Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   January 22                                          The school of recovery

                     "This is a program for learning."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 16

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   Learning in recovery is hard work.  The things we most need to know are
   often the hardest to learn.  We study recovery to prepare ourselves for
   the experiences life will give us.   As we listen to others share in
   meetings, we take mental notes we can refer to later.  To be prepared, we
   study our notes and literature between "lessons."  Just as students
   have the opportunity to apply their knowledge during tests, so do we have
   the opportunity to apply our recovery during times of crisis.

   As always, we have a choice in how we will approach life's challenges.
   We can dread and avoid them as threats to our serenity, or we can
   gratefully accept them as opportunities for growth.   By confirming the
   principles we've learned in recovery, life's challenges give us
   increased strength.   Without such challenges, however, we could forget
   what we've learned and begin to stagnate.  These are the opportunities
   that prod us to new spiritual awakenings.

   We will find that there is often a period of rest after each crisis,
   giving us time to get accustomed to our new skills. Once we've reflected
   on our experience, we are called on to share our knowledge with someone
   who is studying what we've just learned.  In the school of recovery, all
   of us are teachers as well as students.

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   Just for today:   I  will be a student of recovery.   I  will welcome
   challenges, confident in what I've learned and eager to share it with
   others.