Episodes

  • MARCH 5 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Take responsibility for MY actions"

    MARCH 5 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Take responsibility for MY actions"
    Mar 5 2026
    Before I became clean in Gamblers Anonymous, I blamed all my problems on other people, or on places and things. Now I'm learning to look squarely at each difficulty, not seeking whom to "blame," but to discover how my attitude helped create my problem or aggravate it. I must also learn to face the consequences of my own actions and words, and to correct myself when I'm wrong. Do I practice the Tenth Step by continuing to take my personal inventory? When I am wrong, do I promptly admit it? Today I Pray … May I know the blessed relief and unburdening that come when I admit I have done something wrong. May I learn perhaps for the first time in my entire life-to take responsibility for my own actions and to face the consequences. May I learn again how to match actions with consequences. Today I Will Remember … To take responsibility for my own actions. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min
  • MARCH 4 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Keep the committment"

    MARCH 4 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Keep the committment"
    Mar 4 2026
    We may not know any specifics about the activities of today; we may not know whether we'll be alone or with others. We may feel the day contains too much time-or not enough. We may be facing tasks we're eager to complete, or tasks we've been resisting. Though the details of each person's day differ, each day holds one similarity for us all; each of us has the opportunity to choose to think positive thoughts. The choice depends less on our outside activities than on our inner commitment. Can I accept that I alone have the power to control my attitude? Today I Pray … May I keep the fire of inner commitment alive through this whole, glorious day, whether my activities are a succession of humdrum tasks or free-form and creative. May I choose to make this a good day for me, and for those around me. Today I Will Remember … Keep the commitment. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min
  • MARCH 3 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Sort the real from the unreal"

    MARCH 3 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Sort the real from the unreal"
    Mar 3 2026
    I've begun to understand myself better since I've come to Gamblers Anonymous. One of the most important things I've learned is that opinions aren't facts. Just because I feel that a thing is so doesn't necessarily make it so. "Men are not worried by things," wrote the Greek philosopher Epictetus, "but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let us not blame others, but rather our selves. That is: our ideas about things." Do I believe that I can never entirely lose what I have learned during my recovery? Today I Pray … May I learn to sort out realities from my ideas about those realities. May I understand that situations, things-even people - take on the colors and dimensions of my attitudes about them. Today I Will Remember … To sort the real from the unreal. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min
  • MARCH 2 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Self-respect is respect for God"

    MARCH 2 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Self-respect is respect for God"
    Mar 2 2026
    Why don't I spend part of today thinking about my assets, rather than my liabilities? Why not think about victories, instead of defeats-about the ways in which I am gentle and kind? It's always been my tendency to fall into a sort of cynical self-hypnosis, putting derogatory labels on practically everything I've done, said, or felt. Just for today, I'll spend a quiet half hour trying to gain a more positive perspective on my life. Do I have the courage to change the things I can? Today I Pray … Through quietness and a reassessment of myself, may I develop a more positive attitude. If I am a child of God, created in God's image, there must be goodness in me. I will think about that goodness, and the ways it manifests itself. I will stop putting myself down, even in my secret thoughts. I will respect what is God's. I will respect myself. Today I Will Remember … Self-respect is respect for God. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    2 mins
  • MARCH 1 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Practice one step"

    MARCH 1 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Practice one step"
    Mar 1 2026
    Now that we're free and no longer gambling, we have so much more control over our thinking. More than anything, we're able to alter our attitudes. Some members of Gamblers Anonymous, in fact, choose to think of the letters GA as an abbreviation for "Great Attitude." In the bad old days, I almost always responded to any optimistic or positive statement with, "Yes, but Today, in contrast, I'm learning to eliminate that negative phrase from my vocabulary. Am I working to change my attitude? Am I determined to "accentuate the positive"? Today I Pray ... May I find that healing and strength that God provides to those who stay near Him. May I keep to the spiritual guide lines of the GA Program, considering the Steps, taking the Steps - one by one then practicing them again and again. In this is my salvation. Today I Will Remember ... To practice at least one Step. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min
  • FEBRUARY 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "The set-up for a let-down"

    FEBRUARY 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "The set-up for a let-down"
    Feb 28 2026
    We have learned from others in Gamblers Anonymous that the chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear - mainly fear that we would lose something already possessed or that we would fail to get something we demanded. Living on the basis of unsatisfied demands, we obviously were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration. Therefore, we are taught, no peace will be ours unless we find a means of reducing these demands. Have I become entirely ready to have God remove all my defects of character? Today I Pray … May I make no unrealistic demands on life, which, because of their grandiosity, cannot be met. May I place no excessive demands on others, which, when they are not fulfilled, leave me disappointed and let down. Today I Will Remember … The set-up for a let-down. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min
  • FEBRUARY 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Today is good"

    FEBRUARY 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Today is good"
    Feb 27 2026
    If I live just one day at a time, I won't so quickly entertain fears of what might happen tomorrow. As long as I'm concentrating on today's activities, there won't be room in my mind for worrying. I'll try to fill every minute of this day with something good-seen, heard, or accomplished. Then, when the day is ended, I'll be able to look back on it with satisfaction, serenity, and gratitude. Do I sometimes cherish bad feelings so that I can feel sorry for myself? Today I Pray … That I will get out of the self-pity act and live for today. May I notice the good things from dawn to nightfall, learn to talk about them and thank God for them. May I catch myself if I seem to be relishing my moans and complaints more often than appreciating the goodness of my life. Today I Will Remember … Today is good. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min
  • FEBRUARY 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Borrow trouble at high interest rates"

    FEBRUARY 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Borrow trouble at high interest rates"
    Feb 26 2026
    "What if..." How often we hear these words from newcomers to the Gamblers Anonymous Program. How often, in fact, we tend to say them ourselves. "What if I lose my job?" "What if my car breaks down?" "What if I get sick and can't work?" "What if my child gets hooked on drugs?" What if anything our desperate imaginings can project? Only two small words, yet how heavy-laden they are with dread, fear, and anxiety. The answer to "What if..." is, plainly and simply, "Don't project." We can only live with our problems as they arise, living one day at a time. Am I keeping my thoughts positive? Today I Pray … May I grow spiritually, without being held back by anxieties. May projected fears not hobble my pursuits or keep me from making the most of today. May I turn out fear by faith. If I will only make a place for God within me, the presence of that Higher Power will remove my fears. Today I Will Remember … I can only borrow trouble at high interest rates. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    2 mins