Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   December 15                                             The joy of sharing

    "There is a spiritual principle of giving away what we have been given
     in Narcotics Anonymous in order to keep it.  By helping others to stay
   clean, we enjoy the benefit of the spiritual wealth that we have found."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 49

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   Time and again in our recovery, others have freely shared with us what was
   freely shared with them.  Perhaps we were the recipients of a Twelfth Step
   call.  Maybe someone picked us up and took us to our first meeting.   It
   could be that someone bought us dinner when we were new.  All of us have
   been given time, attention, and love by our fellow members.  We may have
   asked someone, "What can I do to repay you?"  And the answer we
   received was probably a suggestion that we do the same for a newer member
   when we were able.

   As we maintain our clean time and recovery, we find ourselves wanting to
   do for others the things that someone did for us, and happy that we can.
   If we heard the message while in a hospital or institution, we can join
   our local H&I subcommittee.  Perhaps we can volunteer on the NA helpline.
   Or we can give of our time, attention, and love to a newcomer we are
   trying to help.

   We've been given much in our recovery.   One of the greatest of these
   gifts is the privilege of sharing with others what's been shared with
   us, with no expectation of reward.  It's a joy to find we have something
   that can be of use to others, and that joy is multiplied when we share
   it.  Today we can do so, freely and gratefully.

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   Just for today:  I  have been given much in my recovery, and I am deeply
   grateful for it.  I will take joy in being able to share it with others as
   freely as it was shared with me.