Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   December 24                                                      The group

    "The Twelfth Step of our personal program also says that we carry the
   message to the addict who still suffers.… The group is the most powerful
                  vehicle we have for carrying the message."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 68

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   When we first come to Narcotics Anonymous meetings, we meet recovering
   addicts.   We know they are addicts because they talk about the same
   experiences and feelings we've had.  We know they are recovering because
   of their serenity-they've got something we want.   We feel hope when
   other addicts share their recovery with us in NA meetings.

   The atmosphere of recovery attracts us to the meetings.  That atmosphere
   is created when group members make a commitment to work together.  We try
   to enhance the atmosphere of recovery by helping set up for meetings,
   greeting newcomers, and talking with other addicts after the meeting.
   These demonstrations of our commitment make our meetings attractive and
   help our groups share their recovery.

   Sharing experience in meetings is one way in which we help one another,
   and it's often the foundation for our sense of belonging.  We identify
   with other addicts, so we trust their message of hope.  Many of us would
   not have stayed in Narcotics Anonymous without that sense of belonging and
   hope.  When we share at group meetings, we support our personal recovery
   while helping others.

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   Just for today:  I will reach out to another addict in my group and share
   my recovery.