Welcome back. Good for you on all those gamble free days and on banning from the casino nearest you. This disease is progressive, but as Geordie points out, so is recovery. It may be hard for you to see, but you are making progress in your recovery. I am suffering from recent losses, also. I understand how low it can bring you. Try with everything in you to stop and regroup. Focus on today, or the next hour, minute and do not gamble. Don’t look back. But also don’t look forward and think about how you will be gamble free after a year or 5 years. I have done the same thing. When I do that, I panic and I will sabotage myself because deep down I really don’t believe I can make it one year, let alone 5 years or for the rest of my life!
Like you I like to look ahead. I have pictured myself the wise sage who offers advice to new comers because I have been gamble-free for sooo long. Unfortunately, I gambled last Sunday. Not a wise choice at all! What I can offer you is my hand…which I extend to you through cyber space and my prayers, which I believe will reach you through cyber space. Don’t give up on yourself. We won’t ever do that. I have found that posting here on a consistent basis is the best thing I can do for my recovery. Take care and just take it One Day at a Time!
