The road to recovery...84 months on.

Day 590,591,592 and 593

No GA last night.

Feeling ok

Hi Gazza,

I hope that you are okay. I just wanted to drop you a note to remind you how amazingly well you are doing. You are an inspiration to many people on this site, including myself.

I hope that you have a great weekend.

Take care

Dave

Day 594 and595(85weeks)

Thanks NM for your support.

I'm ok

Hi Gazza,

Good to hear that you are okay. Congratulations on reaching 85 weeks. Great stuff.

Best wishes

Dave

Day 596,597,598,599 and 600

Thanks NM for your support.

Made it to GA last night. Very worthwhile.

Difficult weekend ahead for us as a family.

We'll get through it.

Have a nice weekend

Gazza

Fella the path you have taken still has some obsticles to overcome, spanners will always find there way into our lives but through the choice you keep making my friend you I know will rise to whatever comes your way.

Today I salute you.

Duncs stepping forward never back.

Hi Gazza,

I hope that you have had a good day. Thanks for your message. Enjoy your weekend.

Best wishes

Dave

Day 601 and 602 (86 weeks)

Difficult weekend passes.

Some bridges built.

Thanks NM and Duncs for your support

gazza, just read the last few pages of your diary and its great to see the success you are having, be very proud of youself, as only other addicts realise your abstinence is a huge achievement. have a good day

take care

blues

Hi Gazza,

Great to read that you have successfully come through a difficult weekend.

Best wishes for the week ahead.

Dave

Day 603,604,605,606 and 607

Thanks blues and NM for your posts.

Attended a useful GA meeting last night.

Glad it's Friday.

Lou R -thanks for the last 30 odd years.

Magic and Loss

Hi Gazza,

Great to read that you are still going strong.

Best wishes

Dave

Day 608, 609 (87 weeks) and 610

Thanks NM for your post.

Dunc has been in my mind for the last few days. I really feel for him after his slip and can relate to his feelings of low self esteem. It was Dunc who quoted the stat that only 3 out of 100 get to a year gamble free. In my experience, the vast majority who get to 1 year go on and remain gamble free-i'm only basing this on my experiences at my GA group.

Best wishes,

gazza

Day 611 (20 months)

Glad to read that Dunc is once more "Stepping forward never back"

20 months today i started my recovery.

Best wishes,

gazza

Gazza

Fella thanks for the kind words on my thread my friend, a very foolish chain of events led me to think gambling would once again be the answer in my life, to which in a very sobering moment three hours later I once again understood fully the reasons I choose recovery.

With honesty I will follow the continued recovery path and my lifes goal to better those statistics continues.

Those stats of 3% for the first year are true for my GA room and the sad thing is the odds of 3% abstaining in the following year from year 1 to year 2 lessen again!! I know I gifted my continued abstinence back to my addiction. and with that helped those stats!!

Keep up the good work my friend I will be right behind you.

Duncs stepping forward never back.