A Day at a Time is an essential recovery tool for compulsive gamblers, with daily reflections and prayers that offer hope, support, and guidance throughout the year.
- AUGUST 15 Reflection for the DayIt’s often said that you can’t tell a book by its cover. For many of us, our covers or surface records haven’t looked all
- AUGUST 14 Reflection for the DayStep Four enables me to see myself as I really am—my characteristics, motives, attitudes, and behaviors. I’m taught in Gamblers Anonymous to
- AUGUST 13 Reflection for the DayThe Gamblers Anonymous Program’s Fourth Step suggests that we make a searching and fearless moral and financial inventory of ourselves. For some
- AUGUST 12 Reflection for the DaySomeone once inquired of a Zen master, How do you maintain such serenity and peace? He replied, I never leave my place of meditation. Although he
- AUGUST 11 Reflection for the DayWhen I dwell on piddling things that annoy me—and they sprout resentments that grow bigger and bigger like weeds—I forget how I
- AUGUST 10 Reflection for the DayWe’ve been our own worst enemies most of our lives, and we’ve often injured ourselves seriously as a result of a justified resentment over
- AUGUST 9 Reflection for the DayOn numerous occasions, I’ve found that there’s a strong connection between my fears and my resentments. If I secretly fear that I’m
- AUGUST 8 Reflection for the DayAs a recovering compulsive gambler, I have to remind myself that no amount of social acceptance of resentments will take the poison
- AUGUST 7 Reflection for the DayWhat can we do about our resentments? Experience has shown that the best thing to do is to write them down, listing
- AUGUST 6 Reflection for the DaySometimes through bitter experience and painful lessons, we learn in our fellowship with others in Gamblers Anonymous that resentment is our number
- AUGUST 5 Reflection for the DayAmong the important things we learn in Gamblers Anonymous is to be good to ourselves. For so many of us, though, this
- AUGUST 4 Reflection for the DayOne of the best ways to get out of the self-pity trap is to do some instant bookkeeping. For every entry of misery on
- AUGUST 3 Reflection for the DayThe Twelve Steps were designed specifically for people like us—as a short cut to God. The Steps are very much like strong
- AUGUST 2 Reflection for the DayWhen I begin to compare my life with the lives of others, I’ve begun to move toward the edge of the murky
- AUGUST 1 Reflection for the DaySelf-pity is one of the most miserable and consuming defects I know. Because of its interminable demands for attention and sympathy, my
- JULY 31 Reflection for the DayOne of the most serious consequences of the me-me-me syndrome is that we lose touch with practically everyone around us—not to mention
- JULY 30 Reflection for the DayWhen we first come to Gamblers Anonymous, the most common variety of self-pity begins: Poor me! Why can’t I just gamble now and
- JULY 29 Reflection for the DayThe feeling of self-pity, which we’ve all felt at one time or another, is one of the ugliest emotions we can experience.
- JULY 28 Reflection for the DayWe learn the value of meditation in the Gamblers Anonymous Program. As the beginning of the Eleventh Step suggests, we sought through
- JULY 27 Reflection for the DayOver and over, I see that those who make the best and steadiest progress in the Gamblers Anonymous Program of Recovery are
- JULY 26 Reflection for the DayNow that I avail myself of the letters H-O-W suggested by friends in the Gamblers Anonymous Program—Honesty, Open-Mindedness, Willingness—I see things in
- JULY 25 Reflection for the DayThe slogans used in Gamblers Anonymous are seemingly clear and simple. Yet they may still have different meanings for different people, according
- JULY 24 Reflection for the DayHow, exactly, can a person turn his or her own will and life over to the care of a Higher Power? All
- JULY 23 Reflection for the DayToday I’ll try to settle for less than I wish were possible, and be willing to not only accept it but to
- JULY 22 Reflection for the DayGamblers Anonymous has taught me that the essence of all growth for me is a willingness to change for the better. Following
- JULY 21 Reflection for the DayWhen we’re faced with some condition or situation not to our liking, how can we have faith that all things are working
- JULY 20 Reflection for the DayIt is the privilege of wisdom to listen, Oliver Wendell Holmes once wrote. If I try as hard as I can to cultivate
- JULY 19 Reflection for the DayMany of us come to the Gamblers Anonymous Program professing that we’re agnostic or atheistic. As someone once put it, our will
- JULY 18 Reflection for the DayVery few of us know what we really want, and none of us knows what is best for us. That knowledge is
- JULY 17 Reflection for the DayFor my own good, I’ll go to meetings and participate in discussions with an open mind that’s ready to receive and accept