• Ken L posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 3 years, 3 months ago

    DECEMBER 29 Reflection for the Day

    The success of the Gamblers Anonymous Program, I’ve been taught, lies in large measure in the readiness and willingness of its members to go to any lengths to help others tyrannized by their gambling addiction. If my readiness and willingness cools, then I stand in danger of losing all that I’ve gained. I must never become unwilling to give away what I have, for only by so doing will I be privileged to keep it.

    Do I take the Twelfth Step seriously? What Twelve Step message have I carried today – either through direct help or by example?

    Today I Pray
    May I never be too busy to answer a fellow compulsive gambler’s call for help. May I never become so wound up in my pursuits that I forget that my own continuing recovery depends on that helping – a half-hour or so on the telephone, a call in person, a lunch date, whatever the situation calls for. May I know what my priorities must be.

    Today I Will Remember
    Helping helps me.

    • Such a wonderful post. Ken L, you have been a life line to me. Such a tremendous help. I am learning to take one day at a time (ODAAT) and converse with my higher power who I choose God daily. I rely on His power, His strength, and His mercy to help me. I absolutely know I cannot do this alone. I am so grateful for gamtalk and http://www.gamblerhealing.com, God, and the 12 steps. They are saving my life and I am turning things around. Recovery takes a lot of work, taking time to meditate, pray, and work the program each day. Also, thanks to you I am now journaling each night instead of gambling, recording progress I make within a day. I loved what you said about “progress over perfection.”