April 17 -- Reflection of the Day: The Gamblers Anonymous Program teaches me to remain on guard against impatience, lapses into self-pity, and resentments of the words and deeds of others. Though I must never forget what it used to be like, neither would I permit myself to take tormenting excursions into the past--merely for the sake of self-indulgent morbidity. Now that I'm alert to the danger signals, I know I'm improving day by day.
If a crisis arises, or any problem baffles me, do I hold it up tot the light of the Serenity Prayer?
Today I Pray: I pray for perspective as I review the past. May I curb my impulse to upstage and outdo the members of my group by regaling them with the horrors of my addiction. May I no longer use the past to document my self-pity or submerge myself in guilt. May memories of those miserable earlier days serve me only as sentinels, guarding against hazardous situations or unhealthy sets of mind.
Today I Will Remember: I cannot change the past.
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