Gambling Addiction & Recovery Support Group
Compulsive gambling is an urge or addiction to gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop. A preferred term among many professionals is problem gambling, as few people described by the term experience true compulsions in the clinical sense of the word. Problem gambling often is defined by whether harm is experienced by the gambler or others rather...
Today is officialy one month for me clean! 31 days to be exact. I cannot describe how great if feels to know I have not been digging a financial pot-hole for myself as of late. It is such a great feeling to know that any extra money coming in will be getting put away and not wasted. I am very happy and cannot wait to get thru one more day of not gambling. This is my third attempt at recovery with the main difference being actually trying to recover this time. I have realized there is a huge differnce between abstaining and recovering.
My recovery plan is at least one GA meeting a week if not two. Church every Saturday, I go to confession and sit there and pray by myself for awhile. Then Church with my family every Sunday. I also read and follow the steps of recovery.
My priest told me that you can't drive thru life looking in the rear view mirror. He is so right.
What's your recovery plan? Maybe it will spark someone else to do the same!
My recovery plan is at least one GA meeting a week if not two. Church every Saturday, I go to confession and sit there and pray by myself for awhile. Then Church with my family every Sunday. I also read and follow the steps of recovery.
My priest told me that you can't drive thru life looking in the rear view mirror. He is so right.
What's your recovery plan? Maybe it will spark someone else to do the same!
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A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...
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Today is my 25th birthday, to my somewhat lack of surprise I can see already no one really seems to care. I've always been the kinda person to make sure that everyone I Care about feels appreciated and knew somebody had their back. I can count 4 times this year when I Went out of my way to make sure a "friend" felt good on their birthday, especially if they got left hanging. Its early in the...
I am still working on Step 1, that I got from this site. Gamble free 12 steppers. I try and read it everyday. Those discussions are helpful to me. This DS site is helpful to me.
I am 23 days GF. For today, I will not gamble.
I don't have what I would call a plan....I have a lifestyle.
My lifestyle since I quit gambling on 1-1-08 is that I come here everyday. I read journals, write my own, and stay connected to others in recovery here. This connection and the feeling of commitment that has grown in me with time is the main thing that has kept me GF.
I have accepted that I cannot gamble "recreationally" and cannot learn to do so.
I take it one day at a time. Sometimes, all I can commit to is :just for TODAY, I will not gamble.....but that is enough.
I do have a financial plan of recovery. I've made lists of all my debts; I have prioritized them and know how much I have to pay for how many months to become debt-free.
I get a lot of satisfaction out of seeing progress there! I am now reaping the rewards of over a yr without gambling in terms of better relationships, peace of mind, and improved finances and health.
Wishing you great success in your recovery....
Dianne
Each day is a special gift as I take one day at a time. Coming here, reading the posts, and making my own journal entries is what has finally given me a lifestyle.