Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   October 29                                               Living in the now

    "Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of
                                 the future."

                                                           Basic Text, pp. 94

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   Thoughts of how bad it was-or could be-can consume our hopes for
   recovery.  Fantasies of how wonderful it was-or could be-can divert us
   from taking action in the real world.    That's why, in Narcotics
   Anonymous, we talk about living and recovering "just for today."

   In NA, we know that we can change.  We've come to believe that our
   Higher Power can restore the soundness of our minds and hearts.   The
   wreckage of our past can be dealt with through the steps.  By maintaining
   our recovery, just for today, we can avoid creating problems in the
   future.

   Life in recovery is no fantasy.   Daydreams of how great using was or how
   we can use successfully in the future, delusions of how great things could
   be, overblown expectations that set us up for disappointment  and
   relapse-all are stripped of their power by the program.  We seek God's
   will, not our own.   We seek to serve others, not ourselves.    Our
   self-centeredness and the importance of how great things could or should
   be for us disappears.    In the light of recovery, we perceive the
   difference between fantasy and reality.

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   Just for today: I am grateful for the principles of recovery and the new
   reality they've given me.