April 22

Having taken inventory of our Assets and liabilities, we become entirely ready to have God remove whatever obstacles stand in the way of our Higher Power's Will for us. Our defective character took a long time to evolve. Our defects became part of our personality and were our Solution for a long time. Change takes place over time, not overnight, but we are Responsible to take Action.

The God of Our Understanding no longer is an idle icon; we actually make God an Action figure in our Lives. We utilize this power to give us the Strength to negotiate our Recovery. We walk the talk as we slowly and carefully pull ourselves out of isolation into the mainstream of Life.

We pick up the Spiritual Tools that were laid in front of us, by our Sponsors and our Higher Power. We utilize and not analyze; we use Reliance instead of compliance or defiance.

We keep our initial Surrender alive, by continuing to Surrender at a deeper level. No longer are we motivated by pain.

We actually get more power, when we choose to do God's Will for us. Our character transformation is a daily occurrence; we reinforce our Recovery by Daily Maintenance of our Spiritual Condition. The more we Practice the Spiritual Principles of the Narcotics Anonymous Program, the more our defects lie dormant, or at least are minimized. With each Step Lived we experience an Awakening.

This Spiritual Experience gives us a Glimpse of what our Life would be, Free of defects. This gives us Hope, We Do Recover daily, from our hopeless state.