Hi Taylor,
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nI have no idea what the stats are and don’t really care about them either. What we all have to do as individuals is make sure that we are included in the success percentage.
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nWhenever our next urge to gamble is whether you act on it depends largely on what we do now and before that happens. If nothing has changed then we are just as likely to act on it then as we have been in the past. Words, promises and intentions don’t stop people from gambling – actions do.
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nWe don’t have to think about gambling/recovery all the time; I only think about it at the weekly GA meeting I go to (currently on zoom). Also in the groups when I’m facilitating here. Outside of that there are a lot more interesting things in life other than gambling.
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nI don’t know or care what the success rate at GA is either. I do know however that the people who I see marking their gamble free anniversaries tend to be the ones who are there most weeks. The ones who have put barriers in place, worked recovery etc
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nSo look at what you can DO, look at the things you can change. You can post about those things here if you start your own thread in the My Journal Forum.
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nIt is a tough addiction and takes tough steps to tackle it, often steps we don’t particularly want to take. The thing is though it is also a progressive addiction. So we have to decide whether we take action now……or later when deeper in trouble.
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nThe question you asked was how do we prevent relapse. The short answer would be that if nothing changes, nothing changes. So what are you going to change? Again, I recommend writing the answer to that question on your own thread in the My Journal Forum. Maybe connect to some of the groups here as well. Open Groups are unmoderated so no guarantee of anyone being there. ALL other types of group have someone like me in them to talk to. Hopefully see you there at some point.
