Hi Don, good to see you posting aain.
So think on this question….
What are you trying to control? Your addiction? Or your gambling? There is a subtle difference.
If you think of the addiction as a monster asleep in the corner we can keep it that way. Howeve, keep poking that monster with a stick an sooner or later it’ll wake up and bite our ass! We can control that monster by starving it.
When it comes to controlling our gambling…. if we were the sort of people who could do that then we wouldn’t be here in the first place.
I guess there are two other questions we need to ask ourselves…
Is what we love/like about gambling wortht the crap that follows? Coz we can’t have one without the other.
Do we take the steps that will make our next bet less likely now…. or later when deeper in the s**t?
When it comes to wanting to post with some “good sobriety news” that is more likely to happen if you post regularly now whie struggling. Consider this – if an alcoholic waited until he was sober before he used support he would likely remain drunk.
Keep posting.