Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   January 26                                               Self-centeredness

    "The spiritual part of our disease is our total self-centeredness."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 20

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   What is self-centeredness?   It is our belief that the world revolves
   around us.     Our wishes, our  demands are the  only ones  worth
   consideration.   Our self-centered minds believe they are capable of
   getting everything they want if only they would be left to their own
   devices.  Self-centeredness assumes total self-sufficiency.

   We say that self-centeredness is the spiritual part of our disease because
   the self-centered mind cannot conceive of anything greater or more
   important than itself.  But there is a spiritual solution to our spiritual
   malady: the Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous.  The steps lead us away
   from self-centeredness and toward God-centeredness.

   We strip away our delusion of self-sufficiency by admitting our own
   powerlessness and seeking the aid of a Power greater than ourselves.   We
   acknowledge the bankruptcy of our self-righteousness by admitting we've
   been wrong, making amends, and seeking knowledge of what's right from
   the God our understanding.   And we deflate our overwhelming sense of
   self-importance by seeking to serve others, not only ourselves.

   The self-centeredness afflicting our spirit can be treated with a
   spiritual solution: the Twelve Steps.

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   Just for today:  My guidance and my strength comes from a Higher Power,
   not from my own self.  I  will practice the Twelve Steps to become more
   God-centered and less self-centered.