MAY 17 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "New friends"

A Day at a Time Reflections · May 22, 2026 · 1m

If we felt guilty, degraded, or ashamed of either our addiction itself or the things we did while "in action," that served to magnify our feelings of being outcasts. On occasion, we secretly feared or actually believed that we deserved every painful feeling; we thought, at times, that we truly were outsiders. The dark tunnel of our lives seemed formidable and unending. We couldn't even voice our feelings and could hardly bear to think about them. So we soon gambled again. Do I remember well what it used to be like? Today I Pray … May I remember how often, during my gambling days, I felt alone…