JUNE 1 Reflection for the Day
Slowly, but surely, I’m becoming able to accept other people’s faults as well as their virtues. The Gamblers Anonymous Program is teaching
Slowly, but surely, I’m becoming able to accept other people’s faults as well as their virtues. The Gamblers Anonymous Program is teaching
Giving love is a fulfillment in itself. It must not matter whether love is returned or not. If I give love only
Since I’ve been in Gamblers Anonymous, I’ve learned to redefine love. I’ve come to understand, for example, that sometimes it’s necessary to
When we first reached Gamblers Anonymous and for the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the
We’ve all had times when we felt alienated, when it seemed we had nowhere to turn and no one to turn to.
When I have only myself to talk to, the conversation gets sort of one-sided. Trying to talk myself out of a small wager or just
I know today that I no longer have to proceed on my own. I’ve learned that it’s safer, more sensible, and surer
When we’re new in Gamblers Anonymous, we’re novices at reaching out for friendship—or even accepting it when it’s offered. Sometimes we’re not
Getting over years of suspicion and other self-protective mechanisms can hardly be an overnight process. We’ve become thoroughly conditioned to feeling and
When newcomers to Gamblers Anonymous experience the first startling feeling that they’re truly among friends, they also wonder—with almost a sense of terror—if the