Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   January 30                                                  Giving it away

      "We must give freely and gratefully that which has been freely and
                           gratefully given to us."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 49

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   In recovery, we receive many gifts.  Perhaps one of the greatest of these
   gifts is the spiritual awakening that begins when we stop using, growing
   stronger each day we apply the steps in our lives.  The new spark of life
   within is a direct result of our new relationship with a Higher Power, a
   relationship initiated and developed by living the Twelve Steps.   Slowly,
   as we pursue our program, the radiance of recovery dispels the darkness of
   our disease.

   One of the ways we express our gratitude for the gifts of recovery is to
   help others find what we've found.   We can do this in any number of
   ways: by sharing in meetings, making Twelfth Step calls, accepting a
   commitment to sponsorship, or volunteering for H&I or phoneline duty.  The
   spiritual life given to us in recovery asks for expression, for "we can
   only keep what we have by giving it away."

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   Just for today:  The gift of recovery grows when I share it.  I will find
   someone with whom to share it.