Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   January 19                                 Making mountains into molehills

   "When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified
                                unreasonably."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 99

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   Some of us seem to make mountains out of molehills with our problems.
   Even those of us who've found some measure of serenity have probably
   blown a problem far out of proportion at some time in our recovery-and
   if we haven't done so yet, we probably will before long!

   When we find ourselves obsessed with a complication in our lives, we will
   do well to sharply remind ourselves of all that is going right.   Perhaps
   we're afraid we won't be able to pay our bills for the month.  Instead
   of sitting at the calculator, adding our financial liabilities over and
   over, we can take stock of our efforts to reduce expenses.  Following this
   mini-inventory, we continue with the task at hand and remind ourselves
   that as long as we are doing the footwork, a loving Higher Power will care
   for our lives.

   Mountain-sized problems happen sometimes, but we don't need to create
   them.  Trust in a loving God of our understanding will put most of our
   problems in their proper perspective.   We no longer need to create chaos
   to feel excited about our lives.   Our recovery gives us countless
   real-life opportunities for excitement and drama.

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   Just for today:  I will take a realistic look at my problems and see that
   most of them are minor.  I will leave them that way and enjoy my recovery.