[marko1231]

Jennyt
From the bottom of my hart I am sorry if my comments upset you it was not my intention
I will make no further comments about your situation
I wish you and your family well.
Please keep coming to the forum for support.

[marko1231]

Its going to be difficult for you being a broker
you need to distance your self from gambling
There are practical steps like closing and excluding your
Self turn over finances to your wife or a trusted friend
No an easy thing to do but IMO. A vital part of your recovery Money is poison to a CG only carry what you need for your day to day living expenses. and never carry a credit card
good luck with your recovery you have a lot to live for
A family a good job home etc. it really isn’t worth losing every thing for I should know I have lost everything
You would be amazed at how quickly you can recover
From this evil illness but don’t leave it to late as I did.

One last peace of advice.
Never take your eye of the ball
This happens to most of us CG’sin recovery we think because we haven’t gambled for a while we could place a small bet wager no harm. WRONG I stopped for over twenty years
A few small bets and with in two years the disease. destroyed me

[marko1231]

Your young enough to put this all behind you
good luck with your recovery.
But remember you can never ever start again I stopped for over twenty years.
But when I started again, I was worse then I was in my youth.
the money is gone just keep telling your self there is no way I can win it back.

[marko1231]

Good luck with the treatment Ian.
I was supposed to go to GA last week .
But I bottled it.
Hopefully i will find the strength this week

[marko1231]

Hope you managed to stop your self
If you have a addictive personality you are a prime candidate
To become a CG, do your self the biggest favour you can do for your self hand all your finances over to your wife if needs be use your wining and take her on a good holiday and forget you ever gambled its early day for you.
you really don’t want to travel the road many of us on this site have walked . believe it or not losing the money is not the worst part losing your self is.

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Hi Adam.
Your still in a position to recover financially with time
And hard work. something I have discovered lately the amount of money we lose is irrelevant I feel as bad if I lose fifty quid as I did once losing 20 k in a couple of hours
There is no quick fix the money is gone even if you won a million tomorrow it wouldn’t matter sounds crazy but its True. I too am still completely addicted to machines have gambled away everything I had a home savings lost my family got them back then started gambling again
I am now a thief a liar had a break down and will probably never work again. but I have drawn a line in the sand I cant change what I have done will never recover financially but I Can become a better man and a dad again one day at a time.
compared to the man I once was
Self exclude your self and join GA .

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I wont make excuses for your husband but his story is similar to mine with the exception of being a alcoholic I have been violent towards my wife I say this with shame
All I can say is this he is ill and with out treatment he will stay ill. My wife gave me a second chance after two years of separation I was the loneliest saddest man in the world in My eyes anyway no friends no family gambled them all away
If your Husband wont get help you need to walk away.
Not something I say lightly considering I am gambling again And will lose my family again if I don’t stop.
Try to get him to read the posts on this site it really does help.

[marko1231]

Thanks for starting the blog
A very insightful and helpful blog
Please keep it going

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