Episodios

  • FEBRUARY 5 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Honesty is the only policy"

    FEBRUARY 5 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Honesty is the only policy"
    Feb 5 2026
    If I am troubled, worried, exasperated, or frustrated, do I tend to rationalize the situation and lay the blame on someone else? When I am in such a state, is my conversation punctuated with, "He did. "She said "They did..."? Or can I honestly admit that perhaps I'm at fault. My peace of mind depends on overcoming my negative attitudes and my tendency to rationalize. Will I try, day by day, to be rigorously honest with myself? Today I Pray … May I catch myself as I talk in the third person. He did. or "They promised. "She said she would and listen for the blaming that has become such a pattern for me and preserves delusion May I do a turnabout and face myself instead Today I Will Remember … Honesty is the only policy. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • FEBRUARY 4 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Deny denial"

    FEBRUARY 4 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Deny denial"
    Feb 3 2026
    Rare is the recovering compulsive gambler who will now dispute the fact that denial is a primary symptom of the illness. The Gamblers Anonymous Program teaches us that compulsive gambling actually tells the afflicted person that he or she really isn't sick at all. Not surprisingly, then, our lives as addictive gamblers were characterized by endless rationalizations and dishonesty and, in short, a steadfast unwillingness to accept the fact that we were, without question, emotionally and mentally different from our fellows. Have I admitted to my innermost self that I am truly powerless over my compulsion to gamble? Today I Pray … May the First Step be not half-hearted for me, but a total admission of powerlessness over my addiction. May I rid myself of that first symptom - denial - which refuses to recognize any other symptom of my illness. Today I Will Remember … Deny denial. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • FEBRUARY 3 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "To err is human"

    FEBRUARY 3 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "To err is human"
    Feb 3 2026
    Gamblers Anonymous enables us to discover two roadblocks that keep us from seeing the value and comfort of the spiritual approach: self-justification and self-righteousness. The first grimly assures me that I'm always right. The second mistakenly comforts me with the delusion that I'm better than other people - "holier than thou." Just for today, will I pause abruptly while rationalizing and ask myself why I am doing this, and whether my self-justification is really honest? Today I Pray … May I overcome the need to be "always right" and know the cleansing feeling of release that comes with admitting, openly, a mistake. May I be wary of setting myself up as an example of self-control and fortitude, and give credit where it is due to a Higher Power. Today I Will Remember … To err is human, but I need to admit it. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • FEBRUARY 2 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Blame-saying is game-playing"

    FEBRUARY 2 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Blame-saying is game-playing"
    Feb 2 2026
    Looking back, I realize just how much of my life has been spent in dwelling upon the faults of others. It provided much self-satisfaction, to be sure, but I see now just how subtle and actually perverse the process became. After all was said and done, the net effect of dwelling on the so-called faults of others was self-granted permission to remain comfortably unaware of my own defects. Do I still point my finger at others and thus self-deceptively overlook my own shortcomings? Today I Pray … May I see that my preoccupation with the faults of others is really a smokescreen to keep me from taking a hard look at my own, as well as a way to bolster my own failing ego. May I check out the "why's" of my blaming. Today I Will Remember … Blame-saying is game-playing. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • FEBRUARY 1 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "If I bend the truth"

    FEBRUARY 1 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "If I bend the truth"
    Feb 1 2026
    The longer I'm in the Gamblers Anonymous Program, the more clearly I see why it's important for me to understand why I do what I do, and say what I say. In the process, I'm coming to realize what kind of person I really am. I see now, for example, that it's far easier to be honest with other people than with myself. I'm learning also that we're all hampered by our need to justify our actions and words. Have I taken an inventory of myself as suggested in the Twelve Steps? Have I admitted my faults to myself and to another human being? Today I Pray … May I not be stalled in my recovery process by the enormity of the Program's Fourth Step - taking a moral and financial inventory of myself - or by admitting these shortcomings to myself and to another human being. May I know that honesty to myself about myself is all-important. Today I Will Remember … I cannot mend if I bend the truth. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • JANUARY 31 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Own my feelings"

    JANUARY 31 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Own my feelings"
    Jan 31 2026
    One of the most constructive things I can do is to learn to listen to myself and get in touch with my true feelings. For years, I tuned myself out, going along, instead, with what others felt and said. Even today, it sometimes seems that they have it all together, while I'm still stumbling around. Thankfully, I'm beginning to understand that people-pleasing takes many forms. Slowly but steadily, I've also begun to realize that it's possible for me to change my old patterns. Will I encourage myself to tune in to the real me? Will I listen carefully to my own inner voice with the expectation that I'll hear some wonderful things? Today I Pray … I pray that I may respect myself enough to listen to my real feelings, those emotions that for so long I refused to hear or name or own, emotions that festered in me like a poison. May I know that I need to stop often, look at my feelings, listen to the inner me. Today I Will Remember … I will own my feelings. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • JANUARY 30 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Life is an ongoing miracle"

    JANUARY 30 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Life is an ongoing miracle"
    Jan 30 2026
    Have I gained freedom simply because one day I was weak and the next day I became suddenly strong? Have I changed from the helpless and hopeless person I once seemed to be simply by resolving, "from now on, things will be different"? Is the fact that I am more comfortable today than ever before the result of my own will power? Can I take credit for pulling myself up by my own boot straps? I know better, for I sought refuge in a Power greater than myself - a Power that is still beyond my ability to visualize. Do I consider the change in my life a miracle far beyond the working of any human power? Today I Pray … As the days of abstinence lengthen, and the moment of decision becomes farther behind me, may I never lose sight of the Power that changed my life. May I remember that my abstinence is an ongoing miracle, not just a once-in-a-lifetime transformation. Today I Will Remember ... Life is an ongoing miracle. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • JANUARY 29 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "A clear morning scatters nightmares"

    JANUARY 29 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "A clear morning scatters nightmares"
    Jan 29 2026
    I used to imagine my life as a grotesque abstract painting: a montage of crises framed by end-upon-end catastrophes. My days all were grey and my thoughts greyer still. I was haunted by dread and nameless fears. I was filled with self-loathing. I had no idea who I was, what I was, or why I was. I miss none of those feelings. Today, step by step, I am discovering myself and learning that I can be free to be me. Am I grateful for my new life? Have I taken the time to thank God today for the fact that I am clean and alive? Today I Pray … May calm come to me after the turmoil and nightmares of the past. As my fears and self-hatred dissipate, may the things of the spirit replace them. For in the spiritual world, as in the material world, there is no empty space. May I be filled with the spirit of my Higher Power. Today I Will Remember … A clear morning scatters nightmares. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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