Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   June 25                                                     Not just lucky

    "The process of coming to believe restores us to sanity.  The strength
                 to move into action comes from this belief."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 25

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   Coming to believe is a process that stems from personal experience.   Each
   of us has this experience; all addicts who find recovery in NA have solid
   evidence of a benevolent Power acting for good in their lives.  Those of
   us who are recovering today, after all, are the fortunate ones.   Many,
   many addicts die from our disease, never to experience what we have found
   in Narcotics Anonymous.

   The process of coming to believe involves a willingness to recognize
   miracles for what they are.  We share the miracle of being here clean, and
   each of us has other miracles that await only our acknowledgment.   How
   many car accidents or overdoses or other near-catastrophes have we
   survived?  Can we look back at our lives and see that we were not just
   "lucky"?  Our experience in recovery, too, gives us examples of a
   Higher Power working for our good.

   When we can look back at the evidence of a loving Higher Power acting on
   our behalf, it becomes possible to trust that this Higher Power will
   continue to help us in the future.  And trust offers us the strength to
   move forward.

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   Just for today:  My recovery is more than coincidence.  My strength comes
   from the knowledge that my Higher Power has never let me down and will
   continue to guide me.