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February 7 This Is Not a Test

  "We have found a loving, personal God to whom we can turn."   Basic Text p. 27   Some of us come into recovery with the impression that life's hardships are a series of cosmic tes...
Posted by Jr on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:44:00 PST

November 2 Living With Unresolved Problems

"It makes a difference to have friends who care if we hurt." Basic Text p.54 For most of our problems, the solution is simple. We call our sponsor, pray, work the steps, or go to a meeting. But what a...
Posted by Jr on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:13:00 PST

November 1 Awakening

"God helps us as we help each other." Basic Text p.51 Our addiction caused us to think almost exclusively of ourselves. Even our prayers - if we prayed at all - were self-centered. We asked God to fix...
Posted by Jr on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:10:00 PST

October 31 Our Relationship With A Higher Power

"Ongoing recovery is dependent on our relationship with a loving God who cares for us and will do for us what we find impossible to do for ourselves." Basic Text, p.96 Working the Twelve Steps of Narc...
Posted by Jr on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:08:00 PST

October 30 Courage

"Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future." Basic Text, p.93 Narcotics Anonymous is no place for the faint of heart! Facing life on life's terms without the use of d...
Posted by Jr on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:06:00 PST

October 29 Living In The Now

"Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of the future." Basic Text, pp. 90-91 Thoughts of how bad it was - or could be - can consume our hopes for recovery. Fantasies of ho...
Posted by Jr on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:04:00 PST

October 28 Attitudes

"We can also use the steps to improve our attitudes." Basic Text, p.53 Ever have a day when everything seems to be working against you? Do you go through periods when you are so busy taking people's i...
Posted by Jr on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:09:00 PST

October 27 Living In The Present

"We want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today." Basic Text, p.28 For many of us, the past is like a bad dream. Our lives aren't the same any...
Posted by Jr on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:06:00 PST

October 26 The Path To Self-Acceptance

"The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery." IP No.19, "Self-Acceptance" Our addiction has been a source of shame to many of us. We have hi...
Posted by Jr on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:04:00 PST

October 25 Principles Before Personalities

"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities." Twelfth Tradition "Principles before personalities." Many of us chant these w...
Posted by Jr on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:02:00 PST