Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   July 20                                                           Step One

    "We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives
                          had become unmanageable."

                                                                     Step One

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   The First Step begins with "we," and there's a reason for that.
   There is  great strength  in making  a verbal  admission of  our
   powerlessness.  And when we go to meetings and make this admission, we
   gain more than personal strength.  We become members, part of a collective
   "we" that allows us, together, to recover from our addiction.   With
   membership in NA  comes a wealth of experience: the experience of other
   addicts who have found a way to recover from their disease.

   No longer must we try to solve the puzzle of our addiction on our own.
   When we honestly admit our powerlessness over our addiction, we can begin
   the search for a better way to live.    We won't be  searching
   alone-we're in good company.

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   Just for today:    I  will start the day with an admission of my
   powerlessness over addiction.   I will remind myself that the First Step
   starts with "we," and know that I  never have to be alone with my
   disease again.