Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   May 14                                                               Oops!

       "Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different
                                  results."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 23

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   Mistakes!  We all know how it feels to make them.   Many of us feel that
   our entire lives have been a mistake.   We often regard our mistakes with
   shame or guilt-at the very least, with frustration and impatience.   We
   tend to see mistakes as evidence that we are still sick, crazy, stupid, or
   too damaged to recover.

   In truth, mistakes are a very vital and important part of being human.
   For particularly stubborn people (such as addicts), mistakes are often our
   best teachers.  There is no shame in making mistakes.  In fact, making new
   mistakes often shows our willingness to take risks and grow.

   It's helpful, though, if we learn from our mistakes; repeating the same
   ones may be a sign that we're stuck.   And expecting different results
   from the same old mistakes-well, that's what we call "insanity."
   It just doesn't work.

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   Just for today:  Mistakes aren't tragedies.  But please, Higher Power,
   help me learn from them!