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  • JULY 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Meditation is a mind-cleanser"

    JULY 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Meditation is a mind-cleanser"
    Jul 28 2024
    We learn the value of meditation in the Gamblers Anonymous Program. As the beginning of the Eleventh Step suggests, we sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him. One of the great values of meditation is that it clears the mind. And as the mind becomes clearer, it becomes more capable and willing to acknowledge the truth. Less pain is required to force honest recognition of defects and their results. The real needs of the whole person are revealed. Are prayer and meditation a regular part of my daily living? Today I Pray …May God's truths be revealed to me through meditation and these small prayers, through contact with my group, which keeps me mindful of my need to clear my mind with daily meditation. For only an uncluttered mind can receive God, and only a mind cleansed of self interest can acknowledge the truth. Today I Will Remember … Meditation is a mind-cleanser. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • JULY 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Be God-conscious"

    JULY 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Be God-conscious"
    Jul 27 2024
    Over and over, I see that those who make the best and steadiest progress in the Gamblers Anonymous Program of Recovery are those who readily accept the help of a Higher Power. Once they can do that, it's easier for them to get out of their own way. Their problems then seem to resolve themselves in a way that is beyond human understanding. Do I realize that the effectiveness with which I use the consciousness of God in my daily life depends not on Him, but on me? Today I Pray … May I know that my recovery and growth depends on my being in touch with my Higher Power, not just once in a while, but always. It means turning to that Power several times a day to ask for strength and knowledge of His will. When I understand that my own life is part of a Higher Plan, I will be less apt to trip and fall, head off in the wrong direction, or just to sit tight and let life pass me by. Today I Will Remember … To be God-conscious. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • JULY 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "How it was"

    JULY 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "How it was"
    Jul 26 2024
    Now 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 a new light. In ways that I couldn't have predicted and surely never expected, I've come to see things quite differently than I did before coming to GA. I feel good most days. I seldom feel bad, and never for long. Certainly never as bad as I used to feel all of the time. Is my worst day now infinitely better than my best day previously? Today I Pray … May I remember today to say "thank you" to my Higher Power, to my friends in the group, and to the whole, vast Fellowship of recovering compulsive gamblers for making me know that things do get better. I give thanks, too, for those verbal boosters, the tags and slogans which have so often burst into my brain at exactly the moments when they were needed, redefining my purpose, restoring my patience, reminding me of my God. Today I Will Remember … How it was. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • JULY 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "God meant me to make the most of myself"

    JULY 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "God meant me to make the most of myself"
    Jul 25 2024
    The slogans used in Gamblers Anonymous are seemingly clear and simple. Yet they may still have different meanings for different people, according to their own experiences and reactions to the words and ideas. Take, for example, the slogan "Let Go and Let God." For some people, it may suggest that all we have to do is sidestep the challenges that confront us and, somehow, God will do all the work. We must remember that God gives us free will, intelligence, and good senses - it is clearly His intention that we use these gifts. If I'm receptive, God will make His will known to me step by step, but I must carry it out. Do I sometimes act as if surrender to God's will is a passport to inertia? Today I Pray … May my "passport" be stamped and ready to take me forward. May my travels be motivated by challenges I can readily recognize as things to do, not things to watch. I pray that I may make the most of my gifts from God, of talents that I am aware of and some I have yet to discover. May I not "let go and give up" but keep on learning, growing, doing, serving, praying, carrying out the will of God as I understand it. Today I Will Remember … God meant me to make the most of myself. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • JULY 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Self-will minus self equals will"

    JULY 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Self-will minus self equals will"
    Jul 24 2024
    How, exactly, can a person turn his or her own will and life over to the care of a Higher Power? All that's needed is a beginning, no matter how small. The minute we put the key of willingness in the lock, the latch springs open. Then the door itself starts to open, perhaps ever so slightly; in time we find that we can always open it wider. Self-will may slam the door shut again, and it often does. But the door can always be reopened, time and time again if necessary, so long as we use our key of willingness. Have I reaffirmed my decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of God, as I understand Him? Today I Pray … May I renew my decision to turn my will and my life over to a Higher Power. May my faith be staunch enough to keep me knowing that there is, indeed, a power greater than I am. May I avail myself of that Power simply by being willing to walk humbly with my God. Today I Will Remember … Self-will minus self equals will. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • JULY 23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Good is Good Enough"

    JULY 23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Good is Good Enough"
    Jul 23 2024
    Today I'll try to settle for less than I wish were possible, and be willing to not only accept it but to appreciate it. Today, I'll not expect too much of any one - especially myself. I'll try to remember that contentment comes from gratefully accepting the good that comes to us, and not from being furious at life because it's not "better." Do I realize the difference between resignation and realistic acceptance? Today I Pray … May I not set my sights unrealistically high, expect too much. May I look backwards long enough to see that my self-set, impossible goals were the trappings of my addiction; too often I ended up halfway there, confronted by my own failure. Those "foiled-again" or "I've-failed again" feelings became monumental excuses to give in to my gambling compulsion, which blanketed my miseries. May I avoid that sick old pattern. May I be realistic. Today I Will Remember … Good is good enough. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • JULY 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "I am and know and will"

    JULY 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "I am and know and will"
    Jul 22 2024
    Gamblers Anonymous has taught me that the essence of all growth for me is a willingness to change for the better. Following that, I must have further willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails, and to take courageously every action that is required. "I am and know and will; I am knowing and willing; I know myself to be and to will; I will to be and to know." -St. Augustine Is willingness a key ingredient of my life and the way I work the GA Program? Today I Pray … I pray for willingness to do what I can, willingness to be what I can be, and what is sometimes hardest - willingness to be what I am. I pray, too, for energies to carry out my willingness in all that I do, so that I may grow in the ways of God and practice the principles of the Program in all my affairs. Today I will Remember … "I am and know and will." A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • JULY 21 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Nothing is impossible"

    JULY 21 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Nothing is impossible"
    Jul 21 2024
    When we're faced with some condition or situation not to our liking, how can we have faith that all things are working together for good? Perhaps we have to ask ourselves just what is faith. Faith has its foundation in truth and love. We can have faith, if we so choose, no matter what the situation. And, if we so choose, we can expect ultimate good to come forth. Have I made my choice? Today I Pray … May I be grateful for my God-given ability to make a choice. Out of this gratitude and my sense of the nearness of God, I have chosen faith. May that faith, as my chosen way, become strong enough to move mountains, strong enough to keep me free of my compulsion to gamble, mighty enough to hold back the tide of temptations that threaten me, optimistic enough to look past my present pain to ultimate happiness. Today I Will Remember … With faith, nothing is impossible. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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