Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   April 22                                           Traveling the open road

                  "This is our road to spiritual growth."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 37

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   When we arrived at our first NA meeting, it looked like the end of the
   road to many of us.  We weren't going to be able to use anymore.  We
   were spiritually bankrupt.  Most of us were totally isolated and didn't
   think we had much to live for.  Little did we realize that, as we began
   our program of recovery, we were stepping onto a road of unlimited
   possibilities.

   At first, just not using was tough enough.  Yet, as we watched other
   addicts working the steps and applying those principles in their lives, we
   began to see that recovery was more than just not using.  The lives of our
   NA friends had changed.  They had a relationship with the God of their
   understanding.  They were responsible members of the fellowship and of
   society.  They had a reason to live.  We began to believe these things
   were possible for us, too.

   As we continue our recovery journey, we can get sidetracked by
   complacency, intolerance, or dishonesty.  When we do, we need to recognize
   the signs quickly and get back on our path-the open road to freedom and
   growth.

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   Just for today: I  am continuing to develop my spiritual, social, and
   general living skills by applying the principles of my program.  I  can
   travel as far as I wish on the open road of recovery.