Nice post SG. Daily affirmations can be hugely powerful. I am going to try to think of something good I did today, lol.
So glad you are posting :)

Sgl,

Great post. Just the other day I was reading an article by Oprah Winfrey, where she talked about starting a gratitude journal. We have so many things to be grateful for, yet many times we allow ourselves to be consumed by all the things we are not accomplishing, or things that are not going "our way".

Today, I started a new job, and received such a warm welcome from everyone there....I am grateful and appreciative for that. I promised myself that I will make it my mission for others to see and feel that they are appreciated for al that they do. We're off to a good start, and so, too, my friend, are you!

Love Tagg

Today I:
1. Went to my cardiologist for a follow up from 6 months ago. Lost 12 pounds, dropped my cholesterol 35 points to 194 and bad cholesterol more. Said I have a less than 5% chance of kicking off due to cardiac issues for the next 10 years- that's good!
2. Fought with garbage and cable companies over bills... Unbelievable, but it seems with every little increase in the economy, companies try and mess with you every chance they get. However, if you're paying close attention (like those recovering from a gambling addiction), you catch them and call them on it... Battled waged and won!
3. And certainly not the lest of these, another one of those days where I'd definitely waste my day gambling and come up with either a masterful or pitiful excuse about why I hadn't been home yet... However, used my powers for good and not evil on #1 and #2 above as well as taking the clan out to dinner and watching my boy take his 1st driving lesson (pray for me...).
Thanks for the post, positive is good!
Jay

Wow congrats on a great day for you. My positive is that I had the first overwhelming urge to go gamble today (7th day gamble free), when I actually had the opportunity and had finished a big project at work. I recognized that as a trigger, feeling that I'd accomplished "enough" work and justified to myself that I could go gamble. I stopped, took a break from work and then went back to it for the last 2 1/2 hours, when previously I woulda high-tailed it to the video lottery joint. I'd been kind of waiting for that moment to happen, to see if I could beat the monster, and I did, and it felt great and I feel proud of myself for the first time in months.

Daydreamer, you should feel proud of yourself. Way to fight the urge and beat it!

DD73, WTG! Everytime you beat back the beast, you win. The other thing is...you KNOW you can. Love to all ~E

good job daydreamer.....stepping back, re-focusing, then redirecting your energy! I too, suffered from the "Wow, I've worked really hard on this project and achieved what I set out to do...so now I get to "reward" myself with some well deserved "relaxation! Ugh....it only caused my stress level to increase 10 fold, after leaving the joint penniless (except for enough money to pay the bridge toll and pick up a pack of cigarettes (pack #4 for the evening)!

I'm so glad those days are over for me...yes I do miss gambling, But I have not missed, for one moment, the worthless feeling I had about blowing all the hard earned money I had just earned working so hard on that project.

Keep your mojo going, and congratulations again, for believing in yourself!

love Tagg

Thank you all so much for your encouragement and back-patting! Any addicted person knows the shame you feel and constant beating up of yourself, so it feels good to pat myself on the back, and it feels great to have others give me praise too.

I beat the monster again today. And when I felt the urge, I thought of how I didn't want to get on this site and have to say I slipped. so thanks for being here and remember what a help you are to newly sober addicts!!! Hugs, Daydreamer