• kenl posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 3 years, 12 months ago

    MARCH 31 Reflection for the Day

    My illness is unlike most other illnesses in that denial that I am sick is a primary symptom of my sickness. Like many other incurable illnesses, however, my illness is characterized by relapses. In the Gamblers Anonymous Program, we call such relapses “slips.” The one thing I know for certain is that I alone can cause myself to slip.

    Will I remember at all times that the thought precedes the action? Will I try to avoid “stinking thinking”?

    Today I Pray
    May God give me the power to resist temptations. May the responsibility for giving in, for having a “slip,” be on my shoulders and mine only. May I see beforehand if I am setting myself up for a slip by blame-shifting, shirking my responsibility to myself, becoming the world’s poor puppet once again. My return to those old attitudes can be as much of a slip as the act of placing a bet.

    Today I Will Remember
    Nobody’s slip-proof.