Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   December 26                                            Never-failing Power

      "As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of
                                    life."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 25

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   We are people accustomed to placing all our eggs in one basket.  Many of
   us had one particular drug of choice that was our favorite.  We relied on
   it to get us through each day and make life bearable.  We were faithful to
   that drug; in fact, we committed ourselves to it without reservation.  And
   then it turned on us.  We had been betrayed by the only thing we had ever
   depended on, and the betrayal left us floundering.

   Now that we've stumbled into the rooms of recovery, we may be tempted to
   rely on another human being to meet our needs.   We may expect this from
   our sponsor, our lover, or our best friend.   But dependence on human
   beings is risky.  They fall short of perfection.  They may be on vacation,
   sleeping, or in a bad mood when we need them.

   Our dependence must rest on a Power greater than ourselves.   No human
   force can restore our sanity, care for our will and our lives, or be
   unconditionally available and loving whenever we are in need.  We place
   our trust in the God of our understanding, for only that Power will never
   fail us.

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   Just for today:  I will place my trust in a Power greater than myself, for
   only that Power will never let me down.