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Lavender1 
10:27pm, August 8, 2009
Just had a revelation that my husband who was out of work for MONTHS and on UNEMPLOYMENT for MONTHS didn't EVER ask me for any money! How is it that he can run the entire household on his paycheck (even back when he was getting unemployment) and I can't make it from paycheck to paycheck? CUZ I GAMBLE, THAT'S WHY! THAT revelation is the reason that for the first time since LENT, I have committed to being GAMBLE FREE FOR 30 DAYS. Gotta start somewhere. My goal is to stop in EVERY DAY. Let me know if I miss any...lol!
Even if ti's just to say that another day has gone by that I did not gamble you will see me here.
Progress not perfection.
Thanks all
Lavender
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Gamble Free July
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Every recovery starts with one small step in the right direction...you can do this.
serenityseeker
you can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
marync
Hi Lavender, we can do this together, Gamble Free July!!!!!! Happy Fourth!!!!
Hugs Steph
Steph55
Coming here every day has made all the difference for me....
It truly is amazing what a difference it makes financially when we stop throwing money down the bottomless hole of gambling....
Hugs, Dianne
DianneE
When I gambled, I also preached that money isn't everything. I talked about the beauty of Mother Nature, and the passing of time, as in Father Time. I tried to convey a live and let live demeanor, I thought it was how I should be. I didn't yell, well, once in a great while I did, and I didn't swear, well sometimes, I did. But I tried to be this carefree, nature loving, mother to everyone, individual. I was full of POOP! Had I never heard practice what you preach? Yeah, I heard it, I just didn't think it applied to me. Where in the world am I going with all of this....hmmmm...rambling, I guess. Today things feel so much different to me. I can talk the talk, and limp along, walking the walk! LOL My sense of humor has always been strange...self effacing. I'm okay, I'm human, I love being just like everyone else! Woo Hoo! I'm not perfect! No body is, how funny I thought so many people were. Dang, I thought I raised two perfect children!!!! What? How awful for the kids, huh? I'm happier with all the imperfections in life today. Love em' :) only just! I'm a little crazy, too! I am? Who said that! Just kidding....hee, hee, hee...crazy me! Oh my gosh, I feel so much better knowing my lil dog is going to survive, my bestest, bestest friend :) And we're going to survive without gambling, just for today, I will not gamble. There's power in that saying!!! Happy almost 4th of July to you, my Las Vegas buddy! Love you....xxxooo
Moyer
Best of luck to you.
sld1