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MAY 18 Reflection for the Day

I considered myself a loner in the days when I was gambling. Although I was often with other people—saw them, heard them, touched them—most

If we felt guilty, degraded, or ashamed of either our addiction itself or the things we did while in action, that served to magnify

Many of us in the Gamblers Anonymous Program share the memory that we originally gambled to belong, to be a big shot, or to be a part

Looking back at those last desperate days before I came to Gamblers Anonymous, I remember more than anything the feelings of loneliness

A very popular error—having the courage of one’s convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack upon

When a person wakes up each morning and rises, with nerves screaming and sick at heart, to face frightening reality; when a

My courage must come each day, as does my desire to avoid a single bet, a single addictive act. It must be

Now that I know I can no longer use false courage that is really bravado, I seek and pray for twenty-four-hour courage

As the doubter tries the process of prayer, he would do well to add up the results. If he persists, he’ll almost

Perfect courage, wrote La Rochefocauld, means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. As we grow in the Gamblers