I have just read your thread brother and let me say I commend your strength but more so I am amazed at how kind and compassionate and positive you are to not only others, but yourself in this difficult time. Not even knowing you I can tell that you are a great person, selfless. Caring, warm Hearted family man that got overpowered by this addiction just like myself and many others. It’s so good you are posting and tracking your thoughts and progress, I truly thing it helps keep us accountable so we don’t slip up. Like you I had chased losses and dug a deep hole of debt, lost a gf, lost my business, lost every available money and didn’t have e a job, forcing me to move back in with my parents at age 30. It just goes to show this disease does not discriminate bro. It will show us rock bottoms that we never even knew existed, and we will never live a happy life if there is gambling involved. You are on the right track and 20 days gamble free is a huge accomplishment for a compulsive gambler, do know it only gets better as the gamble free days go on. Let’s never forget what this addiction did to us, and use it as a lesson to grow as human beings. It truly sounds like you never want to gamble again. I really hope it works out for you ahd your wife and son, and you get that happiness and joy back like we all had before gambling. It’s still there, and it’s a beautiful life without trying to become a millionaire hoping a ball lands on a number of 37 chances. If you really think about it… we are better than that. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Wishing you all the best for 2020, you are worth it and you deserve it my man. God bless
