Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   July 30                                                  Regular inventory

    "Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of
      looking at ourselves, our actions, attitudes, and relationships on a
                               regular basis."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 42

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   Taking a regular inventory is a key element in our new pattern of living.
   In our addiction, we examined ourselves as little as possible.    We
   weren't happy with how we were living our lives, but we didn't feel
   that we could change the way we lived.  Self-examination, we felt, would
   have been a painful exercise in futility.

   Today, all that is changing.  Where we were powerless over our addiction,
   we've found a Power greater than ourselves that has helped us stop
   using.  Where we once felt lost in life's maze, we've found guidance
   in the experience of our fellow recovering addicts and our ever-improving
   contact with our Higher Power.   We need not feel trapped by our old,
   destructive patterns.  We can live differently if we choose.

   By establishing a regular pattern of taking our own inventory, we give
   ourselves the opportunity to change anything in our lives that doesn't
   work.  If we've started doing something that causes problems, we can
   start changing our behavior before it gets completely out of hand.  And if
   we're doing something that prevents problems from occurring, we can take
   note of that, too, and encourage ourselves to keep doing what works.

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   Just for today:  I will make a commitment to include a regular inventory
   in my new pattern of living.