Saturday....day 53 of abstinence...had a busy day at work.....happy about that.....not feeling any big desire for gambling....really happy about that. My boyfriend has wanted to move to Vegas for years, and has an opportunity to work with a friend of his there at something he has always wanted to do....he seems to be getting more serious about going.....but I will not move there. I just can't imagine how much worse that would be for my recovery from gambling....and for him as well. The word 'homeless" definitely comes to mind.....In addition, I can't see myself walking away from a growing business I've worked on for 6 years, and need now to work hard to pull myself out of the hole I've dug....Someone mentioned on a discussion thread that we love people as long as they don't interfere with our lifestyle.....I think my change in lifestyle is getting in his way. I am no longer helping to enable him to gamble......He claims he isn't leaving me, and wants me to come to Vegas with him....I can't see myself ever going there, don't want to go there, and don't plan on going there. I guess that will be the end of things for us....it may be for the best, but it makes me sad, as he is not only my boyfriend, but my best friend here....We've been through a lot together...I guess this is something else I'll just have to take one day at a time.
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