My story is a mixture of all the worst stories. I have been a cg since the age of 10, im 38 now. The one good thing is that i dont have debts.
In the last 8 years i have gambled but i also gained a life for myself.
I now have a family, a good job, a house etc. But i was still gambling. 12 weeks ago i posted on gamcare, someone left a link that led me to safe harbour. Its where i hang out now.
At first i didnt like the place that much and didnt fit in. Its far to 12 step orientated for me i thought.
Anyway it led me to look for more help and i found Rational Recovery. Also i found Stanton Peele. Also im sort of part of a little community at safe harbour ( which is a cg chat and posting site )
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I thank all my friends who have led to me to this happy place ( in my mind ) but i couldnt have done it without myself 🙂
Its been 6 weeks since my last gamble but the time is quite irrelevant. I have made the decision to stop and i dont need will power to do it.
Dess
I will post here from time to time.
((((((((((des))))))))))
glad you're here 🙂
love,
peg
Hi Dess. What a positive attitude you have! That's wonderful! Believing we have the willpower to change is really important, and it seems like you have that!
Stay strong
- Anna
Anna
im unstoppable
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Ooh, that was cryptic. Unstoppable in that you're doing great and no one can stop your progress, or unstoppable in that you can't stop gambling?
I hope it's the former!!! Let me know!
- Anna
Oh, nevermind, just saw your post to Josh. That is fantastic!! I only hope I can do as well as you are doing and get to more than 6 weeks. Seems like so far away, but I'm determined to get there!
- Anna
Sorry Anna
I mean that Im unstoppable in this " recovery " or whatever you call it.
Anna since you are up at these times do you ever go to safeharbor.
A chat room for cg's
Des
Hi Des. No, I have never been to Safe Harbor. I'm a little scared to chat live. Do you find it helpful?
It's not that late here in the U.S. - Only 9:30 where I live. 🙂
I presumed you were in the UK. I dont know why.
Safeharbor is full of nice people in the main.
Im a little bit of an outsider there . For example i am there now but cant really find anything to talk about.
Anyway its been invaluable to me
Des
Do you find it hard to talk now because you're doing so well?
I feel a little scared sometimes because I seem to be having very few urges so far. I'll check out Safe Harbor and see if you're there.
I just find it hard to talk sometimes because Safeharbor is very GA minded and im not.
Again i must say it has been invaluable to me. I have met some great people there.
des
Thanks for chatting with me tonight, Dess. It meant a lot.
- Anna
Hi Dess
Sorry for the slow uptake didn`t click ds was dess.
Thanks for your welcome tonight..have to admit I was not sure abour safe harbour as I went to AA a couple of years ago and just didn`t get..Anna logged in thought I should give it a go..Glad I did
It was good to chat with people there and then, am not used to chat rooms so bear with me..But will returnxx
Warmest regards
Luv
Lucy
I hope we see you again there
xxx
hi ((des))
bumping up your diary to share with someone.
xo
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