Missybuns

November 27
Seeking God's Help
"At times during our recovery, the decision to ask for God's help is our greatest source of strength and courage."

Basic Text pg. 26

When we take the Third Step, we decide to allow a loving Higher Power to guide us and care for us in our daily lives. We make the decision to allow this guidance and care into our lives. Some of us believe that, once we've made the Third Step decision, God leads us; from that point on, it's just a matter of paying attention to where we are led.

The Third Step decision is an act of faith, and asking for God's help is a way of renewing that act of faith. Putting faith to work in our daily lives gives us all the courage and strength we need, because we know we have the help of a loving Higher Power. We trust that our needs will be met. We can tap into that faith and trust just by asking.

Just for today: I will remind myself that I'm not alone by asking my Higher Power for help each step of the way.

Copyright © 1991-2010 by Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Missybuns

This is my clean date reading. I remember going to a convention and attending a workshop titled "Just for Today" and what they did was have members come up and read with the group their clean date reading and briefly talk about it. That was the first time I ever participated actively in a workshop other than just listening. I have always remembered this reading as my clean date reading ever since.

Have you ever really paid attention to your clean date meditation?

Peace,
Missy

ANGELINA243

Now that you mention it, I guess I really haven't pondered my clean date meditation--although I have read it many times. I'm sure it was just recently posted, but here it is:

November 23
God's Will
"The relief of 'letting go and letting God' helps us develop a life that is worth living."

Basic Text pg. 26

In our addiction, we were afraid of what might happen if we didn't control everything around us. Many of us made up elaborate lies to protect our use of drugs. Some of us manipulated everyone around us in a frenzied attempt to get something from them so we could use more drugs. A few of us went to great lengths to keep two people from talking to each other and perhaps discovering our trail of lies. We took pains to maintain an illusion of control over our addiction and our lives. In the process, we kept ourselves from experiencing the serenity that comes with surrender to a Higher Power's will.

In our recovery, it is important to release our illusion of control and surrender to a Higher Power, whose will for us is better than anything we can con, manipulate, or devise for ourselves. If we realize that we are trying to control outcomes and are feeling afraid of the future, there is action we can take to reverse that trend. We go to our Second and Third Steps and look at what we have come to believe about a Higher Power. Do we truly believe that this Power can care for us and restore us to sanity? If so, we can live with all of life's ups and downs - its disappointments, its sorrows, its wonders, and its joys.

Just for today: I will surrender and let a Higher Power's will happen in my life. I will accept the gift of serenity this surrender brings.

Copyright © 1991-2010 by Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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BTW--I see that we both have November birthdays.

Also Congratulations! 7 You must have recently celebrated another year clean!

Missybuns

congrats to you, too!