Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   January 13                                                Surrender to win

       "Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete
                                   defeat."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 22

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   Complete defeat-what a  concept!     That must  mean surrender.
   Surrender-to give up absolutely.  To quit with no reservations.  To put
   up our hands and quit fighting.  Maybe to put up our hand at our first
   meeting and admit we're addicts.

   How do we know we've taken a First Step that will allow us to live
   drug-free?  We know because, once we have taken that gigantic step, we
   never have to use again-just for today.  That's it.  It's not easy,
   but it's very simple.

   We work the First Step.  We accept that, yes, we are addicts.  "One is
   too many, and a thousand never enough."   We've proven that to
   ourselves enough times.   We admit that we cannot handle drugs in any
   form.  We admit it; we say it out loud, if necessary.

   We take the First Step at the beginning of our day.   For one day.   This
   admission frees us, just for today, from the need to live out our
   addiction all over again.  We've surrendered to this disease.  We give
   up.  We quit.  But in quitting, we win.  And that's the paradox of the
   First Step:   We surrender to win, and by surrendering we gain a far
   greater power than we ever imagined possible.

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   Just for today:  I  admit that I am powerless over my addiction.  I  will
   surrender to win.