Leapyear22
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- Well, I don't know how many days its been since I placed my last bet, its been awhile though. For me, each day I don't place a bet is a good day. I found myself going to an area that has a small card room this last Friday, I knew it was there. I...
- Do you wish you could "take" back your addiction? Do you wish you could just turn back the clock and turn back the time, that you decided to get in your car and head in the direction to your favorite watering hole of a casino? I remember, I used...
- Do you remember what you were like before your addiction took over? I do, sort of. I was a free spirit, loved my daughter, was struggling, but did life. When my addiction started, I was unaware of the hold it would ultimately have on me. I...
- Do you love me?,,, do you love me? The song just keeps going over and over again through my head. I was reading through some of the most recent postings today and found myself eager to share... kind of like a meeting that generates so much...
- Do I need to know "why" I am a compulsive gambler? Years ago, when I tried to quit gambling, I went into counseling, I read a lot, and went to a lot of meetings. Of course, I slipped in and out of the addiction over the years, until finally...
- My thought for the day.Be good to yourself, feel the sun, work hard, love a lot, and above all, be grateful.Do the day my sweet warriors, GF. xoxox
- In recovery, I am so much happier, than when I was in my addiction. I am finding myself, looking healthier, feeling much healthier, working out, walking every day, and coming to work with a smile, on my face and in my heart, without even realizing...
- Today, I did not place a bet, its a good day. Its really amazing to me, how I would go to the card rooms, with the "intentions" of not staying for a long time, and only with a certain amount of cash. How quickly that changed. In the beginning of...
- Although I am in recovery, and my life is much better, I still battle with my emotions, the difference is, now, rather than run to the card room, I have to feel the emotions. What do I do? I take a hot bath, I clean, I work, I play with my dogs. ...
- Holding onto any type of anger, resentment, disappointment is a deal breaker for my recovery. I found myself Friday night getting so upset with someone, although I care about this person, I have been pushed to my absolute boiling point, and Friday...
- My recovery, has been work, but its also been life changing, in so many ways. When I decided to FINALLY get the help that I needed to stop gambling, I had to REALLY want it, that meant, I had to do the foot work that it requires, not just "admit I...
- There is no "right" or "wrong" way for me work on my recovery. I do know, for me, what I need to do and what grounds me. For me, I had admitted many moons ago, that I had a problem, and I was a compulsive gambler. Admitting it, especially after a...
- Bumble bees don't know they aren't supposed to fly, but they fly. They run into windows sometimes, but, they fly. When I was in my addiction, I had very little, if any self worth, I was lonely, although I had a lot of people around me, I was...
- Sundays are my favorite days of the week, and now that I don't gamble anymore, I get to enjoy my time at home. This weekend, I went to my meetings, and decorated my room and master bath, Pintrest is my new addiction:)I was enjoying the morning,...
- 2015, so much hope for the future, I cried at midnight, and waived 2014 good-bye, it was a tough year, emotionally, financially and spiritually. I don't make resolutions, I used to, but I don't anymore. Rather, I make a list of things I want to...