[steph40]

This is such a busy time of year and I have not had time to post in awhile. Christmas was much less stressful this year as I haven’t been gambling. My youngest son is now 12 so Christmas is alot different than when all 4 of my kids were young and excited for Santa to come. This year, we had to wake the kids up to open presents. It was still great- Christmas has always been my favorite time of year. I have been GF for 28 days now, and have only gambled the one time when I slipped on November 30. When I look at the big picture- in the last 160 days I have been gamble free for 159 of them. It is important that I stay accountable to myself by continuing to post and work on the issues that led me to gamble.