Reflection of the Day Archives - Gamblers Anonymous Philippines

DECEMBER 12 Reflection for the Day

These days, if I go through an experience that is new and demanding, I can do so in a spirit of confidence

Before I came to the Gamblers Anonymous Program—in fact, before I knew of the Program’s existence—I drifted from crisis to crisis. Occasionally,

Have I ever stopped to think that the impulse to blow off steam and say something unkind or even vicious will, if followed through,

Difficulties are God’s errands, and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem it a proof of God’s confidence, wrote Beecher. I’ve

We often see people in Gamblers Anonymous—devoutly and with seeming sincerity—ask for God’s guidance on matters ranging from major crises to such

As long as I stubbornly hang on to the conviction that I can live solely by my individual strength and intelligence, a

When I finally convince myself to let go of a problem that’s been tearing me apart—when I take the action to set

N. Eldon Tanner has said, Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth. For most recovering gamblers, service

Most of us in Gamblers Anonymous are far more comfortable with the determination that we won’t make that first bet today, than we are

Our ancient enemy, self-will, wears a mask, confronting me with this sort of rationalization: Why do I have to lean on God?