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Posted by: TommyE

Really struggling today, keep beating myself about the financial shithole I have got myself in. f*****g hate it

Hi Tommy :)) 

"It's ok to look back just don't stare " A few wise word's that were passed onto me when I first rocked up here some yrs ago when all I could think off was the financial mess I'd created .

Money comes and goes throughout our live's Tommy and it's a means to an end and nothing more , the money we lost while gambling can be repaid over time through hard work and as I was also told by someone much wiser " Recoveries for life so what's the rush " ? . 

As compulsive gamblers in action we always try and gamble our way out of a hole, with thoughts of just one decent win and I'll be all even again , the trouble is those thoughts brought us here in the first place and in recovery that's no longer an option we have . 

4yrs on from my last bet and I still have some debt attached to gambling but in a strange kind of way it's that debt I use as another string to my bow in the fight against addiction , I'm used to it being around and importantly it shows me what happened when I gambled , how far I've come by paying it steadily off and that the fights not over because some still remains . 

Thing's like this debt hanging over you can be used to your advantage if you flip it and think differently towards it ? :)) . 

One day at a  time my friend and baby steps for now :))  

 
Posted : 16th May 2019 9:56 pm
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