smokeygirl
Status: Planning my week and struggling with urges to go and gamble again - - - talking myself out of it, even as we speak... but tough...
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Hi everyone,Just thought I'd update my journal. I have been going through a lot of changes lately since I stopped gambling.. changes in how I feel, how I interact, my relationships with friends and...
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Hi everyone,Well, I'm counting down the hours until midnight tonight; I will be GF for two months. :] Things have been going well and not really having any desire to go gambling, thank goodness. I...
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Well, it has been 50 days since the last time I gambled. Happiness is . . . . I have noticed a few things since I stopped going to the casinos.....changes in my husband, less urges to gamble,...
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The weekend in Phoenix was great, but for the fact that I twisted my knee on the airplane and could barely walk on it. :] Turns out I sprained it, but I managed to have a good time seeing our friends...
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Back to journaling - - I am feeling pretty good right now and keeping my mind on a positive track. I've wandered all over mentally in the last few days (let's face it - there's a lot more time on...
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Still gf and really no urges to speak of. I had something unexpected come up, which was puppy sitting for a co-workers french mini poodle puppy - (less than 4 lbs) :] only 3-4 months old. It was...
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Things going pretty well - wrote a long entry yesterday but it never got through!! Hate when that happens. Well, I ended up having lunch and dinner both out yesterday with two different...
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Went past my one month goal and I keep working on staying away - one day at a time. So far I've succeeded . . . . For some reason, though, I find it hard to get as excited about other things as...
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Feel good today - have made it through to the end of Jan without going to the casinos. It feels good and my husband & I are very close at this time. I realize that when I was gambling I suffered a...
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Thank you all for the support - I definitely needed it yesterday. I ended up coming straight home and worked on a jigsaw puzzle; for some reason that kind of thing calms me down; I feel like I'm...
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I'm having a rough day today - thinking too much about the casino & going to play. I know all the "logic" of it of course and I hopefully won't act upon this. . I know exactly where these thoughts...
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Well I realized today that I'm at approximately 80% towards my 1st goal of not gambling for a month! happy to be at this point again and so far so good. hugs to all,smokeygirl
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Feel good about not gambling! Even seeing all the ads this time doesn't get me interested .. . money going in the bank - yay!I'm generally a very healthy person, but got sick yesterday - some sort...
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Hi everyone,Well here's my entry for the day - a little more upbeat! After I read some of your comments and actually read my entry again from yesterday, I realized I sounded pretty glum - downright...
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I promised myself I would write in my journal frequently, so I am sticking to it! Some days it's difficult - not much to say, really. I am enjoying the peacefulness of being free of gambling at...
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