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JFT Growing honesty


"On a practical level, changes occur because what's appropriate to one phase of recovery may not be for another."

Basic Text, p. 105

 

When we first came to Narcotics Anonymous, many of us had no legitimate occupation.  Not all of us suddenly decide we're going to become honest and productive model citizens the moment we arrive in NA.  But we soon find, in recovery, that we are not so comfortable doing many of the things we once did without a second thought when we were using.

As we grow in our recovery, we begin to be honest in matters that probably hadnt bothered us when we used.  We start returning extra change a cashier may have given us by mistake, or admitting when we hit a parked car.  We find that if we can begin to be honest in these small ways, the bigger tests of our honesty become much easier to handle.

Many of us came here with very little capacity to be honest.  But we find that as we work the Twelve Steps, our lives begin to change.  We are no longer comfortable when we benefit at the expense of others.  And we can feel good about our newfound honesty.

 

Just for today:  I will examine the level of honesty in my life and see if Im comfortable with it.

 



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