your comments, I hope my mistakes help you move forward. Well today did get better after my low this morning, spent most of the day sorting out my stuff so no longer living out of black bags that I packed 3 months ago. Coming here help me stay on track and for that I have to say thanks

Well today has passed with not much to shout about looking forward to going back to work in the morning, and the start of new week.

Any enjoyable day work has put me in good mood and now have plans for the rest of the week too, so all in all a good day with gambling not playing any part in it, bring on tomorrow.

Hi screwball

Keep it up and move forward. Life will get calmer and easier to navigate. Gambling is waste of time and is not worth spending even one precious minute out of our lives

Day at a time, I hope today is another good day for you

Take care

Sandra x

Thanks Sandra, you are right and that's what I'm stilling to today has been a good day always round, had fun at work, came home had a positive evening and again I'm claim into bed with a clear mind knowing today I did not gamble, tomorrow no one will call saying I've missed a payment or I owe them money, I still get text offering me more money and they just get deleted, I'm happy with what I don't have. I still have my health and time to build a life.

Hi screw

Well done on your days of abstaining your posts are very positive and strong

Gambling is such a waste of our lives so there is no point in playing to keep losing

Best wishes

Suzanne x

Thanks Suzanne for your words of encourgment and support, today has been another busy day mainly spent at work and spare time to even think on gambling. So onwards and upwards.

My thought of the day my life is like football match made up of 2 half as long as I live into my 70's I have the same amount of time to get right everything that has gone wrong in the first half and if I live past that then we can call that extra time in which to make the final difference.

Well yesterday was a day of mix emotions, the wife text me asking to meet up to talk, I was so happy, 830 came and we meet a little small talk then she dropped the biggest bomb shell, she is seeing someone else my whole world turned upside down, any last glimmer of hope smashed. But for once I didn't turn to gambling to hide.

So this morning I work twice as hard in the garden to vent any built up anger.

Roll on Monday

Now is the time to focus on your own recovery so don't let it blind side ya. Use it for a positive and build from there.

The only positive thing is that I got loads done had to keep myself busy to try and stop my head reliving yesterday, it worked van and car washed & hovered 24 more slabs delivered and the second skip filled with another 5 ton of soil from the garden but no gambling so was successful,

Broken soul

Thanks for the nice description. I would be the ex wife who dedicated 15 years to his recovery

I deserve a d*** site more than I ended up with