Went in and did the intake at the Addictions foundation and got assigned a new counsellor, that I like even more than my previous one. She assessed me as being in the maintenance phase in gambling recovery, and in the huge changes I have undertaken to start a new and very different life at age 58. I was having gambling urges while I was in her office, but I decided that it would be the height of lunacy to gamble right after a counselling appointment. Instead I drove to a huge shopping centre and bought myself an antique looking accent table for my bedroom. I hesitated paying the over $200, but then I thought to myself, that I had gambled more than on many, many occasions, so I bought it. The lady said that it took them 1/2 an hour to assemble it, which of course means it will take me 2 days. Tomorrow night is the Recovery Support Group and I’m hoping to go, if the First Aid/CPR course doesn’t suck the life out of me. Carole
