Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   August 16                                                       Up or down

    "This is our road to spiritual growth.  We change every day....  This
        growth is not the result of wishing but of action and prayer."

                                                        Basic Text, pp. 35-36

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   Our spiritual condition is never static; if it's not growing, it's
   decaying.  If we stand still, our spiritual progress will lose its upward
   momentum.   Gradually, our growth will slow, then halt, then reverse
   itself.  Our tolerance will wear thin; our willingness to serve others
   will wane; our minds will narrow and close.  Before long, we'll be right
   back where we started: in conflict with everyone and everything around us,
   unable to bear even ourselves.

   Our only option is to actively participate in our program of spiritual
   growth.  We pray, seeking knowledge greater than our own from a Power
   greater than ourselves.   We open our minds and keep them open, becoming
   teachable and taking advantage of what others have to share with us.   We
   demonstrate our willingness to try new ideas and new ways of doing things,
   experiencing life in a whole new way.  Our spiritual progress picks up
   speed and momentum, driven by the Higher Power we are coming to understand
   better each day.

   Up or down-it's one or the other, with very little in between, where
   spiritual growth is concerned.   Recovery is not fueled by wishing and
   dreaming, we've discovered, but by prayer and action.

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   Just for today:  The only constant in my spiritual condition is change.  I
   cannot rely on yesterday's program.  Today, I seek new spiritual growth
   through prayer and action.