Episodes

  • 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
  • FEBRUARY 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Fear hides behind indecision"

    FEBRUARY 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Fear hides behind indecision"
    Feb 25 2026
    Before we came to Gamblers Anonymous, fear ruled our lives. Tyrannized by our addictions and obsessions, we feared everything and everybody. We feared ourselves and, perhaps most of all, feared fear itself. These days, when I am able to accept the help of my Higher Power, it makes me feel capable of doing anything I am called upon to do. I am overcoming my fears and acquiring a comfortable new confidence. Can I believe that "courage is fear that has said its prayers..."? Today I Pray … God grant that through faith I may overcome my obsessive fears. I have been running scared for so long, it has become a habit. God help me to see that I may be purposely clinging to my fears to avoid making decisions, perhaps even to shirk the responsibility of success. Today Will Remember … Fear hides behind indecision. 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 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Turn fear into faith"

    FEBRUARY 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Turn fear into faith"
    Feb 24 2026
    I can banish fear by realizing the truth. Am I afraid to be alone? This fear can be banished by the realization that I am never alone, that God is always with me wherever I am and whatever I do. Am I afraid that I won't have enough money to meet my needs? This fear can be banished by the realization that God is my inexhaustible, unfailing resource, now and always. Today I have the power to change fear into faith. Can I say with confidence, "I will trust, and I will not be afraid"? Today I Pray … That I may fear no evil, for God is with me. That I may learn to turn to my Higher Power when I am afraid. I pray diligently that my faith in God-and trust in what God has in store for me-is strong enough to banish the fears that undermine my courage. Today I will Remember … Turn fear into faith. 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 23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Freedom is choosing"

    FEBRUARY 23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Freedom is choosing"
    Feb 23 2026
    The Twelve Steps teach us that, as faith grows, so does security. The terrifying fear of nothingness begins to subside. As we work the Program, we find that the basic antidote for fear is a spiritual awakening. We lose the fear of making decisions, for we realize that, if our choice proves wrong, we can learn from the experience. And should our decision be the right one, we can thank God for giving us the courage and the grace that caused us so to act. Am I grateful for the courage and grace I receive from my Higher Power? Today I Pray … I ask that I be given the power to act, knowing that I have at least a half-chance to make the right decision and that I can learn from a wrong one. For so long, decision making seemed beyond my capabilities. Now I can find joy in being able to make choices. Thank you, God, for courage. Today I Will Remember … Freedom is choosing. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    2 mins
  • FEBRUARY 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Projected fears are larger than life"

    FEBRUARY 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Projected fears are larger than life"
    Feb 22 2026
    When I came to Gamblers Anonymous, I found people who knew exactly what I meant when I spoke finally of my fears. They had been where I had been; they understood. I've since learned that many of my fears have to do with projection. It's normal, for example, to have a tiny "backburner" fear that the person I love will leave me. But when the fear takes precedence over my present and very real relationship with the person I'm afraid of losing, then I'm in trouble. My responsibility to myself includes this: I must not fear things that do not exist. Am I changing from a fearful person into a fearless person? Today I Pray … I ask God's help in waving away my fears-those figments, fantasies, monstrous thoughts, projections of disaster that have no bearing on the present. May I narrow the focus of my imagination and concentrate on the here-and now, for I tend to see the future through magnifying glass. Today I Will Remember … Projected fears, like shadows, are larger than life. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    2 mins
  • FEBRUARY 21 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Sanity is perspective"

    FEBRUARY 21 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Sanity is perspective"
    Feb 21 2026
    Do I waste my time and energy wrestling with situations that aren't actually worth a second thought? Like Don Quixote, the bemused hero of Spanish literature, do I imagine wind mills as menacing giants, battling them until I am ready to drop from exhaustion? Today I'll not allow my imagination to build small troubles into big ones. I'll try to see each situation clearly, giving it only the value and attention it deserves. Have I come to believe, as the second of the Twelve Steps suggests, that a Power greater than myself can restore me to a normal way of thinking and living? Today I Pray … God, keep my perspective sane. Help me to avoid aggrandizing petty problems, tying too much significance to casual conversations, making a Vesuvius out of an anthill. Keep my fears from swelling out of scale, like shadows on a wall. Restore my values, which became distorted during the days of my gambling compulsion. Today I Will Remember … Sanity is perspective. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    2 mins
  • FEBRUARY 20 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Anger wears a thousand masks"

    FEBRUARY 20 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Anger wears a thousand masks"
    Feb 20 2026
    As we are restored to health and become increasingly able to live comfortably in the real world without gam bling, we begin to see many things in a new light. Many of us have come to realize, for example, that anger, comes disguised in many shapes and colors: intolerance, sarcasm, distrust, anxiety, envy, cynicism, discontent, self-pity, malice, suspicion, jealousy. As more insights are granted to us, we begin to see how often anger is at the root of many of our restless, uncomfortable feelings. Such insights help us understand our anger and seek new ways to deal with it. Do I let my feelings get the best of me? Today I Pray … May I recognize that my anger, like a dancer at a masquerade, displays many forms and many faces. May I strip off its several masks and know it for what it is. Today I Will Remember … Anger wears a thousand masks. 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 19 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Negatives into positives"

    FEBRUARY 19 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Negatives into positives"
    Feb 19 2026
    When people say rash or ugly things, we sometimes say they are "forgetting themselves," meaning they're forgetting their best selves in a sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury. If I remember the kind of person I want to be, hopefully I won't "forget myself" and yield to a fit of temper. I'll believe that the positive always defeats the negative: courage overcomes fear; patience overcomes anger and irritability; love overcomes hatred. Am I always striving for improvement? Today I Pray … Today I ask that God, to whom all things are possible, help me turn negatives into positives-anger into super-energy, fear into a chance to be courageous, hatred into love. May I take time out to remember examples of such positive-from-negative transformations from the whole of my lifetime. Uppermost is God's miracle: my freedom from the slavery of gambling addiction. Today I Will Remember … Turn negatives into positives. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    2 mins