April 27

The hardest record in the world to break, is our own track record. When we took our Fourth Step, we saw the patterns of our behaviors and how they affected our Lives, and the Lives of others. Our past was frightening because it was dominated by fear.

Our Fourth Step asks us to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. To be fearless, we needed Faith, to acquire the Spiritual Principle of Faith we needed to take Action in the Third Step. After making the Decision to turn it over, together with The God of Our Understanding and our Sponsors, we start the Self-Appraisal Process. We look at our past, but not dwell in it. We ask our Higher Power for Courage, and put pen on paper.

We sought out our feelings, emotions and resentments. We write about our reactions and behaviors toward people, places and things.

We write on how these situations affected us. We recall our past and Accept that we were acting and reacting through active addiction. We become willing to be accountable for the part we played.

We also see where we acted the right way in the midst of chaos. We write about our newly found Assets as well.

In Narcotics Anonymous we get to create a new past, one of Faith, Hope and Spirituality. We continue taking personal inventory, so we won't repeat our mistakes. We learn from our past, and we Share our experience with others.

We make each day count by practicing the Spiritual Principles we were given. We begin to experience Freedom from self and the Acceptance of others. We no longer regret the past, and we no longer fear the future.

We are free to live Just For Today.