It doesn’t show above either, so I will try just posting the "invisible" part and not the parts I used cut and paste on. (Strange also, when I use spell check it does not shoe up and when I go to Edit the post, the mysterious part is there, only missing when I try to read it as reading any post) Maybe it shows for the rest of you.
Again:
Today I am back to posting my pledge not to gamble, and as stated above, I did make a mental pledge the couple of days being absent from this site, and I fulfilled each one allowing me to return with my same clean date of August 13, 2009. My daily pledge is a reminder to me of how I can keep this clean date. It is also an action that I can take in my recovery program when all other actions may seem to be removed or too demanding at the time.
However, I have found that this action alone, nor the pledge in itself, or fulfilling it does not define Recovery; recovery can continue with out the pledge, and in reality, can also continue during or after a relapse and even through a longer period of a return to gambling. This reality is not to justify relapses or give reason to testing ones ability to control, but is encouragement for those who do falter.
A recovery process is one for changing one’s life and character so that this gambling addiction will not be able to feed off faults and weaknesses. The "Not Gambling For Anything" part gives one the time and opportunity to allow the needed changes.
My pledge allows me to make the changes, and the changes allow me to keep my pledge — it is a cycle that for me, and with the help of my higher Power, my 3 Gs, will remain unbroken.
Larry"Day Two Is Another Day Behind" – With the help of a Higher Power, My 3G’s – God, GA, and GT, I will continue to be gambling free.