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- My mother in law came to visit with a box she had found from when we house sat years ago at her home while she lived elsewhere for a few years. Inside were old movie reels that my father (who passed 11 years ago) had taken of the family. There are 6...
- Last year I had almost 6 months then fell of the wagon on my birthday in June and kept gambling till Christmas. I got into some credit card debt with that- not a lot but enough (about 2000) but I don't make much either so it will take me till about...
- Hey all,I am still here and read most days but I am still chipping after having my almost 6 months of sobriety and falling off the wagon around my birthday in June.I am not hopeless I keep getting on the wagon and sliding off every week or two. No...
- I just wanted to drop in and share my gratitude with each of you. I don't post much on here. I think it's because I don't have any answers. I had 90 days and fell off the wagon and even though I got back up I have not committed the way I did the...
- In our case, the dream to stop gambling and stay stopped. :)1. They see challenges as opportunitiesMost people interpret fears as obstacles and tend to run away from them. People who live their purpose successfully have developed the capacity to see...
- I had 6 months Gamble free. Went one Sunday with my mama and spent only 20 dollars- left when that 20 was gone and I guess figured I was safe and went the following thursday and blew my entire check. I had written about it back when it...
- I am feeling terribly discouraged.After almost 6 months of being GF I went with my mom one Sunday a week or two ago and spent 20 dollars. I thought that it was a single, simple slip and not much damage done since only 20 dollars had been...
- I have lost track of how many days I have been gamble free. It might be three months, possibly a little more. The difficult thing, still, for me is that for me gambling was at one point a special thing I did, just me, for myself that gave me that...
- Actually having a weekend where I find myself thinking at the end of the day, Wow, I didn't think about going to the casino at all today and even when I think that to myself or having urges or thinking maybe tomorrow.i feel more and more unhooked...
- This is an excerpt from a wonderful book on addictions I am reading. This really speaks to me because I am a super sensitive and feel/love deeply. I recently lost a friend and my son broke up with his girlfriend who was a part of our family for...
- Just feeling grateful to everyone here and the anchor it provides in my recovery. I have yet to go to a GA meeting and I could not do this without each of you and your stories; your struggles and your triumphs.thank you.
- Today I had a close call. I am at 59 days and I was seriously driving towards the casino when I turned and went to the plant store instead- spent some money on some starts and came home to the garden.=(It was hard today. No idea why. I have cut back...
- I've been doing instead of gambling that helpsaving and watching the number in my account go upplanning a gardenstretching (my core got so weak from desk job, driving and sitting at the machines)cooking more elaborate meals that require prep work...
- http://www.shambhala.org/teachers/pema/addictions.phpFriends,this is a lovely little article.Happy GF day to you all.Sabine
- We are addicts yes but we are so much more and while we are here to support one another to overcome our addictions we do not need to self identify only as addicts.I am also and have also been many other things.Mother to two...