9 mos GF...and smiling....

Ah....a day off....and Sept 1 marks 9 mos. GF for me!!!! Started the day by going out for a nice breakfast....then went to visit a local "landmark" that I hadn't taken time to visit before....spent the afternoon at the movies....ate a cherry/grape snow cone (my favorite!)... Every Labor Day since I started gambling was spent in the casinos....and this is my first Labor Day just to have a normal time doing normal things....and it was really really nice. Sunday I'll be leaving to spend a couple of days in Monterrey, see the Aquarium, then drive down the coast with the top down through Big Sur to San Simeon to see Hearst Castle!  I am so looking forward to it!  When gambling....I didn't do stuff like that.  I couldn't tear myself away from the casinos...and I couldn't afford it, as everything went to gambling! I am just beginning to suspect that I am really going to have a life again....that I am truly surviving gambling.... The one thing I need to remember, though.....I need to have the humility to remember that I am a compulsive gambler, and I am only ONE bet away from a return to the shame, fear, and ruin of the gambling life. One day at a time, I work this recovery.With the help and support of my friends here, I can make it.