January 8

Our Eleventh Step in our Narcotics Anonymous Book says that our Conscious Contact with our Higher Power reveals that God's Will for us can become our will for ourselves. This, of course, takes place over time, not overnight. This aligning of God's Will with ours is only possible through the transformation that takes place, as a result of us Living the Principles of the Steps and Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous. While Living the Spiritual Principles of the Seventh Step, we start to see glimpses of ourselves temporarily free of certain defects.

This revelation gives us Hope that Freedom from the bond of selfishness is possible. We sense that our Higher Power wants us to be Healthy, prosperous and never alone without any Friends, our Families or even a Mate. These are the things we always wanted for ourselves all along.

We experience that a New Way of Life is possible. We are not the people we used to be, we are not the people we want to be, we are the people God has us to be, at this moment.

We are still being molded and shaped, this Process will continue for the rest of our Journey, if we work for it. Just For Today there's Hope for us to be all we could be.

This Hope translates into Faith as we Trust the God of Our Own Understanding. Our Higher Power will do for us what we can't do for ourselves. To continue progressing in our Recovery we must work with others as we Share this Precious Gift with the still suffering addict.