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A Day at a Time Reflections
Reflections from the Gamblers Anonymous little blue book, A Day at a Time, published by Hazelden Information and Education Services www.hazelden.org Available on Amazon - A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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A Day at a Time ReflectionsJULY 4 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Celebrate freedom"
It's time for me to become willing to do what it takes to recover my personal responsibility, even if that means giving over the financial reins to another…
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JULY 3 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "God is in charge"
Change is a part of the flow of life. Sometimes we're frustrated because change seems slow in coming. Sometimes, too, we're resistant to a change that seems to…
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JULY 2 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Turn on to life"
During our days of active addiction, many of us displayed almost dazzlingly fertile powers of imagination. In no time at all, we could dream up more reasons or…
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JULY 1 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "A part of"
Fear may have originally brought some of us to Gamblers Anonymous. In the beginning, fear alone may help some of us stay away from the game and that insidious…
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JUNE 30 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Stopping is starting"
I've learned in the Gamblers Anonymous Program that the trick, for me, is not stopping gambling, but staying stopped and learning how not to start again. God…
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JUNE 29 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Happenstance?"
Once we surrendered and came to the Gamblers Anonymous Program, many of us wondered what we would do with all that time on our hands. All the hours we'd…
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JUNE 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Life is a miracle"
Almost daily, I hear of seemingly mysterious coincidences in the lives of my friends in Gamblers Anonymous. From time to time, I've experienced such…
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JUNE 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Put off"
Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate. I always used to put things off till tomorrow, and, of course, they never got done. Instead of…
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JUNE 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Living is changing"
How many of us would presume to announce, "Well, I'm on my way to way licking the gambling habit. What more can I want, or do? I'm fine just the I am."…
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JUNE 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "From bondage to abundance"
If ever I come to the complacent conclusion that I don't need the Gamblers Anonymous Program any longer, let me quickly remind myself that it can do far more…
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JUNE 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Liberation is the beginning"
The primary purpose of the Gamblers Anonymous Program is freedom from compulsive gambling; without that freedom we have nothing. But that doesn't mean I can…
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JUNE 23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Complacency stunts growth"
Complacency is my enemy, easy to recognize in others, but difficult to identify and accept in myself. Complacency simply means being sure we're right - taking…
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JUNE 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Resentment inside-out"
The minute we think about a twisted or broken relationship with another person, our emotions go on the defensive. To avoid looking at the wrongs we've done…
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JUNE 21 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "No puffery"
"Direct" is a key word in the Ninth Step. There are times, unfortunately, when many of us are hopeful that indirect amends will suffice, sparing us the pain…
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JUNE 20 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Honest selectivity"
When we take the Ninth Step, we must be willing to be absolutely honest. Obviously, though, indiscriminate "absolute honesty" would blow the roof off many a…
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JUNE 19 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Amends is mending"
The Gamblers Anonymous Program teaches us that only one consideration should qualify our desire to completely disclose the damage we've done. And that's where…
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JUNE 18 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "It's okay to like myself"
I believe today that I have a right to make spiritual progress. I have a right to be emotionally mature. I have a right to take pleasure in my own company, and…
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JUNE 17 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "First, care"
Readiness to take the full consequences of our past acts, and to take responsibility for the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step…
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JUNE 16 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Restitution is blessed"
The Ninth Step of the Gamblers Anonymous Program is: "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."…
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JUNE 15 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Lies spread"
Learning how to live in peace and partnership with all men and women-is a fascinating and often very moving adventure. But each of us in Gamblers Anonymous has…
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JUNE 14 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Honesty takes practice"
Somewhere along the line, as we become more involved in the Gamblers Anonymous Program, we reach a sharp awareness of the growth - value of honesty and candor…
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JUNE 13 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "The Program works"
I don't believe that the Gamblers Anonymous Program and the Twelve Steps work because I read it in a book, or because I hear other people say so. I believe it…
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JUNE 12 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "God forgives"
Many of us have had difficulty ridding ourselves of the ravages of guilt. During the early days in the Gamblers Anonymous Program, I either misunderstood…
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JUNE 11 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Part good"
Guilt is a cunning weapon in the armory of the compulsive gambler. We can use the weapon against ourselves in many subtle ways; it can be deftly wielded, for…
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JUNE 10 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Dump them"
When I least expect it, my keen addictive mind will try to divert me back toward my old ideas and old ways. My mind is expert, in fact, at planting and…
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JUNE 9 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Game-ologue"
Some of us, new in Gamblers Anonymous, couldn't resist telling anyone who would listen just how "terrible" we were. Just as we often exaggerated our modest…
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JUNE 8 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Pride in reverse"
A friend in Gamblers Anonymous taught me to look at excessive guilt in an entirely new way, suggesting that guilt was nothing but a sort of reverse pride. A…
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JUNE 7 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Not guilty for life"
Few of us are entirely free from a sense of guilt. We may feel guilty for things we've said or done-of things we've left unsaid or undone. We're so used to…
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A NEW BEGINNING STEP 6 "Defects"
STEP 6 - Were entirely ready to have these defects of character removed. Some of our Character Defects: Anger Arrogance Anxiety Bigotry Conceit Condemnation of…
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JUNE 6 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Letting go"
Adjusting myself to things as they are, and being able to love without trying to interfere with or control anyone else, however close to me that's one of the…
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JUNE 5 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Hear, don't judge"
The Gamblers Anonymous Program teaches me that not too many people can truthfully assert that they love everybody. Most of us have to admit that we've loved…
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JUNE 4 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Key to recovery"
Acceptance is a key. Too often I was unable to accept who I was, and therefore it was impossible to accept others. Before coming to Gamblers Anonymous, I hid…
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JUNE 3 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Love is"
"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image," wrote Thomas Merton. "Otherwise, we love…
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JUNE 2 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Caring makes it"
In the process of learning to love myself and, in turn, to love others freely with no strings attached, I've begun to understand these words of St. Augustine…
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JUNE 1 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Love is"
Slowly, but surely, I'm becoming able to accept other people's faults as well as their virtues. The Gamblers Anonymous Program is teaching me to "always love…
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MAY 31 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Don't give to get"
Giving love is a fulfillment in itself. It must not matter whether love is returned or not. If I give love only to get a response on my terms, my love is…
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MAY 30 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Feel love, be loving"
Since I've been in Gamblers Anonymous, I've learned to redefine love. I've come to understand, for example, that sometimes it's necessary to place love ahead…
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MAY 29 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Open to friendship"
When we first reached Gamblers Anonymous and for the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the sense of belonging was…
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MAY 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Listen for the presence"
We've all had times when we felt alienated, when it seemed we had nowhere to turn and no one to turn to. When we don't know which way to turn, when there seems…
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MAY 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Asking is helping"
When I have only myself to talk to, the conversation gets sort of one-sided. Trying to talk myself out of a "small wager" or "just one hand" is like trying…
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MAY 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Help is near"
I know today that I no longer have to proceed on my own. I've learned that it's safer, more sensible, and surer to move forward with friends who are going in…
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MAY 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "A friend is honest"
When we're new in Gamblers Anonymous, we're novices at reaching out for friendship - or even accepting it when it's offered. Sometimes we're not quite sure how…
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MAY 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Easy does it"
Getting over years of suspicion and other self-protective mechanisms can hardly be an overnight process. We've become thoroughly conditioned to feeling and…
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MAY 23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Loneliness is curable"
When newcomers to Gamblers Anonymous experience the first startling feeling that they're truly among friends, they also wonder-with almost a sense of terror-if…
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MAY 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Sameness"
When I first listened to people in Gamblers Anonymous talking freely and honestly about themselves, I was stunned. Their stories of their own gambling…
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MAY 21 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Value life"
"The language of friendship is not words, but meanings," wrote Thoreau. Life indeed takes on new meanings, as well as new meaning in the Gamblers Anonymous…
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MAY 20 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "God can teach me"
Compulsive gambling is a lonely dis ease; although it may have seemed that we were part of the lights-and-action crowd, we were often tortured by lone liness…
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MAY 19 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Make room"
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us," wrote Oliver Wendell Holmes. I was never able to look at what…
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MAY 18 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Becoming whole"
I considered myself a "loner" in the days when I was gambling. Although I was often with other people - saw them, heard them, touched them - most of my…
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MAY 17 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "New friends"
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…
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MAY 16 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "I'm not unique"
Many of us in the Gamblers Anonymous Program share the memory that we originally gambled to "belong," to "be a big shot," or to "be a part of the crowd."…
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MAY 15 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "I'm not alone"
Looking back at those last desperate days before I came to Gamblers Anonymous, I remember more than anything the feelings of loneliness and isolation. Even…
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MAY 14 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Step by step"
"A very popular error-having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack upon one's convictions," wrote…
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MAY 13 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "God preserved me"
When a person wakes up each morning and rises, with nerves screaming and sick at heart, to face frightening reality; when a person stumbles through the day in…
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MAY 12 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Just for today"
My courage must come each day, as does my desire to avoid a single bet, a single addictive act. It must be a continuing courage, without deviations and…
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MAY 11 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Courage is"
Now that I know I can no longer use false courage that is really bravado, I seek and pray for twenty-four-hour courage to change the things I can. Obviously…
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MAY 10 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Be still"
As the doubter tries the process of prayer, he would do well to add up the results. If he persists, he'll almost surely find more serenity, more tolerance…
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MAY 9 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "More than whistling in the dark"
"Perfect courage," wrote La Rochefoucauld, "means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on." As we grow in the Gamblers…
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MAY 8 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Watch God at work"
I've learned in the Gamblers Anonymous Program that I need not apologize to anyone for depending upon God as I understand Him. In fact, I now have good reason…
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MAY 7 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Stay close to God"
If I believe that it's hopeless to expect any improvement in my life, I'm doubting the power of God. If I believe I have reason for despair, I'm confessing…