Gamblers Anonymous is the only Way???

So, if you had a headache,.....It would make sense to pound your head just so you do not feel it anymore??? RIGHT???

Of Course, that sounds ridiculous!!!

But Listen to this......

If you went to Gamblers Anonymous for 11 years and never stopped gambling but for maybe 1 or 2 months.... Why would you ever proclaim that,..... "Gamblers ANonymous is the ONLY way WE can get beat this Thing?"

and in fact, when someone in Gamblers Anonymous mentions that they are doing something different than the "GA program" (Whatever the GA program is?!) Usually they are met with confrontation and arguments!!! And told that if they do not attend GA meetings they will of course go back to gamble...

That makes no sense at all? And that is one of the baffling differences between A.A. and G.A. You see in A.A. if someone states that they have found another way to stop drinking, generally the membership is happy for them....

"If he thinks he can do the job in some other way, or prefers some other spiritual approach, encourage him to follow his own conscience. We have no monopoly on God; we merely have an approach that worked with us." pg.95 Alcoholics ANonymous

I think the key word in this passage is GOD. Of course in GA .... they have no monopoly on GOD!!! They do not believe in God in the same way!! They took it out of almost all the literature over the last 50 years!!!

BUT GA DOES have a MONOPOLY on Self-Will.... It is the G.A. way or the Highway! Mention that you are attempting to live a spiritual life in a G.A. meeting and there is a very good chance that you will be asked to leave, and or unwanted at the meeting.

SO BACK TO my fellow... with 11 years "in" G.A. HE HAS NEVER STOPPED GAMBLING!! HELLO!!! Just an observation and Experience...... For a REAL COMPULSIVE GAMBLER G.A. does not work!

It works for those who can stop on a NON-SPIRITUAL BASIS.

Good luck to any real compulsive gambler who goes to GA... they will inevitable run the gauntlet of Self-will ideas like "No money = No gambling" and Stay away from betting establishments.

But remember, anything that requires MY will...... WILL ALWAYS end up resulting in a Gamble in the end.

It might be 1 day, 1 month, 1 year, or 10+ years.... But everyone who is a Real Compulsive Gambler will return to gambling if their recover is based on Self-will. It is an Illness which can only temporarily be treated by the SELF.

Only God can Treat us!