Grey Book Reflection
As we became responsible for our own recovery, we became responsible for our fellow addicts. We found this responsibility was two-edged.
Gray Book, p. 79 (Chapter Five, Lines 32-34)
Our Basic Text says that: "The heart of N.A. beats when two addicts share their recovery It goes on to define this as a Meeting, as long as they follow the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of N.A. Two addicts gathering together, to help each other stay Clean.
Everything we do in Narcotics Anonymous we do together, it's a We Program. Carrying the Message is a Responsibility, not an option.
Recovering addicts are the only people that can help addicts; that is Our Responsibility. The one-on-one Sharing and Caring are without parallel; we find that Love and Service are the Primary Purpose and the Motive. As we do this personal face-to-face Service, we find that all the suffering we went through in active addiction was worth it; if it helps another suffering addict.
Our own Recovery flourishes, is the "two-edged", that our Literature talks about. One of the ways we do this type of Service is in the form of Sponsorship. A Sponsor is sought of like a human map, they show us where we're at, where we're going, and how we're going to get there.
Our Sponsors know because they've been there themselves, and they were shown the way by others before them. Every time a Sponsor shines the Light on this Path for another suffering addict, the Sponsor's Journey Reveals even more to themselves. As we recycle our Recovery, we see new Solutions to the new experiences we face Living Clean.
Every day is new in our Journey; we are given a Daily Reprieve, we are given Unconditional Hope. We can stay on this Journey so long as there is someone else and God on our side.
Our Gift of Recovery is conditional, in that, we can only keep it, as long as we Share it with others.