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NOVEMBER 23 Reflection for the Day

Before I came to Gamblers Anonymous, I was like an actor who insisted on writing the script, producing, directing, and, in short,

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, wrote de Tocqueville, but we excel in those which can also make use

Adversity introduces man to himself, a poet once said. For me, the same is true even of imagined adversity. If I expect another person

I’ve come to measure success in a whole new way. My success today isn’t limited by social or economic benchmarks. Success is

I no longer argue with people who believe that satisfaction of our natural desires is the primary purpose of life. It’s not

Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little, wrote the Greek philosopher Epicurus. Now that we’re free from gambling,

Many of us recovering compulsive gamblers stubbornly cling to false ideas and positions simply because we fear we’d be left defenseless if

We sometimes hear humility defined as the state of being teachable. In that sense, most of us in the Gamblers Anonymous Fellowship who are

As a newcomer to Gamblers Anonymous, I was told that my admission of my powerlessness over gambling was my first step toward

First search for a little humility, my sponsor urged me. If you don’t, he said, you’re greatly increasing the risk of going