Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   February 14                                       Honesty and spirituality

      "The right to a God of your understanding is total and without any
    catches.  Because we have this right, it is necessary to be honest about
                  our belief if we are to grow spiritually."

                                                        Basic Text, pp. 25-26

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   In meetings, over refreshments, in talks with our sponsor, we hear our NA
   friends talking about the way they understand their Higher Power.   It
   would be easy to "go with the flow," adopting someone else's
   beliefs.  But just as no one else can recover for us, so no one else's
   spirituality can substitute for our own.   We must honestly search for an
   understanding of God that truly works for us.

   Many of us begin that search with prayer and meditation, and continue with
   our experiences in recovery.  Have there been instances where we have been
   given power beyond our own to face life's challenges?   When we have
   quietly sought direction in times of trouble, have we found it?  What kind
   of Power do we believe has guided and strengthened us?  What kind of Power
   do we seek?  With the answers to these questions, we will understand our
   Higher Power well enough to feel safe and confident about asking it to
   care for our will and lives.

   A borrowed understanding of God may do on a short haul.  But in the long
   run, we must come to our own understanding of a Higher Power, for it is
   that Power which will carry us through our recovery.

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   Just for today:  I seek a Power greater than myself that can help me grow
   spiritually.  Today, I will examine my beliefs honestly and come to my own
   understanding of God.