july 20 jft

[stickmonkey]

July 20 --------- Step One

"We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives
had become unmanageable. "

Step One

The First Step begins with "we," and there's a reason for that. There
is great strength in making a verbal admission of our powerlessness.
And when we go to meetings and make this admission, we gain more than
personal strength. We become members, part of a collective "we" that
allows us, together, to recover from our addiction. With membership in
NA comes a wealth of experience: the experience of other addicts who
have found a way to recover from their disease.

No longer must we try to solve the puzzle of our addiction on our own.
When we honestly admit our powerlessness over our addiction, we can
begin the search for a better way to live. We won't be searching
alone-we're in good company.

Just for today: I will start the day with an admission of my
powerlessness over addiction. I will remind myself that the First Step
starts with "we," and know that I never have to be alone with my
disease again.

pg. 210

Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics Anonymous ©

[caressa]

It was so healing to finally understand the word powerless. I couldn't grasp the concept until I substituted the word "control" and then I could see that when I was using, I was not in control. My disease was. What was just as important, and even maybe more so, was the fact that I am powerless over people, places and things. In today, my HP, utilizes these same things to show me how to live, clean and sober.

[stickmonkey]

Same deal here.