May 22 - When I first listened to people in Gamblers Anonymous
talking freely and honestly about themselves, I was stunned. Their
stories of their own gambling escapades, of their own secret fears, and
of their own gnawing loneliness were literally mind blowing for me. I
discovered - and hardly dared believe it at first - that I'm not alone,
I'm not all that different from everybody else and, in fact, we're all
very much the same. I began to sense that I do belong somewhere, and my
loneliness began to leave me.
Do I try to give others
what has been given freely to me?
Today I Pray - May I
begin to see, as the life stories of my friends in GA unfold for me,
that our similarities are far more startling than our differences. As I
listen to their accounts of compulsive gambling and recovery, may I
experience often that small shock of recognition, a "hey that's me!"
feeling that is quick to chase away my separateness. May I become a
wholehearted member of the group, giving and taking in equal parts.
Today
I Will Remember - Sameness, not differences.
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