Time to say Goodbye

[LHofsdal]

Best wishes to you and your husband, hopefully he will recover quickly. A big WTG!!! to you for knowing your limits and stopping.


Lori

[cpdnd31]

Hey no one said it yet, let me be the first I'm proud of you!!!!!!! I hope you hubby a speedy recovery hun.

CHOCMARTINI

[Casinomeister]

Wishing you all the best. I'm placing you in the Quit Gambling user group that allows you to still interact in the non-gambling forums (if you choose so). If you want the account to be 100% closed up, just PM me and let me know.

Hope all goes well.

Sincerely,

Bryan

[samoas]

Best wishes tempestcayla. I admire your determination and may you be blessed with luck in other aspects of life.

[tempestcayla]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am doing great. Feel much better and now that I have taken the step back and
reanalyzed my playing. At first it was hard but I kept coming back and reading all the positive responses. Also talking with the dear husband has helped realize that there were more constructive ways to handle my stress and fears. He is doing wonderful and we are taking things one day at a time.
He even said that if I want to play a little again he would be my warning system or reminder or limiter of time and money.
Not sure if I will ever go back to online gambling but we shall see, I am definitely in no hurry.
Thank you all for your warm wishes. I appreciate each and every one of you.

[Nate]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am doing great. Feel much better and now that I have taken the step back and
reanalyzed my playing. At first it was hard but I kept coming back and reading all the positive responses. Also talking with the dear husband has helped realize that there were more constructive ways to handle my stress and fears. He is doing wonderful and we are taking things one day at a time.
He even said that if I want to play a little again he would be my warning system or reminder or limiter of time and money.
Not sure if I will ever go back to online gambling but we shall see, I am definitely in no hurry.
Thank you all for your warm wishes. I appreciate each and every one of you.

Great to hear you are coping well.

Don't be in any kind of hurry. If you can refrain completely from playing it will be better for your pocket. Ask any experienced gambler here, irrelevant of the rush it brings us, it ultimately burns a hole in your wallet ...

Nate

[LHofsdal]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am doing great. Feel much better and now that I have taken the step back and
reanalyzed my playing. At first it was hard but I kept coming back and reading all the positive responses. Also talking with the dear husband has helped realize that there were more constructive ways to handle my stress and fears. He is doing wonderful and we are taking things one day at a time.
He even said that if I want to play a little again he would be my warning system or reminder or limiter of time and money.
Not sure if I will ever go back to online gambling but we shall see, I am definitely in no hurry.
Thank you all for your warm wishes. I appreciate each and every one of you.

Glad to hear things are going well for you and the hubby. I also wanted to say thanks for coming back and giving us an update.

Take what Nate said, don't be in a hurry to come back. You have learned more constructive ways to handle your stress and fears, use them. Trust me when I say your not missing a damn thing not gaming online anymore. The difference in the "tone" of your first post to this last post is like night and day. You seem so much more positive and stressless, don't let the online gaming bring you back to the downside like your first post!

Wishing you and the hubby all the best, and hope he recovers quickly. Enjoy the time together and cherish it, because if you do that, you have already hit the biggest jackpot you will ever hit!

LH

[tempestcayla]

Thanks again, and everyone is correct and like my op,
I am in nooo hurry to return to online gambling. If if I ever
do, it won't be for stress relief or as an escape from dealing with what life is
throwing. It would be for fun.
I will continue to check in here incase I can lend an ear or spread encouragement
to someone else.

[Jasminebed]

Sorry I didn't respond first time through. I'm glad it's going well for you.

I've been gambling all of my adult life (and somewhat before it), so over 35 years. The times I had the most problems with it were always the times I had the most problems in my life, seeking that escape.

Honestly, if I was in the US and faced the same nightmares depositing and withdrawing as my US friends, I think I'd still be on the bus once a week instead!

Part of the thrill of gambling IS increased stress. And that stress can eclipse other stresses, at least temporarily.

It's good that your hubby knows, but he may not realize the pull it has if he suggests you might enjoy it occasionally. But having someone else involved helps you set limits too. If he's not well, and you really can't get out, $50 worth of low rolling on a weekend with both of you behind the computer can be fun, and less than dinner than a movie. But we don't want to make two monsters where there was only one before.

I know every day I am an at-risk gambler, and I use tools like a prepaid card I must go out and load, or an ewallet that's funded through withdrawals to limit what I play. I can't just pile them one on top of another because the night is not going well and I am still looking for that escape.

There's where time posting at CM comes in handy, lol.

I became involved in online gambling during a period of illness, it's a great alternative to those who have difficulty going to a landbased one. You could buy a new video game monthly and still have something to occupy you for a couple of deposits a month. But at the same time, you won't ever cash out from that video game.

Everyone has a budget, and gambling needs to be part of your entertainment budget if you gamble. And like most items in your budget, you have to make choices. I do without take-out food and going to bars to fund mine.

[tempestcayla]

Though, I have been given the
go ahead to play, I just think its
lost its appeal. Price for me is just too
high now.