I,m with Avid,and also sharing with the group that you to can be here with diligence and work.That as celebrants we are vessels of how this program can work>And then whipped cream cake chocolate,cause I ain't too picky:)
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
I have 5 things that i do virtually every day. I pray I read NA literature I work the steps I call my sponsor I go to a meeting. It's a rare day that I don't do all those things. Often I will speak to at least one other addict, visit recovery websites, and perhaps go to a second meeting. That's how I do it, one day at time
First thing I do is get with the God of my understanding. I ask for forgiveness,ask to be able to forgive others and myself. I spend some short time in our 3rd/11th steps ,praying I will continually remind myself thru the day.(then out of bed) I try and read my ,text,spiritual readings from my faith beliefs(my armor) I usually each day am in contact with another addict FTF or at a meeting or MIP. I work steps daily, any particular one Im working at the time and all others in each situation. I call my sponsor,do service, I sponsor others,,and share when Im asked. I try and do something only known to me and my HP in any given situation as it reenforces my spirituality(not a religious thing) I try and live according to what I am instilling in my life,as our literature tells us in our 12th step ,that it is 'meaningless ' unless we live it!! I feel each day is another opportunity to try and get even closer with the God of my understanding,an opportunity only given to me thru His grace and mercy!! I am a knucklehead so believe I gotta do the work and when Im faltering it shows!!!!At the end of each day,I try and ask God before I fall asleep,,how I did for the day and I usually know the answer!!! .Have a blessed day....
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
When a fellow member completes and is celebrating a milestone, I try to go early to the meeting room, help out make the room look extra special, neat and clean and attractive.
Then I help out with the blackboard (we generally have NA meetings in schools here, so there's always a big blackboard available to us).
Of course I make sure to give the special member a hug, and if I have observed and learnt some good recovery stuff from this member's own recovery and way of being, I make it a point to share about it at his or her birthday meeting.
And then there's the most important part, listening to him or her share how they did it
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
