Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   July 7                                                   God in each other

         "One aspect of our spiritual awakening comes through the new
      understanding of our Higher Power that we develop by sharing another
                            addict's recovery."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 52

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   We've heard it said that we often see God most clearly in one another.
   We see the truth of this when we practice our Twelfth Step.  When we carry
   the recovery message to another addict, we sense the presence of a Power
   greater than ourselves.  And as we watch the message take hold, we realize
   something else:    It's the message that brings recovery, not the
   messenger.  A Higher Power, not our own power, is the source of the change
   that begins when we carry the message to a still-suffering addict.

   As the message does its work, transforming the life of another addict, we
   see a Higher Power in action.   We watch as acceptance and hope replace
   denial and despair.   Before our very eyes, the first traces of honesty,
   open-mindedness, and willingness begin to appear.  Something's happening
   inside this person, something bigger and more powerful than either of us.
   We're watching the God we've come to understand at work in someone's
   life.   We see the Higher Power in them.   And we know with greater
   certainty than ever that this Higher Power is in us, too, as the force
   driving our recovery.

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   Just for today:  As I carry the message of recovery to other addicts, I
   will try to pay attention to the Power behind the message.  Today, as I
   watch other addicts recover, I will try to recognize the God in them so I
   can better recognize the God in myself.