Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   April 24                                              Twelve Steps of life

    "Through abstinence and through working the Twelve Steps of Narcotics
                  Anonymous, our lives have become useful."

                                                             Basic Text, p. 8

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   Before coming to Narcotics Anonymous, our lives were centered around
   using.  For the most part, we had very little energy left over for jobs,
   relationships, or other activities.  We served only our addiction.

   The Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous provide a simple way to turn our
   lives around.   We start by staying clean, a day at a time.   When our
   energy is no longer channeled into our addiction, we find that we have the
   energy to pursue other interests.  As we grow in recovery, we become able
   to sustain healthy relationships.   We become trustworthy employees.
   Hobbies and recreation seem more inviting.   Through participation in
   Narcotics Anonymous, we help others.

   Narcotics Anonymous does not promise us that we will find good jobs,
   loving relationships, or a fulfilling life.   But when we work the Twelve
   Steps to the best of our ability, we find that we can become the type of
   people who are  capable of finding  employment, sustaining  loving
   relationships, and helping others.  We stop serving our disease, and begin
   serving God and others.  The Twelve Steps are the key to transforming our
   lives.

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   Just for today:   I will have the wisdom to use the Twelve Steps in my
   life, and the courage to grow in my recovery.  I will practice my program
   to become a responsible, productive member of society.