Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   November 1                                                       Awakening

                   "God helps us as we help each other."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 51

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   Our addiction caused us to think almost exclusively of ourselves.   Even
   our prayers-if we prayed at all-were self-centered.  We asked God to
   fix things for us or get us out of trouble.  Why?   Because we didn't
   want to live with the problems we'd created for ourselves.   We were
   insecure.  We thought life was about getting, and we always wanted more.

   And in recovery we get more-more than just not using.  The spiritual
   awakening we experience in working the Twelve Steps reveals to us a life
   we never dreamed possible.  We no longer need to worry about whether there
   will be "enough," for we come to rely on a loving Higher Power who
   meets all our daily needs.  Relieved of our incessant insecurity, we no
   longer see the world as a place in which to compete with others for the
   fulfillment of our desires.  Instead, we see the world as a place in which
   to live out the love our Higher Power has shown us.  Our prayers are not
   for instant gratification; they are for help in helping each other.

   Recovery awakens us from the nightmare of self-centeredness, strife, and
   insecurity that lies at the core of our disease.   We wake up to a new
   reality: All that is worth having can be kept only by giving it away.

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   Just for today:   My God helps me as I help others.   Today, I will seek
   help in giving away the love my Higher Power has given me, knowing that is
   the way to keep it.