Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of the future.
Basic Text, pp. 94
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Thoughts of how bad it wasor could becan consume our hopes for recovery. Fantasies of how wonderful it wasor could becan divert us from taking action in the real world. Thats why, in Narcotics Anonymous, we talk about living and recovering just for today.
In NA, we know that we can change. Weve come to believe that our Higher Power can restore the soundness of our minds and hearts. The wreckage of our past can be dealt with through the steps. By maintaining our recovery, just for today, we can avoid creating problems in the future.
Life in recovery is no fantasy. Daydreams of how great using was or how we can use successfully in the future, delusions of how great things could be, overblown expectations that set us up for disappointment and relapseall are stripped of their power by the program. We seek Gods will, not our own. We seek to serve others, not ourselves. Our self-centeredness and the importance of how great things could or should be for us disappears. In the light of recovery, we perceive the difference between fantasy and reality.
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Just for today: I am grateful for the principles of recovery and the new reality theyve given me.
One of the things I remember about my first NA meeting is that they told me to take it one day at a time. What a concept! I can deal with things if I don't get all wrapped up in worrying about the future or regretting the past.
God made you the way you are ? snd if he did is it all that bad ? probably depends on where your at with who you are.
Discover and discard, clean house in other words.
We take responsibilty for our recovery and stop blaming people places things and situations otherwise we never accept the condition we're in whether its our fault or not, at that point nothing changes.
We seek Gods will, not our own. We seek to serve others, not ourselves. Our self-centeredness and the importance of how great things could or should be for us disappears.
Hey Manon,so good to see ya! For me ,self acceptance was a necessary quality I needed in order to trust in my God.Self rejection was a barrier as I was rejecting God's grace and mercy extended to me ..It was me saying "I CAN'T TRUST IN GOD! For me I have come to trust in God with all my heart and not rely on my own understanding(that got me where it did)It is not a blind "pied Piper trip over the cliff ,but based on the evidence of the miracles in my life,accepting the grace,doing the work to continue forward and believing God wants me to be all He intended me to be,,,,like I have said before ,leaving me to work out the details.. And for all of us, may the God of our own understanding continue to bring our lives grace and faith and perserverance to trust in the 'character of God",trust with all our hearts and not lean on our own understanding!!Life living in the spiritual principles of Narcotics Anonymous and staying God centered has afforded me a 'trusting,new way to live".I truly believe it is possible for all.....staying in the day,not trying to figure it all out,helps me immensely ,cause I got this thing where "I am always looking for the answer>>>there are many things I will never understand ,but will continue to work in the "solution' and I know more will continually be revealed!I don't usually respond to a writing that was in another writing but just wanted to say hey to you and all my brothers and sisters!!!!
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
