A Day at a Time Reflections

A Day at a Time Reflections

Reflections from the Gamblers Anonymous little blue book, A Day at a Time, published by Hazelden Information and Education Services www.hazelden.org Available on Amazon - A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC

Episodes

MAY 14 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Step by step"

May 14, 2025 • 1 min
"A very popular error-having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack upon one's convictions," wrote Nietzsche. The Gamblers Anonymous Program is helping me get rid of my old ideas by sharing with others and working the Twelve Steps. Having made a searching and fearless moral and financial inventory of myself; having admitted to myself and to another human being the exact nature of...
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MAY 13 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "God preserved me"

May 13, 2025 • 1 min
When a person wakes up each morning and rises, with nerves screaming and sick at heart, to face frightening reality; when a person stumbles through the day in a pit of despair, wishing to die, but refusing to die; when a person gets up the next day and does it all over again-well, that takes guts. That takes a kind of real, basic survival courage, a courage that can be put to good use if that person ever finds his or her way to Gam...
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MAY 12 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Just for today"

May 12, 2025 • 1 min
My courage must come each day, as does my desire to avoid a single bet, a single addictive act. It must be a continuing courage, without deviations and procrastination, without rashness, and without fear of obstacles. This would seem like a large order indeed, were it not for the fact that it is confined to this one day, and that within this day much power is given to me. Do I extend the Serenity Prayer to my entire life? Today I...
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MAY 11 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Courage is"

May 11, 2025 • 1 min
Now that I know I can no longer use false courage that is really bravado, I seek and pray for twenty-four-hour courage to change the things I can. Obviously, this isn't the kind of courage that will make me a strong and brave person for life, able to handle any and all situations courageously. Rather, what I need is a persistent and intelligent courage, continuing each day into the next one-but doing today only what can be done to...
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MAY 10 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Be still"

May 10, 2025 • 1 min
As the doubter tries the process of prayer, he would do well to add up the results. If he persists, he'll almost surely find more serenity, more tolerance, less fear, and less anger. He'll acquire a quiet courage - the kind that isn't tension-ridden. He'll be able to look at "failure" and "success" for what they really are. Problems and calamity will begin to mean his instruction, instead of his destruction. He'll feel freer and s...
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MAY 9 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "More than whistling in the dark"

May 9, 2025 • 1 min
"Perfect courage," wrote La Rochefoucauld, "means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on." As we grow in the Gamblers Anonymous Program, we recognize persistent fear for what it is, and we become able to handle it. We begin to see each adversity as a God given opportunity to develop the kind of courage that is born of humility, rather than of bravado. Do I realize that whistling to keep up my cour...
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MAY 8 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Watch God at work"

May 8, 2025 • 1 min
I've learned in the Gamblers Anonymous Program that I need not apologize to anyone for depending upon God as I understand Him. In fact, I now have good reason to disbelieve those who think spirituality is the way of weakness. For me, it is the way of strength. The verdict of the ages is that men and women of faith seldom lack courage. They trust their God. So I never apologize for my belief in Him, but, instead, I try to let Him d...
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MAY 7 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Stay close to God"

May 7, 2025 • 1 min
If I believe that it's hopeless to expect any improvement in my life, I'm doubting the power of God. If I believe I have reason for despair, I'm confessing personal failure, for I do have the power to change myself; nothing can prevent it but my own unwillingness. I can learn in the Gamblers Anonymous Program to avail myself of the immense, inexhaustible power of God - if I'm willing to be continually aware of God's nearness. can ...
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MAY 6 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Absence of faith"

May 6, 2025 • 1 min
So many of us suffer from despair. Yet we don't realize that despair is purely the absence of faith. As long as we're willing to turn to God for help in our difficulties, we cannot despair. When we're troubled and can't see a way out, it's only because we imagine that all solutions depend on us. The Gamblers Anonymous Program teaches us to let go of overwhelming problems and let God handle them for us. When I consciously surrender...
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MAY 5 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "God's will be done"

May 5, 2025 • 1 min
I knew I had to have a new beginning, and the beginning had to be here. I couldn't start anywhere else. I had to let go of the past and forget the future. As long as I held on to the past with one hand and grabbed at the future with the other hand, I had nothing with which to grasp today. So I had to begin here, now.  Do I practice the Eleventh Step, praying only for knowledge of God's will for me and the power to carry that out? T...
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MAY 4 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "God is willing"

May 4, 2025 • 1 min
Many people pray as though to overcome the will of a reluctant God, instead of taking hold of the willingness of a loving God. In the late stages of our gambling compulsion, the will to resist has fled. Yet when we admit complete defeat, and when we become entirely ready to try the principles of the Gamblers Anonymous Program, our obsession leaves us and we enter a new dimension-freedom under God as we understand Him.  Is my growt...
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A NEW BEGINNING STEP 5 "Wrongs"

May 3, 2025 • 3 mins
STEP 5 Admitted to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. It is suggested that this step be done shortly after completing Step Four, while the facts revealed in Step Four are still fresh in one's mind. In Step Four one can dig inside oneself, as most compulsive gamblers accumulated loads of guilt. In Step Five one can dispose of this guilt and cope with every day problems. One can always look back, and...
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MAY 3 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Faith regenerates"

May 3, 2025 • 1 min
"To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing," wrote Soren Kierkegaard, "from going down on one's knees and thanking Him." It is my confidence in a Higher Power, working in me, that today releases and activates my ability to make my life a more joyous, satisfying experience. I can't bring this about by relying on myself and my own limited ideas.  Have I begun to thank God every day? Today I Pray … May ...
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MAY 2 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Check for head-tripping"

May 2, 2025 • 1 min
When I was gambling, I was certain that my intelligence, backed by will power, could properly control my life and guarantee me success in the world around me. This brave and grandiose philosophy, by which I played God, sounded good in the say Ing. but it still had to meet the acid test: how well did it actually work? One good look in the mirror was answer enough. Have I begun to ask God each day for strength? Today I Pray … May I...
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MAY 1 REFLECTION OF THE DAY "Faith follows acceptance"

May 1, 2025 • 1 min
For those of us who have lost our faith, or who have always had to struggle along without it, it's often helpful just to accept-blindly and with no reservations. It's not necessary for us to believe at first; we need not be convinced. If we can only accept, we find ourselves becoming gradually aware of a force for good that's always there to help us. Have I taken the way of faith? Today I Pray … May I abandon my need to know the ...
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APRIL 30 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "The more faith"

April 30, 2025 • 1 min
We're taught that "faith without works is dead." How true this is for the compulsive gambler. For if we fail to perfect or enlarge our spiritual lives through work and self-sacrifice for others, we're not equipped to survive the trials and low spots ahead. If we don't practice the Gamblers Anonymous Program, we'll surely return to gambling; and if we return to gambling, we'll likely die. Then faith will be dead indeed. Do I believ...
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APRIL 29 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Make room for today"

April 29, 2025 • 1 min
As I grow in the Gamblers Anonymous Program-sharing, caring, and becoming more and more involved-I find that it's becoming easier to live in the NOW. Even my vocabulary is changing. No longer is every other sentence salted with such well-used phrases as "could've," "should've," "would've," or "might've." What's done is done and what will be will be. The only time that really matters is now. Am I gaining real pleasure and serenity ...
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APRIL 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Freedom of choice"

April 28, 2025 • 1 min
I will resolve to observe with new interest even the commonplace things that happen today. If I learn to see everything with a fresh eye, perhaps I'll find I have countless reasons for contentment and gratitude. When I find myself trapped in the quicksand of my negative thoughts, I'll turn away from them-and grab for the lifesaving strength of sharing with others in the Program. Do I carry my weight as an all-important link in the...
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APRIL 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "My resources are unlimited"

April 27, 2025 • 1 min
Am I so sure I'm doing everything possible to make my new life a success? Am I using my capabilities well? Do I recognize and appreciate all I have to be grateful for? The Gamblers Anonymous Program and its Twelve Steps of Recovery teach me that I am the possessor of unlimited resources. The more I do with them, the more they will grow-to over shadow and cancel out the difficult and painful feelings that now get so much of my atte...
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APRIL 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Humor is a sign of health"

April 26, 2025 • 1 min
When I first came to Gamblers Anonymous, I was stunned by the constant sound of laughter. I realize today that cheerfulness and merriment are useful. Outsiders are sometimes surprised when we burst into laughter over some miserable-even tragic experience from the past. But why shouldn't we laugh? We have been shown the way to recovery, as well as the way to help others like ourselves. What greater cause could there be for rejoicin...
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