Grey Book Reflection
that we, too could find meaning and purpose in life, and that we could be rescued from insanity, depravity and death.
Gray Book, p. 33 (Step One, Lines 31-33)
Our Message of Hope and the Promise of Freedom can only be described as a Divine Gift. Most of us suffered from the horrors of addiction before coming to Narcotics Anonymous. Our Basic Text tells us that we must Surrender to the disease of addiction because, "the fight is fixed." We then, Surrender to the Principles of Narcotics Anonymous, this is our only Solution.
In the past some of us thought we can stop on our own, despite all the evidence to the contrary, denial, substitution, rationalization, dereliction, degradation and isolation. These are just a few results of our addiction; it's also progressive, incurable and fatal. However, there is Hope, after arriving in N.A. We join others, who like us, suffered from these horrors that our Spirits visited.
N.A. offers us Freedom from active addiction and a New Way to Live, without the use of any drugs. Our replacement and Solution for this disease are the Spiritually Based Twelve Steps and Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous.
These Spiritual Principles make the transformation of the Heart, Body, Mind and Spirit possible. Yes, We Do Recover each day from that hopeless state.
We Share this Gift with all that seek it, our Journey starts with Total Abstinence and Unconditional Surrender.
We know that we too can Recover, and Live Happy, Joyous and Free, through Narcotics Anonymous.