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Developing a better way of life
Posted On: 05/24/2008 08:30:17

I've had a great day today. I was sitting at a slot machine with a buddy of mine, plunking away and hit a big jackpot....and started thinking of all the things I would do with "my" money. 

And then I woke up...Next to my beautiful wife....and realized this is the first dream I remember about gambling and it made me somewhat ill-feeling. I don't want to go back to that life. I CAN'T go back to that life. I WANT my life back. As I continue to climb from the Pit, two thoughts help me more than anything else I know:

"....To gamble risking progressive deterioration, or not to gamble and develop a better way of life"

"There is nothing in my life today that would be made better by gambling"



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From: DisgruntledGurl
05/25/2008 01:30:54

When I quit smoking and had to contend with the actual withdrawals from the cravings, I realized it is alot like everything else I have had to contend with so far during my journey in recovery... And that is habit. Smoking is a habit. Analyzing and assuming is habit. Blaming others for not meeting my expectations is habit. Being resentful toward others for things I can easily justify, often in self righteousness, for my own behavior is habit. It takes time for a habit to dissipate as it takes time for habits to form. Which is the cool thing about the Steps... We don't have to be slaves to habits that are unhealthy for us. :)

Keep it up! You can do it!



From: KeithB
05/24/2008 12:17:36

Not sure where youare on the 12 step program, but if followed, the steps will restore you to sanity, and gambling for many is not sane!

In my first years of recovery, I had drinking dreams and "sex" dreams. They were scary, but a good reminder of where I had been when I woke up and realised they were dreams, not reality!

Keep it going today!!


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