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NA Message Board -> Narcotics Anonymous Message Board -> March 05, 2010 From rude awakening to spiritual awakening
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March 05, 2010

From rude awakening to spiritual awakening

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"When a need arises for us to admit our powerlessness, we may first look for ways to exert power against it. After exhausting these ways, we begin sharing with others and find hope."

Basic Text, p. 82

We've sometimes heard it said in our meetings that "rude awakenings lead to spiritual awakenings:' What kind of rude awakenings do we have in recovery? Such an awakening might occur when some undesirable bit of our behavior that we thought safely hidden away is suddenly revealed for all the world to see. Or our sponsor might provoke such an awakening by informing us that, just like everyone else, we have to work the steps if we expect to stay clean and recover. 

Most of us hate to have our covers pulled; we don't like being laid naked in full view. The experience delivers a strong dose of humility. Our first reaction to such a disclosure is usually shock and anger, yet we recognize the truth when we hear it. What we are having is a rude awakening. 

Such awakenings often disclose barriers that block us from making spiritual progress in our recovery. Once those barriers are exposed, we can work the steps to begin removing them from our lives. We can begin experiencing the healing and serenity which are the preludes to a renewed awakening of the spirit.

Just for Today: I will recognize the rude awakenings I have as opportunities to grow toward spiritual awakening.

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I had a rude awakening recently.
I thought I was working a good program and living a spiritual life.
Then something went very wrong.
I felt the old panic set in as I realized I had been neglecting an important home maintenance routine that now resulted in some damage.
All the old familiar feelings set in like self loathing, anger at myself, fear, and so on.
Anyway to make a long story short, I relied on my higher power to see me through and He did. The damage was minor...much less than it seemed at first, and with proper maintenance everything will be ok.
It was indeed a rude awakening that led to spiritual growth.

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Hey Avid!! yes mine was  from my post a couple days ago,Recovery AT home! realizing that Im running too much and leaving my family behind,Its good what im doing but Im still not available in spaces I need to be.God also brings me to these spiritual awarenessess(is that a word:)) Thanks for message we need to alays take a look!!!

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Hey there Avid! For some reason almost all of your postings hit me really hard in all the right places. I just hope you know there are people like me that need wake up calls, awakenings, reality checks, etc... more than we even realize. So I for one am very grateful to have this board & people like you on it. I have had several rude awakenings in the last few weeks but I am still struggling w/ turning them into spiritual ones. Thanks for reminding me it's still possible and never too late.

Stacey

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