SEPTEMBER 10 Reflection for the Day
Years ago, Dr. Alfred Adler prescribed this remedy for depression to a patient: You can be healed if every day you begin the
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SEPTEMBER 9 Reflection for the Day
The longer I’m in the Gamblers Anonymous Program and the longer I try to practice its principles in all my affairs, the
SEPTEMBER 8 Reflection for the Day
We are told that no situation is hopeless. At first, of course, we find this hard to believe. The opposites—hope and despair—are
SEPTEMBER 7 Reflection for the Day
If you’re not all right the way you are, it’s been said, it takes a lot of effort to get better. Realize you’re all
SEPTEMBER 6 Reflection for the Day
As practicing compulsive gamblers, we were all too familiar with depression, that pile-up of dark feelings that seemed to close over our
SEPTEMBER 5 Reflection for the Day
We’re often told that compulsive gamblers are perfectionists, impatient about any shortcomings—especially our own. We tend to set impossible goals for ourselves,
SEPTEMBER 4 Reflection for the Day
Though I have prayed at various times in my life, I realized after several months in Gamblers Anonymous that I’d never really
SEPTEMBER 3 Reflection for the Day
Sometimes, even when friends in and outside of the Gamblers Anonymous Program tell us how well we’re doing, we know deep down
SEPTEMBER 2 Reflection for the Day
When I wake up, I’ll think quietly about the twenty-four hours ahead. I’ll ask God to direct my thinking, especially asking that
SEPTEMBER 1 Reflection for the Day
The Gamblers Anonymous Red Book, in explaining Step Eleven, says A conscious contact seems to start with daily prayer. What is prayer? To