May 27

Life after drugs can sometimes seem tumultuous. Like the inertia felt when we first stop using drugs.

It seems like everything catches up to us. At these times in our Recovery, our world seems to be falling apart. We cannot give up Hope, our Third Step decision was based on Trust. The Trust that the same Higher Power that removed our obsession to use, is still with us.

Narcotics Anonymous is the eye of the storm. Remaining Calm is Trust In Action.

In our Recovery, this is our Greatest Source of Strength. The Courage comes after we walk through fear, or despite the fear. Our Faith Grows as we Practice the Spiritual Principles of Narcotics Anonymous.

The Evidence that All Will Be Well, Restores our Hope. We do the footwork, and we leave the results to the God Of Our Own Understanding. We Rely on this Power to Guide us through not only rough times, but also through the smooth times. The Tenth Step in our Gray Book says, "The line between where God does or does not help us is absolutely irrelevant.

This means that we Let Go and Let God, unconditionally, this is True Surrender. We as addicts are used to instant results, much like when we were using. Over time not overnight becomes our new mantra. Trust and Patience are Spiritual Principles that can also act as the anecdote for disease thinking.

The pause between acting or reacting is an action of Faith. Sometimes when we don't know what to do, the best thing to do, is nothing. We Pray and we continue doing the next right thing.

We don't stop to wait for the answer. We help others to get out of ourselves.

God's Will has its beginning at the end of ours.