I have found out through the sharing of experience on this site that it is my responcibility to live my life. When I am obsessing about my GA, I am expending...
Dear Nancy, You have every right to stating how you feel. I do not call this whining. We all start from somewhere. The important thing is that you are...
I want to thank all of you for indulging me in my letter. I still have not sent it to my daughter, and don't know if I ever will, however, it was very...
Susi, Wow!!! What an amazing letter!! I salute you for having the courage to put it all down in writing and I can understand how therapeutic it must have been...
Gary, One word of caution about our taking a look at "what we did to our children"...I know that I have to remember that I was as sick as my husband when we...
I don't remember the exact quote, but the gist of it is that those who fail to SEE and STUDY history are DOOMED to repeat it. I think this is often what we...
That's so true. My daughter was 3 1/2 when he moved out. I had stayed in it that long for her. Then, I got out of the situation for her. Now we are in...
There were many important points made in the last few posts. What a great letter that was! My opinion is, that sharing experiences of the past is a good thing,...
YOU SAID: What do I say to him when he calls? Our last conversation wasn't ... REPLY: If he could "see your side" he wouldn't have the problems he does. He is...
On July 4, 1776 many intellent people converged to declare our right to independece. Many battles were fought to gain this independence. Yet,here we are 229...
my husband agreed to take a "test" to show me that he is not addicted to poker. i have heard of the 20 questions that you ask or something to see if a person ...
In a message dated 7/7/2005 10:46:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time, beckers581@... writes: my husband agreed to take a "test" to show me that he is not...
Becca, YOU WROTE: i have heard of the 20 questions that you ask or something to see if a person is a pathological gambler...but i don't know what that is...
Living with a compulsive gambler can be a devastating experience. The first thing for you to accept is that the compulsive gambler suffers from an illness. The...
The Twenty questions are answered by the gambler, not the spouces. When a gambler is still in denial, it is very easy to answer NO to most of these questions...
Seems to me that most compulsive gamblers who are answering this honestly say YES to more than seven of them! My CG spouse answered YES to every one except...
thanks so much for all of your responses...ill let you know how it goes! becca __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?...
Basket: I agree with you. My c.g. answered yes to 19 of the 20 questions also, and said no to the same one as yours-- for the same reason too. That was a...
has anyone read the book, "house of cards" by tom raabe? just wanted to know what you thought of it if you have read it? i just started reading it. thanks! ...
Hello everon i need to talk and this is the place to do it. What do i do is the frist question here? My step son has lyed to his Dad big time. Ya I know...
In a message dated 7/9/2005 5:02:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time, peggyholcombe@... writes: Now her is the sticky part if i say somthing i will get the...
Peggy, Your husband co-signed that loan and if his son isn't paying it, you husband will be stuck paying it. Not sure if YOU are also responsible for paying...
Peggy, My son is also 22 years old and will be a senior in college this upcoming school year. I would encourage you to look into the particulars regarding...
Does anyone know about this approach or what kind of success rate it has? From what I hear, It takes a different angle than GA, putting more emphasis on...
txdj44. I have heard of SMART (Self-Management & Recovery Training) Training being used by drug and alcohol addicts as an alternative to the NA and AA 12-step ...
You are so right but he doesn't know the boy hasn't paid the note. The boy has lost two checking acounts. Owes both banks money. My husband thinks he is up to...
NANCY you are so right there have been so meny times that has crossed my mind . But the bad part is i haven't worked in 14 years and when you put that on an...