In the 1st step of the Recovery Program, members admit their powerlessness
over gambling and learn to accept the truth about compulsive gambling - - that it is
an incurable progressive illness, which only can be arrested through total
abstinence from gambling. Members acknowledge that they were powerless to
control their lives when gambling dominated their actions. Through this admission,
members gain the inner strength to deal with their problems and face
responsibilities.
In Step 1, compulsive gamblers are asked to accept the fact that their lives had
become unmanageable. Members acknowledge that the gambling illness
disrupted their financial stability and many other aspects of their lives, including
family, work and other personal relationships. The admission and acceptance that
come with Step 1 are pre-requisite to controlling the destructive behavior caused
by compulsive gambling.
The 1st step of the Recovery Program is just as important to someone who has
abstained for a considerable period of time as it is to a newcomer. By regularly
reviewing Step 1, members are reminded of the past so that they will not repeat it.


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Recovery Steps about compulsive gambling and Gamblers
Anonymous.

WE ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS OVER GAMBLING - -
THAT OUR LIVES HAD BECOME UNMANAGEABLE.     
   
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