Hi Suzie and welcome! It sure is nice to hear that you are working on yourself and not gambling! Yey to you. I know it is very very hard but keep at it. For me...
Deb . . I can only imagine the feelings you had when you discovered this list. I'm not sure if there are any stats on gambling in multiple generations. I...
Hi Deb: I think it's a good thing that you are aware of your son's habit of tracking all the baseball scores and have expressed your concern to him. My husband...
Thanks for the welcome. I can say for me, I just got tired of being a liar. My father was a CG. That is how I started. My sister and I would be dropped off...
WORDS OF WISDOM . . . Creating Change: "Changing people's habits and way of thinking is like writing your instructions in the snow during a snowstorm. Every...
Gary: I have a question. I understand the philosophy of Gamanon is to let go and let (a higher power). I have detached and while my husband is having a tough...
Melody, You Wrote: I have a question. I understand the philosophy of Gam-Anon is to let go and let (a higher power). I have detached and while my husband is...
Thank you very much Gary: I did indeed write to Dr. Phil explaining all we have been through and asking for his help. He has done many interventions. Alan and...
additional words of wisdom: The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. ...
Melody, I don't think asking for help in the manner of an intervention is interfering with the "letting go" issue in Gam-Anon. If in fact an intervention...
Pierre What was your message concerning your additional words of wisdom: The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work...
Barb, I see you understood my earlier comments regarding "interpretation". Isn't it interesting how two people can read the same words and get two entirely ...
Hi Barb and gary, I was responding to two of the words of wisdom Gary posted about. The one from Don Dewar regarding "creating change" and the one from John...
... regarding "interpretation". Isn't ... entirely ... Hi Gary, You have to help me out here. I tryed a search on the messageboard with the key word...
Pierre, First off, I have to apologize. The last message that I posted was intended to be sent personally to Barb and not posted to the message board. I was...
Hi Gary, You dont have to apologize but as a matter of fact i should apologize for just dropping into a discussion without knowing why this discussion was...
I just want to start this response saying that I haven't read every single post regarding the Attraction VS Promotion or the ones under this heading. I HAVE...
I just had to write this. After reading all the postings about not enabling, practicing distancing, detachment, giving support but never giving money to a...
I experienced an interesting effect as a result of my letting go of those feelings of responsibility. I was then able to experience love for and closness to...
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Pierre, You Wrote: BUT . . . we have to remember people coming to this site are not part of "this" organisation but people seeking suport for the problems they...
My cg just called to say his last 4 invoices have not been paid due to irs taking toward 2004 taxes owed. Am I upset... not really, the money is owed- the...
Not sure of everything there check with the irs about what you can do to protect yourself they used to have something you could try for called injured spouse....
Hi everyone, My name is debbie and my son is a gambler, and i'm lost. He is 26 years old and has gambled most of his teenage life and now adult life. He lives...
Hi Debbie: My name is melody and my son is 25 and is a compulsive gambler. He however thinks there is nothing wrong with it. I have never given him money, and...
Debbie, Learning as much as you can about the addiction of gambling is critical. Learning as much as you can about enabling is critical. Giving him money is...
... you, and your granddaughter. I am new to gamanon, but not to loving a gambler. I am no further along than you are, but I felt compelled to tell you that...
Basket, That was a great description of the issues facing compulsive gamblers and their families. Adding to this discussion, I would like to warn everyone who...
That is not even funny and my heart aches for you. I am not an attorney but there is such a thing called innocent spouse relief. According to my attorney...
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