August 3

For many of us Narcotics Anonymous was the last house on the block. Toward the end in our active addiction, many of us searched for answers or solutions for our problem. Our Literature says that before coming to Narcotics Anonymous, everything we tried failed to hold any answers that we could use. Our disease always re-surfaced, ours was more than an Abstinence problem.

In some cases Abstinence wasn't even achieved. Having tried everything in desperation we found Narcotics Anonymous. For some of us it was the last thing we found, but the only thing that worked.

Here we found people just like us that suffered from a hopeless state. We learned that a Spiritual problem needed a Spiritual Solution. We found a Fellowship of people; we didn't have to be alone anymore.

We were finally home, and the members of Narcotics Anonymous became our Brothers and Sisters. We attended meetings where there we heard the Life Saving Message of N.A. Recovery. With other's Experience, Strength and Hope, together with the application of the Living Program of N.A., we too started to Recover.

The Empathy and Identification at meetings kept us coming back. Recovery is what happens at our meetings. We grow to Trust and depend on one another with our Lives.

This Healthy Dependence on God and the Groups sustains our Recovery and unlimited Growth. Finally, we found a viable Solution for our addiction problem. Through Total and Complete Abstinence, we are able to apply Spiritual Principles to arrest and treat this disease of addiction.