I have been reading some of your threads to and it has inspired me to battle through these urges as I know you have stopped gambling for a long time and I am very proud of you and I want to be able to say I haven’t gambled for as long as you haven’t. It’s sometimes good to bounce off someone else when you are trying to achieve something in life, a bit like if you start at the gym and then your mates tag along because they are getting jealous that you are making progress. Sometimes, though, the reverse side of that is people try to get you to carry on doing the very thing you are trying to stop. I had this with smoking, in the past when I have tried to stop doing it my so called friends have bent over backwards to get me to smoke again because they were still smoking. There must be a scientific name for this kind of behaviour but I don’t know what it is. I haven’t experienced this when trying to stop gambling, though. I’ve had quite a lot of abuse off people close to me, my Dad and my brother being the worst but not my friends they have been very supportive. Any hoot great to hear from you and my it continues your recovery. Like you, in the future, I might be able to say I have paid off all my gambling debt but not for a very long time and a lot of hard work!
