January 24

In active addiction as our using progressed, our world seemed to get smaller and smaller. As time went on and our disease progressed, we used to live and lived to use. Some of us lost our jobs; some of us were separated from our Families and Friends. Toward the end we spent a lot of time involved, in the getting and using drugs.

When we ran out of drugs, we spent time finding ways and means to get more. One of the exact nature's of the disease of addiction is isolation. The disease separated us from Loved ones and things we loved doing.

Some of us no longer enjoyed hobbies or leisure activities. We forgot how to have fun.

Using became our priority, and we had no choice, but to continue. We were powerless over our addiction, and our lives became unmanageable. Many of us became homeless and found ourselves in the streets living in degradation.

The most painful part from the results of our addiction was the isolation our spirits felt, and finally we lost ourselves. In desperation, we found people like us in Narcotics Anonymous. We finally felt part of something special; we no longer felt alone.

This was the beginning of the end of our isolation. With the Help of Narcotics Anonymous, our world began to get bigger.

Some of us became employable, and some of us got our Families back. We began to make new friends and participated in our and others' Lives. To continue in this Spiritual Journey, we must Live the Principles of Narcotics Anonymous.

We must also Share this Gift with those suffering addicts that seek it. Narcotics Anonymous can mean Never Alone.