Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   June 18                                                    Indirect amends

    "Indirect amends may be necessary where direct ones would be unsafe or
                           endanger other people."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 41

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   When we used, we allowed nothing to stand in the way of that next high.
   As a result, many of us didn't always know precisely whom we had
   injured, either financially or emotionally.   When it came time to make
   amends through our Ninth Step, we found that there were so many people we
   had victimized that we might never remember them all.

   With the help of our sponsor and other recovering members of NA, we found
   a solution to this obstacle.   We vowed to complete these nameless amends
   by making restitution to our communities.  We focused our service efforts
   on helping the still-suffering addict.  In this manner, we found a way to
   give back to society.

   Today, with the love and guidance of members in NA, we are giving back to
   the world around us rather than taking.  We are making our communities
   better places to live by carrying the message of recovery to those we
   encounter in our daily lives.

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   Just for today:  I will make indirect amends by reaching out to an addict
   who may need help.  I will strive in some small way to make my community a
   better place in which to live.