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OUR VISION

The Recovery Road Online fellowship started when two compulsive gamblers, both in recovery, had a conversation about getting a fellow suffering gambler into a meeting in under 10 minutes! That ignited a vision to offer the compulsive gambler immediate support to find a meeting or at least provide an instant connection with other recovering compulsive gamblers who have also suffered.

Both of our members were deeply involved with recovery and experiencing online meetings using the technology of a live video conferencing app that provided a safe, secure and private setting for fellowship. The speed of connecting that person to a meeting, become their primary purpose. They aspired to have meetings available every hour and to quickly guide the new person into a meeting in a group or private setting with available members.

Recovery Road Online is not affiliated with any group or organization but our program is based on the original principles and traditions of successfully founded 12 Step Programs.

RECOVERY ROAD ONLINE

FELLOWSHIP

GOD,

GRANT ME THE SERENITY

TO ACCEPT THE THINGS

I CANNOT CHANGE,

COURAGE TO CHANGE

THE THINGS I CAN,

AND THE WISDOM

TO KNOW THE

DIFFERENCE.

RECOVERY ROAD ONLINE

FELLOWSHIP

GOD,

GRANT ME THE SERENITY

TO ACCEPT THE THINGS

I CANNOT CHANGE,

COURAGE TO CHANGE

THE THINGS I CAN,

AND THE WISDOM

TO KNOW THE

DIFFERENCE.

FROM THE BEGINNING

Recovery Road Online fellowship started when two compulsive gamblers, both in recovery, met through video technology that allowed people to meet and share recovery from anywhere on the globe. They quickly became friends and shared a dream of organizing and building a community for the many varied sites that were conducting meetings using this application.

Shortly thereafter, a newer member had become quite active in these meetings and observed the chaos of numerous rooms and formats. Wondering how they might unite together, it turned out that all three possessed the exact same vision. They began discussing the possibility of creating a cohesive and inviting neighborhood for those attending these meetings. Seeds, previously planted, for this innovative fellowship were thus watered.

Late one evening one of these three was having a conversation with another active member after a meeting. Sharing about the excitement of getting a fellow suffering gambler into a meeting in under 10 minutes, that ignited their vision to offer the compulsive gambler immediate support to find a meeting and provide instant connections with other recovering compulsive gamblers who had also suffered.

FROM THE BEGINNING

Recovery Road Online fellowship started when two compulsive gamblers, both in recovery, met through video technology that allowed people to meet and share recovery from anywhere on the globe. They quickly became friends and shared a dream of organizing and building a community for the many varied sites that were conducting meetings using this application.

Shortly thereafter, a newer member had become quite active in these meetings and observed the chaos of numerous rooms and formats. Wondering how they might unite together, it turned out that all three possessed the exact same vision. They began discussing the possibility of creating a cohesive and inviting neighborhood for those attending these meetings. Seeds, previously planted, for this innovative fellowship were thus watered.

Late one evening one of these three was having a conversation with another active member after a meeting. Sharing about the excitement of getting a fellow suffering gambler into a meeting in under 10 minutes, that ignited their vision to offer the compulsive gambler immediate support to find a meeting and provide instant connections with other recovering compulsive gamblers who had also suffered.

STEP FOUR

MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL AND FINANCIAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES.

MORAL INVENTORY

Worksheet 4D - FINANCIAL HARMS

Who did I financially hurt by my conduct?

What exactly did I do that caused this harm?

What part of myself motivated my conduct?

What feelings did I likely cause in the person I harmed?

What were my character defects that I displayed in this situation?

WHO DID I FINANCIALLY HURT BY MY CONDUCT?

COLUMN ONE – For this column, simply list all of the other people you financially harmed as a result of your conduct. If you are unsure whether they should be included in your list, go ahead and include them. Your list might only have one or two people, or it could be twenty or thirty. There is no right number. The point is that when you are done there is no one else that you can think of that may have been financially harmed by your conduct.

THE COMPULSIVE GAMBLING ILLNESS

However, in addition to the allergy of the body, we also have an obsession of the mind. This is the part of compulsive gambling that is especially baffling and insidious. For unlike our friend with the strawberry allergy who carefully avoids strawberries for his entire life, when we are not gambling, we eventually begin to obsess about gambling again without thought of the consequences. Once we succumb to the obsession and begin gambling, the allergy takes affect and the entire cycle starts again.

An important and especially tragic feature of compulsive gambling is that this is a progressive illness. By that we mean that over time the compulsive gambler inevitably needs to gamble for greater amounts and for longer time periods. The small table stakes games he or she might have played for as a teenager, no longer provide the same rush and a much higher stakes game is required. Sadly, this progressive feature usually continues even during long periods of abstinence. Recovery Road Online members who have abstained from gambling for many years, occasionally relapse and quickly find that in order to get the required thrill, they now have to play for much higher stakes than when they originally quit gambling.

Recovery Road Online Fellowship