Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   July 14                                                    An "inside job"

              "Social acceptability does not equal recovery."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 22

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   One of the first things that happens to many of us in recovery is that we
   start to look better.    We get healthier;  we bathe;  we dress more
   appropriately.  And without the goading of active addiction, many of us
   finally stop stealing, lying,  and hustling.     We start to  look
   normal-just by removing the drugs.

   Looking normal is very different from being normal.  Acceptability in the
   eyes of the world is a benefit of recovery; it is not the same thing as
   recovery.  We can enjoy the benefits of recovery, but we must take care to
   nurture their true source.   Lasting recovery isn't found in acceptance
   from others, but in the inner growth set in motion by the Twelve Steps.

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   Just for today:  I know that looking good isn't enough.  Lasting
   recovery is an inside job.