Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   April 23                                    A God of our own understanding

       "Many of us understand God to be simply whatever force keeps us
                                   clean."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 25

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   Some of us enter recovery with a working understanding of a Higher Power.
   For a lot of us, however, "God" is a troublesome word.  We may doubt
   the existence of any sort of Power greater than ourselves.   Or we may
   remember uncomfortable experiences with religion and shy away from "the
   God stuff."

   Starting over in recovery means we can start over in our spiritual life,
   too.  If we're not comfortable with what we learned when we were growing
   up, we can try a different approach to our spirituality.  We don't have
   to understand everything all at once or find the answers to all our
   questions right away.  Sometimes it's enough just to know that other NA
   members believe and that their belief helps keep them clean.

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   Just for today:   All I have to know right now about my Higher Power is
   that it is the Power that helps keep me clean.