Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   June 22                                            Accepting life as it is

    "In our recovery, we find it essential to accept reality.  Once we can
   do this, we do not find it necessary to use drugs in an attempt to change
                              our perceptions."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 90

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   Drugs used to buffer us from the full force of life.  When we stop using
   drugs and enter recovery, we find ourselves confronted directly with
   life.  We may experience disappointment, frustration, or anger.   Events
   may not happen the way we want them to.   The self-centeredness we
   cultivated in our addiction has distorted our perceptions of life; it is
   difficult to let go of our expectations and accept life as it is.

   We learn to accept our lives by working the Twelve Steps of Narcotics
   Anonymous.   We discover how to change our attitudes and let go of
   character defects.  We no longer need to distort the truth or to run from
   situations.  The more we practice the spiritual principles contained in
   the steps, the easier it becomes to accept life exactly as it comes to us.

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   Just for today:  I will practice self-acceptance by practicing the Twelve
   Steps.