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    • #29883
      butchugly
      Participant

      I’ve accepted I have become a CG. I’ve accepted that it’s going to be a hard battle to fight. I accepted that I had to tell my partner to truly start recovery. I accept that I can play any games for the time being maybe forever (candy crush). I’ve accepted that I need to be more social. I’ve accepted I need to keep busy. Now what? My counsellor asked me a question.. What makes you happy? I honestly could not answer the question. I don’t know what makes me happy. I know there must be things but I have a complete mental block??. She also asked me what things I would like to do? I honestly don’t know. I’ve come up with a few ideas but Not enough to really ‘get me out there’ ‘living’. All I know is I worked.. I gambled. I did my duties as a mother. I did my housework in between gambling stints. I’m completely stuck!! Any suggestions?

    • #29884
      butchugly
      Participant

      I’m addicted to playing games full stop. So running out of lives on candy crush is a major trigger for me. And I’ve become an isolated person because of gaming..

    • #29885
      Anonymous
      Guest

      Butch even though I’m in a bit of a relapse right now, I found once I cut off all gambling and gaming ( bejewelled blitz) my life kinda opened up.
      It had got to a stage where I saw a beautiful sunset and immediately my mind went to the dessert slot. My mind related everything back to gamblng ..
      Now despite my relapse , I have a social life and plans .. I hope to take up an easy musical instrument like the tin whistle …
      I am hoping to decorate my house so I love it ..still can’t get past the colours of my favourite slot reels..!!!. And keep trying to find those . I was to start yesterday but when I went to get money from the bank there was only 6p in there… !!!!

      Once our brain rests.. Things start to happen. Force urself to To go any old movie ..every experience shifts our brain a little
      I record movies and watch them At night .
      Give it time … U will come back to being u!!

    • #29886
      kin
      Participant

      1. We admitted we were powerless over gambling—that our lives had become unmanageable.
      2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

      18 For I know that nothing good dwells ain me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. ( Roman 7:18)

      Paul was not living a life of sin as he had before conversion. His words reflect the keen perception into the deceitfulness of human nature of a man so close to God he could see virtually every self-centred, evil, twisted, and perverted nuance of carnality that still lurked in him. He abhorred it, groaning and yearning for complete deliverance from it!

    • #29887
      charlster2
      Participant

      I can so relate to your post BU. I’ve used gambling/gaming as a pastime for so long now that I find it hard to fill my time doing anything else. I haven’t had to think about what to do with my time for years because I’ve always had gambling associated activities to pass the time of day. Trying to be imaginative and creative is extremely hard when you give it all up.

      A friend suggested this website to me, meetup.com, here’s the link. http://www.meetup.com/

      I haven’t fully explored it yet, but it looks interesting and a good way to meet people and get new ideas. All you have to do is register, enter your town and search activities and groups within a radius of where you are.

      Keep strong, you’ll get to where you want to be.

      Charlster.

    • #29888
      butchugly
      Participant

      I might take a look. It sounds interesting. It sounds like a good idea. Hopefully some of the activities involved will be free. Money is a problem for me right now. I’m back at work tomorrow, so that will keep me occupied for the next 5 days.
      I hope to discover who I am soon

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