Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   September 12                                                  New horizons

   "My life is well-rounded and I am becoming a more comfortable version of
    myself, not the neurotic, boring person that I thought I'd be without
                                   drugs."

                                                           Basic Text, p. 262

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   Is there really life without drugs?  Newcomers are sure that they are
   destined to lead a humdrum existence once they quit using.  That fear is
   far from reality.

   Narcotics Anonymous opens the door to a new way of life for our members.
   The only thing we lose in NA is our slavery to drugs.  We gain a host of
   new friends, time to pursue hobbies, the ability to be stably employed,
   even the capacity to pursue an education if we so desire.  We are able to
   start projects and see them through to completion.  We can go to a dance
   and feel comfortable, even if we have two left feet.  We start to budget
   money to travel, even if it's only with a tent to a nearby campsite.  In
   recovery, we find out what interests us and pursue new pastimes.  We dare
   to dream.

   Life is certainly different when we have the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous
   to return to.   Through the love we find in NA, we begin to believe in
   ourselves.  Equipped with this belief, we venture forth into the world to
   discover new horizons.  Many times, the world is a better place because an
   NA member has been there.

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   Just for today:   I can live a well-rounded, comfortable life-a life I
   never dreamed existed.   Recovery has opened new horizons to me and
   equipped me to explore them.