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"The program does for us slowly what (gambling) alcohol and drugs did for us quickly."I can clearly remember what I felt like before recovery. I was anxious, on edge, so uncomfortable with my life that I wanted and needed to escape. I can also remember the immediate sense of ease and comfort that came from the first hit of my drugs or alcohol. Suddenly, everything was OK, and the future actually had some hope in it. This was my solution for a long time, and when it stopped working, I was truly at a jumping off point. In the beginning of my recovery, meetings and fellowship offered me temporary relief from the near constant dread and anxiety I felt. The problem was how to get by in between meetings, and I'll tell you, it was rough going for quite a while.And that's when I heard someone share that"we go to meetings for relief, but we work the steps for recovery."As I worked my program, I found this to be true. The relief and sense of ease and comfort I used to get through using now began to be part of my everyday experience. After a while, I actually had peace and serenity and most of the time felt comfortable in my own skin.One day I realized that the program had done for me slowly what drugs and alcohol had done for me quickly.Visit:http://www.theWisdomoftheRooms.com (Source: Getting Past Gambling)

My courage must come each day, as does my desire to avoid a single bet, a single addictive act. It must be a continuing courage, without deviations and procrastination, without rashness, and without fear of obstacles. this would seem like a large order indeed, were it not for the fact that it is confined to this one day, and that within this day much power is given to me. Do I extend the Serenity Prayer to my entire life? Today I Pray May each new morning offer me a supply of courage to last me during the day. If my courage is renewed each day and I know that I need just a day's worth, that courage will always be fresh and the supply will not run out. May I realize, as days pass, that what I feared during the earliest days of my recovery I no longer fear, that my daily courage is now helping me cope with bigger problems. Today I Will Remember God give me courage - just for today. (Source: Getting Past Gambling)

"Without tolerance for another, it's hard to have empathy for myself"Tolerant was one of the last words you would have used to describe me before I entered the program. Instead, I was quick to judge you and could always find fault with what you said, or how you dressed, or what you did. My opinion of myself was so low that I constantly had to rip you down to build myself up. Living this way made me bitter, isolated and resentful.As I listed my resentments in my fourth step, and more importantly my part, I began to see how much my fear and low self-esteem drove my decisions and actions, hurting both myself and others. But as I listened to others sharing honestly and openly about their struggles and fears, I began to feel a connection, and for the first time an empathy for others.I once read a description of empathy as being an emotional echo that is sent out to the inner center of another person and that returns with pieces of yourself. And once I began finding pieces of myself in other people's stories, I began to look for the shared humanity in our experiences. And that's when I began to develop tolerance and compassion for others as well as for myself.Today I understand that without tolerance for another, it's hard to have empathy for myself.Want to subscribe? Visit: http://www.theWisdomoftheRooms.com to sign up for FREE. (Source: Getting Past Gambling)

Energy Follows Focus, So Whatever You Focus On, That Is What Will Happen !!!"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 Anonymous Program, we recognize persistent fear for what it is, and we become able to handle it. We begin to see each adversity as a God-given opportunity to develop the kind of courage that is born of humility, rather than of bravado. Do I realize that whistling to keep up my courage is merely good pratice for whistling? Today I Pray May I find courage in my Higher Power. Since all things are possible through God, I must be able to overcome the insidious fears that haunt me - so often fears of losing someone or something that has become important in my life.I pray for my own willingness to let go of those fears. Today I Will Remember Praying is more than whistling in the dark. (Source: Getting Past Gambling)

You must be ready when opportunity comes before you.Luck is the time when your preparation and opportunity meet.There is a tide in your affairs, which, when taken at the flood, will lead you on to fortune and success.By the law of periodical repetition, everything which has happened once must happen again and again and again, not capriciously, but at regular periods,and each thing in it's own period, and each obeying its own law.As events tend to repeat themselves, the tide of opportunity will come to you.Be prepared and your chance for success is sure to come.Look around you. Seize an opportunity to change your life.You can change chance into good fortune if you are ready.The only sure thing about your luck is that it will change.******************************** ©2006 by Max Steingart Reproduce freely but maintain © notice ************************************************************** (Source: Getting Past Gambling)