gazza.
thanks for your post fella,all I will say is keep going to your GA meeting,give them the 90 days and I am sure this will help you massively in your continuing recovery.After 90 days I took stock and am pushing on to the 12 steps which are helping further. I just continue to attend as often as I can to my GA, with my new job it will be every other week but the medicine I recieve there I will take with both hands and through the fellowship have made in 15 meetings a group of fellas that I know I will class as friends for life. Gazza be kind to yourself my friend you are 67 days gamble free a choice which you have made for the better all you have to do is keep making that choice for yourself the rest will get better for this.
Be happy and proud you earnt it.
Duncs compulsive gambler NO BET today
Day 68
At GA meeting last night-again the therapy was another reminder that i can't gamble. the member who gave the therapy, has lost contact with all his family through his gambling. He is now trying to make contact with them and is trying to right some of the wrongs. Not just financial losses we face but the ones we love.
Otherwise i'm fine and getting on with my day.
Hope everyone is well
gambling is not only fanancial loss, it is isolation.friends, partners, even familly turn their back sometimes to a gambler.but a cg is a sick person who needs recovery.we have to be happy cause we are at the recovery phase.imagine your life still gambling.no future, no hope.
i think that goverments should take more measures against casinos, bookies etc.but the money in the industry are billions...
WE HAVE to protect ourselves.the forum, the GA meetings and some trusted persons can help us.but first we have to hepl ourselves by not gambling.
i m 33 days gamble free, i can say it was my worst period during recovery but now i can see the light.
every passing day without gambling should be a happy one.it doesnt matter if we dont have money in the bank or we are in debt.at least we are free from gambling.always alert.gambling is very tricky virus.
take care
mike
Day 69
Keeping busy.
Hope everyone has a good weekend
Day 70 (10 weeks) and 71
Couldn't get near a computer yesterday so no post.
Another small milestone reached.
This would not have been possible without the love and support from my partner. i love her so much and don't want to lose her.
I'm eternally grateful to her that she has given me a chance to turn my life around and to right some of the wrongs brought about by my compulsive gambling.
Still a long way to go but i'll get there-that's a promise to both her and our beautiful children.
Also a "thank you" to members of this forum and to GA.
One day at a time.
Hope everyone is well
10 weeks is no small milestone, it is a fantastic achievement that you should feel very proud off.
like you it is my better half and my kids that have made me realise this madness had to stop, i have associated gambling with loosing my family and that is just something i cannot allow happen.
Well done on the 10 weeks again and heres to the future, a happy future shared with our familys.
Pat
well done for your 10 weeks goal!its not a small thing to stay off gambling for 70 days.the early days are the hardest.i m 36 days,half of yours, and i thought it took me ages to reach it.
the more support you have from your partner the better for your recovery.
take care
mike
Well done on 10 weeks gazza great achievement read most of your diary there and obvious how hard your trying to arrest your addiction a day at a time. Good 4 u !
Days 72 and 73
More of the same.
Busy at work.
Hope everyone is well
Gazza.
Time flies when we are having fun fella!!!!
well done getting through the 70 day mark.
Keep making the right choices.
Duncs compulsive gambler NO BET TODAY.
Day 74
Thanks for your post Dunc
Well another busy day at work.
Hopefully get home to spend some time with the family before my GA meeting tonight.
Hope everyone is well
Day 75
At GA meeting last night.
The member who gave therapy last night had tried to comit suicide when his gambling became too much.
This is the 3rd such story i've heard about people trying to end it all as a consequence of their gambling and i've only been going to meetings for 10 weeks.
Horrific where this illness can lead to if we don't get help.
Hope everyone is well.
hi gazza515,
i m going to ga meeting too since february and i ve heard too members who wanted to comit suicide.around 20-25% of compulsive gamblers have tried to comit suicide(i ve read it on a survey on the internet).
this illness if left untreated can really lead to death.
but we are here in the forum, we fight our disease!
take care
mike 40DAYS
Gazza.
Fella the lid is off the bottle of the medicine you take at GA my friend,keep that thought in there and if you get the urge to punt simply hit play on it,that will be inspiration enough.
Duncs compulsive gambler NO BET today.
Days 76, 77 (11 weeks) and 78
Busy with family so couldn't get near a computer.
Thanks Dunc and Mike for your posts.
Yes, a brutal reminder of why we can never gamble again.
Hope everyone had a nice weekend
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