Originally posted by neva
Great wisdom here! …
APRIL 15th
Good morning all, and for those in the States, Happy IRS Day (tax day).
Today I find myself facing the realities of my gambling six months ago, and hope to add to the great wisdom found in other pages by using this time of "paying the piper" as wisdom and not as a resentment that comes to many when having to pay taxes, a resentment that my addiction could use for me to gamble to get the money back.
During my crash ending on October 17 I won a couple of hand paid "jackpots" that were reported to the IRS; and it goes without saying I gambled those amounts away without leaving any left to the pay the taxes incurred. I don’t normally talk about the amounts of my gambling and losses (rock bottom is relative), but I will mention that having this addition $600 obligation to the Government is just another consequence of giving into the addiction. An obligation that hopefully will be worth its weight in wisdom and lessons learned.
Outside of having to "give unto Ceasar", everything is going good. As what is comedy seen as a "coincidence", and what another member refers to as "small miracles", I was given additional unplanned on hours at work during the past months and "earned" the money to pay the taxes, hours that I did not want to work, and money that could have went toward better things, but the time and money could have also been gambled away if not for working on recovery. The collateral damage of gambling is widespread and demanding.
God’s speed. Stay strong.LarryThanks to my Higher Power, My 3G's – God, GA, and GT, "Day Two Is Another Day Behind" and with the help from all I hope to continue to remain gambling free.