Of course Harry, we should learn from our slips, but just don’t think it does us any good to ponder what would happen if we gambled again. We all know the answer to that one.
We can all have contingency plans in place for when/if we slip again. But once the gambling has begun those plans end up the same place as our money…down the drain.
People do slip, well slip is a funny word actually, I think its only ever a slip if a person has been living whole heartedly in recovery and takes their foot off the gas. I think if a person is living with a desire to gamble and having a daily fight with urges that’s not recovery but a valiant effort at abstinence, a subsequent gambling episode isn’t really a slip from anything.
Its great to read when people do learn from a slip and then do things slightly different to ensure it doesn’t happen again.