JFT December 10 - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

REZ · 12-10-2008, 05:32 PM

December 10

Winners

“I started to imitate some of the things the winners were doing. I got caught up in NA. I felt good...”

Basic Text, p. 153

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We often hear it said in meetings that we should “stick with the winners.” Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Winners are easily identified. They work an active program of recovery, living in the solution and staying out of the problem. Winners are always ready to reach their hands out to the newcomer. They have sponsors and work with those sponsors. Winners stay clean, just for today.

Winners are recovering addicts who keep a positive frame of mind. They may be going through troubled times, but they still attend meetings and share openly about it. Winners know in their hearts that, with the help of a Higher Power, nothing will come along that is too much to handle.

Winners strive for unity in their service efforts. Winners practice putting “principles before personalities.” Winners remember the principle of anonymity, doing the principled action no matter who is involved.

Winners keep a sense of humor. Winners have the ability to laugh at themselves. And when winners laugh, they laugh with you, not at you.

Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Any one of us can be considered a winner. All of us exhibit some of the traits of the winner; sometimes we come very close to the ideal, sometimes we don’t. If we are clean today and working our program to the best of our ability, we are winners!

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Just for today: I will strive to fulfill my ideals. I will be a winner.

REZ · 12-10-2008, 05:35 PM

Stick with the winners! So true. Unfortunately, many people who are new to the program don't do this. I think they are afraid of winners or maybe can't relate to them. They hang around people who are slipping around and you know what happens.

YouveGotStyleKi · 12-11-2008, 12:39 AM

My biggest issue with this, right now at least, is I was brought up in a family of "winners never quit, and quitters never win." So when I heard in the rooms that I have to "surrender to win," I was confused. How can I expect to win this war if I'm too afraid to fight? This was the topic tonight at the meeting I went to, and a lot of the oldbies with 10+ years clean made it abundantly clear that if at the end of the day, if you ask yourself, "Did I do my best?" And if you did, then you're a winner, because you got through TODAY.

REZ · 12-11-2008, 10:12 AM

"Winners" is definitely a loaded term. Probably a more precise way to put this is: "Stick with the people who are trying their best to follow the program of NA."

12-10-2008, 05:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
REZ Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 2,274	JFT December 10 December 10 Winners “I started to imitate some of the things the winners were doing. I got caught up in NA. I felt good...” Basic Text, p. 153 ––––=–––– We often hear it said in meetings that we should “stick with the winners.” Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Winners are easily identified. They work an active program of recovery, living in the solution and staying out of the problem. Winners are always ready to reach their hands out to the newcomer. They have sponsors and work with those sponsors. Winners stay clean, just for today. Winners are recovering addicts who keep a positive frame of mind. They may be going through troubled times, but they still attend meetings and share openly about it. Winners know in their hearts that, with the help of a Higher Power, nothing will come along that is too much to handle. Winners strive for unity in their service efforts. Winners practice putting “principles before personalities.” Winners remember the principle of anonymity, doing the principled action no matter who is involved. Winners keep a sense of humor. Winners have the ability to laugh at themselves. And when winners laugh, they laugh with you, not at you. Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Any one of us can be considered a winner. All of us exhibit some of the traits of the winner; sometimes we come very close to the ideal, sometimes we don’t. If we are clean today and working our program to the best of our ability, we are winners! ––––=–––– Just for today: I will strive to fulfill my ideals. I will be a winner.

12-11-2008, 12:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
YouveGotStyleKi Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 117	My biggest issue with this, right now at least, is I was brought up in a family of "winners never quit, and quitters never win." So when I heard in the rooms that I have to "surrender to win," I was confused. How can I expect to win this war if I'm too afraid to fight? This was the topic tonight at the meeting I went to, and a lot of the oldbies with 10+ years clean made it abundantly clear that if at the end of the day, if you ask yourself, "Did I do my best?" And if you did, then you're a winner, because you got through TODAY. __________________ "Religion is for people who are afraid to go to Hell... Spirituality is for people who have already been through it."

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12-10-2008, 05:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
REZ Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 2,274	Stick with the winners! So true. Unfortunately, many people who are new to the program don't do this. I think they are afraid of winners or maybe can't relate to them. They hang around people who are slipping around and you know what happens.

12-11-2008, 10:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
REZ Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 2,274	"Winners" is definitely a loaded term. Probably a more precise way to put this is: "Stick with the people who are trying their best to follow the program of NA."

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