Hi Jen
When I feel the disadvantages of stopping gambling and what gambling can do for me. These are warning and danger signs!!! They promote gambling in us and keep us addicted. They are a powerful relapse trigger!
I need to attack these lies to counter the ideas and Re-Focus to bring in other thoughts that are consistent with our recovery, values, and freedom from addiction.
We need a written list to help us remember what gambling can do to us and what are the advantage of stopping gambling.
We cannot control ourselves not to have certain thoughts or feelings but we can learn how to recognize those thoughts that are actually driving our urges and how we can refuse to go along with them. We can learn to DISARM them.
Smart Recovery – Disarm
D – Destructive
I – Images &
S – Self-talk
A – Awareness &
R – Refusal
M – Method
I read about them last week, hope you find these information useful.