November 2

Who knew that the worst days of our Lives, the hopelessness, isolation and desperation we felt those final days, hours, or minutes, would be our Greatest asset in Helping others. We were beaten into submission. We still needed to Surrender Totally and Unconditionally to Narcotics Anonymous and it's Spiritual Principles.

The pain from the horrors of addiction also served as a positive stepping stone for us. The pain we experienced in our active addiction became the touchstone to our Spirituality. The pain and devastation we felt of our first Total Surrender, would later serve as the bedrock for our Recovery Foundation.

We Helped others as they witness our Admission of powerlessness, over the disease of addiction. We lessen our past regrets when we can help just one person besides ourselves. As we Recover, we see that our Higher Power is our Greatest Source of Strength.

We soon learn that part of Anonymity meant that we don't credit for our Recovery. The Gray Book states, "Being grateful begins when we realize that something other than ourselves blessed us with what we have. " Some of us may not be happy that we became addicts. We hurt a lot of people, including ourselves.

This is the process some of us had to take, to get where we are today. We can now take our Experience, Strength and Hope to Help others.

We can Share Hope for a better future, filled with Serenity and Purposefulness. Our useless destructive past has turned out to be a Goldmine. We keep reaping the Benefits from our past, by Sharing it with others.