May 6

When we're first new in Narcotics Anonymous, we were confused by some of the language we heard. We heard a lot of one liner sayings such as, Just For Today, Take It Easy, Priorities, Let Go And Let God.

These slogans were the first Tools we learned to apply to our newly Cleaned Lives. We needed to develop a different perspective on the way we viewed ourselves and the world around us.

Slogans were the simplest way to help us change our way of doing things. The slogans have been called the Banisters to the Steps.

We can utilize the slogans in time of Spiritual or Emotional upheavals. They can take us out of traps that the disease tries to distract us with.

They are simple to remember and easy to apply in our everyday dealings. Slogans can also be the pause button we need when dealing with difficult, people, places or things.

We can practice the Actions of the slogans to keep us growing in Recovery. When our minds start to focus on yesterday or tomorrow, we can always say to ourselves, "Just For Today.' When we start to take Life or ourselves too seriously, we can say, "Take It Easy. " When we get overwhelmed with Life, we can slow down and say to ourselves, "Priorities." When we feel as though we need to control outcomes, or control people, we can "Let Go And Let God. " While sitting at a meeting and our minds are racing, or we're too busy thinking what we're going to say when it's our turn to Share, we can say to ourselves, "Achieve Adequacy Not Perfection. " There are many more slogans we can use to set us back on track, or stay on the right track. We use the Steps to keep moving because there's always another train coming.

The slogans are not only for newcomers; they continue to help us no matter how long we've been Clean in N.A.