January 23

The Program of Narcotics Anonymous is a twenty-four hour Program. We arrest the disease of addiction Just For Today.

We renew our Commitment to our Recovery on a daily basis. When we go to bed at night, we review our day, our actions, our reactions, and our attitudes. We check where maybe we could have handled a situation better than we did.

We take Inventory to see if we need to make an Amends to someone. This constant monitoring of our attitudes and behaviors is only half of our daily maintenance. The other half of our daily maintenance is the actual Practice of our Spiritual Principles in all our affairs.

We start the next day as soon as we open our eyes. We start with Gratitude for waking up. We ask for the Strength from the God Of Our Own Understanding, to walk the talk.

The more we Live the Spiritual Principles of the Narcotics Anonymous Program, the less chance our disease will get the best of us. The relapse process usually begins with our Spirituality, that's the first thing that starts to go. We stop being Grateful for the things we have, and we stop Praying. We start to lose Patience with people, places, and things; worrying becomes Prayer replacement.

Our behaviors with ourselves and others start to change. We start using the short version of the Serenity Prayer, which is "#### ##" and then the chaos begins. This relapse process in motion can lead to physical relapse.

A return to the basics is the only thing that can save us at that point. Taking an immediate Inventory can keep us on the right track and move forward.

We reconnect with our Higher Power. We Help another suffering addict. We renew our Surrender to the Principles of Narcotics Anonymous, and the Recovery Process begins again.