Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   October 14                                           The end of loneliness

   "With the love that I am shown in Narcotics Anonymous, I have no excuse
                               for loneliness."

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   Addiction is a lonely disease.  We may be surrounded by people but, sooner
   or later, our addiction drives a wedge between us and even our closest
   loved ones.  Many of us are driven to Narcotics Anonymous by a desperate
   loneliness.

   Though we may approach the rooms of NA with caution and suspicion, we are
   welcomed with a hug, a smile, and a warm "keep coming back." This may
   be the first place where we have felt welcome in a long, long while.   We
   watch other members talking and laughing, leaving the meeting in groups
   for more talk at the local coffee shop.  We wonder if we, too, could
   become a part of this loving bunch.

   Our pattern of isolation can make it difficult for us to join in.   Over
   time, however, we begin to feel "a part of" rather than "apart
   from." Soon, when we walk into the rooms, we feel at home.  We begin to
   make friends and our lives start to change.

   NA teaches us how to overcome our isolation.  Through our first tentative
   friendships formed in our home group, we start to find that making friends
   isn't hard.   A sense of belonging comes when we share ourselves with
   others.

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   Just for today:   I am thankful for the friendships my Higher Power has
   given me in NA.  Because of them, I am lonely no more.