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JVR: yes…with a lot of support and hard work we can do this ! – it’s been done -some people have some good sobriety 🙂 listening
To each other and suggesting this or that
Helps out for sure ….
I’m sorry to hear your siblings are struggling ….perhaps your example of a good recovery will indeed show them it can
Be done ….
Many times I would love to change others’
Behaviours too…..
Siblings, co workers , my supervisor…
Etc
But yes- all we can do is
Wish them the best
And offer help to them….
And doing the work to get better is
Ultimately up to them …Dark Energy:you’re welcome! I’d like to think my responses
Are of some help to you…
Glad to hear you are having a better sleep
Also glad to hear
You have no urges…
And yes –
It does take time to recover
And old sponsor from another addictions group told me
“Recovery is the a process , not an event “
And also that it will
Take a some time to build up some sobriety
But 52 days is a great start !
And yes- 7 years of error seems overwhelming
But progressive victory is possible
And can be achieved …Glad to hear you have some support from
Your family- ! support is so vital
To recovery- I know I can’t do this alone…
And yes: one day at a timeJvr: thanks so much for your reply
I appreciate any and all support
Offered to me…
I live in Canada too- Ontario region
Believe it or notI attended gambling therapy for a whole year
When I went to visit my mom one time in the hospital while she was alive, and I noticed they were offering problem gambling help there…
I had a very good counselor…
She
Gave me a lot of good advice
And said some of the same
Good things mentioned on this forum…
The biggest
Helpful advice she gave me was
“If you can’t control the amount
Of money you’re spending on gambling
Then abstinence is the key to success “So now, that you’ve made that suggestion, I am thinking at this point “I must be extremely stubborn”? Why do I keep spending money on this disease when I know that the chances of winning are very difficult? I know that I play a game and I try and guess the patterns of numbers to come up in it ….but so far I haven’t gotten rich trying to guess that?
I also find that I am not in denial over the fact I have a gambling issue…. I am in denial of how much money I’ve spent and lost at it😒
Thanks for listening and I hope
You’re having a GF dayJVR: thank you very much for your response! Yes I have had a sponsor before ….but in another 12 step group for yet another addiction that I have .I believe I have 2 , possibly 3 addictions I’m fighting … gambling being the most prevalent at the time
Thank you for your advice, but I have been to the local GA in my city and I did give it a chance and went to 4 meetings …one of them being an end-of-the-year banquet type deal, and the other 3 were closed meetings…. unfortunately I found them very unhelpful and they did not address my issue of withdrawal symptoms …which I find are pretty powerful sometimes and whenever I have an issue or a problem I seem to always turn to gambling to solve my problems??
I feel sensitive most times and when people
Get “under my skin”
I seem to turn to my addictions
To help me
Crazy thinking !
But I wanna say “thanks “
For your input and thanks for your suggestions
I guess I though
T
You may have acquired a sponsor through
This forum?
My bad 😞DE: you’re welcome for the support
I’m glad those folks have maybe achieved
A time in their life where gambling
Is a now non -existent in their life
A goal we all hope to achieve for sure
Glad you’re on day 47!
Keep
Up the good work 🙂Hello..I’m fairly new to the forum…wanna ask: how is your present sponsor helping you ?
How did you go about getting a sponsor?
And yes-you’re right…how we handle stressful situations is very vital…I know
I still gamble when my tensions run high and
I’m always upset at myself because i lose all my bets and then I get upset because I’ve lost money as well 🙁You’re welcome for the support / but it’s true: if you can make 45 days- and even 6 months….like you once did-I tell myself it can be done !
And yes- I think you can achieve
The 1 year mark …!Really? 1 year of sobriety from gambling ?
That’s a great achievement!
I wonder
Why, though, that they stopped posting?
Because that kind of sobriety could
Be seen as a great inspiration for newcomers
Like myself …
I hope to start today and my first goal is a week – I am aware it’s only one day at a time…
But I thought maybe a small goal for now?DE:congrats on your 44 days!
It’s quite overwhelming for the newcomer like
Myself…
And I’m certainly proud of your achievements…
!
I’m still in the “I gotta get a day”
Mode…
I seem to gamble when the littlest
Problem occurs…
I wanna say “thanks”
For giving me inspiration to know
That sobriety from gambling can be achieved 😃