Grey Book Reflection
God consciousness fills the empty place inside that nothing ever could before.
Gray Book, p. 145 (Chapter Nine, Lines 19-20)
Our Second Step reminds us that only a Power Greater Than Ourselves, can fill the void left by the drugs. Drugs were our solution for a time, after the drugs stopped working, we were left with even a bigger void. We tried desperately to fill that void with people, places, things and even more drugs.
Everything we tried failed us, some served as a temporary relief, but soon our desperation returned. In Narcotics Anonymous we learned that what we had, was a God shaped void. The only thing that could fill this God shaped void, was The God Of Our Understanding.
Our complete Surrender must be followed by our Reliance on this Power. As our Faith increases we begin to feel our Higher Power's Presence in our Lives and Hopefully in everything we do. Our Awareness turns to God Consciousness as we have that Conscious Contact with this Power.
We develop Trust through our Willingness as we work the Steps with our Sponsors. With each Awakening as a result of the Steps and Traditions, we Share this Gift with others, in order to keep it.
We will develop God Consciousness, by practicing Constant Conscious Contact with that Higher Power.