Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   November 2                                 Living with unresolved problems

        "It makes a difference to have friends who care if we hurt."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 54

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   For most of our problems, the solution is simple.   We call our sponsor,
   pray, work the steps, or go to a meeting.  But what about those situations
   where the burden is ongoing and there's no end in sight?

   Most of us know what it's like to live with a painful situation-a
   problem that just isn't going to disappear.  For some of us, the problem
   is an incurable, life-threatening illness.   Some of us have incorrigible
   children.  Some of us find that our earnings simply don't cover our
   living expenses.  Some of us care for a chronically ill friend or family
   member.

   Those of us who have ever had to live with an unresolved problem know the
   relief that comes from just talking about our problem with our recovering
   friends.  We may get some comic relief.   Our friends may commiserate or
   cry in sympathy.  Whatever they do, they ease our burden.  They may not be
   able to solve our problem for us or take away our painful feelings, but
   just knowing that we are loved and cared about makes our problems
   bearable.  We never have to be alone with our pain again.

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   Just for today:  Those problems I can't resolve can be made bearable by
   talking to a friend.  Today, I will call someone who cares.