Narcotics Anonymous

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   March 20                                                      Higher Power

      "Most of us have no trouble admitting that addiction had become a
   destructive force in our lives.  Our best efforts resulted in ever greater
    destruction and despair.  At some point, we realized that we needed the
               help of some Power greater than our addiction."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 24

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   Most of us know without a doubt that our lives have been filled with
   destruction.  Learning that we have a disease called addiction helps us
   understand the source or cause of this destruction.   We can recognize
   addiction as a power that has worked devastation in our lives.  When we
   take the First Step, we admit that the destructive force of addiction is
   bigger than we are.  We are powerless over it.

   At this point, our only hope is to find some Power greater than the force
   of our addiction-a Power bent on preserving life, not ending it.   We
   don't have to understand it or even name it; we only have to believe
   that there could be such a Higher Power.  The belief that a benevolent
   Power greater than our addiction just might exist gives us enough hope to
   stay clean, a day at a time.

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   Just for today:   I believe in the possibility of some Power that's
   bigger than my addiction.