Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   March 18                                                  The full message

    "There is a special feeling for addicts when they discover that there
      are other people who share their difficulties, past and present."

                                                        Basic Text, pp. 55-56

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   The wealth of our recovery is too good to keep to ourselves.  Some of us
   believe that when we talk in meetings, we should "remember the
   newcomer" and always try and carry a positive message.  But sometimes
   the most positive message we can carry is that we are going through
   difficult times in our recovery and are staying clean in spite of them!

   Yes, it's gratifying to send out a strong message of hope to our newer
   members.   After all, no one likes a whiner.   But distressing things
   happen, and life on life's terms can send shock waves even through the
   recovery of long-time members of Narcotics Anonymous.  If we are equipped
   with the tools of the program, we can walk through such turmoil and stay
   clean to tell the tale.

   Recovery doesn't happen all at once; it is an ongoing process, sometimes
   a struggle.  When we dilute the fullness of our message by neglecting to
   share about the tough times we may walk through on our journey, we fail to
   allow newcomers the chance to see that they, too, can stay clean, no
   matter what.  If we share the full message of our recovery, we may not
   know who benefits, but we can be sure someone will.

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   Just for today:   I  will honestly share both the good times and the
   difficult times of my recovery.   I will remember that my experience in
   walking through adversity may benefit another member.