Episodes

  • OCTOBER 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Feel worth caring about"

    OCTOBER 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Feel worth caring about"
    Oct 25 2025
    My gambling addiction was like a thief in more ways than I can count. It robbed me not only of money, property, and other material things, but of dignity and self-respect, while my family and friends suffered right along with me. Gambling also robbed me of the ability to treat myself properly, as God would treat me. Today, in total contrast, I'm capable of true love of self - to the extent that I'm able to provide myself with more love than even I need. So I give that love away to other people in the Gamblers Anonymous Program, just as they have given their love to me. Do I thank God for bringing me to a Program in which sick people are loved back to health? Today I Pray … Thanks be to God for a way of life that generates such love and caring that we in the GA Program can't help but learn to love ourselves. When I see that someone cares about me, I am more apt to be convinced that perhaps I am, after all, worth caring about. May I be conscious always of the love I am now able to give - and give it. Today I Will Remember … Someone caring about me makes me feel worth caring about. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠
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    2 mins
  • OCTOBER 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "We reap whatever we sow"

    OCTOBER 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "We reap whatever we sow"
    Oct 24 2025
    "You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds." Dag Hammerskjold. If I want to keep my garden tidy, I must always remember not to save a place for weeds and then be caught off-guard. By putting myself in tempting situations, following the odds or point spreads, checking the lottery payoff, or even listening to my old friends talk, I may be reserving a plot for weeds to grow. Do I know now that if suddenly I am given or receive money for which I am not accountable, only weeds will spring forth from this situation? Today I Pray … May I spend more time weeding, fertilizing, and expanding the plots that yield crops of happiness, joy, peace, and serenity, rather than setting aside weed plots for misery, pain, and suffering. May I not forget that those weeds will always be ready to grow unless I am a watchful gardener. Today I Will Remember … We reap whatever we sow. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠
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    2 mins
  • OCTOBER 23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Getting to be who I want to be"

    OCTOBER 23 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Getting to be who I want to be"
    Oct 23 2025
    "One's own self is well hidden from one's own self," a renowned philosopher once wrote. "Of all mines of treasure, one's own is the last to be dug up." The Gamblers Anonymous Twelve Steps of Recovery have enabled me to unearth my "own self," the one that for so long was buried beneath my desperate need for approval from others. Thanks to the Gamblers Anonymous Program and my Higher Power, I've begun acquiring a true sense of self and a comfortable sense of confidence. No longer do I have to react chameleon-like, changing my color from one moment to the next, fruitlessly trying to be all things to all people. Do I strive at all times to be true to myself? Today I Pray … I pray that I may be honest with myself, and that I will continue-with the help of God and my friends-to try to get to know the real me. May I know that I cannot suddenly be a pulled-together, totally defined, completely consistent personality; it may take a while to develop into that personality, to work out my values and my priorities. May I know now that I have a good start on being who I want to be. Today I Will Remember … I'm getting to be who I want to be. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠
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    2 mins
  • OCTOBER 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "We are mirrors of each other"

    OCTOBER 22 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "We are mirrors of each other"
    Oct 22 2025
    "Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well," wrote La Rochefoucauld. The Gamblers Anonymous Program is of inestimable value for those of us recovering compulsive gamblers who want to know ourselves and who are courageous enough to seek growth through self examination and self-improvement. If I remain honest, open-minded, and willing, the GA Program will enable me to rid myself of my self-deceptive attitudes and character flaws that for so long prevented me from growing into the kind of person I want to be. Do I try to help others understand GA's Twelve Steps of Recovery? Do I carry the message by example? Today I Pray … I ask God's blessing for the Gamblers Anonymous Fellowship, which has shown me so much about myself that I was not willing to face on my own. May I have the courage to be confronted and to confront, not only to be honest for honesty's sake which may be reason enough-but to allow myself and the others in the group to grow in self-knowledge. Today I Will Remember … We are mirrors of each other. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠
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    2 mins