Serenity

Hi Jenny
I know the draw but I also know the outcome. Even if a person dies win it’s hard to stop or it goes back in short order.
The conclusion behind instead of ahead. I know it’s really hard to stay away but I hope you do. It sounds like you make decent money good for you ! One day at a time.

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Hi Dan I related well with this also. You are welcome!

Thank you Jenny!!

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You are doing well seeing a therapist. You have a will to stay away from gambling and that’s a good start. Good that a treatment centre helped BT. There’s options and it’s good too know them weather we chose to use them or if we need them or not.

You are welcome

Maybe family counselling would help. If you are able to get your family to go.
Gambling I think in part is because of the dissatisfaction of something in our lives. And to stay away a person needs to create a new way of life in a sense.
We can’t get back what we have lost but we can keep ourselves from losing more.

In a perfect world the money is just sitting there waiting for us.
I wish it was.
Like the saying goes gambling is only a problem if you are losing lol
Problem is we somehow get it in our head that we will win, we are due
To bad it doesn’t work that way 😕

Well Jenny you are to be commended for slowing down with your gambling.
You know we just can’t gamble we don’t know when to quit. Even if it’s at snail pace it can excel very quickly.
It’s a process stopping a lot of self talk. And as BT suggests getting yourself some counselling would likely benefit you also. I know I could use some counsel…[Read more]

We share in missing Ken.
I always assumed Ken was paid by this site.
I’m uncertain if he was though.
If he did give his time freely that was very generous of him. Even if he was paid he was still very generous.
Ken’s family must miss him very much.
As well the people who frequent this site.
I hope the administrator of this site is able to…[Read more]

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You’ll figure it out Jenny.
Sounds like you have some really good people in your life. That’s beautiful!

Jenny there are different stages to stopping it seems. At one point I felt as you do. Now instead of telling myself I may go back. I think why would I want to.
This takes time and I don’t think any of the effects of abstinence can be skipped.
I appreciate reading your thoughts and your experiences.

Thank you Dan, you are very kind!

A person has to remind them selves of the unrest that gambling brings.
It sounds like you are doing well.
I’m hanging in there also.
I think about gambling much less now. But I still do think about it. The urges have softened to almost nothing just a thought that comes for a minute and leaves just a quickly once in awhile.
It’s been just ove…[Read more]

Buying scratch tickets after stopping slots.
There’s still the excitement of a possible win.
I had bought the odd one after stopping playing slots. I also had no luck on them I stopped with the scratch tickets right away as that wasn’t where my true addiction lyes. And I didn’t want another problem .
it’s a dream ,a hope for some quick money.…[Read more]