Hi Nelly, A Warm Welcome to Gambling Therapy
Having found us you have also found a diverse community who can help and support you on your recovery journey.
Here on the forum you can share your experiences in a safe, supportive and non-judgemental environment and by reading others stories am sure you will see that you are very much not alone in this addiction
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Take Care
Harry25 year poker player, 25 year Hierarchal fool, 25 year ego boost…  Intellectualisation was my down fall, simplicity was my salvation

hi nelly and welcome to gambling therapy, good for you that you have decided to start the long road to beating gambling addiction, i myself am on my 13th day of being gamble free and in that short time have found that doing simple things here and there can be more enjoyable than sitting for hours on end gambling so keep it up!!!

Welcome Nelly. You’ve taken some major steps to block any gambling.  Your kids and you deserve the good things money can buy (like food!).  Keep reading and keep posting.  You are not alone and you’ll find so much support here.

Welcome to the GT community. Here you will find the support you need to arrest your awful addiction. In the beginning of recovery, most of us have had to put in barriers so that we cannot access money to gamble with. That has proved incredibly helpful to me. Good for you for blocking your online gambling sites. How easy would it be for you to unblock these sites in a moment of stress, weakness, etc? It isn’t easy to have two teenagers, let alone two that have special *****. I have two friends that have older teens with Asperger’s, so I am aware of some of the challenges they and you face. Kudos to you for getting out of that abusive relationship. You deserve recovery. It isn’t going to be easy, especially in the early days, but I can tell you that recovery will be worth it. Carole

Hi Nelly and welcome to GT.  Put up every barrier you can.  Recovery is hard, but your worth it!!!  Take care!!Seize all the good things in life

well welcome and  next time the neighbors bang on the party walls bang on the keys here instead of the online stuff that just gets ya more grief.

Sleep well!! Seize all the good things in life

Hi Nelly! I’m so proud of you for your gamble free days and that you are in recovery. Early recovery can be challenging as we choose to no longer have the gambling in our life as the anesthetic to our emotional pain. Raw feelings start to come back and at first we don’t always have the coping skills to deal with these feelings, but the coping skills come back, and we learn new ones. I’m cheering for you Nelly and for your daughters, who get their Mom back. I can certainly understand why you would need a complete break from any teenager, having raised a few myself. Your girls have special challenges as well, which makes a break for you even more needed. A suggestion may be to brainstorm, and write it down, what else you could do to get a break that would be healthy and recharge your batteries. You my dear deserve recovery, as we all do. Happy Recovery Day! Carole

What a great change in you, in just a few days, well done keep it up.
Geordie.Recovery is priceless.

Hi Nelly and welcome to the site 🙂 It will feel good to get your Easter shopping done instead of being broke! I like Carole’s suggestion about coming up with some different things you can do. A new hobby perhaps. Do you every get the opportunity to get out by yourself? Walking can be a great way to boost your ****. Keep your money tied up it can be tempting if you have a balance sitting around. Stay strong Nelly.
Laura

Wanted to say thank you for all your support and encouragement, you are such a good friend.  I keep thinking that things have to get better soon.  Glad your ankle is healing enough to get you out of that cast.  Bet you took a nice long hot bath after getting it off.  Deb

How is your ankle?  Are you coping alright with your mom gone?  It must be difficult to manage stairs right now.  I know that I broke my wrist many many years ago and to this day it still aches at *****, especially in the winter.  Hope things are good with you.  Deb

Dear Nelly! Have you gone over to meet the new neighbours? What about explaining to them that you have special ***** kids and that at *****, they do act out and make more noise than maybe most people? If they knew that, maybe they would be more tolerant and bang the walls less. Nelly, unless you work at a zoo or at a pet store, iguanas and snakes have no business being around you and making you nervous. Could you ask the person who owns them to put them in their cages when you’re there? I’m afraid of snakes; they creep me out. Carole 

are you sure you are meant to be walking on that ankle, Nelly?

Nelly are you absolutely sure you’re not being paranoid?  I really think you need to go next door and talk to them.  Find out exactly why they are being agressive.  If you take the initiative they might back down.  Deb

So these people stay awake all night just to bang on the walls and annoy you and keep you awake?  They must be crazy.  It’s a shame that you have to move but it sounds like it might be the best thing for you and your kids.  Are these young people that live there?

Oh nelly that is no good i hope the situation improves very quickly for you
Happy birthday
Chubby
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday

I’m off to work in the morning…but I’d much rather be off to Sea World. ha ha  Have a wonderful time and soak in every moment.

Happy Birthday Nelly
Velvet

Happy, Happy Birthday (((Nelly)))! Seaworld sounds like a lovely place to spend your 40th birthday! Carole

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NELLY!!!!!!!! I HOPE THAT YOU HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AT SEA WORLD.   One day at a time my sweet lord…

I hope you had a wonderful, terrific birthday girlfriend, you so deserve it.  Deb

(((Nelly))) I’ve been to Busch Gradens in Florida and it is beautiful and a fun place. Have you been to see Mickey and Minnie?? Carole

Wow Nelly,
happy New Year, Happy Birthday, but i can undertand, not so happy to be leaving the happiest place on earth! I loved it while we were there.I hope the New Year brings other wonderful adventures your way. Stay strong in your recovery.
Laura