October 21

Our Literature tells us that in Step Three, we made a Decision. For the first time, for many of us, we made a decision. After a while, working and Living the Steps, the pain of our addiction was not the reason we were still here.

We were not mandated or coerced by someone or something, anymore. The desperation of our using was replaced by Hope, and our insanity replaced by Faith.

Our Decision was made strictly by us. We got a taste of the Program, and we wanted more. For many of us, it was the first time we ever had a working Relationship with the God Of Our Own Understanding.

For some of us, Life didn't necessarily get better; we got better with Life and the things going on around us. Our Third Step reminds us that this Decision implies Action. Our Literature tells us that if you want what we have to offer, you have to be Willing to make the effort to get it.

This statement implies that there's action on our part. This Commitment entails everything we heard when we first came to N.A. We first had to practice Acceptance through the Surrender to the disease.

Then, we had to Surrender to Narcotics Anonymous and its Spiritual Principles. We had to continue to improve the contact with the God we met in Steps One and Two. We might've made the Decision early on, but this is a Daily, Twenty-Four-Hour Program. A Daily Reprieve is all we get and that is dependent on our continued effort to Practice these Spiritual Principles on a Daily basis.

This Daily Reprieve is also contingent on us Sharing our Recovery with other suffering addicts who seek it.