Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   April 2                                                         Attraction

     "Our public image consists of what we have to offer:  a successful,
              proven way of maintaining a drug-free lifestyle."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 75

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   Yes, we are attracting new members.   More and more addicts are finding
   Narcotics Anonymous.   But how do we treat our newest members when they
   arrive, worn out from their struggles with addiction?  Do we reach out to
   newcomers who are standing by themselves at our meetings, confused and
   uncertain?  Are we willing to give them rides to meetings?  Do we still
   work one-on-one with the addict who suffers?   Do we give out our phone
   numbers?  Are we eager to go on a Twelfth Step call, even if it means
   getting up from our comfortable beds in the middle of the night?  Will we
   work with someone who has a different sexual orientation or is from
   another culture?  Are we generous with the gift of our time?

   No doubt we were met with love and acceptance by our fellow addicts.  What
   attracted many of us to Narcotics Anonymous was the feeling that we had
   finally found a place where we belonged.  Are we offering that same sense
   of belonging to our newer members?    We cannot promote  Narcotics
   Anonymous.   But when we put principles into action in our lives, we
   attract newer members to the NA  way, just as we were attracted to
   recovery.

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   Just for today:  I will work with a newcomer.  I will remember that I  was
   once a newcomer myself.  I will seek to attract others with the same sense
   of belonging I've found in NA.