Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   November 10                                                 Fear or faith?

        "No matter how far we ran, we always carried fear with us."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 14

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   For many of us, fear was a constant factor in our lives before we came to
   Narcotics Anonymous.   We used because we were afraid to feel emotional or
   physical pain.   Our fear of people and situations gave us a convenient
   excuse to use drugs.   A few of us were so afraid of everything that we
   were unable even to leave our homes without using first.

   As we stay clean, we replace our fear with a belief in the fellowship, the
   steps, and a Higher Power.  As this belief grows, our faith in the miracle
   of recovery begins to color all aspects of our lives.   We start to see
   ourselves differently.  We realize we are spiritual beings, and we strive
   to live by spiritual principles.

   The application of spiritual principles helps eliminate fear from our
   lives.  By refraining from treating other people in harmful or unlawful
   ways, we find we needn't fear how we will be treated in return.  As we
   practice love,  compassion,  understanding,  and  patience  in  our
   relationships with others, we are treated in turn with respect and
   consideration.  We realize these positive changes result from allowing our
   Higher Power to work through us.   We come to believe-not to think, but
   to believe-that our Higher Power wants only the best for us.  No matter
   what the circumstances, we find we can walk in faith instead of fear.

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   Just for today:  I no longer need to run in fear, but can walk in faith
   that my Higher Power has only the best in store for me.