January 3

By the time we get to Step Eleven, most of us have reached an Awareness, that we're not alone. We experienced and felt the Power that first got us Clean, was still with us. Throughout our Journey, we've experienced miracles that we couldn't explain.

We've experienced the Strength and Courage to go through Life on Life's Terms without picking up or creating havoc in our Lives. In Narcotics Anonymous, we see the evidence of this same Power at work in the Lives of others. We see newcomers stay Clean and their Hope returned, as their Lives are transformed.

We also experience periods of Peace of Mind and a Serenity that we never knew before. Our Gray Book says that: "We begin to find a peace unmatchable to a drug-induced high." We improve our Relationship with the God Of Our Understanding and depend on God through the good times as well as in the difficult times. Our Seventh Step reminds us that Humility is a good state for an addict to be in.

Reliance on God enforces that we're not alone. Anonymity means that we can't do this by ourselves through our own accord.

Reliance replaces compliance as we continue this Constant Conscious Contact. We no longer just work the Steps just to stay Clean, even though that is necessary. We Live the Steps to Experience the Spiritual Awakenings that the Spiritual Principles makes possible.

Our Awareness Helps us not to forget that in the midst of a storm, our Higher Power is there waiting and Willing to help us, if we reach out.