21/09/2023
When I walked through the doors of GA in August 2022 I was on my knees, fearful that I’d lose my family, I had no hope and was at rock bottom.
But I was met with instant friendliness and compassion. I walked out my first meeting full of hope that if GA can work for all these people, that with some hard work and a willingness to change there was no reason why this couldn’t work for me.
My first year in recovery has had its ups and downs but my life has got so much better. I no longer live in fear, all these feelings of shame, anger, and remorse to name a few are no longer part of my life.
I started to get involved more in meetings, open up more to members about how I was feeling, I’ve recently took a role at my base meeting. I attend religiously and I really enjoy it. I know that GA and the people in the meetings have played a massive role in my recovery. I tried to do it on my own before but I made peace with the fact that I cannot do alone, and that’s ok!
I’ve built a great relationship with my family and feel I’m able to communicate and deal with my emotions now which is something that wasn’t possible before and would lead to me gambling to escape everything.
Getting my 1 year pin and my partner being there meant the world to me and it’s living proof that change is possible!
I’ll be eternally grateful for the fellowship, and to all the base members who have been a constant support for me over the past year, gambling took everything from me but with hard work and help from the fellowship I’m slowly but surely I’m starting to get back what gambling took from me.