Grey Book Reflection
We should never misrepresent what we offer even if by doing so we might be able to get a few more addicts to attend our meetings.
Gray Book, p. 114 (Tradition Eleven, Lines 7-9)
Narcotics Anonymous offers but one Promise, Freedom from active addiction. The key word here is "offers", we have to do the work for that Promise to be Fulfilled.
We have Faith in our Message just the way it is. We don't have to make false promises to promote Narcotics Anonymous. N.A. is not for everyone, and our Message is clear. An addict, any addict can stop using drugs, any drug; lose the obsession to use drugs, without the use of other drugs as a replacement and find a New Way Of Life, through the use of the 12 Spiritual Based Steps and Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous.
Through working and Living the Spiritual Principles contained in the Steps and Traditions, we find a Power Greater Than Ourselves that makes our Recovery possible. What makes all this a Reality, is our cleanliness. Abstinence from all drugs is the cornerstone of our Program; it is our Freedom from active addiction.
N.A. does not offer to get our families or our jobs back; if it did offer any of these things, our members would leave as soon as they got these things back. Or our members would leave if they didn't receive these things back. Our Gifts are Spiritual in nature and Manifest themselves throughout our Lives.
Our Attraction is a drug free lifestyle, compounded with Living by Spiritual Principles. Our Program of Recovery leaves the sick person in a better condition than they were, before they got sick. Our Message is Hope and the Promise of Freedom.
We will not be distracted from our Primary Purpose, by offering anything other than our Pure, uncut Message of Narcotics Anonymous.