RE: Stealing Money
6/17/2008 4:51:47 PM
sadiaa_3
39 Posts
There was a similar story in the news about a week ago. I felt the same way, like how could this woman do this to everyone, especially her family. She was such a compulsive gambler that she quit her job to gamble at home while her husband worked. He was in an accident so he got his retirement. She spend $700,000 of her husbands money, withdrawaling 25,000 at a time. She borrowed from her daughter, would empty out her account, borrow from friends, any way she could get money. Eventually, her health got really bad and she died of a massive heart attack. Her husband, who is paralyzed and her daughter who is in college, are finding out the full extent of her gambling problem. She left her family $1.5 million in debt and they're left wondering everyday if its the day that the bank will take away everything. Her daughter said she realizes that she never really knew her mom and her dad is absolutely heartbroken. This story made me so sad. It seems crazy how someone could do this to their family, leave them with no room to grief because they have so much debt because of her selfish addiction.
RE: My problem...
7/8/2008 2:34:40 PM
sadiaa_3
39 Posts
Well, you have a big decision to make that's going to affect you for the rest of your life.... If you ignore a problem, the consequences just get bigger and bigger. You sound really desperate to quit, but you have to find the will power in yourself to quit. Being angry and causing fights is only the beginning stages, you will get better with time! At first, most people hate sobriety, you even have to practice sobriety, it make take 3-4 months until you start feeling normal. But everyday you're getting better, you may not feel like it, but you are. Think of withdrawals as a good thing, because they're signs that your body is getting rid of the drugs in your body. Personally I'd rather go through withdrawals/mood swings with my family than by myself in a jail cell. Either way you have to get sober. And the sooner you start, the better.
People will be undersanding, I promise. As long as you're showing tremendous effort, they will forgive you. It's a lot easier to forgive someone once you've made changes and then after that, ask for forgiveness. But asking for forgiveness with no actions means a promise that's probably going to be broken.
There's things you can do to speed up your detoxification. The sooner you come up clean, the better. Drink tons of fluids, especially cranberry juice. It has antioxidants in it, so it naturally detoxifies your body. I hope this helped you, I'm sorry you're in such a tough position right now, but you can get through it :)