Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   November 11                                   From surrender to acceptance

   "We surrender quietly and let the God of our understanding take care of
                                     us."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 26

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   Surrender and acceptance are like infatuation and love.    Infatuation
   begins when we encounter someone special.   Infatuation requires nothing
   but the acknowledgement of the object of our infatuation.  For infatuation
   to become love, however, requires a great deal of effort.  That initial
   connection must be slowly, patiently nurtured into a lasting, durable
   bond.

   It's the same with surrender and acceptance.   We surrender when we
   acknowledge our powerlessness.   Slowly, we come to believe that a Power
   greater than ourselves can give us the care we need.  Surrender turns to
   acceptance when we let this Power into our lives.  We examine ourselves
   and let our God see us as we are.   Having allowed the God of our
   understanding access to the depths of ourselves, we accept more of God's
   care.  We ask this Power to relieve us of our shortcomings and help us
   amend the wrongs we've done.   Then, we embark on a new way of life,
   improving our conscious contact and accepting our Higher Power's
   continuing care, guidance, and strength.

   Surrender, like infatuation, can be  the beginning of a  lifelong
   relationship.  To turn surrender into acceptance, however, we must let the
   God of our understanding take care of us each day.

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   Just for today:    My recovery is more than infatuation.    I  have
   surrendered.  Today, I  will nurture my conscious contact with my Higher
   Power and accept that Power's continuing care for me.