What Happened to Gamblers Anonymous? Did Problem Gamblers Take it Over?

Here it is ....... The Original Big Book of Gamblers Anonymous (G.A.). What Ever Happened to it? As You will see in the following article, this was a very spiritual book. It carried a great deal of hope and message that a Real Compulsive Gambler can indeed get well.

Did "Compulsive Gamblers" who could simply get well on a NON-SPIRITUAL basis burn this book???

Did they not order all of them for the GARBAGE DUMP???

Have they not taken these original GA books out of PUBLIC LIBRARIES and disposed of??? And then have a "New" book replace the old?(Sharing Recovery through Gamblers Anonymous 1984) written by those who could stop gambling on a NON-SPIRITUAL basis by going to a meeting once a week and sharing problems? And additionally have so-called treatment professionals put in worthless staistics and studies and call it a book??





Not to mention that all of the personal stories written in the original First edition would be CHOPPED up and CHANGED. All mention of the word GOD would be removed. AND This was done without the consent of the members who had originally written these stories.... In fact many of them had already died.





Perhaps, you will think this impossible??? How could so called members of G.A. do such a thing? EASY..... They could stop gambling on a NON-SPIRITUAL basis and found the original program to God centered.
WHO NEEDS GOD WHEN YOU CAN GO TO ONE MEETING A WEEK AND PUNCH YOUR G.A. TIME CARD??

The book makes some very interesting points......Which ironically do not correlate with what Present Day G.A. says about the fellowship. One in particular is the date in which the fellowship started...... As everyone knows the fellowship just celebrated 50 years of existence Last fall (2007) or did it???

The Original G.A. big book states the following in the FOREWARD: "Gamblers Anonymous had its beginnings in the late fall of 1954"........ Hmmmm.... I wonder what went on those 3 years that Present day G.A. claims did not exist? From my understanding numerous groups had already formed on the west coast especially in Claifornia and had been using the orignal 12 Steps borrowed from Alcoholics Anonymous.

The Gamblers Anonymous Big book also states why it was written in the FOREWARD: "This book has been written principally to tell how we have recovered from a baffling, irresistable urge to play games of chance for money. The personal stories are intended to give our readers an idea of the state of helplessness to which we were reduced by our gambling. However, these stories also point up that there is a way out of our dilemma."

So there you have it..... The personal stories showed how the original and early membership found a way up and out of their Compulsive Gambling problem. They Found a solution. As I continue to share from this book....you will see how each of these members found a spiritual solution and how each found God in his or her own way. It is very sad to see that current day G.A. does not even acknowledge this book.

It is long overdue that a Compulsive Gambler gives thanks to these original members. My Blood, sweat and tears is much like theirs!!! I cry whenever I think of a "Problem gambler" changing their stories so that God and the spiritual solution will be taken out!

I have stayed on the sidelines to long and watched to many Real compulsive Gamblers fall by the wayside. I am here to stay with this blog. May the truth set myself and all Compulsive Gamblers free!

With God's help the truth will not continued to be driven down into the dark ground..... It will surface and be exposed to the ever lasting light and the true spirit of Gamblers Anonymous will once again resurface!