DAILY REFLECTION

Getting over years of suspicion and other self - protective mechanisms can hardly be an overnight process. We've become thoroughly conditioned to feeling and acting misunderstood and unloved - whether we really were or not. Some of us may need time and pratice to break out of our shell and the seemingly comfortable familiarity of solitude. Even though we begin to believe and know we're no longer alone, we tend to sometimes feel and act in the old ways.

Am I taking it easy? Am I learning to wear the Gamblers Anonymous Program and life like a loose garment?

Today I Pray

May I expect no sudden, total reversal of all my old traits. My abstinence from gambling is just a beginning. May I realize that the symptons of my compulsion will wear off gradually. If I slip back, now and then, into my old self - pity bag or my grandiosity, may I not be discouraged, but grateful. At last, I can face myself honestly and not let my delusions get the best of me.

Today I Will Remember

Easy does it.