Grey Book Reflection
When someone points out a shortcoming, our first reaction is one of defensiveness. If we truly want to grow, we will take a good look at what is pointed out.
Gray Book, p. 49 (Step Seven, Lines 24-26)
Our Literature reminds us that we are each other's eyes and ears. That means that members of our support group including our Sponsors might see or hear something that's not right with us. In this Journey of Recovery we must remain Humble.
That means we remain teachable and stay open to suggestions by our closes NA friends. Our Gray Book states, "When we were using, our spiritual and emotional growth came to a halt. " The disease left us emotionally crippled. Although most of came in as adults we were still emotionally like children.
Our egos prevents us from asking or accepting Help. As we Live the Spiritual Principles of Narcotics Anonymous we Grow into mature Consciousness. We learn to be less defensive and get Open-minded about our Assets and Liabilities as well.
As we learn Self-Acceptance we also learn what we're lacking. We then are open to get direction from others that Care about us. In Step Seven we are asking God to remove our shortcomings.
This means we already know we're not perfect. This opens the door to Accept God's Help through our Friends in the Fellowship.
This is our road to Spiritual Growth.
We will Live without the limitations of our past ways. We will Accept the Help in this New Way of Life.