Grey Book Reflection
In attraction rather than promotion, we give the addict the right to join in our anonymity and find recovery.
Gray Book, p. 117 (Tradition Twelve, Lines 23-25)
Anonymity is the Spiritual Foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place Principles before personalities. Our Symbol section in the Basic Text reminds us that in Narcotics Anonymous there's room for every manifestation of the Recovering addict. Our Message is one of Love and Inclusiveness. Our Steps and Traditions make Recovery possible for any addict that seeks Recovery.
Narcotics Anonymous Offers only one Promise, the Freedom from active addiction, and a New Way Of Life. It's Offered through a Daily Reprieve and the Practice of Spiritual Principles for that Day. Narcotics Anonymous works on a twenty-four hour basis. We can arrest the disease of addiction and Apply the Narcotics Anonymous Spiritual Principles to every area of our Lives.
The Great thing about it is that it has worked for countless others. We are given Hope from others that it can also work for us. Narcotics Anonymous is not for people who need it, it's not even for people who want it.
It's for people who work it. We don't promote our Program; we don't make Promises to anyone.
We Carry our Message of Freedom and the Promise of Hope. This is conditional if we are Willing to make the effort to get it.
We learn that we carry the Pure Narcotics Anonymous Message, to the next suffering addict. We learn that God delivers that message when the time is right.
By carrying the Pure message of Narcotics Anonymous, we give every addict the right to Accept or reject Our Way of Life.