In MY Opinion - I've had some great e-mails recently where people have really been able to relate to my blog. They share similar feelings and by following my journey, it's also helping others. At the same time, I've had some survey responses which say this blog has not been useful for people. This is completely fine - we all have different through processes, different reactions to things, and as such I don't expect everyone to be able to relate to my blog. However, I'd like to ask a favour. For those of who that clearly have a different thought process, or who are looking for something else, please can you let me know your thoughts?
I've approached my gambling addiction in the past in MY way. I assume my way is the best way. Probably partly because I have trust in my own thought process or ways of dealing with things, but partly because I don't know how else to deal with something. If you think in a different way, deal with things in a different way, or are looking for something else to help you through your journeys, please do share your thoughts! This can help give a new perspective. It can help us to realise there could be another way to deal with things, and for some of us a new way is exactly what we need - especially where we've tried OUR way in the past, only to end up back gambling. Survey - For those of you who have asked me questions via the survey, unfortunately I have no direct way of getting in contact with you. Please drop me an e-mail if you have any specific questions. Frequency of Blogs & E-mails - I try to post a couple of blog postings each week. Unfortunately, with work and various other interests (which I took up, and now focus on, to try to distract me from wanting to gamble!) I don't have the time to post everyday. I do try to respond to all e-mails I receive through this site, and post on a couple of other gambling forums too, so please feel free to drop me a note if you have any questions or comments that you don't want to share publicly through the blog / forum comments. In addition, I'm trying to research a few things to do with psychology (why do we gamble in the first place, why do we continue, how can we successfully stop / what are the psychological barriers?) and also gambling regulation. The research and write up take some time to do. If there's anything that you're interested in me researching on, please do let me know. I have tried to include things to date in blogs to address people's suggestions to date. Donations - I have set up a Paypal donation button on my site. I would like to upgrade to a website, which will allow me to include a forum, or at least include the ability for you to 'subscribe' to the blog. This means you can be notified when I post new blogs or make any changes to the site. I'm not realistically expecting any donations, given the struggles we're all in. But if I do receive any, I'll set up a new page which will note what donations have been received, along with the name of the donator (or call the donator 'anonymous' if they'd prefer), and then set out what I'm spending that donation on. I know it's easy to distrust a gambler, but I'd like to be fully transparent and only spend the money on what I said I will. I will return to some more of my feelings in the next blog, and keep off the admin! I guess maybe I could always include this on a FAQ page in due course! Leave a Reply. |
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