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24.01.2022 Just for today: I will set aside my negative judgments of others, and concentrate instead on appreciating the favorable qualities in all.
24.01.2022 Imagine what would happen if a newcomer walked into one of our meetings and was met by a group of grim-faced people gripping the arms of their chairs with white knuckles. That newcomer would probably bolt, perhaps muttering, I thought I could get off drugs and be happy. Thankfully, our newcomers are usually met by a group of friendly, smiling folks who are obviously fairly content with the lives they’ve found in Narcotics Anonymous. What an enormous amount of hope this pr...ovides! A newcomer, whose life has been deadly serious, is strongly attracted by an atmosphere of laughter and relaxation. Coming from a place where everything is taken seriously, where disaster always waits around the next corner, it’s a welcome relief to enter a room and find people who generally don’t take themselves too seriously, who are ready for something wonderful. See more
23.01.2022 9th March Our disease isolated us... Hostile, resentful, self-centered, and self-seeking, we cut ourselves off from the outside world. Addiction is an isolating disease, closing us off from society, family, and self. We hid. We lied. We scorned the lives we saw others living, surely beyond our grasp. Worst of all, we told ourselves there was nothing wrong with us, even though we knew we were desperately ill. Our connection with the world, and with reality itself, was ...severed. Our lives lost meaning, and we withdrew further and further from reality. The NA program is designed especially for people like us. It helps reconnect us to the life we were meant to live, drawing us out of our isolation. We stop lying to ourselves about our condition; we admit our powerlessness and the unmanageability of our lives. We develop faith that our lives can improve, that recovery is possible, and that happiness is not permanently beyond our grasp. We get honest; we stop hiding; we show up and tell the truth, no matter what. And as we do, we establish the ties that connect our individual lives to the larger life around us. We addicts need not live lives of isolation. The Twelve Steps can restore our connection to life and livingif we work them with a sponsor who has done the steps. = See more
23.01.2022 A wise woman once asked me this. "If we are here to help others, what are the others here for?"A wise woman once asked me this. "If we are here to help others, what are the others here for?"
21.01.2022 " I am ready to go to any lengths to stay clean. When we used, we usually had an open mind when it came to finding ways and means to get more drugs. If we can apply this same principle of open-mindedness to our recovery, we may surprise ourselves by how easily we begin to grasp the NA program. Our best thinking, it is often said, got us into the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous. If we are willing to go to any lengths, follow directions, and stay open-minded, we can stay clean. = Just for today: I am willing to go to any lengths to stay clean. I will become as open-minded and ready to take direction as I need to be.
21.01.2022 NA MEETS EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AT THEIR MEETING ROOM AT 16 KEATS STREET MACKAY. PH.0428992762NA MEETS EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AT THEIR MEETING ROOM AT 16 KEATS STREET MACKAY. PH.0428992762
16.01.2022 Good and bad feelings A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow. Most of us seem to unconsciously judge what happens in our lives each day as good or bad, success or failure. We tend to feel happy about the good and angry, frustrated, or guilty about the bad. Good and bad feelings, though, often have little to do with what’s truly good or bad for us. We m...ay learn more from our failures than our successes, especially if failure has come from taking a risk. Attaching value judgments to our emotional reactions ties us to our old ways of thinking. We can change the way we think about the incidents of everyday life, viewing them as opportunities for growth, not as good or bad. We can search for lessons rather than assigning value. When we do this, we learn something from each day. Our daily Tenth Step is an excellent tool for evaluating the day’s events and learning from both success and failure. = See more
15.01.2022 Letting go of the past It is not where we were that counts, but where we are going. = When we first find recovery, some of us feel shame or despair at calling ourselves addicts. In the early days, we may be filled with both fear and hope as we struggle to find new meaning in our lives. The past may seem inescapable and overpowering. It may be hard to think of ourselves in any way other than the way we always have.... While memories of the past can serve as reminders of what’s waiting for us if we use again, they can also keep us stuck in a nightmare of shame and fear. Though it may be difficult to let go of those memories, each day in recovery can bring us that much farther away from our active addiction. Each day, we can find more to look forward to and less to punish ourselves for. In recovery, all doors are open to us. We have many choices. Our new life is rich and full of promise. While we cannot forget the past, we don’t have to live in it. We can move on. = Just for today: I will pack my bags and move out of my past into a present filled with hope. See more
10.01.2022 Any thing is possible when the language of the heart is fed and all we have to do to keep it, is give it away to those who are carrying a heavy load. I am blessed to be able to be able to make a difference to another addict, "One day at a time." I understand where they are because I once was in the same hell. Where Love is true it takes a lot to break it and the unity of people in NA lets us retain it by giving it away to another addict. There are still lots of people out the...re who carry some kind of burden that a pat on the back or a hug or a hand shake can make a difference "just for today" and that might help them share it with someone else who needs it as well. Does not take much, but it sure beats feeling powerless and lost. I know I was once there, now I am learning to be like you my friends. Try it, it will make a difference to someone, it may be you if you give it away UNCONDITIONALLY. See more
08.01.2022 illness Addiction is a disease that involves more than the use of drugs. Basic Text, p. 3 = At our first meeting, we may have been taken aback at the way members shared about how the disease of addiction had affected their lives. We thought to ourselves, Disease? I’ve just got a drug problem! What in the world are they talking about?... After some time in the program, we began to see that our addiction ran deeper than our obsessive, compulsive drug use. We saw that we suffered from a chronic illness that affected many areas of our lives. We didn’t know where we’d caught this disease, but in examining ourselves we realized that it had been present in us for many years. Just as the disease of addiction affects every area of our lives, so does the NA program. We attend our first meeting with all the symptoms present: the spiritual void, the emotional agony, the powerlessness, the unmanageability. Treating our illness involves much more than mere abstinence. We use the Twelve Steps, and though they don’t cure our illness, they do begin to heal us. And as we recover, we experience the gift of life. = Just for today: I will treat my illness with the Twelve Steps. See more
07.01.2022 Addiction affected every area of our lives. Just as we sought the drug that would make everything alright, so we sought people to fix us. We made impossible demands, driving away those who had anything of worth to offer us. Often, the only people left were those who were themselves too needy to be capable of denying our unrealistic expectations. It’s no wonder that we were unable to establish and maintain healthy intimate relationships in our addiction. Today, in recovery..., we’ve stopped expecting drugs to fix us. If we still expect people to fix us, perhaps it’s time to extend our recovery program to our relationships. We begin by admitting we have a problemthat we don’t know the first thing about how to have healthy intimate relationships. We seek out members who’ve had similar problems and have found relief. We talk with them and listen to what they share about this aspect of their recovery. We apply the program to all our affairs, seeking the same kind of freedom in our relationships that we find throughout our recovery. See more
03.01.2022 If I can't accept I have a problem, than I can’t have the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the differenceIf I can't accept I have a problem, than I can’t have the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference
01.01.2022 Recovery doesn’t happen all at once; it is an ongoing process, sometimes a struggle. When we dilute the fullness of our message by neglecting to share about the tough times we may walk through on our journey, we fail to allow newcomers the chance to see that they, too, can stay clean, no matter what. If we share the full message of our recovery, we may not know who benefits, but we can be sure someone will.
