Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   February 13                                             The ties that bind

   "As long as the ties that bind us together are stronger than those that
                   would tear us apart, all will be well."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 60

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   Many of us feel that without NA  we would surely have died from our
   disease.  Hence, its existence is our very lifeline.  However, disunity is
   an occasional fact of life in Narcotics Anonymous;  we must learn to
   respond in a constructive way to the destructive influences that sometimes
   arise in our fellowship.  If we decide to be part of the solution instead
   of the problem, we are headed in the right direction.

   Our personal recovery and the growth of NA is contingent upon maintaining
   an atmosphere of recovery in our meetings.   Are we willing to help our
   group deal constructively with conflict?   As group members, do we strive
   to work out difficulties openly, honestly, and fairly?   Do we seek to
   promote the common welfare of all our members rather than our own agenda?
   And, as trusted servants, do we take into consideration the effect our
   actions might have on newcomers?

   Service can bring out both the best and the worst in us.  But it is often
   through service that we begin to get in touch with some of our more
   pressing defects of character.   Do we shrink from service commitments
   rather than face what we might find out about ourselves?   If we bear in
   mind the strength of the ties that bind us together-our recovery from
   active addiction-all will be well.

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   Just for today:  I will strive to be of service to our fellowship.  I will
   be unafraid to discover who I am.