A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE

On our recent road trip I took photos of a rocky cliff top to bottom.  With my program I could "stitch" them together to have 1 photo. It's been quite a while since I did this process.

 The stitched together photo on the right is jagged because of the way I took the 5 individual pictures going up the cliff.  I have posted those below.

I am always amazed to see the plant life growing on the outcrop.
It's such a struggle to live but they do an extraordinary job of finding the resources they need to survive. 

My disease is like this.  It has had it's own life and it's taken a long time to learn how to arrest it's growth.

I read one article  "Gambling Addiction: Harmless? Don't Bet on It! Pathological Gamblers Have the Highest Suicide Rate Amongst Psychological Disorders" by Kevin VaLeu, Yahoo Contributor Network

of August 2, 2010. See link below.

He listed 3 components needed to attempt gambling sobriety.  Counseling, support groups, and complete removal of access to any and all funds.  Someone else will have to be put in charge of daily living responsibilities.

While doing this photo exercise I read all my past scribblings from this struggle.  I cried some.  It's painful to go back but necessary.  I am so blessed to have the "someone elses".  Many addicts have no family left to help.

Here is the link to the article I read
http://voices.yahoo.com/gambling-addiction-harmless-dont-bet-it-6494178.html?cat=5