We must use what we learn or we will lose it, no matter how long we have been clean.
Basic Text, p. 85
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After putting some clean time together, some of us have a tendency to forget what our most important priority is. Once a week or less we say, Ive gotta get to a meeting tonight. Its been... Weve been caught up in other things, important for sure, but no more so than our continued participation in Narcotics Anonymous.
It happens gradually. We get jobs. We reunite with our families. Were raising children, the dog is sick, or were going to school at night. The house needs to be cleaned. The lawn needs to be mowed. We have to work late. Were tired. Theres a good show at the theater tonight. And all of a sudden, we notice that we havent called our sponsor, been to a meeting, spoken to a newcomer, or even talked to God in quite a while.
What do we do at this point? Well, we either renew our commitment to our recovery, or we continue being too busy to recover until something happens and our lives become unmanageable. Quite a choice! Our best bet is to put more of our energy into maintaining the foundation of recovery on which our lives are built. That foundation makes everything else possible, and it will surely crumble if we get too busy with everything else.
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Just for today: I cant afford to be too busy to recover. I will do something today that sustains my recovery.
Two of our writings that always stick with me "The progression of recovery is a continuous uphill journey,without effort We start the downhill run again,but the progression of the disease is an ongoing process,even during abstinence"
And "Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time, if WE remain complacent for too long the recovery process then ceases."(I would also include members with any amount of clean time)
I found out personally through the years that complacency definitely started me on that downbound ride again,I didn't want to pick up but the mental and spiritual illnesses were coming to the forfront of my life and my spiritual fit condition was diminishing. Through the grace of the God of my understanding,I evidenced the solution and moved back to it..Never too busy to ensure I don't refund the misery, one day at a time!!!
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
Two of our writings that always stick with me "The progression of recovery is a continuous uphill journey,without effort We start the downhill run again,but the progression of the disease is an ongoing process,even during abstinence"
And "Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time, if WE remain complacent for too long the recovery process then ceases."(I would also include members with any amount of clean time)
I found out personally through the years that complacency definitely started me on that downbound ride again,I didn't want to pick up but the mental and spiritual illnesses were coming to the forfront of my life and my spiritual fit condition was diminishing. Through the grace of the God of my understanding,I evidenced the solution and moved back to it..Never too busy to ensure I don't refund the misery, one day at a time!!!
+1, that's why I'm here daily!
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Work the Steps or Die MF. (My Friend :) Clean One Day At a Time by The Grace of God through The Power of NA
