Boundary Setting & Saying No
Gambling doesn't happen in a vacuum. Friends who bet, family who enable, partners who unknowingly push your buttons, co-workers who treat betting as bonding, your social environment is either supporting your recovery or quietly sabotaging it. This course teaches you to set and enforce boundaries with the people, places, and situations that threaten your progress. You'll learn to say no without guilt, communicate limits without destroying relationships, and build a social life that protects your recovery.
What You'll Learn
- Identify which relationships and social situations are the greatest threats to your recovery
- Set clear, enforceable boundaries with people who gamble, enable, or pressure you
- Say no to gambling invitations and peer pressure without guilt or over-explanation
- Communicate recovery needs to partners, family, and friends constructively
- Handle gambling-heavy environments (sports events, friend groups, work culture) without relapsing
- Build a social life that supports recovery and replaces gambling-centered socializing
Course Syllabus
Module 1: Know Your Social Terrain
0/4Before you can set boundaries, you need to know where they're needed. These four days map the relationships, environments, and social patterns that pose the greatest risk to your recovery.
Module 2: Set, Communicate, and Enforce
0/5Knowledge without action is just theory. These five days give you the scripts, techniques, and practice to set real boundaries in the real situations you face, and enforce them when they're tested.
Module 3: Sustain & Evolve
0/5Boundaries aren't set-and-forget, they need maintenance, repair, and adaptation. These five days teach you to maintain boundaries long-term, recover when they break, and build a social identity that makes gambling irrelevant.