June 2

One of the slogans we hear in Narcotics Anonymous is, "It works if you work it. " That means if we want to Recover we have to take Action. In active addiction, we depended on the drugs to make us feel good and take away any physical, mental or emotional pain. We used drugs to be able to live that day.

The drugs did for us what we couldn't do for ourselves. Arriving to N.A., other members told us that we never had to use again.

We read in the N.A. book that if we Lived the Narcotics Anonymous Program on a daily basis we wouldn't use just for that day. Living the Program meant that we had to have a desire to stop using. It meant that we had to embrace the Spiritual Principles of Narcotics Anonymous.

Our Surrender to Total and Complete Abstinence was one of the Spiritual Principles we had to Surrender to. We had to stop letting drugs use us. We needed to find a Power stronger than our addiction to help us get and stay Clean.

Following the suggestions through Action is what removed our obsession to use drugs. The pain of not using drugs forced us to seek this Power Greater Than Ourselves. Making the Decision to turn our thinking and our behaviors to the Care of this Higher Power required our Open-mindedness and Willingness.

We Applied the Spiritual Tools we were given to unlock the Spiritual Fruits contained in each Step and Tradition. The results from our efforts had not only been Freedom from active addiction. Through the results of those Steps, we achieved a Spiritual Awakening.

Through our Spiritual Awakening we were capable of Practicing these Spiritual Principles in all our affairs.