Triangle's recovery: What's recovery got to do with stopping gambling???

Firstly Duncs thanks for correcting me

I'm wrong more times than i'm right and its good to learn from each other

thanks for helping me to understand

thanks Cheryl for your kind words

yes i'm well today very busy as everyone else seems to be but i've never been too busy to think about and act on my gambling urges / illness / whatever anyone else wants to call it

i'm being viligent today and thankyou so much for your support. keep going your doing well.

tri

Anyone who follows my diary in the recovery diaries section knows i struggle with urges and temptation but that doesn't give me license to gamble

Recovery or abstinence does require me to put in effort honesty and a bit of action

However if i do gamble again as the great philosophers say its what i do next that matters and im learning i need to get back up on that proverbial horse

But its not easy anything but to stop gambling and avoid that first bet

Yet if i want a better life that's what i must do

Even the gambling den's say gambling is entertainment. Even they say to set an amount of time and money you can afford to lose

So whats it to be?

Keep gambling or try and find a different way?

tri

Hi Tri

That's a lovely post on my diary, I hope everything is good with you as am, maybe a bit thick but, not sure of your last entry. I think it says we need to keep our guards up but am unsure.

Take care and best wishes

Cheryl xxx

Hi Tri

Keep abstaining and maintaining and learning, that is the sure way to go

Well done on staying strong

Suzanne xx

Morning Tri

Hope all is good with you, just re read your post and it makes sense to me today so must have been having a thick day yesterday.

Take care and best wishes

Cheryl xxx

It was all good cheryl

sorry if i didn't put that over

thanks for the support

i NEED it

tri

Will be by your side all the way Tri

Take care and big (((hugs)))

Cheryl xxx

thanks Cheryl i need that

tri

Hi Tri

What's going on you seem very down?

Hope you are ok (((hugs))) as many as you need

Take care and best wishes

Cheryl xxx (((hug)))

i think challenged is the right word

tested works too

but i've fought the good fight and listened to others (including everyone on here) and stayed strong

keep fighting clan gamcare

tri

Purely my opinion but the hallmark of recovery is that I keep learning.

Sometimes I like to think I’ve stopped gambling and can go on my merry way and perhaps that is possible for some.

For others it’s different. Logic can go out of the door. Its baffling when it happens to you and you feel like you’re losing who you are as a person.

If you've never felt like this, I hope you never do. It’s extremely unnerving.

Keep up the recovery work and hope life improves for us all

Tri

Thanks for your post on my first entry Tri, truly appreciated. Hope all is well with you and you are keeping strong. .

All the very best

Morning Tri

Keep strong and I hope all is well with you. I agree that urges and recovery are different for everyone but your resolve to beat this addiction is good so well done.

Take care and best wishes

Cheryl xxx

Hi Triangle

Thanks for your kind words welcoming me back. This time I am going to be a regular visitor as I know this gambling monster will never leave me.

Hope your keeping well and keeping strong.

Craig