Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   May 6                                               Are we having fun yet?

       "In time, we can relax and enjoy the atmosphere of recovery."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 56

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   Imagine what would happen if a newcomer walked into one of our meetings
   and was met by a group of grim-faced people gripping the arms of their
   chairs with white knuckles.   That newcomer would probably bolt, perhaps
   muttering, "I thought I could get off drugs and be happy."

   Thankfully, our newcomers are usually met by a group of friendly, smiling
   folks who are obviously fairly content with the lives they've found in
   Narcotics Anonymous.  What an enormous amount of hope this provides!   A
   newcomer, whose life has been deadly serious, is strongly attracted by an
   atmosphere of laughter and relaxation.    Coming from a place where
   everything is taken seriously, where disaster always waits around the next
   corner, it's a welcome relief to enter a room and find people who
   generally don't take themselves too seriously, who are ready for
   something wonderful.

   We learn to lighten up in recovery.  We laugh at the absurdity of our
   addiction.   Our meetings-those rooms filled with the lively, happy
   sounds of  percolating  coffee,  clattering  chairs,  and  laughing
   addicts-are the gathering places where we first welcome our newcomers
   and let them know that, yes, we're having fun now.

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   Just for today:   I  can laugh at myself.   I can take a joke.   I  will
   lighten up and have some fun today.