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11210
Dear Members A NEW Page of great Freebies was just added ready for Thursday 2nd October. Visit Now! If you would like a veritable 'mountain' of free-stuff,...
paulinedavidsen
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Oct 2, 2008
5:30 am
11211
I am married to a CG, we have an 18 month old child. I know my husband has been through a lot of stress. His father passed away 6 weeks ago. None the less,...
pupni
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Oct 3, 2008
4:20 am
11212
pupni, do you have a support group you attend? I do know alot of times it takes the spouse to move out and go on with their lives for them to get help, but you...
Dana
djengel333
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Oct 4, 2008
3:21 am
11213
Counseling for you is critical. Your ambivalence comes thru in your post. You are already trying to establish a "plan"or what to do IF he changes????...
basket1952
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Oct 4, 2008
1:56 pm
11214
The girl I have been seeing has had a gambling problem for sometime now.  She recently came over to my house and admnitted to me that she has about $30,000 on...
Donald LaPlante
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Oct 4, 2008
3:07 pm
11215
Certainly an important step for any CG who wants to work a program is to have someone else take over their finances . .that means they have NO access to money,...
basket1952
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Oct 4, 2008
3:29 pm
11217
Dear Members A NEW Page of great Freebies was just added ready for Monday 6th October. Visit Now! If you would like a veritable 'mountain' of free-stuff, take...
kathyfortman
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Oct 6, 2008
4:48 am
11218
I have read online on this blog that an important step for the CG is to give access to money and put it in the hands of the spouse or significant other. I...
pupni
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Oct 6, 2008
6:36 pm
11219
Think of it as you might if you were living with an alcoholic. It is up the the alcoholic to work a program and not drink. So would you feel OK and justified...
basket1952
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Oct 7, 2008
1:04 am
11220
hi everyone. i am glad to have found this site....not many gam anon meetings in my area and even fewer that i can make. i hope to meet you all and share ...
violetsandlavender
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Oct 7, 2008
5:32 pm
11221
if you marry a man with big debts, those debts will become yours as well unless you have a carefully worded prenuptual agreement and you still may be saddled...
basket1952
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Oct 7, 2008
7:00 pm
11222
hi,  we live together....but no..our finances are not co mingled in anyway. i own my condo and he moved in with me....i was and am self supporting now and...
me
violetsandla...
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Oct 7, 2008
7:53 pm
11223
Hi Violet, I am married to a CG. I unfortunately did not know he had a problem or I was so naive that I didn't think anything like this was possible. We saw...
pupni
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Oct 8, 2008
2:53 pm
11224
hi pupri, thanks for your story...it really helps to know there are people out there that are going through the same issues.. i have found that alot of my cg...
me
violetsandla...
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Oct 8, 2008
3:59 pm
11225
For those of you with cg boyfriends and girlfriends, think it threw carefully. When my cg husband and I were dating 17 years ago, he didn't have enough money...
indebtmsh
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Oct 9, 2008
12:11 am
11226
Dear Members A NEW Page of great Freebies was just added ready for Thursday 9th October. Visit Now! If you would like a veritable 'mountain' of free-stuff,...
petermainford
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Oct 9, 2008
5:59 am
11227
Violet, if your boyfriend were an alcoholic, would it be a good idea for him to work as a bartender? The same holds true for compulsive gamblers. Working in...
basket1952
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Oct 9, 2008
1:05 pm
11228
I love the Groundhog Day comparison! so very true. ... threw ... didn't ... guess I ... will ... a cg ... the ... the ... able ... the ... be a ... the ... ...
basket1952
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Oct 9, 2008
1:07 pm
11229
basket1952,      i totally and completely agree here....and would be very supportive in any efforts for him to change jobs....i have wanted him to leave...
me
violetsandla...
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Oct 9, 2008
6:41 pm
11230
indebtmsh,       i have thought about this...and that is why our plans to marry are on permenent hold. we live together...and i have heard the "im not...
me
violetsandla...
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Oct 9, 2008
6:59 pm
11231
im curious what everyone does to destress....im having a difficult time when im angry...stressed..finding things to do or ways to relieve it. my life between...
violetsandlavender
violetsandla...
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Oct 10, 2008
4:54 pm
11232
First, I take a number of deeeeeeeeeep breaths Next, I recite the serenity prayer very slowly, thinking about what it means as I recite it. Third, I do more...
susigold_15217
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Oct 10, 2008
5:42 pm
11233
Deep breathing is a good thing, for sure! I also try to focus on what IS and IS NOT 'my' problem. I am, by nature, a calm and careful person. I don't fly...
basket1952
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Oct 11, 2008
12:01 am
11234
thank you, that is part of my problem......i tend to take his problems on as my own because i feel badly for him..which increases my stress..because now they...
me
violetsandla...
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Oct 11, 2008
3:32 pm
11235
Violet, I think it is a pretty common denominator for many of us. The problems, the bad behavior, the compulsions, the addictions . . . all of them are HIS not...
basket1952
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Oct 11, 2008
9:55 pm
11236
Dear Members A NEW Page of great Freebies was just added ready for Monday 13th October. Visit Now! If you would like a veritable 'mountain' of free-stuff, take...
jaynebillford
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Oct 13, 2008
8:54 am
11237
Help me understand this. My husband is a CG and pot addict. I now see the problem existed befor we got married. 3 years later and a 18month old baby and I...
pupni
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Oct 13, 2008
4:01 pm
11239
Shifting blame to others is a very typical addict behavior - especially gambling. Don't attempt to put any type of logic on the behavior - their isn't any....
kmks60
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Oct 13, 2008
6:28 pm
11240
He tells you "He feels like killing (you)" and you are allowing your child and yourself to remain in a house with him? Get out now. Tell your family and his...
basket1952
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Oct 13, 2008
11:37 pm
11241
grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i can, and the wisdom to know the difference. i think this says it...
me
violetsandla...
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Oct 14, 2008
1:20 pm
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