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Kenh


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February 15
An Awakening Of The Spirit

"The last thing we expected was an awakening of the spirit"

Basic Text, p. 48

Few of us came to our first Narcotics Anonymous meeting aching to take a personal inventory or believing that a spiritual void existed in our souls. We had no inkling that we were about to embark on a journey which would awaken our sleeping spirits.

Like a loud alarm clock, the First Step brings us to semiconsciousnessalthough at this point, we may not be sure whether we want to climb out of bed or maybe sleep for just five more minutes. The gentle hand shaking our shoulders as we apply the Second and Third Steps causes us to stand up, stretch, and yawn. We need to wipe the sleep from our eyes to write the Fourth Step and share our Fifth. But as we work the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Steps, we begin noticing a spring in our step and the start of a smile on our lips. Our spirits sing in the shower as we take the Tenth and Eleventh Steps. And then we practice the Twelfth, leaving the house in search of others to awaken.

We don't have to spend the rest of our lives in a spiritual coma. We may not like to get up in the morning but, once out of bed, we're almost always glad we did.

Just for today: To awaken my sleepy spirit, I will use the Twelve Steps.

pg. 47

Back to: Just For Today Page of NAWORKS.org

Sorry about this one, I didn't know that it had already been posted. Hey what happened to the most recent board? I can't get mine to work at all.



-- Edited by Kenh at 21:05, 2008-02-15

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Sheesh I woke up feeling pretty good today Had a nice time with my gal last night, barbecued for her layed around watching a few videos and talking, me teasing of course.

Then about 3 hours into the day I got a call and it totally pissed me off I didn't even want to finish my jobs I had scheduled so I came home and relaxed for a bit to calm down and started over, but it just wasn't the same as earlier in the day seemed like I was struggling threw everything.

I barely have a spiritual life I've come to find out, something so small I can snap over then I look back and regret my actions every time then I try to find a way to fix things , guess i have a lot more work to do maybe something I've missed along the way.

More will be revealed....



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