Just For Today: December 5 - Those who want to recover - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

godsonmyside · 12-05-2005, 06:14 AM

December 5
Those who want to recover

"We have seen the program work for any addict who honestly and sincerely wants to stop [using drugs]"

Basic Text p. 10

How do we know when someone honestly and sincerely wants to stop using drugs? The truth is that we don't know! Because we cannot read minds or know another's motives and desires, we simply have to hope for the best. We may talk to a newcomer at a meeting and think we'll never see them again, only to find them several years later doing well in their recovery. We may be tempted to give up on someone who keeps relapsing or doesn't get clean right away, but we must not. No matter how unwilling someone may seem, a simple fact remains-the addict is at a meeting.

We may never know the results of our Twelfth Step work; it is not up to us to gauge the willingness of a newcomer. The message we carry is a part of us. We carry it everywhere and share it freely, leaving the results to a Power greater than ourselves.

Just for today: I will share my recovery with any addict, anywhere, anytime, and under any circumstances. I will leave the results to my Higher Power.

pg. 355

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

margie592003 · 12-05-2005, 07:25 AM

Today I am clean, I thank my higher power for this and give him all of the glory. I have been clean for 2 months and have been batteling this monster for years, I can only do this one day at a time and with the help I can recieve from these sites I am thankful, today I am clean!!!!!!

Time2Surrender · 12-05-2005, 07:27 AM

Congrats on 2 months Margie.

12-05-2005, 06:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
godsonmyside Vision of Hope Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Living on This side of the green!! Posts: 1,062	Just For Today: December 5 - Those who want to recover December 5 Those who want to recover "We have seen the program work for any addict who honestly and sincerely wants to stop [using drugs]" Basic Text p. 10 How do we know when someone honestly and sincerely wants to stop using drugs? The truth is that we don't know! Because we cannot read minds or know another's motives and desires, we simply have to hope for the best. We may talk to a newcomer at a meeting and think we'll never see them again, only to find them several years later doing well in their recovery. We may be tempted to give up on someone who keeps relapsing or doesn't get clean right away, but we must not. No matter how unwilling someone may seem, a simple fact remains-the addict is at a meeting. We may never know the results of our Twelfth Step work; it is not up to us to gauge the willingness of a newcomer. The message we carry is a part of us. We carry it everywhere and share it freely, leaving the results to a Power greater than ourselves. Just for today: I will share my recovery with any addict, anywhere, anytime, and under any circumstances. I will leave the results to my Higher Power. pg. 355 Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics Anonymous©

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12-05-2005, 07:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
margie592003 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: lehigh acres ,florida Posts: 2	Today I am clean, I thank my higher power for this and give him all of the glory. I have been clean for 2 months and have been batteling this monster for years, I can only do this one day at a time and with the help I can recieve from these sites I am thankful, today I am clean!!!!!!

12-05-2005, 07:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
Time2Surrender Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 7,165 Blog Entries: 7	Congrats on 2 months Margie.

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