January 27

Our character defects were the tools of the disease of addiction. These character defects made it possible for us to survive our old way of life. Drugs were our solution for a long time, before they turned against us.

To survive our addiction, we had to practice our character defects. In Narcotics Anonymous we are given a new set of tools, these new tools are necessary for our New Way of Life. In Narcotics Anonymous our old tools don't work in order to Recover.

Our Gray Book states, "Letting go of character defects should be done with love. Fear and hate cannot give us new lives. " We no longer need those old survival skills because now we're doing more than just surviving; we are finally really Living. Narcotics Anonymous offers us simple Spiritual Principles that we can Practice to continue on this Spiritual Path.

Narcotics Anonymous is more than just about not using drugs, it's not a drug program; N.A. is a Recovery Program. One Promise, and many Gifts, and one Gift is a Spiritual Awakening as a result of Working those Steps. Another Gift is a Relationship with a Higher Power Of Our Own Understanding.

Another Gift is a Relationship with Reality. Our Literature says that if we don't use what we have, we will lose it in a relapse.

So, we must keep these New Tools sharpened by continuously using them and Sharing them with others.