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Life will always have problems.

We must learn to enjoy our life having these problem without gambling.

Our solution to this problem is a spiritual one.

Spirituality is a set of individual practices and has a lot to do with having a sense of peace and purpose in life.

Religion is different, it is a set of rituals and practices that has to do with the belief and worship of a controlling force, God, or supernatural being.

Spiritual principle is the path, truth, rules and belief laid out for our lives and must be walked as a part of life. Spiritual principles free us of unnecessary suffering, pain and fear.

Some spiritual principles of recovery are acceptance, hope, faith, courage, honesty, patience, humility, willingness, love, integrity, self-discipline, service to others and many more.

Spiritual discipline is the practice of controlled behavior and training to obey and follow the truth, way and rules.

Spiritual disciplines are habits, practices and experiences that are designed to develop, grow and strengthen certain qualities of spirit – to train the soul and build the muscles of one’s character.

Someone once told me that the universal rule of spirituality is to do no harm.

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Hi marcus,

I am glad that they are helping you as much as they are helping me.

All glory belongs to God.

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Congratulations on the 4 years gamble free time!

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I am grateful and thankful today.

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I have received some money today and I can feel some resistance to handover this money to another person for safekeeping before the money arrive. Am I making plan to gamble?

I need to remove the risk that I know and stay away from danger today.
I need to put in more effort to have integrity and honesty today.
I must not leave any loopholes for slip and relapse today.

It was not so simple and straight forward today but I have handed over this money to someone. This is the path to free me of suffering. The spiritual principles help give me strength and resilience when I was weak, doubtful and fearful.

I only need to keep myself safe today.
Tomorrow I do the same.
One day at a time.

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Hi sarah,

Thank you for sharing your recovery with us.

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I could not finish everything that I set out to do or plan in the past.
Nowadays I do not like to made any promise I cannot keep in this life as I do not wish to set myself up to fail.

Learning to stay focus on today has help me to stick to the plan
I may not be able to stick to the plan all the way to the end in this life
I definitely can stick to the plan all the way to the end today.
And soon I would have completed sticking to the plan all the way for a week.
And soon I would have completed sticking to the plan all the way for a month.

Staying focus on today has given me hope
and increase my chance in recovery.

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Today I have spend hours painting the ceiling and wall. In the past, I cannot find time because it was all spend on gambling related activities.

In the past, I had listen to my lies, I thought gambling can give me the money that I need to provide a comfortable life for my family but in the end, it was gambling that rob and steal all my money and destroy everything I have.

Today I have very little money but they are enough to provide my love one. In the past, when I have a lot of money, they are never enough to provide the family because I needed the money to gamble.

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What leads to the unmanageability in my mind?

1. Resentments
2. Judgments
3. Thinking we know best
4. It will be different this time
5. Upset about the past
6. Anxiety, and fear about the future
7. and more

What is going on in the mind?
Thoughts, decisions, intentions, which leads to gambling.

This is why we need to correct and change our thinking, and our attitude.
Spiritual principles are fundamental truths that are universally acceptable.
The spiritual principles of life enable us to find real purpose in life
It helps us find the perfect balance between pursuing money and forging meaningful relationships in life.

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Hopelessness breeds despair, desperation, frustration and discouragement.

Hope is to desire something that is reasonable and achievable; Hope that the obsession to gamble will be remove someday.

Hope allow us to take the first step to stay gamble free.

I only need to remove the obsession to gamble today.
Tomorrow, I do the same.
One day at a time.

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Hi jvr3419,

Hope is one spiritual principle that can be given away.

Hope is hearing others experience.

Thank you for sharing your recovery with me.

[kin]

Hi risingphoenix,

Hope is one spiritual principle that can be given away.

Hope is hearing others experience.

Thank you for sharing your recovery with me.

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What am I living for? What is keeping me from living fully for that?

Practicing staying focus on today is beginning to give me a wonderful and very pleasant surprise.
Staying focus on today has rewarded me in ways that I totally never expect after doing this for some time.

I was losing sleep and rest, and I was losing more money recently.

I have to sacrifice my sleeping time on my off day to monitor the contractor who were doing a major repair in my home.

I have to spend money on new purchases to make life comfortable for everyone staying under the same roof.

It was not my plan, but I did not resist the change when it happens.
I simply do what I need to do. In the end, it was worth it.

Doing the right thing is always the right thing!
I was grateful and thankful. I did not think I could do it. It makes me feeling very happy.

Spiritual disciplines are habits, practices, and experiences that are designed to develop, grow, and strengthen certain qualities of spirit — to train the soul and build the “muscles” of one’s character.

They can help a person to increase their ability to:

1. Delay gratification
2. Receive insight
3. Hear my inner voice
4. Make better decisions
5. Remain centered and unaffected by external events
6. Demonstrate moral courage
7. Detach from distractions
8. Feel inner peace
9. Behave unselfishly
10.Act with practical wisdom
11.Follow one’s own course
12.Endure hardship
13.Forge good habits
14.Conquer the worst parts of yourself

I am beginning to recognize all the benefits mentioned above. It is so very true.

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The successful recovering people have told me that the solution to my recovery was a spiritual one.

I always get confused by the word spirituality and find it very hard to understand. I really do not know how to find words to describe this word.

Anyway, I will try this time. Spirituality is a connection to something bigger than ourselves and it typically involves a search for meaning and purpose in life. It involves our feeling, senses and beliefs.

There is something greater and more powerful than me, it is something bigger than my selfish, self-centered, self-seeking ways. I am small and only a part of something bigger like humanity, the nature and the universe. We are connected to, a part of, or contributing to something bigger beyond ourselves.

Spirituality can be used to cope with change and uncertainty. It is a great way to find peace, stress relief and release of emotion. Connecting with something bigger promote mindfulness and makes us happy and healthier.

If you are helping and caring for others, you are getting out of the “me, I, myself.” You are focusing on something bigger. You are a part of something bigger and if you believe in nature as your higher power, you can find peace and comfort while in nature.

Someone once told me that the universal rule of spirituality is to do no harm.

Another explain to me that a person can be religious but not spiritual, where as a person who is spiritual may be religious.

I was in my deepest and darkest bottom, it was living hell for me. They told me that religion is for people afraid of going to hell, spirituality is for people who have already been there.

Spirituality is a very profound awareness of the things around me. There is a mysterious power, something bigger than me that my eyes cannot see but I can feel its presence.

Spiritual principles are fundamental truths that are universally acceptable and helps us to find the perfect balance and meaningful relationship in life.

I cannot see the creator of my smartphone but I know there is a creator for this phone and many other things. I cannot see them but I know they are there.

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Hi jvr3419,

Doing the right thing is always the right thing.
good job!

Your post reminded me

A spiritual person will do what is right…no matter what he is told.
A religious person will do what he is told…no matter what is right.

Thank you for sharing.

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