Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   March 10                                                  Our own recovery

    "The steps are our solution.  They are our survival kit.  They are our
   defense against addiction, a deadly disease.  Our steps are the principles
                      that make our recovery possible."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 19

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   There's lots to like in Narcotics Anonymous.  The meetings, for one, are
   great.  We get to see our friends, hear some inspiring stories, share some
   practical experience, maybe even hook up with our sponsor.  The campouts,
   the conventions, the dances are all wonderful, clean fun in the company of
   other recovering addicts.   But the heart of our recovery program is the
   Twelve Steps-in fact, they are the program!

   We've heard it said that we can't stay clean by osmosis-in other
   words, we can't just attend meetings, no matter how many, and expect to
   breath recovery in through the pores of our skin.  Recovery, as another
   saying goes, is an inside job.   And the tools we use in working that
   "inside job" are the Twelve Steps.  Hearing endlessly about acceptance
   is one thing; working the First Step for ourselves is something very
   different.  Stories about making amends may be inspiring, yet nothing will
   give us the freedom from remorse that taking the Ninth Step ourselves will
   give.  The same applies to all Twelve Steps.

   There's much to appreciate about NA, but to get the most from our
   recovery we must work the Twelve Steps for ourselves.

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   Just for today:  I  want everything my personal program has to offer.   I
   will work the steps for myself.