Just For Today July 31

[Chance]

July 31
Freedom From Active Addiction



"Narcotics Anonymous offers only one promise and that is freedom from active addiction, the solution that eluded us for so long."

Basic Text, p.102

NA offers no promises other than freedom from active addiction. It is true that some of our members meet with financial success in recovery. They buy nice houses, drive new cars, wear fine clothes, and form beautiful families. These outward signs of prosperity are not the lot of all of our members, however. A great many of us never achieve financial success. This does not necessarily reflect on the quality of our recovery.

When we are tempted to compare ourselves to these other, seemingly more affluent members, it is good to remember why we came to the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous. We came because our lives had fallen down around us. We were emotionally, physically, and spiritually defeated. Our Basic Text reminds us that "in desperation we sought help from each other in Narcotics Anonymous" We came because we were beaten. For addicts, even one day clean is a miracle. When we remember why we came to Narcotics Anonymous and in what condition we arrived, we realize that material wealth pales in comparison to the spiritual riches we have gained in recovery.

Just for today: I have been given a spiritual gift greater than material wealth: my recovery. I will thank the God of my understanding for my freedom from active addiction.

pg. 221

Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics Anonymous©

[Chance]

This is what I am talking about....FREEDOM!

[Gmoney]

This reading reminds me that gains in the areas of money, property and prestige are simply a byproduct of recovery for many of us. It's the "spiritual riches" that mean so much more for me today. Before I found NA I had been successful in so many different ways but could never feel happy or accepted. Although I've regained (and in some cases surpassed) financial and material prosperity, it's the spritual wealth I've acquired through NA and the steps that have the most value.

[SaTiT]

wherever i go, there i am...that would be freedom from my insanity ?..yes ?
Seen rich people missable as heck..seen poor people misable as heck too
Been rich and misable as heck, been poor and misable as heck too
Been happy rich , been happy poor.

now, living under my own skin is a trip.
Something wonderful must of happen..okay, okay i got clean and sober
was a very important veriable in the equation.

The deep, dark, insane, gut vomiting, impending doom feeling in my
heart is no longer there. No amount of money or wealth remove those
funk from me..lol.

maybe happiness is the wrong word to chose what I'm trying to say.
maybe peace, joy...or maybe freedom defind it better.