Today's Reading from Just For Today © NA World Services
June 7 Someone who believes in me
"Just for today, I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me
and wants to help me in my recovery."
Basic Text, p. 100
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Not all of us arrive in NA and automatically stay clean. But if we keep
coming back, we find in Narcotics Anonymous the support we need for our
recovery. Staying clean is easier when we have someone who believes in us
even when we don't believe in ourselves.
Even the most frequent relapser in NA usually has one staunch supporter
who is always there, no matter what. It is imperative that we find that
one person or group of people who believes in us. When we ask them if we
will ever get clean, they will always reply, "Yes, you can and you
will. Just keep coming back!"
We all need someone who believes in us, especially when we can't believe
in ourselves. When we relapse, we undermine our already shattered
self-confidence, sometimes so badly that we begin to feel utterly
hopeless. At such times, we need the support of our loyal NA friends.
They tell us that this can be our last relapse. They know from experience
that if we keep coming to meetings, we will eventually get clean and stay
clean.
It's hard for many of us to believe in ourselves. But when someone
loves us unconditionally, offering support no matter how many times
we've relapsed, recovery in NA becomes a little more real for us.
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Just for today: I will find someone who believes in me. I will believe
in them.