February 5

Coming to Narcotics Anonymous for the first time has been described by many; was like coming Home. For a longtime many of us had been lost, isolated, and misplaced. Our drug use and life-style continued to set us apart from other humans, with each drug use. Arriving at the doorsteps of Narcotics Anonymous, we were welcome.

For the first time in a longtime people seem happy to see us. They greeted us with a hug, and we were told to Keep Coming Back.

We started to feel needed.

We were beginning to feel worthy. Finally, in a longtime we felt like we fit in. This is what home was supposed to feel like, and the other members were like our Brothers and Sisters. We slowly started to feel comfortable around the humans again.

As we continued to get involved with the Program of Narcotics Anonymous, we started to feel comfortable in our own skins. The Members of Narcotics Anonymous Loved us until we learned to Love ourselves. We took the Suggestions, and we Worked and Lived the Steps.

After the Result of those Steps, we Practiced these Spiritual Principles in the form of the Traditions. This New Found Freedom was a Divine Gift. Narcotics Anonymous only saved our Lives, but it gave us a Life worth Living.

A new Life free from the self-made prisons we built in our active addiction. We were Granted one of the Greatest Gifts in the form of a Relationship with the Higher Power Of Our Own Understanding. We must share this Precious Gift, with others that seek it, in order to keep it.