This decision demands continued acceptance, ever-increasing faith, and a daily commitment to recovery.
IP No. 14, One Addicts Experience
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Sometimes, we really live the Third Stepand its great! We dont regret the past, we arent afraid of the future, and were generally pleased with the present. Sometimes, though, we lose our vision of Gods will in our life.
Many of us dream of erasing the mistakes of our past, but the past cannot be erased. Many of us are grateful this is so, for our past experiences have brought us to the recovery we enjoy today. By working the program, we can learn to accept the past and reconcile ourselves with it by amending our wrongs. Those same Twelve Steps can help eliminate our worries over the future. When we practice NA principles on a daily basis in all our affairs, we can leave the results up to our Higher Power.
It seems as though our members with the strongest faith are the ones who are best able to live in the present moment. Enjoyment, appreciation, and gratitude for the quality of our livesthese are the results of faith in life itself. When we practice the principles of our program, today is the only day we need.
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Just for today: I will make the most of today, and trust that yesterday and tomorrow are in Gods care.
Love it ,Staying in the day is very crucial for me, something I have to work very hard at. You see my God is very humorous, I am a manager of a workshop that 1st (my focus) to serve the people I work for )and secondly (not always looked on in that order ,but thats why they call it work!!)to get sub contract assembly work done in schedules that deal in looking ahead to future"due dates".On one hand I live to be in the day and on the other hand I am working toward the next due date.I really no longer have much issue with the past ,my 4th/5th /and 9th step ,diligently worked over and over has helped me immenseley in that area, I have issues of projections of "whats coming"..I try and spend each day 'planning for tomorrow but not at the wasted expense of today.. As in all things I work toward progress not perfection.Funny how pertinent messages seem to appear when we are receptive ,aint no coincidence to me.......:)
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
