3-21 No Kiddin' Gambling Addiction Recovery Podcast

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 566 - Do you believe that health is wealth? Monica Aguilar is an OMtrepreneur of Healthy Wealthy & Zen, a Yoga Teacher, Reiki Healer, Visualization & Mindfulness Coach. In this episode, she talks about some self-care tips, the benefits of doing meditations, grounding, and others! Monica along with the other authors will publish a book called "Asp...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 565- RCA- Recovering Couples Anonymous We dive into the 1st step overview of the RCA program today, as well as finish the list of "dysfunctional' versus "functional" situations that couple experience. If you would like to participate in our 30 Day Give Up Gambling Email Challenge, click below. https://www.321nokiddin.com/30-day-give-up-gam...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 564 - Renee Schulte has over 20 years of leadership experience in the mental health field at the national, state, and provider levels. Her work in the public and private sectors has given her a unique understanding of the complexities in this area.  Join me as we learned more about mental health and the reasons why it leads to addiction. Want to connect with...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 563-  Let's learn together! Over the next few weeks, we are going to dive into couple stuff and how Recovering Couples Anonymous works. If you have questions about your relationship or how recovery impacts it, this is the place to be. I look forward to chatting with you about all this! If you would like to participate in our 30 Day Give Up Gambling Email...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 562 I am cured!  I can go show everyone how super I am doing and put myself in dangerous situations of temptation and triggers. Right?     NO, WRONG! If you are a pickle, you can't go back without a very high risk of setting yourself up for failure. We say at the Center.... "The Juice Ain't Worth the Squeeze".   Essentially, no good can co...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 561 Building a house and building our recovery seem to have similar parallels.  What is your recovery house made of? Mine includes meetings, ( different kinds), avoiding people, places and things, learning and sharing.  Helping others is another fantastic tool to help in our own healing as well. Take a look at what works best for you.  Try new recovery tactic...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 560 Are you trying to control everything? Is your ego getting in the way? Can you surrender the weight you can't carry to your Higher Power or are you holding onto it? It is humbling to surrender.  There is a correlation between gambling and using again and hanging onto all that crap that doesn't serve us. If you would like to participate in our 30...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 558 Forgiveness is a tough topic.  I will encourage you to consider the value of forgiveness and focus on the benefits  to yourself of forgiving others. It's not about them.  It is about you have the opportunity to live your best most happiest life without the weight of resentment. Love ya Beautiful People! If you would like to participate in our 30 Day...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 557- We build off of yesterday's theme today surrounding arguing and being right. This is another reminder for us to apply the HOW of recovery- Honest, Open and Willingness I truly hope that you are giving yourself the quality life you deserve filled with these qualities and that you will continue to listen and learn. Love ya Beautiful People! If you wou...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 556  Today's topic of arguing is interesting to me.  I had never thought of the question I ask you here before. Have you ever changed someone's mind by arguing your point?  I am not sure that I have. Also, does arguing have to do with our self esteem?  Very curious today. If you would like to participate in our 30 Day Give Up Gambling Email Challeng...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 555  Do you allow yourself to ask for help when you need it? Do you give as well as get? Is being of service in your mutual aid communities part of your recovery? Today's reading talks about being able to ask for help.  Please think about if you can and will ask for help when you need it, as well as if you will give it. If you would like to participate i...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 554 Today's reading is about fear.  Getting to 4 years bet free required a lot facing fears and I still have a long way to go on this topic. Celebrating is the theme today with a bit of reflection on fear and progress. At the 10X conference last week, I heard a mantra that I love.  It was said in the context of business.. "The only emotion in busine...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 553 Isn't it amazing all the things we can process and see within ourselves once we are on the recovery journey? I hadn't really thought about intuition or identifying my .feelings this way when I was gambling. Maybe you haven't found this point in your life yet.  That is ok too.  It is an interesting concept to navigate as we grow. Positivity...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 552 Honesty & truth are key factors in our recovery.  In the rooms we talk about HOW- Honest, Open & Willing.  These are the attributes I believe, and the program believes are the foundation to our recovery being successful. Being honest and clear can be difficult.  The reminder for today is that it is worth it and you will feel better about yourself...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 551- Living in the present is a skill to learn. We can't dwell in the past or worry about the future.  Do you want to take in the smell of fresh mowed grass, hear your children's laughter or see a vibrant sunrise? You need to really see and experience these things and the key to truly appreciating them are in being present. I am sharing the link to...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 550 Are we acknowledging the freedom and opportunities we are given each day? Do we notice that we have freedom to make choices for ourselves and our lives? Are we still under the gambling spell that robs us of our freedom? What freedom are you taking for granted?  Can you turn that around to gratitude? Don't rob yourself of freedom! Positivity is NO Gam...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 549 There is no value into hanging onto self loathing and anger towards yourself and past actions,  other than learning from them and moving on! Be kind to you!  Know that hanging onto those feelings increase the likelihood of you going back out again. Positivity is NO Gamble! If you would like to participate in our 30 Day Give Up Gambling Email Challenge, cl...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 548 Whew! This was a tough one.  I didn't see that coming. Part of facing my gambling demons and finding genuine peace and happiness was to explore this concept. We weren't born gambling addicts.  Something happened to lead us there and part of that were our thoughts.  Chances are they started when you were young and you may not even know they are p...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 547 Are you being honest with yourself?  Are you stuck and don't know why? Being reflective and observing patterns in our behavior can be helpful for our long term success. Take some time to put effort  into this and if you need help, ask a trusted honest person in your life whose main concern is to help you with this. Positivity is NO Gamble! ----------...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 546 There seems to be a reoccurring theme that involves us doing the work to advance in our recovery and life. Today's is about knowledge.  I can still hear our victorian's voice in my head and my favorite line in her speech-.... "our unquenchable thirst for knowledge" That has stuck with me for 30 years!  I am advocate for learning more a...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 545 Walk the Walk and not just Talk the Talk..... hmmmm... This is crucial in my humble opinion of how we can move the needle.  I won't tell you that it is always pleasant or easy.  I won't tell you that it won't be overwhelming. What I will tell you is this- IT IS WORTH IT! YOU ARE WORTH IT! You will be surprised how all the little actions add...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 544 We know that in active addiction we go from extreme to extreme with very little balance. My question to you today, is are you still doing that in recovery or are you taking the time to manage all the things? I believe this out of balance can impact our well being and contribute to overwhelm and potentially going back out.  What do you think? Positivity is...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 543 Recover from any addiction and as most 12 step programs will tell you is better, easier and more manageable with the help of a Higher Power. I didn't accept or believe this my 1st couple years of bet free time.  I didn't believe this until after a couple more years my second time around. It is not for me to decide for you, however, I will take t...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 542 There is so much overlap  & repetition in our readings and I am super grateful for that.  We need to be reminded to be honest with ourselves, to look for our good qualities and not just live and dwell in the negative. Practice & Honesty continue to be our themes.  Do you know why? Because it works! As the quote goes- Progress NOT Perfection! Posit...

Share Your Thoughts! Text Bobbie here! 541 Great reminder today in our reading about acknowledging our shortcomings and having the ability to ask our HP for help removing them or at least improving on them. It doesn't have to be the 4th month to work on the 4th step from Gambler's Anonymous. Let's identify an "opportunity" area of our life, it doesn't have to be huge,...