Episodes

  • JANUARY 31 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Own my feelings"

    JANUARY 31 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Own my feelings"
    Jan 31 2026
    One of the most constructive things I can do is to learn to listen to myself and get in touch with my true feelings. For years, I tuned myself out, going along, instead, with what others felt and said. Even today, it sometimes seems that they have it all together, while I'm still stumbling around. Thankfully, I'm beginning to understand that people-pleasing takes many forms. Slowly but steadily, I've also begun to realize that it's possible for me to change my old patterns. Will I encourage myself to tune in to the real me? Will I listen carefully to my own inner voice with the expectation that I'll hear some wonderful things? Today I Pray … I pray that I may respect myself enough to listen to my real feelings, those emotions that for so long I refused to hear or name or own, emotions that festered in me like a poison. May I know that I need to stop often, look at my feelings, listen to the inner me. Today I Will Remember … I will own my feelings. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min
  • JANUARY 30 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Life is an ongoing miracle"

    JANUARY 30 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Life is an ongoing miracle"
    Jan 30 2026
    Have I gained freedom simply because one day I was weak and the next day I became suddenly strong? Have I changed from the helpless and hopeless person I once seemed to be simply by resolving, "from now on, things will be different"? Is the fact that I am more comfortable today than ever before the result of my own will power? Can I take credit for pulling myself up by my own boot straps? I know better, for I sought refuge in a Power greater than myself - a Power that is still beyond my ability to visualize. Do I consider the change in my life a miracle far beyond the working of any human power? Today I Pray … As the days of abstinence lengthen, and the moment of decision becomes farther behind me, may I never lose sight of the Power that changed my life. May I remember that my abstinence is an ongoing miracle, not just a once-in-a-lifetime transformation. Today I Will Remember ... Life is an ongoing miracle. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min
  • JANUARY 29 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "A clear morning scatters nightmares"

    JANUARY 29 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "A clear morning scatters nightmares"
    Jan 29 2026
    I used to imagine my life as a grotesque abstract painting: a montage of crises framed by end-upon-end catastrophes. My days all were grey and my thoughts greyer still. I was haunted by dread and nameless fears. I was filled with self-loathing. I had no idea who I was, what I was, or why I was. I miss none of those feelings. Today, step by step, I am discovering myself and learning that I can be free to be me. Am I grateful for my new life? Have I taken the time to thank God today for the fact that I am clean and alive? Today I Pray … May calm come to me after the turmoil and nightmares of the past. As my fears and self-hatred dissipate, may the things of the spirit replace them. For in the spiritual world, as in the material world, there is no empty space. May I be filled with the spirit of my Higher Power. Today I Will Remember … A clear morning scatters nightmares. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    2 mins
  • JANUARY 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Praise God for my freedom"

    JANUARY 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Praise God for my freedom"
    Jan 28 2026
    Now that I am in Gamblers Anonymous, I am no longer enslaved by the compulsion to place the next bet. Free, free at last from fabricating the elaborate alibis-and hoping they won't unravel. Free from the guilt and shame. Free from the worry about bookies and loan companies. Free from the ever burgeoning mountain of debt. Do I treasure my freedom from compulsive gambling? Today I Pray … Praise God that I am free from the urge to gamble. This is my first freedom, from which other freedoms will develop - freedom to appraise my behavior sanely and constructively, freedom to grow as a person, freedom to maintain relationships with others on a sound basis. I will never cease to thank my Higher Power for leading me away from my enslavement. Today I Will Remember … Praise God for my freedom. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min
  • JANUARY 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "God is the architect"

    JANUARY 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "God is the architect"
    Jan 27 2026
    I can attain real dignity, importance, and individuality only by a dependence on a Power that is great and good, beyond anything I can imagine or understand. I will try my utmost to call on this Power in making all my decisions. Even though my human mind cannot forecast what the outcome will be, I will try to be confident that whatever comes will be for my ultimate good. Just for today, will I try to live this day only, and not tackle all my life problems at once? Today I Pray … May I make no decision, engineer no change in the course of my lifestream, without calling upon my Higher Power. May I have faith that God's plan for me is better than any scheme I could devise for myself. Today I Will Remember … God is the architect. I am the builder. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min
  • JANUARY 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Take the liberty; it's yours"

    JANUARY 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Take the liberty; it's yours"
    Jan 26 2026
    Personal freedom is mine for the taking. No matter how close the ties of love and concern that bind me to my family and friends, I must always remember that I am an individual, free to be myself and live my own life in serenity and joy. The key word in this realization is personal. For I can free myself from many involvements that seem necessary. Through the Gamblers Anonymous Program, I am learning to develop my own personality. Am I reinforcing my personal freedom by leaving others free to control their actions and destinies? Today I Pray … May I find personal freedom, by re-evaluating associations, establishing new priorities, gaining respect for my own personhood. May I give others equal room to find their own kinds of personal freedoms. Today I Will Remember … Take the liberty; it’s yours. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min
  • JANUARY 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Change from the inside out"

    JANUARY 25 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Change from the inside out"
    Jan 25 2026
    Even with a growing understanding of the Gamblers Anonymous Program and its Twelve Steps, we sometimes may find it difficult to believe that our new way of life leads to personal freedom. Suppose, for example, I feel imprisoned in an uncomfortable job or troublesome personal relationship. What am I doing about it? In the past, my reflex reaction was to try to manipulate the things and people around me into being more acceptable to me. Today, I realize that happiness can't be won that way. Am I learning that freedom from despair and frustration can come only from changing in myself the attitudes that are perpetuating the conditions that cause me grief? Today I Pray … May I be given clear eyes to see - and then to stop myself when I am manipulating the lives of those around me, my daily associates, friends, family. May I always be aware that change must begin within myself. Today I Will Remember … Change from the inside out. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min
  • JANUARY 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Change the bahavior"

    JANUARY 24 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Change the bahavior"
    Jan 24 2026
    Among the many gifts that we are offered in the Gamblers Anonymous Program is the gift of freedom. Paradoxically, however, the gift of freedom is not without a price tag: freedom can be achieved only by paying the price called acceptance. Similarly, if we can surrender to God's guidance, it will cost us our self-will, that "commodity" so precious to those of us who have always thought we could and should run the show. Is my freedom today worth the price tag of acceptance? Today I Pray … May God teach me acceptance - the ability to accept the things I cannot change. God also grant me courage to change those things I can. God help me to accept the illness of my addiction and give me the courage to change my addictive behavior. Today I Will Remember … Accept the addiction. Change the behavior. A Day at a Time https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH G.A. A New Beginning https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC
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    1 min