• kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 6 hours, 17 minutes ago

    SEPTEMBER 22nd Reflection for the Day

    For a considerable period of time after I reached Gamblers Anonymous, I let things I couldn’t do keep me from doing the things I could. If I was bothered by what a speaker or other people said, I retreated, sulking, into my shell. Now, instead of being annoyed or defensive when someone strikes a raw nerve, I…[Read more]

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 1 day, 6 hours ago

    SEPTEMBER 21th Reflection for the Day

    I’ve heard it said that when God closes a door, He opens a window. Since I started working the Twelve Steps of Recovery, much of the fear and pain that haunted my life is gone. Some of my defects have been lifted from me, though I’m still wrestling with others. I believe that if I continue to work the Twe…[Read more]

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 2 days, 6 hours ago

    SEPTEMBER 20th Reflection for the Day

    “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…[Read more]

  • kenl posted a new activity comment 2 days, 16 hours ago

    Hi Nick
    Gamtalk suggests using a gambling site blocker and while you have this on your phone computers etc. why not try counseling and Gamblers Anonymous.
    Hope you will give it a try as there is never a big enough win for us compulsive gamblers.
    Ken L YBIR

    Description of Services
    BetBlocker is a free tool to help you control your gambling.…[Read more]

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 3 days, 6 hours ago

    SEPTEMBER 19th Reflection for the Day

    It’s still not exactly a “piece of cake” for me to accept today’s occasional pain and anxiety with any great degree of serenity, but I’m increasingly able to be thankful for a certain amount of pain. In the Gamblers Anonymous Program, we find the willingness to do this by going over the lessons learned from…[Read more]

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 4 days, 6 hours ago

    SEPTEMBER 18th Reflection for the Day

    In every story we hear from others in Gamblers Anonymous, pain has been the price of admission into a new life. But our admission price purchased far more than we expected. It led us to a degree of humility, which we soon discovered to be a healer of pain. And, in time, we began to fear pain less, and desire…[Read more]

  • kenl posted a new activity comment 4 days, 16 hours ago

    Hi Steve
    Not sure whether it is legal or not to push tickets but I know when the lottery jackpots are high the store people remind you
    to buy a tickets because if they sell a winning ticket they get a percentage of the winnings.

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 5 days, 5 hours ago

    SEPTEMBER 17th Reflection for the Day

    When I see new members come into Gamblers Anonymous, I am reminded first of the pain and the unmanageable mess I found myself in, and then the hope I felt once I became willing to accept the Gamblers Anonymous Program. When I see and hear the Old Timers, some with twenty years or more in GA, I am reminded…[Read more]

  • kenl posted a new activity comment 5 days, 8 hours ago

    Believe it or not there is away out.
    Once you stop digging the hole and not place a bet One Day At A Time.
    When I crashed I was about to lose my family job and home.
    Today with support of others in recovery I haven’t placed a bet ODAAT in over 21 years.
    Celebrated 40 years with my partner own my home and I am retired.
    And believe me when I stopped…[Read more]

  • kenl posted a new activity comment 5 days, 20 hours ago

    Hi Lisa
    Sorry to hear that you had a relapse.
    Just wanted to share what worked for me when I crashed and was about to lose my family
    home and job and almost ended my life in 2002
    I joined gamblers anonymous and attended as many meetings as I could in my city.
    Also found some group counseling and banned myself from all casinos in my area
    and got…[Read more]

    • Thank you Ken for the words of encouragement. I can’t see any light at the end of the tunnel right now. Only darkness. I can’t believe what gambling can do to a person. On the outside it seems harmless, just entertainment. But that quickly changes.

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 6 days, 6 hours ago

    SEPTEMBER 16th Reflection for the Day

    We learn from others in Gamblers Anonymous that the best way to deal with painful situations is to meet them head on, to deal with them honestly and realistically, and to try to learn from them and use them as springboards for growth. Through the GA Program and our contact with a Higher Power, we can find the…[Read more]

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 1 week ago

    SEPTEMBER 15th Reflection for the Day

    No one welcomes pain with open arms, but it does have its uses. Just as physical pain serves as a warning that we may be suffering a bodily illness, so can emotional pain be a useful sign that something is wrong – as well as a warning that we need to make a change. When we can meet pain without panic, we can…[Read more]

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 1 week, 1 day ago

    SEPTEMBER 14th Reflection for the Day

    Until we came to the Gamblers Anonymous Program, our lives had been spent running from pain and problems. Escape by way of compulsive gambling was always our temporary solution. Then we started going to meetings. We looked and listened, often with amazement. Everywhere around us, we saw failure and misery…[Read more]

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 1 week, 1 day ago

    Hi Folks
    Just wanted to share this post called Relapse Prevention
    It is a little long and deals with alcohol more then gambling but for me addiction is addiction.
    Relapse Prevention: Planning for Success
    When you decided to quit drinking, using other drugs or gambling, you took the first step towards recovery. This step was the beginning of an…[Read more]

  • kenl posted a new activity comment 1 week, 1 day ago

    If you can take a few minutes and write down what was going on in your life yesterday and what if any
    emotions you were feeling / dealing with.
    Might help for the next time.
    Ken L YBIR

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 1 week, 1 day ago

    SEPTEMBER 13th Reflection for the Day

    We hear often in our Gamblers Anonymous meetings that pain is the touchstone of spiritual progress. We eventually realize that, just as the pains of compulsive gambling had to come before our abstinence, emotional turmoil comes before serenity. We no longer commiserate with all people who suffer, but only…[Read more]

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 1 week, 3 days ago

    SEPTEMBER 12th Reflection for the Day

    “At certain moments,” wrote Coleridge, “a single almost insignificant sorrow may, by association, bring together all the little relics of pain and discomfort, bodily and mental, that we have endured even from infancy.” The Gamblers Anonymous Program doesn’t teach us to pretend that hardships and sorrow are…[Read more]

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 1 week, 3 days ago

    SCHEDULED SESSION Tuesday Night
    Chat will focus on recovery conversations and will be moderated by a Gambling Outreach Support Worker from British Columbia. Everyone is welcome!

    THIS CHAT ROOM IS AVAILABLE
    Tuesdays (6-8pm PST)

  • kenl posted a new activity comment 1 week, 3 days ago

    Sorry for your lost Serenity
    Your sister wasn’t only strong she was wise as well.
    God Bless & Stay Strong
    Ken L YBIR

  • kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 1 week, 4 days ago

    SEPTEMBER 11th Reflection for the Day

    One thing, more than anything else, that can relieve my occasional feeling of depression is love. I have to keep myself “lovable” in the sense of being able to love others, rather than being concerned with whether others love me. In somehow losing myself in others, emotionally or spiritually, I usually find…[Read more]

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