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December 4 Reflection for the Day

Most of us in Gamblers Anonymous are far more comfortable with the determination that we won’t make that first bet today, than we are with the “vow” that we’ll never gamble again. Saying “I intend never to gamble again” is quite different from saying “I’ll never gamble again.” The latter statement is far too reflective of self-will; it doesn’t leave much room for the idea that our obsession to gamble will be removed if we practice GA’s Twelve Steps of Recovery one day at a time.

Will I continue to fight against complacency, realizing that I’ll always be just one wager away from disaster?

Today I Pray
“Never again” demands too binding a commitment, even for the strongest among us. Our past lives were full of “never agains” and won’t evers,” promises that were broken before the next dawn. May I, for now, set my sights on just one clean day at a time.

Today I Will Remember
Never say “never again.”