Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   September 20                                             Courage to change

    "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the
         courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the
                                 difference."

                                                              Serenity Prayer

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   Recovery involves change, and change means doing things differently.   The
   problem is, many of us resist doing things differently; what we're doing
   may not be working, but at least we're familiar with it.   It takes
   courage to step out into the unknown.  How do we find that courage?

   We can look around ourselves at NA meetings.    There, we see others
   who've found they needed to change what they were doing and who've
   done so successfully.   Not only does that help quiet our fear that
   change-any change-spells disaster, it also gives us the benefit of
   their experience with what does work, experience we can use in changing
   what doesn't.

   We can also look at our own recovery experience.  Even if that experience,
   so far, has been limited to stopping the use of drugs, still we have made
   many changes in our lives-changes for the good.  Whatever aspects of our
   lives we have applied the steps to, we have always found surrender better
   than denial, recovery superior to addiction.

   Our own experience and the experience of others in NA tells us that
   "changing the things I can" is a big part of what recovery is all
   about.  The steps and the power to practice them give us the direction and
   courage we need to change.  We have nothing to fear.

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   Just for today:  I  welcome change.  With the help of my Higher Power, I
   will find the courage to change the things I can.