Hi CJ, I am so sorry that you are feeling this way on weekends. To be honest it doesn't sound like much fun at all. Is your husband at all approachable so that...
... Thank you Karin, I have been repeating the prayer a lot lately and need to find that courage. I will, baby steps! Thanks for the hugs, much needed. Big...
I can not imagine not ever gambling again. But today, though I do have and opportunity as hubby not here, I am not going to gamble, just for today. I am in a...
Well good for you on your positive thoughts about NOT gambling! That's a very good step in the right direction. Although I've come clean to my husband, it...
Hello GPGers Workwise, we have our ups and downs. Sometimes this ups/downs at work get me all stressed up and the only thing I could do is to get out of the...
... Hey there, So glad that you posted. Keep strong and keep posting, it helps. Hope you have the best of day! CJ ... serves ... into ... time ... Nov ... if ...
... Dear Victor, I am trying desperately to put the financial ruin behind me and think only about my mental well being. Money will come and go but your ...
today is 5 weeks since i stopped gambling 5 weeks since i went innside a casino and 5 weeks since i put any money in a slot machine..I AM SO HAPPY!!! cant...
Hi Mishca, Keep up the good work! I'm at about 11 weeks myself. I can't say I don't think about gambling any more. But I think about it a lot less often....
How do I handle a delicate situation? Offering support, from a distance, to someone going through a rough emotional patch. Touching base with them via phone...
This post makes me wonder about approaching strangers in casinos who obviously have a gambling problem....While I hope we all avoid those places from now on I...
Hi Sara, Approaching strangers is a different kettle of fish altogether I think, especially is we are still in the throes of our own addiction. But if it’s a...
Victor I am so glad that you are still staying away my last day was 28th august so i am 2 weeks ahead of you i am finding it easier as the time goes by. I...
Hello, Linda.... Interesting questions you pose here. Let me take a stab at offering some of my experience in helping someone who is close to a person get ...
Good for you, Joe!!!!!! I would like to take the time to congratulate you on your recovery efforts. Sometimes it is a simple little thing that makes us change...
Hello, Mishca......... WOOHOO!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS, sweetie, on your clean time!!!!! I am SO very, very PROUD of you and your NOT gambling. There is...
Hello, Victor...... GOOD ON YOU!!!! I am so very PROUD of you and your efforts to maintain your clean time and stay away from gambling, despite the fact that...
Hello, Kitten...... I know how you are feeling in regards to "Not ever gambling again." I felt the same way when I first entered into recovery from this...
Hello, Mishca...... Thanks for the congratulatory response. Sounds like things are going very well for you, sweetie and I am very happy for you, too. It is...
Hello Personally when i was distressed at my losses the last thing i would want is someone approaching me. There was no logic within me, i would have told...
SUCCESS IS THE RESULT OF WELL DIRECTED ENERGY The first rule of success, and one that supersedes all others, is to have energy. It's important to know how to...
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6458 Robert Anthony, US best selling author once said: "Most people would rather be certain they're miserable...
Ian Royall October 02, 2007 12:00am CASHED-UP Crown casino will build the biggest hotel in Australia as part of a $540 million expansion of the Southbank...
As we all know ------ only the addict to whatever ------- can seek the help needed to find a better way of life. Many people attend GA or maybe come here cuz a...
Thanks Debs am busy helping my son set up a new business we are going to be taking photos and putting them on DVD of kids and parties and whatever peeps...
Hi Linda, It is a tough position to be in when you want to help but assistance is not met with open arms. I think when it comes to addiction most of us would...
Hello Jim, Exactly my thoughts also. And as for the comment: "But the new expansion must not be accompanied by even greater opportunity for people to lose...
Thank you to those who have replied to this question, your replies have given me food for thought and reinforced for me that the only way to put my mind at...
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