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July 29 Expectations “As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving.” Basic Text, p. 39 –––––––– Our behavior toward other people in our life is a mirror of our behavior toward ourselves. When we demand perfection of ourselves, we come to demand it from others around us, too. ...

July 28 Secrets and intimacy “We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected.” Basic Text, p. 32 –––––––– Having relationships without barriers, ones in which we can be entirely open with our feelings, is something many of us desire. At the same time, the possi...

July 27 We do recover “After coming to NA, we found ourselves among a very special group of people who have suffered like us and found recovery. In their experiences, freely shared, we found hope for ourselves. If the program worked for them, it would work for us.” Basic Text, p. 10 –––––––– A newc...

July 26 Unconditional surrender “Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat. This can be frightening, but it is the foundation on which we have built our lives.” Basic Text, p. 22 –––––––– Most of us have tried everything we can think of, exerted every ounce of force pos...

July 25 Twelfth Step "failure"? “Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.” Step Twelve –––––––– There is no such thing as a “failed” Twelfth Step call. Even if our prospect ...

July 24 The masks have to go “...we covered low self-esteem by hiding behind phony images that we hoped would fool people. The masks have to go.” Basic Text, p. 33 –––––––– Over-sensitivity, insecurity, and lack of identity are often associated with active addiction. Many of us carry these with us ...

July 23 Surrendering self-will “We want and demand that things always go our way. We should know from our past experience that our way of doing things did not work.” Basic Text, p. 93 –––––––– All of us have ideas, plans, goals for our lives. There’s nothing in the NA program that says we shouldn’t...

July 22 Spiritual death “For us, to use is to die, often in more ways than one.” Basic Text, p. 82 –––––––– As newcomers, many of us came to our first meeting with only a small spark of life remaining. That spark, our spirit, wants to survive. Narcotics Anonymous nurtures that spirit. The love of t...

July 21 Surrender is for everyone “If, after a period of time, we find ourselves in trouble with our recovery, we have probably stopped doing one or more of the things that helped us in the earlier stages of our recovery.” Basic Text, p. 95 –––––––– Surrender is just for newcomers, right? Wrong! Af...

July 20 Step One “We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.” Step One –––––––– The First Step begins with “we,” and there’s a reason for that. There is great strength in making a verbal admission of our powerlessness. And when we go to meetings a...