Grey Book Reflection
The Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous are a progressive recovery process established in our normal living.
Gray Book, p. 147 (Chapter Nine, Lines 31-33)
The Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions are what makes up our Spiritual Program. The Spiritual Awakening that results from those Steps and these Traditions, are what makes Recovery possible. The disease of addiction affected every area of our lives.
The Program of N.A. offers Spiritual Tools as the Solution to a life affected by the disease of addiction. Our Literature says that these are a set Principles that are written so simply that we can follow them in our daily lives It also says that the most important thing about them is that they work. Narcotics Anonymous brings the dead back to life.
Not only does it offer a New Way Of Life, it gives us a life we never knew possible. Narcotics Anonymous is the only proven Solution to a disease that has plagued the world for decades. For the Program to work, we have to Surrender to its Spiritual Principles.
One of the first Spiritual Principles is Total and Complete Abstinence of any mind mood altering substance. The Program cannot work if our minds and bodies are clouded with drugs. As we practice this Living Program, our Spirits Awaken.
We tap into a Power Greater Than Ourselves and it becomes our Greatest Source of Strength. The disease of addiction is fatal, incurable and progressive.
We are granted a Daily Reprieve contingent on our Spiritual Maintenance and Sharing this Program with those who want it. Our Primary Purpose in Narcotics Anonymous is to Recover and help others find this Way of Life.
We will Practice these Spiritual Principles in our Way of Living. We will Share this Way of Life with those who seek it.