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      karenhelp
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      I WENT TO MY FIRST  GA MEETING THIS MORNING. I WAS VERY NERVOUS,SCARED,EMBARRESSED, YOU NAME IT I THINK ALL EMOTIONS WERE PRESENT. THERE WERE ONLY THREE (3) OTHER PEOPLE THERE OTHER THAN ME AND MY HUSBAND. I WAS VERY SURPRISED. iT WAS NOT AT ALL WHAT I EXPECTED. THEY SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE UNORGANIZED. (BUT WHO AM I TO JUDGE THEY ARE GETTING THE HELP AND SUPPORT THEY NEED i HAVE NO RIGHT TO JUDGE THEM OR ANYONE)I LISTENED WHILE THEY SPOKE AND TOLD ME THEIR STORIES. THEN IT CAME TO MY TURN THEY WERE VERY UNDERSTANING NOT KNOWING WHAT I WANTED TO DO. AND THE ONE GENTLEMAN SAID SOMETHING AND I RESPONDED I TOLD THEM I WAS A CUMPULSIVE GAMBLER AND CONTINUED ON WITH MY STORY. THERE WAS ONE GENTLEMAN THER THAT I COULD RELATE WITH HIS STORY.  THEY OFFERED ME THEIR PHONE NUMBERS SO I MAY CONTACT THEM IF I NEED TO. TOLD THEM THAT I HAD PHONED OUR HOTLINE AND THE HOTLINE SAID  LEAVE NAME AND NUMBER IF I NEED HELP SOMEONE WOULD CONTACT ME. THAT WAS 2 DAYS AGO NOW STILL HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY ANYONE. SOME HOTLINE!!!! SO THATS WHEN THE OFFERED THEIR #’S. MY  HUSBAND WENT ALONG WITH ME. HE TOLD ME HE WAS SURPRISED THAT I SPOKE UP HE WAS NOT SURE WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. HE WAS NOT GOING TO PROMPT ME TO SPEAK. WHENI DID HE SAID THAT HE WAS PROUD AND IT WAS A BIG STEP.
      NEXT STEP!!  WWOOWWHHHOO GOING TO  THE CASINO TOMORROW!!!!
      WILL BANN MY SELF
       

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