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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
Episodes
- A Day at a Time Reflections
A NEW BEGINNING STEP 3 "Decision"
STEP 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of this Power of our own understanding. We are powerless over gambling - our lives…
A Day at a Time ReflectionsMARCH 7 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Spend a quiet moment with God"
It's time for me to realize that my attitude - toward the life I'm living and the people in it - can have a tangible, measurable, and profound effect on what…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
MARCH 6 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Match the act"
There is no advantage, no profit, and certainly no growth when I deceive myself merely to escape the consequences of my own mistakes. When I realize this, I…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
MARCH 5 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Take responsibility for MY actions"
Before I became clean in Gamblers Anonymous, I blamed all my problems on other people, or on places and things. Now I'm learning to look squarely at each…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
MARCH 4 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Keep the committment"
We may not know any specifics about the activities of today; we may not know whether we'll be alone or with others. We may feel the day contains too much…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
MARCH 3 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Sort the real from the unreal"
I've begun to understand myself better since I've come to Gamblers Anonymous. One of the most important things I've learned is that opinions aren't facts. Just…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
MARCH 2 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Self-respect is respect for God"
Why don't I spend part of today thinking about my assets, rather than my liabilities? Why not think about victories, instead of defeats-about the ways in which…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
MARCH 1 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Practice one step"
Now that we're free and no longer gambling, we have so much more control over our thinking. More than anything, we're able to alter our attitudes. Some members…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "The set-up for a let-down"
We have learned from others in Gamblers Anonymous that the chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear - mainly fear that we would lose…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Today is good"
If I live just one day at a time, I won't so quickly entertain fears of what might happen tomorrow. As long as I'm concentrating on today's activities, there…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Borrow trouble at high interest rates"
"What if..." How often we hear these words from newcomers to the Gamblers Anonymous Program. How often, in fact, we tend to say them ourselves. "What if I lose…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Fear hides behind indecision"
Before we came to Gamblers Anonymous, fear ruled our lives. Tyrannized by our addictions and obsessions, we feared everything and everybody. We feared…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Turn fear into faith"
I can banish fear by realizing the truth. Am I afraid to be alone? This fear can be banished by the realization that I am never alone, that God is always with…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Freedom is choosing"
The Twelve Steps teach us that, as faith grows, so does security. The terrifying fear of nothingness begins to subside. As we work the Program, we find that…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Projected fears are larger than life"
When I came to Gamblers Anonymous, I found people who knew exactly what I meant when I spoke finally of my fears. They had been where I had been; they…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 21 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Sanity is perspective"
Do I waste my time and energy wrestling with situations that aren't actually worth a second thought? Like Don Quixote, the bemused hero of Spanish literature…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 20 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Anger wears a thousand masks"
As we are restored to health and become increasingly able to live comfortably in the real world without gam bling, we begin to see many things in a new light…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 19 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Negatives into positives"
When people say rash or ugly things, we sometimes say they are "forgetting themselves," meaning they're forgetting their best selves in a sudden outburst of…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 18 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Deal with anger appropriately"
We learn in Gamblers Anonymous that we cannot punish anyone without punishing ourselves. The release of my tensions, even justified, in a punishing way leaves…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 17 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "I'm angry because..."
If I become angry today, I'll pause and think before I say anything, remembering that my anger can turn back upon me and worsen my difficulties. I'll try to…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 16 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "It's all right to feel anger"
What about "justifiable anger"? If somebody cheats us or acts toward us in an outrageous manner, don't we have the right to be furious? The hard learned…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 15 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Anger is"
When I become angry, can I admit to it and state it as a fact without allowing it to build up and burst out in inappropriate ways? Pent-up anger, I’ve finally…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 14 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Count and consider my blessings"
Writing down the things I am grateful for helps me switch from a negative to a positive attitude. Today I will take the time to list the positive aspects of my…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 13 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "In my own light"
We sometimes hear someone say, "He is standing in his own light." A mental picture then clearly reveals that many of us tend to shadow our own happiness by…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 12 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Be a friend"
I am grateful for my friends in the Gamblers Anonymous Program. Right now I am aware of the blessings of friendship-the blessings of meeting, of sharing, of…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 11 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "I have a world of friends"
I can always take strength and comfort from knowing I belong to a world wide Fellowship. Thousands just like me are working together for the same purpose. None…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 10 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Failings can be footings"
IBM founder T. J. Watson said, "Success is on the far side of failure." For most compulsive gamblers, nothing could be truer. Without failure upon failure, we…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 9 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Live and let live"
The slogan "Live and Let Live" can be extremely helpful when we are having trouble tolerating other people's behavior. We know for certain that nobody's…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 8 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Learn to live with differences"
When we first stopped gambling, it was an enormous relief to find that the people we met in the Gamblers Anonymous Program seemed quite different than those…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
A NEW BEGINNING STEP 2 "Restore"
STEP 2 - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to a normal way of thinking and living. Having been convinced of our…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 7 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Hello, Me"
Honesty is a word I had to be reacquainted with. Before coming to Gamblers Anonymous, I bounced lies and half-truths around so often in my head that I believed…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 6 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Control inflation"
I used to be an expert at unrealistic self-appraisal. At certain times, I would look only at that part of my life that seemed good. Then I would magnify…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 5 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Honesty is the only policy"
If I am troubled, worried, exasperated, or frustrated, do I tend to rationalize the situation and lay the blame on someone else? When I am in such a state, is…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 3 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "To err is human"
Gamblers Anonymous enables us to discover two roadblocks that keep us from seeing the value and comfort of the spiritual approach: self-justification and…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 4 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Deny denial"
Rare is the recovering compulsive gambler who will now dispute the fact that denial is a primary symptom of the illness. The Gamblers Anonymous Program teaches…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 2 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Blame-saying is game-playing"
Looking back, I realize just how much of my life has been spent in dwelling upon the faults of others. It provided much self-satisfaction, to be sure, but I…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
FEBRUARY 1 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "If I bend the truth"
The longer I'm in the Gamblers Anonymous Program, the more clearly I see why it's important for me to understand why I do what I do, and say what I say. In the…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 31 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Own my feelings"
One of the most constructive things I can do is to learn to listen to myself and get in touch with my true feelings. For years, I tuned myself out, going…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 30 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Life is an ongoing miracle"
Have I gained freedom simply because one day I was weak and the next day I became suddenly strong? Have I changed from the helpless and hopeless person I once…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 29 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "A clear morning scatters nightmares"
I used to imagine my life as a grotesque abstract painting: a montage of crises framed by end-upon-end catastrophes. My days all were grey and my thoughts…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Praise God for my freedom"
Now that I am in Gamblers Anonymous, I am no longer enslaved by the compulsion to place the next bet. Free, free at last from fabricating the elaborate…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "God is the architect"
I can attain real dignity, importance, and individuality only by a dependence on a Power that is great and good, beyond anything I can imagine or understand. I…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Take the liberty; it's yours"
Personal freedom is mine for the taking. No matter how close the ties of love and concern that bind me to my family and friends, I must always remember that I…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Change from the inside out"
Even with a growing understanding of the Gamblers Anonymous Program and its Twelve Steps, we sometimes may find it difficult to believe that our new way of…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Change the bahavior"
Among the many gifts that we are offered in the Gamblers Anonymous Program is the gift of freedom. Paradoxically, however, the gift of freedom is not without a…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "God is not a puppeteer"
We must never be blinded by the futile philosophy that we are just the hapless victims of our inheritance, of our life experience, and of our surroundings that…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Freedom from means freedom to"
JANUARY 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY In a very real sense, we are imprisoned by our inability or unwillingness to reach out for help to a Power greater than…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 21 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Power through powerlessness"
Every person is a part of the Divine economy. We are all children of God, and it is unlikely that He intends to favor one over another. So it is necessary for…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 20 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "My shortcomings are long if I let them linger"
I understand that, when I allow myself to dwell on the problem, the problem will worsen. But when I dwell on the solution, the situation will improve. My…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 19 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "I am God-dependent"
It was far easier for me to accept my powerlessness over gambling than it was for me to accept the notion that some sort of Higher Power could accomplish what…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 18 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Let go and let God"
If we are determined to stop gambling, there must be no reservations whatsoever, nor any lurking notion that our obsession will someday reverse itself. Our…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 17 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "The Program reprograms"
I have been told over and over that I must constantly work to give up my old ideas. "That's easy for you to say," I've sometimes thought. All my life, I have…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 16 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "From wholly His to whole"
When we first came to Gamblers Anonymous, whether for ourselves or under pressure from others, some of us were all but sickened by the concept of "surrender."…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 15 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "I do more when I don't outdo"
I must never forget who and what I am and where I come from. I have to remember the nature of my illness and what it was like before I came to Gamblers…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
APRIL 15 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "He restores my soul"
Rare are the practicing compulsive gamblers who have any idea how irrational they are, or, seeing their irrationality, can bear to face it. One dictionary…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 14 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "First surrender"
I admitted that I couldn't win the gambling battle on my own. So I finally began to accept the critically important fact that dependence on a Higher Power…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 13 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Pass on the passwords"
The Gamblers Anonymous Program and my friends in the Fellowship have provided me with a whole new set of tools for living. If I use all of these tools…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 12 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Present pain is endurable"
When I sit quietly and compare my life today with the way it used to be, the difference is almost beyond belief. But things aren't always rosy: some days are a…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 11 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Feelings are real"
The experiences of thousands upon thousands of people have proved that acceptance and faith are capable of producing freedom from gambling. When we apply the…
- A Day at a Time Reflections
JANUARY 10 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Share the prayer"
Since I came to Gamblers Anonymous, I've become increasingly aware of the Serenity Prayer. I see it on literature covers, the walls of meeting rooms, and in…