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  • MARCH 29 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "The Program has answers"

    MARCH 29 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "The Program has answers"
    Mar 29 2026
    Why do people gamble compulsively? Dr. Robert Custer, a pioneer in the treatment of compulsive gambling, believed we have four basic human needs - affection, approval, recognition, and self-confidence. When these needs are not met, people feel inadequate and overwhelmed by life. Gambling may - for a time - appear to fill these needs. But whatever the cause, the principles and Fellowship of Gamblers Anonymous have proved effective in helping thousands overcome the compulsion to gamble. Am I grateful for the insights and fellowship of Gamblers Anonymous? Today I Pray … May God expand my understanding of the illness of compulsive gambling through life stories shared in the safe harbor of the GA meeting. There, we learn the true meaning of "winning" - over the addiction to gambling and all of its life - affecting negative effects. May God continue to show me the positives that can be mine through working the Program honestly and wholeheartedly. Today I Will Remember ... The Program has the answers. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • MARCH 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Do my part"

    MARCH 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Do my part"
    Mar 28 2026
    We must think deeply of all those sick persons still to come to Gamblers Anonymous. As they try to make their return to faith and to life, we want them to find everything in the Program that we have found-even more, if that is possible. No care, no vigilance, no effort to preserve the Program's constant effectiveness and spiritual strength will ever be too great to hold us in full readiness for the day of their homecoming. How well do I respect the Steps of the Program? Today I Pray … God, help me carry out my part in making the group a lifeline for those who are still suffering from compulsive gambling, in maintaining the Steps of Recovery and Unity that have made it work for me and for those who are still to come. May the Program be a "homecoming" for those of us who share the disease of compulsive gambling. May we find common solutions to the common problems that this disease breeds. Today I Will Remember … To do my part. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • MARCH 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Don't rattle old bones"

    MARCH 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Don't rattle old bones"
    Mar 27 2026
    Storing up grievances is not only a waste of time, but a waste of life that could be lived to greater satisfaction. If I keep a ledger of "oppressions and indignities," I'm only restoring them to painful reality. In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, "'The horror of that moment,' the King said, 'I shall never, never forget.' 'You will though,' said the Queen, 'if you don't make a memorandum of it.'" Am I keeping a secret storehouse for the wreckage of my past? Today I Pray … God keep me from harboring the sludge from the past-grievances, annoyances, grudges, oppressions, wrongs, injustices, put-downs, slights, hurts. They will nag at me and consume my time in rehashing what I might have said or done, until I face each one, name the emotion it produces in me, settle it as best I can-and forget it. May I empty my storehouse of old grievances. Today I Will Remember … Don't rattle old bones. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • MARCH 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Let God show us how"

    MARCH 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Let God show us how"
    Mar 26 2026
    I know today that getting active means trying to live the Steps of the Gamblers Anonymous Program to the best of my ability. It means striving for some degree of honesty, first with myself, then with others. It means activity directed inward, to enable me to see myself and my relationship with my Higher Power more clearly. As I get active, outside and inside myself, so shall I grow in the Program. Do I let others do all the work at meetings? Do I carry my share? Today I Pray … May I realize that "letting go and letting God" does not mean that I do not have to put any effort into the Program. It is up to me to work the Twelve Steps, to learn what may be an entirely new thing with me-honesty. May I differentiate between activity for activity's sake-busy-work to keep me from thinking and the thoughtful activity that helps me to grow. Today I Will Remember … "Letting God" means letting God show us how. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • MARCH 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "To each his own"

    MARCH 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "To each his own"
    Mar 25 2026
    If a compulsive gambler wants to live successfully in society, he or she must replace the power of gambling over his/her life with the power of something else-preferably positive, at least neutral, but not negative. That is why we say to the agnostic newcomer: If you can't believe in God, find a positive power that is as great as the power of your addiction, and give it the power and dependence you gave to your addiction. In Gamblers Anonymous, the agnostic is left free to find his or her Higher Power, and can use the principles of the Program and the therapy of the meetings to aid in rebuilding his/her life. Will I go out of my way to work with newcomers? Today I Pray … May the Power of the Gamblers Anonymous Program work its miracles equally for those who believe in a personal God or in a Universal spirit or in the strength of the group itself, or for those who define their Higher Power in their own terms, religious or not. If newcomers are disturbed by the religiosity of the Program, may I welcome them on their own spiritual terms. May I recognize that we are all spiritual beings. Today I Will Remember … To each his own spirituality. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • MARCH 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "A day at a time"

    MARCH 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "A day at a time"
    Mar 24 2026
    All of us are faced with the troubles and problems of daily living, whether we've been in Gamblers Anonymous two days or twenty years. We'd sometimes like to believe we could take care of all our problems right now, but it rarely works that way. If we remember the slogan "A Day at a Time" when we are ready to panic, we may come to know that the very best way to handle anything is to "turn it over." We put one foot in front of the other, doing the best we are capable of doing. We say "A Day at a Time," and we do it-a day at a time. Are the Program's slogans growing with me as I grow with the Program? Today I Pray … May even the words "A Day at a Time" serve to slow me down in my headlong rush to accomplish too much too fast. May just those words be enough to make me ease up on the accelerator that plunges me into new situations without enough forethought, ease off on the number of hours spent in material pursuits. May I hark to the adage that Rome wasn't built in a single day. Neither can I build solutions to my problems all at once. Today I Will Remember … A Day at a Time. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • MARCH 23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Hear my own complaints"

    MARCH 23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Hear my own complaints"
    Mar 23 2026
    Gamblers Anonymous teaches us, through the experience, strength, and hope of its Fellowship, that the worst situation imaginable does not warrant a return to gambling. No matter how bad a particular situation or set of circumstances, the return to our old ways for even a minute will assuredly make it worse. Am I grateful for the caring and sharing of the Program? Today I Pray … May I insist that no stone can be heavy enough to drag me back down into the pool of my addiction. No burden, no disappointment, no blow to pride or loss of human love is worth the price of returning to my old way of life. When I harbor thoughts that life is "too much" for me, that no one should be expected to "take so much and still remain sane" or that I am "the fall guy," let me listen for the tone of my complaints and remember that I have heard that whine before-before I concluded that I was powerless over gam bling and gave my will over to the will of God. Such wailing sets me up for gam bling again. May God keep my ears alert to the tone of my own complaining. Today I Will Remember … Hear my own complaints. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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  • MARCH 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY

    MARCH 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
    Mar 22 2026
    Once in a great while, I find myself thinking that perhaps things weren't quite so bad as they seemed to be. At such moments, I force myself to realize that my illness is talking to me, trying to tempt me into denying that I am, in fact, afflicted with an illness. One of the key action steps of the Gamblers Anonymous Program is that we give our illness to God as we understand Him, accepting our powerlessness in the face of His greater Power. Do I believe that the grace of God can do for me what I could never do for myself? Today I Pray … May I know that much of our lives depends on faith. For we cannot know the limits of space and time-or explain the mysteries of life and death. But when we see God working through us-and through others who have found new life in the GA Program - it is all the evidence we need to know that God exists. Today I Will Remember … The Big Wheel runs by faith. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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