Hi
Relationships are difficult to handle in the early days of a gamble-free life, you need all your energy for yourself. I think it would be good to hold off until you are feeling like the man you want to be – the man you know you can be. It isn’t selfish to think about yourself first at this time – it isn’t easy facing an addiction and in my opinion it is good that you take advantage of anything that makes it easier for you to succeed.
Make sure that you do something every day that pleases you, something that maybe you have forgotten about while you were gambling – see friends and/or family just to socialise, take up a hobby you used to enjoy, go for a walk and notice the changing seasons, anything that stops you feeling as though you are imploding because success is not the result of spontaneous combustion – you must set yourself of fire first.
Not everything crashed down today – you didn’t. I am following your thread and I look forward to reading your progress because I know you can do it.
Velvet
