3-21 No Kiddin' Gambling Addiction Recovery Podcast

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 142 [PM58] Coping While Cooped Short and sweet for the holiday.  I relay parts of a story I heard the other day and express both sides of what could have happened. ------------------------------------------------ Did you enjoy the show? Please leave us a rate and review! This helps us reach other gamblers who may need to hear recovery messages. --------------...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 141 [AM57] Coping While Cooped Human Ecology covers all 3 parts of our recovery- Mind, Body & Spirit.  Are you paying attention to 1, 2, or all three of these pieces?  Do you believe you need all 3 in your recovery?  What are you doing to achieve all 3 or work on making each one for optimal living? Have a glorious Sunday Beautiful People! ----------------...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 140 [PM57] Coping While Cooped Yay!  I survived the day!  Taking the night off of our symptom exploration from the GA phone card.  Had little drama in my world and thought I would use that as an example instead.  Are you doing what you can to put yourself in a predicament to want to gamble? ------------------------------------------------ Did you enjoy the sh...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 139 [AM56]  Coping While Cooped Are you a giver or a taker? Today's reading discusses giving as a way to cover up our lack of self-esteem and that impairing our ability to receive what is shared with us.  Are you open to taking what is given to you in your recovery from other folks in recovery or in your groups?  I share one of my favorite stories this m...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 138 [PM56] Coping While Cooped Tonight's potential symptom is mood-altering chemicals.  Have drugs or drinking led you to place a bet?  Did you party when gambling? What if you quit gambling, did your intake of drinking or drugging increase?  There is a lot of information out there about what they call "co-occurring addictions".  One can say th...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 137 [AM55] Coping While Cooped Are you grateful for your recovery?  Do you count on your HP and recovery tools to live a life that is what makes you happy? Are you prepared through your tools and processes, so when triggers happen, you don't place a bet? Today's reading discusses these topics. TGIF Beautiful People! ---------------------------------...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 136 [PM55]  Coping While Cooped Tonight we chat about our recovery discipline.  Can let up on our discipline and practices be a symptom of a looming relapse?  At the Center, they call it a Return to Symptoms and in the alcohol-free group, Paul calls it Field Research.  Whatever it is that we call it, are there behaviors that are indicators we will bet again?...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 135 [AM54] Coping While Cooped Do you worry about tomorrow?  Does it have any value?  Does it change the result? Would it serve you better to focus on today and live in the present? These are the questions we chat about this morning. Have a fantastic Thursday Beautiful People! ------------------------------------------------ Did you enjoy the show? Please lea...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 134 [PM54] Coping While Cooped Expecting Too Much From Other People Isn't funny how we "expect" certain from behaviors & response from the people closest to us?  Do you want a parade or a cookie? ------------------------------------------------ Did you enjoy the show? Please leave us a rate and review! This helps us reach other gamblers who...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 133 [AM53]  Coping While Cooped Goals... Do we have clear goals?  Are we focused on the goals of the potential failures or pitfalls?  There is a saying that has become important to me for a few reasons.  It is " Don't Look Back, You Aren't Going That Way!"   When we look around or dwell on the past, it is hard to be moving forward and achi...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 132 [PM53] Coping While Cooped Well all, today was a tough one.  There were some good reasons and some not so good reasons to be a shit show today.  There were highs and lows.  There was a strategy to trying not to drink, gamble, or smoke. Today, I made it. I feel you.  I know you have these days too.  I hope you know how much I appreciate your ear when I nee...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 131 [AM52] Coping While Cooped Today we chat about faith and fear.  What are we afraid of?  Can faith help us combat that?  I just heard someone say- "I know there is a better version of me on the other side of the Fear"-  MIND BLOWN! Here is the link for the song I reference today.  I hope it works as I never tried this before. https://www.youtube....

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 130 [PM52] Coping While Cooped Complacency is the topic tonight. What happens when we become complacent?  Do you ever feel like you got this and you don't have to put the effort in?  Through my personal experience, as well as watching others, have both shown me that this does lead to going back to gambling.  What can you do to not be complacent?  Is your...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 129 [AM51]  Coping While Cooped Today's reading reminds us to appreciate it.  Are we looking around at all the beauty and things we have to be grateful for?  Once our brain slows down and clears from the fog of the addiction, can we see all that the Universe has provided for us? Take a look around!  Soak it all in Beautiful People! ----------------------...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 128 [PM51]  Coping While Cooped Today was a good day!  Tonight, Bobbie chats about some of the positive things that happened and are happening amongst her tribe.  Lots of action being taken by people to maximize their time and work on a better life.  Are you taking advantage of the time to work on or take care of yourself? ------------------------------------...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 127 [AM51] Coping While Cooped This mornings' reading sheds some light on appreciating our age and wisdom.  As we grow, we are learning and gaining experience.  Are we sharing that with other gamblers that may want or need the insight?  What value do you see from your age and life experience?  Do you treasure getting older or resent it? My advice- cheris...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 126 [PM 51] Coping While Cooped Cockiness!!  Are you cocky when it comes to your recovery? Do you think you got this?  Do you think you can go to the casino for a concert or a meal and not bet? Tonight's symptom that can lead to a relapse in gambling is cockiness. I sure do love the Kid Rock song " Cocky", but I don't love looking at mysel...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 125 [AM50] Coping While Cooped Are we learning to deal with our anger in recovery?  Does it still get the best of us?  I can promise you that feeling happy and grateful is much more rewarding than anger. It is to be expected that we all get angry whether we are gambling or not.  How long does last?  How do you handle anger?  Does it serve you?  Does it make y...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 124 [PM50] Coping While Cooped Tonight's symptom involves the discussion around self-pity.  Do you have self-pity? Do you feel like gambling when you are having a pity party? Can you see how feeling sorry for yourself can lead to a bet? Happy Friday all! ------------------------------------------------ Did you enjoy the show? Please leave us a rate and r...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 123 [AM49] Coping While Cooped Happy May 15th!   A lot has happened in the 3 years I have been back in NY.  A huge part of that was joining the Center for Problem Gambling.  Feeling Gratitude today!! Today's reading I interpreted as "doing the work".  It talks about our choice to move forward and pay attention to taking care of ourselves everyd...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 122 [PM49] Coping While Cooped Tonight's indicator of a potential relapse is Frustration.  Frustration is something I think everyone in the world has probably experienced feeling in the last 2 months.  Our lives not being as we know and expect them... our finances and careers being impacted,.. living with someone/ family & friends..  not seeing famil...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 121 [AM48] Coping While Cooped Today's reading invited us to look for the positives. Almost any situation or issue could be construed as positive or negative.  If we focus on the positives, will we feel better?  If we focus on the negatives, will we bet again? I hope everyone has a super day! ------------------------------------------------ Did you enjoy...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 120 [PM48] Coping While Cooped Tonight's indicator of a potential relapse is Depression. Not only does that seem like a logical symptom, but it is also one that is growing as we go through this pandemic.  Can we avoid this?  Can we do anything to change our thinking so we can get ourselves back to a positive frame of mind? My request would be that you ex...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 119 [AM47] Coping While Cooped Passive Aggressive behavior leads to no good.  Do you get this way?  The reading asks us if this behavior is masking what are feelings are under the surface. Are we angry, frustrated, or disappointed?  Is showing up as us acting passively-aggressively?  Is this who we want to be? Try taking a look at how you are feeling when you...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 118 [PM47] Coping While Cooped The symptom discussed tonight was "argumentativeness".  Have you been argumentative so you had an excuse to gamble?  Have you picked fights?  Do you have to always be right?  There are 2 versions to us... the recovering version and the addict version.  Are we acting accordingly? ----------------------------------------...