Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   December 13                                                     Membership

      "There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop
                                   using."

                                                             Basic Text, p. 9

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   We all know people who could benefit from Narcotics Anonymous.    Many
   people we encounter from all walks of life-our family members, old
   friends, and coworkers-could really use a program of recovery in their
   lives.  Sadly, those who need us don't always find their way to our
   rooms.

   NA is a program of attraction, not promotion.  We are only members when we
   say we are.  We can bring our friends and loved ones to a meeting if they
   are willing, but we cannot force them to embrace the way of life that has
   given us freedom from active addiction.

   Membership in Narcotics Anonymous is a highly personal decision.   The
   choice to become a member is made in the heart of each individual addict.
   In the long run, coerced meeting attendance doesn't keep too many
   addicts in our rooms.  Only addicts who are still suffering, if given the
   opportunity, can decide if they are powerless over their addiction.   We
   can carry the message, but we can't carry the addict.

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   Just for today:   I  am grateful for my decision to become a member of
   Narcotics Anonymous.