AUGUST 19 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Shortcomings are shortcomings"

A Day at a Time Reflections · Aug 19, 2026 · 1m

"How does the Gamblers Anonymous Program work?" newcomers sometimes ask. The two answers I most often hear are "very well" and "slowly." I'm appreciative of both answers, facetious as they may first sound, because my self analyzing tends to be faulty. Sometimes I've failed to share my defects with the right people; other times, I've confessed their defects, rather than my own; at still other times, my sharing of defects has been more in the nature of shrill complaints about problems. The fact is that none of us likes the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, and the confession of…