SEPTEMBER 20 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Strength through adversity"

A Day at a Time Reflections · Sep 20, 2026 · 1m

"When a man has reached a condition in which he believed that a thing must happen when he does not wish it, and that which he wishes to happen can never be, this is really the state called desperation," wrote Schopenhauer. The very real pain of emotional difficulties is sometimes very hard to take while we're trying to maintain abstinence. Yet we learn, in time, that overcoming such problems is the real test of the Gamblers Anonymous way of living. Do I believe that adversity gives me more opportunity to grow than does comfort or success? Today I Pray … May I believe firmly that God, in His…