Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   February 5                                               Keep coming back!

    "We are grateful that we were made so welcome at meetings that we felt
                                comfortable."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 83

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   Remember how scared we were when we walked into our first NA meeting?
   Even if we walked in with a friend, most of us recall how difficult it was
   to attend that first meeting.  What was it that kept us coming back?  Most
   of us have grateful memories of the welcome we were given and how
   comfortable that made us feel.  When we raised our hand as a newcomer, we
   opened the door for other members to approach us and welcome us.

   Sometimes the difference between those addicts who walk back out the door
   of their first meeting, never to return to NA, and the addicts who stay to
   seek recovery is the simple hug of an NA member.  When we have been clean
   awhile, it's easy to step back from the procession of newcomers-after
   all, we've seen so many people come and go.  But members with some clean
   time can make the difference between the addict who doesn't return and
   the addict who keeps coming back.   By offering our phone numbers, a hug,
   or just a warm welcome, we extend the hand of Narcotics Anonymous to the
   addict who still suffers.

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   Just for today:  I remember the welcome I was given when I first came to
   NA.  Today, I will express my gratitude by offering a hug to a newcomer.