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The bear

fella good to see you have not lost the fighting spirit.

Honesty is without doubt for me the biggest thing to come from recovery, gambling and my compulsion to bet on anything that moved forced me to lie to hide the destruction I waged upon life, through abstinence I have learnt a great deal, it is ok to be wrong, admit to it, it is ok to ask for help, take pride from it.

These things come with the ability to fix any problems, I no longer run off to the bookies.

A place where I only added or magnified them.

If counting works for you fella, stick to it.

Enjoy it.

Duncs stepping forward never back.

Hey bear,

Never give up giving up and always look only ahead. Leave that frustration and anger in a gym and come back stronger and more energetic person. Keep up the fight!!

Have a great day out

Take care

Sandra x

Bear,

I'm sad to hear you are not in a good place mate. You know how to get this done though. No excuses, back on the horse and go again. You are doing this for you and for you only. Others will benefit but look after number one.

You can do this because you have already.

On the horse my mate and *** on. We both know live is better without it and both intelligent people not to go back.

Have a good evening, relax and we go again mate in the morning mate.

Onwards and upwards Bear,

Hanz

Thanks for your posts guys on to day 2 mucho the productive day yesterday well at least no gambling but just a small step :-/ day 2 today need to keep barriers in place gambling juice still flowing.

The bear x

Bear

Thanks for the post on my thread my friend, for me I used to judge everyone by the same ridiculous mantra.

if you are not going to provide me with gambling funds then I am not interested, my life revolved around losing my hard earnt and then blaming everyone else for my own shortfalls.

Today I refuse to judge anybody, I have learnt a valuable lesson, it actually only affects my own sense of well being to be judgemental, I am proud to admit to my own shortfalls, the amazing thing is when you do folk actually want to help, that in itself breeds me wanting to do just the same.

My entire life was lived out of a glass that was half empty, the grass always looked greener over the other side.

Truth is I always had my own patch of grass, and today I tend to it and enjoy all it gifts me.

My glass is always half full.

Recovery offers it my friend, it is free.

Keep making the right choice

No bet today

Duncs stepping forward never back.

Hi Bear,

I am using your experiences to remind how hard it is to stay off gambling once you return. Best of luck you need to keep trying.

Michael

Bloody hard michael don't go back 🙁

The bear

Hey bear,

Little baby steps forward...no rush, no race..just take it easy.

You can do it

Stay strong

Day at a time

Sandra x

Hi Sandra thank you 🙂 yep tiny steps on to day 3 not going to lie thinking of gambling a lot just need to fight the early days been here before.

The bear x

Hi Sandra thank you 🙂 yep tiny steps on to day 3 not going to lie thinking of gambling a lot just need to fight the early days been here before.

The bear x

Bear

Fella just a few words for you today

'be kind to yourself'

duncs stepping forward never back.

Thanks, Bear. The son of a friend of mine committed suicide some years ago so I may be a little more paranoid than most. 'I appreciate you letting me know. Keep fighting yourself.

Day 4 massive anxiety last night couldn't sleep it's like a bad drug this gambling it's horrible hope my anxiety gets easier over next week 🙁 thanks all for your posts no gambling today.

The bear x

Hey Bear

Sorry to hear you have been suffering from bad anxiety - not pleasant I know. That, coupled with urges to gamble can be very stressful.

When I joined this site just over a year ago, I adopted my very simple but very powerful word "NO". I find this really works for me if faced with any urges - it is short and to the point and does not take too much time to ponder your thoughts. Just an idea.

Take care.

Feb.

Thanks feb will try anything 🙂 have a good day x

The bear x