Let’s talk about that bucket in the corner…
In my early recovery I placed all the crappy stuff from my addictive behaviors into a bucket. A very special bucket that I visualize as an old bucket like my Grandma used to have at her house. An old metal bucket with a handle. This became my “F&CK IT BUCKET” Into this bucket I threw […]
My name is Gail F…and I am a compulsive gambler.
Addiction is Hard….Recovery is Hard….Choose Your Hard I came into recovery almost five years ago a broken woman. I had just made the admission to my husband of over 30 years and the rest of my family my truth. My truth was that a 20 year secret gambling addiction had devastated our family financially, emotionally […]
Grateful Grandma was wrong…
I remember when I was little my Grandma telling me, “You only get one life, so make sure you make the best of it.” I would never at that time believed that the opposite would become true in my life. I have such gratitude that I was given what I embrace as my “second life.” […]