November 22

Our Gray Book tells us that, "A meeting is like a fence around our clean time. " It keeps positive things inside, and it also keeps the insanity of active addiction out. Like anything else that needs to flourish, it must remain fertile. Abstinence from all drugs is how Recovery becomes possible.

We cannot Recover if our minds and bodies are still clouded with drugs. A lot of our compulsions are relieved by remaining Clean.

The obsessions which are part of the disease of addiction still permeate in our Lives. As long as we don't use drugs, we can use the rest of the Steps to Grow Spiritually. The disease of addiction affects every area of our Lives.

Recovery has to be more than physical Abstinence. The disease of addiction affects us mentally and Spiritually as well. Working and Living the Spiritual Principles of Narcotics Anonymous preserves our Clean Time and makes the other stages of Growth in our Recovery possible.

Besides Freedom from active addiction, Narcotics Anonymous offers a Spiritual Awakening with each and every Step Lived. Even though addiction is an incurable progressive disease, we can arrest it just for that day by remaining Clean. With Total and Complete Abstinence, we still have an advantage over the disease.

Our Higher Power, the N.A. Steps, Traditions, Sponsors, Meeting attendance and the Fellowship allow our Recovery to Flourish. Our Recovery can offer us Spiritual Unlimited Growth, if we Practice a Daily Living Program.