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I thought I was just fine now that I had quit the drugs and stopped drinking, and a friend informed me that I needed to do a Step 4 so I could do a Step 5 and 6 and proceeded to do my inventory for me. I was quite annoyed as she listed 6 things off the top of her head. When I did get to the Step, I found so many more, then my sponsor said, "No look for the positive ones." |
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May 21
Keep Coming Back! "Meetings keep us in touch with where we've been, but more importantly with where we could go in our recovery." Basic Text, p. 54 In many ways, addicts are different. When we came to Narcotics Anonymous we found others like ourselves, people who understood us and whom we could understand. No longer did we feel like aliens, strangers wherever we went. We were at home in NA meetings, among friends. We don't stop being addicts after we've been clean awhile. We still need to identify with other addicts. We continue coming to NA meetings to keep in touch with who we are, where we've come from, and where we're going. Every meeting reminds us that we can never use drugs successfully. Every meeting reminds us that we'll never be cured, but that by practicing the principles of the program we can recover. And every meeting offers us the experience and example of other addicts in ongoing recovery. At meetings, we see how different people work their program, and the results are apparent in their lives. If we want the lives we see others living, we can find out what they've done to get where they are. Narcotics Anonymous meetings offer us identification with where we've been and where we can go — identification we can't do without and can't get anywhere else. That keeps us coming back. Just for today: I will attend an NA meeting to remind myself of who I am, where I've come from, and where I can go in my recovery. |
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I was told that an amend isn't saying your sorry. It is about change. You don't make an amend, if it is going to hurt another. I can't make myself feel better by using and abusing someone else. In Step 8 we are asked to make a list. When it is complete, we can take it to our sponsor and have him/her review it. With their perspective, I can get an honest view and a true picture of what was and what is, in my life. |
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It says, "We are not saints" in AA, and I went their because of my denial. I knew I was an addict, but didn't want to admit to being an alcoholic. I kept saying, "Am I an addict because I am an alcoholic," or "Am I an alcoholic because I am an addict?" When they read the Preamble, and said, "We are not saints!" I use to say under my breathe, speak for yourself! That was when I discovered that an ego is not a man thing, I had one too. |
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The Footprints Prayer One night I had a dream... I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord, and Across the sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; One belonged to me, and the other to the Lord. When the last scene of my life flashed before us, I looked back at the footprints in the sand. I noticed that many times along the path of my life, There was only one set of footprints. I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in my life This really bothered me, and I questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, You would walk with me all the way; But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, There is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why in times when I needed you the most, you should leave me. The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child. I love you, and I would never, never leave you during your times of trial and suffering. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you. |
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