June 25

Our Literature tells us that a belief in a Higher Power is necessary to achieve any sort of ongoing Recovery. We were forced to seek this Higher Power as a Solution for our obsession to use. After achieving Complete and Total Abstinence in the First Step, we needed a Power Greater Than Ourselves to stay Clean and Recover. This Process of Recovery cannot only work with knowledge and belief.

Willingness must be transferred into Action for our Surrender to have any kind of effect. In Narcotics Anonymous we have the Freedom to choose the Higher Power Of Our Own Understanding. It's suggested that this Power be Loving, Caring and Greater than ourselves.

Because we first come in with a lot of guilt and shame, some members add Forgiving to this list. Our Third Step tells us that if we are to Grow Spiritually, it's necessary to be Honest about our belief. The Action that creates Faith springs from the Hope that's evident all around us as we attend meetings.

Our sanity progresses as we seek a conscious contact with this Power. This relationship with our Higher Power Grows as we practice the Spiritual Principles of Narcotics Anonymous. We share about our relationship with our Higher Power with those around us.

We can share about our Higher Power in meetings, within the Guide Lines of our Traditions. We defend our right to a God of Our Own Understanding. By the same token, we don't endorse or call this Power by name at meetings.

Narcotics Anonymous is a Spiritual Program, not a religious one. We can share through the Process of the Steps and Traditions how this Power manifested itself in our Lives. We can also see the evidence of other's Higher Power working in their Lives.

We need this Power to Practice these Spiritual Principles in our daily Lives.