• vancodre posted a new activity comment 5 years, 5 months ago

    I have gone 8 days now without stepping foot into a grubby casino. Every day the itch has been strong but life is better without the money losing misery.

  • vancodre posted a new activity comment 5 years, 5 months ago

    Two weeks free is an awesome start! My wife and I will take it 10 minutes at a time if we have to in order to stay out of that f’ing casino this weekend. We went to a holiday play last (Friday) night that cost us $25.00 per person. SO CHEAP compared to our weekend casino dumps! STAY STRONG

    • That is awesome!!! Today I went to a museum with friends and my daughter. It took all day. So I’ve made great strides with getting out there and doing more stuff that isn’t gambling related. It helps that I’m getting divorced and not longer in a toxic relationship. They didn’t gamble but I was beyond lonely and bored. We were not compati…[Read more]

  • vancodre posted a new activity comment 5 years, 5 months ago

    Hello JBear and thank you so much for your thoughtful reply. Here is how things play out for us. My wife and I ‘reward’ ourselves for a week’s hard work, housework, home projects etc with a trip to the casino. Within a very short time we are ‘in the zone’ and dumping hundreds of dollars that should be going to pay our credit card bills. We…[Read more]

  • vancodre posted an update 5 years, 5 months ago

    My wife and I gamble together and we are co-dependent. Our gambling addiction overshadows everything in our lives. We are not sure which course we should take to try to stop. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    • Just an observation and some suggestions. Obviously you two believe you enjoy gambling together. So you enjoy each other’s company. Doing something as a couple. There is a ton of things you can find to do together as a couple. Take some cooking classes together. Some art classes together. Home improvement classes together. How to better your f…[Read more]

      • Hello JBear and thank you so much for your thoughtful reply. Here is how things play out for us. My wife and I ‘reward’ ourselves for a week’s hard work, housework, home projects etc with a trip to the casino. Within a very short time we are ‘in the zone’ and dumping hundreds of dollars that should be going to pay our credit card bills. We…[Read more]

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