resolved2succeed

Goals:Physical- exercise 45 minutes total-20 mins on bike-25 mins pilates, no soda, high nutrition-low calorie meals.Emotional/Spiritual-read posts at DS for 15 minutes, read 1 chapter in Outliers,...

I had to go to the casino this morning. Not for the reason you think, but because I needed to cash a check. So yes, I went there for money, but not with any hope or expectation of winning it! I had...

I was reading old journal entries last night, and ran across one I wrote when I was at the end of my gambling rope. It was right before I quit, and I was just a mess. Gambling had completely messed...

It's interesting, this addiction..this is presently listed in the DSM-IV as an impulse control disorder, but this will be changed in the newest addition to the sole "behavioral addiction" in the...

My husband's good friend from work just got diagnosed with ALS. I knew someone who had ALS and I can't think of a more horrible disease. Progressive, incurable, painful.This gives me even more...

I realize now through introspection and general life review, that I have always been "consumed" with something. The early passion of my relationship with my husband, then being consumed with being a...

Posted this on the forum when I was onnly 3 weeks GF. Need to put it here so I can refer back quickly whenever I feel urges, to remind myself of the hell I was living in.I'm just starting to realize...

Rediscovering the joys of spending money instead of gambling it away! After the mundane purchases of new wiper blades and getting the car detailed, I have a little extra to go to a play with my...

     When I was in college, for a time I lived alone in a small apartment above a hair salon. I'd always had roommates before, and this was a completely new experience for me. I had a party one...

When a thought occurs to me, do I immediately act on it without considering the consequences? In what other ways do I behave compulsively?In most cases, no. In general, I follow a pretty...

What does "the disease of addiction" mean to me? Always had a problem with the concept of addiction as a disease, but I have a slightly different perspective now that I'm an addict myself. I do...

"Coming out of the fog", that's how eastwester described it, and it's an accurate description. Each day I feel more present and aware and grateful. Maybe this is what my counselor meant by the...

When posters talk about missing gambling I feel very sorry for them. So many people had a "lifestyle" based around their gambling. They talk about their gambling friends and the social aspect of it....

Talked to my addiction counselor today, he's concerned that I'm in a honeymoon period and at high risk for crashing. He thinks I may be in denial about urges to gamble. I was just happy that I wasn't...

When I was in college, a good friend of mine who was addicted to cigarettes, and wanted to quit, decided to participate in an experiment conducted by the psychology department. They put her on a...