January 31

In Narcotics Anonymous, the Heart of Recovery from addiction is one addict Helping another. This is what Sponsorship is about, it's a two-way street because it helps both, Sponsee and Sponsor. When we Share our Recovery with someone else, we enforce our own Recovery.

When we first came to Narcotics Anonymous our Spirits were broken, tore up from the floor up, we felt helpless and hopeless. Here, in N.A. we met people that felt like us, but had found a Daily Reprieve from that hopeless state. We were told that we didn't have to suffer anymore, we didn't have to use, just for that day. We were told that we weren't bad people trying to get good; we were sick people trying to get better.

The We of the Program helps Save our Lives. The disease isolated us, and we thought we would die alone as using addicts.

Our Literature says that Narcotics Anonymous is like a ship in the sea of isolation. We're not alone, together we're shipwrecked on the same island.

We Help each other Survive from the horrors of addiction that we experienced. One of the suggestions in Narcotics Anonymous is that we find a Sponsor to Guide us through the Steps and Traditions. "The ultimate weapon for recovery is the recovering addict." A Sponsor is like a human map; they know where we came from. They know where we are going, and they show us how to get there.

People in Narcotics Anonymous will walk side by side with us, without motives or parallels. Just For Today, we never have to be alone again. Just For Today, we will have Faith in someone in N.A.