How about asking god for a hand?

No one dares to make a coment. This is about the sanest advice I have ever given since this gambling madness began. It is mind shattering that people who will pray to trees, stones, devils fire and water to make that 1000£ to pay the bills won´t sit five minutes in reflection to ask for help becuase they are in a personal hell?

How sick is that?

Think about it.

C43h

Interesting post fella, I will be honest I really struggled when I first attended GA because I felt the literature had a religious connotation to it and seeing that I can count the number of times I have visited a church in my life on my two hands I felt like I missed out on the meanings, but within a matter of weeks of my arresting my addiction and continuing with the GA meetings I did feel I found a new inner belief.

Where it came from I don't know, I read alot about handing my life over to a higher power, that my life did indeed become unmanageable through living it through addiction.

In short I came to recovery a broken man.

I needed help, wanted help and sought to take all that was available.

I am still in no way religious, I used to with honesty judge those who did, but all my gambling life I judged everyone who wouldn't feed my addiction.

In short if asking your man upstairs gifts you resolve then take it in shovels.

For me maybe mine lived within me, through recovery I simply opened the door.

And I won't be locking it away again.

For you I hope your own lights guide gifts you the same.

Thanks for sharing an insightful post.

Duncs stepping forward never back.

Hi.

Thanks for sharing. I hear you brother. I know now god is there and you dont have to be completely mental to meet him. I have spent so much time in the hole that its a miracle Im here at all. I would say this, if people had my experience this would all quickly be a better place. And the reason I rant on is that all I did was simply reflect and ask and want to be free of what hurt me for so many years. I feel blessed. I know you do to.

Regs

c43h

C43h

Fella never lose your own belief.

In truth I find ranting only winds up one person, myself.

Recovery teaches us to share, someone wrote upon my thread that to truly recover you have to give your recovery away.

I fully understand the meaning of that.

With irony it takes us to reach our own rock bottom before we listen. For twenty years I thought I knew best.

Addiction really did warp all truths to keep me entangled in it's web. Today I admit my wrongs and do my best to learn

From that recovery became enjoyable.

Warmest regards

Duncs.

I agree with you both.

Experience comes from within.

I tried with all my heart to beat my addiction. I could not. I asked for help and I got help.

I am not here to read the bible to you. All I say is this. If you are in dispair. If you have tried every thing else. (Cause let us face it. When we want to continue our gambling. We pray to everything there is under the sun to keep it going). So if you need help to quit. There can be no harm in asking for some help from above. Does not mean the slightest difference if your deeply religious or agnostic.

We are all here for a reason beleive it or not.

Hi c43h,

I read your diary with interest and as Duncs said, never give up your belief.

Me, i am religious, but more times than asking for "His " help i had more questions as to why i crossed cr**, pain, hater in my life..

I did pray to the highest power few times in my life.

But i have to say, that stronger belief is with myself. It is all within me, and i am left to make the choices i mk now.

Maybe the higher power opened my eyes for the right and wrong, but the rest goes with my intentions..

I do believe in angels and destiny ...just for the record 🙂

And we are here for a reason indeed..

All the best in your journey, it helps you, you are on a right track so keep going strong!!

Take care

Sandra