Episodes

  • FEBRUARY 15 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Anger is"

    FEBRUARY 15 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Anger is"
    Feb 15 2026
    When I become angry, can I admit to it and state it as a fact without allowing it to build up and burst out in inappropriate ways? Pent-up anger, I’ve finally begun to learn, quickly shatters the peace of mind that’s so critical to my ongoing recovery. When I become enraged and lose control, I unwittingly hand over control to the person, place, or thing with which I am enraged. When I’m angry will I try to remember that I am endangering myself? Will I count to ten by calling a friend in the Gamblers Anonymous Program and say the Serenity Prayer aloud? Today I Pray … May I recognize angry feelings and let them out a little at a time, stating my anger as a fact, instead of allowing it to fester into rage and explode uncontrollably. Today I Will Remember … Anger is. Rage need not be. 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 14 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Count and consider my blessings"

    FEBRUARY 14 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Count and consider my blessings"
    Feb 14 2026
    Writing down the things I am grateful for helps me switch from a negative to a positive attitude. Today I will take the time to list the positive aspects of my new life and the blessings that accompany the miracles of my recovery. I am grateful for such seemingly simple things: the ability to fall asleep with contentment, to awaken with a gladness to be alive, to face life on life's terms with peace of mind and self-respect. Have I forgotten that all my needs are being met today? On a daily basis, do I count my blessings? Today I Pray … On this day of love-giving, may I count all the good things in my life and give thanks for them. May I take no blessing for granted, including the beating of my own heart and the fresh feel of new air as I breathe. Today I Will Remember … To count - and consider - my blessings. 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 13 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "In my own light"

    FEBRUARY 13 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "In my own light"
    Feb 13 2026
    We sometimes hear someone say, "He is standing in his own light." A mental picture then clearly reveals that many of us tend to shadow our own happiness by mistaken thinking. Let us learn to stand aside so the light can shine on us and all we do. For only then can we see ourselves and our circumstances with true clarity. With the Gamblers Anonymous Program of Recovery, we no longer need to stand in our own light and try alone to solve our problems in darkness. When I am faced with a seemingly unsolvable problem, will I ask myself if I am standing in my own light? Today I Pray … May I not get in my own way, obscure my own clarity of thought, stumble over my own feet, block my own doorway to recovery. If I find that I am standing in my own light, may I ask my Higher Power and my friends in the group to show me a new vantage point. Today I Will Remember … If all I can see is my shadow, I'm in my own light. 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 12 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Be a friend"

    FEBRUARY 12 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Be a friend"
    Feb 12 2026
    I am grateful for my friends in the Gamblers Anonymous Program. Right now I am aware of the blessings of friendship-the blessings of meeting, of sharing, of smiling, of listening, and of being available when needed. Right now I know that if I want a friend, I must be a friend. Will I vow, this day, to be a better friend to more people? Will I strive, this day in my thoughts, words, and actions-to disclose the kind of friend I am? Today I Pray … May I restore in kind to GA's Fellowship the friendship I have so hungrily taken from it. After years of glossing my lonely existence with superficial acquaintanceships, may I learn again the reciprocal joys of caring and sharing. Today I Will Remember … Be a friend. 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 11 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "I have a world of friends"

    FEBRUARY 11 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "I have a world of friends"
    Feb 11 2026
    I can always take strength and comfort from knowing I belong to a world wide Fellowship. Thousands just like me are working together for the same purpose. None of us needs ever to be alone again, because each of us in our own way works for the good of others. We are bound together by a common problem that can be solved by love and understanding and mutual service. The Gamblers Anonymous Program - like the little wheel in the old hymn - runs by the grace of God. Have I thanked God today for helping me find GA, which is showing me the way to a new life? Today I Pray … May my thanks be lifted to God each day for dispelling my self-inflicted loneliness, for warming my stoicism, for leading me to the boundless fund of friendship in GA Program. Today I Will Remember … I have a world of friends. 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 10 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Failings can be footings"

    FEBRUARY 10 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Failings can be footings"
    Feb 10 2026
    IBM founder T. J. Watson said, "Success is on the far side of failure." For most compulsive gamblers, nothing could be truer. Without failure upon failure, we would never be capable of seeing that losing the bet was not the cause of problems in our life; it was making the bet in the first place. Only after we reached or exceeded our painful threshold for failures were we able to realize that, conversely, success does not mean winning; success means not making the wager. Then success becomes dependent upon the action-our choice not to gamble rather than the reaction. Am I hopeful that, if my failings are behind me, success is surely ahead? Today I Pray … May I understand that only through my failings have I been given a chance for success. May I know from the examples of others in the Program that former failings, once faced and rectified, can be a more solid foundation for a new life than any chance winnings. Today I Will Remember … Failings can be footings for recovery. 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 9 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Live and let live"

    FEBRUARY 9 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Live and let live"
    Feb 9 2026
    The slogan "Live and Let Live" can be extremely helpful when we are having trouble tolerating other people's behavior. We know for certain that nobody's behavior-no matter how offensive, distasteful, or vicious-is worth the price of a relapse. Our own recovery is primary, and while we must be unafraid of walking away from people or situations that cause us discomfort, we must also make a special effort to try to understand other people-especially those who rub us the wrong way. Can I accept the fact that, in my recovery, it is more important to understand than to be understood? Today I Pray … When I run headlong into someone's unpleasant behavior, may I first try my best to understand. Then, if my abstinence from gambling seems threatened, may I have the courage to remove myself from the situation. Today I Will Remember … Live and let live. 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 8 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Learn to live with differences"

    FEBRUARY 8 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Learn to live with differences"
    Feb 8 2026
    When we first stopped gambling, it was an enormous relief to find that the people we met in the Gamblers Anonymous Program seemed quite different than those apparently hos tile masses we know as "they." We were met, not with criticism and suspicion, but with understanding and concern. However, we still encounter people who get on our nerves, both within the Program and outside it. Obviously, we must begin to accept the fact that there are people who'll sometimes say things we disagree with, or do things we don't like. Am I beginning to see that learning to live with differences is essential to my comfort and, in turn, to my continuing recovery? Today I Pray … May I recognize that people's differences make our world go around and tolerate people who "rub me the wrong way." May I understand that I must give them room, that some of my hostile attitudes toward others may be leftovers from the unhealthy days when I tended to view others as mobilized against me. Today I Will Remember … Learn to live with differences. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    2 mins