13 Oktober

Another way of saying the above quote is, we can't keep what we have, unless we give it away; and yes, we can't give away what we don't have. This saying sounded strange when we first came to Narcotics Anonymous, it didn't make sense in our active addiction. We no longer had what we gave away, and most of the time we had nothing to give away anyway. We lived a selfish, self-centered life in active addiction.

In Narcotics Anonymous we received Freely from addicts who were here before us. Many of us wondered if there was a motive behind it. When we first arrive to Narcotics Anonymous, we have to receive the Message from those who were here before us.

Before that, we really had nothing to give away. Our active addiction is all we knew, and it didn't serve as a Solution. Our past will serve as a Stepping Stone later.

When we are new, we need to take the cotton out of our ears, and put it in our mouths. In other words, we had to Listen to Learn.

Only then we would have a full Narcotics Anonymous Message to Share. As we Grew Spiritually, we saw that this Gift when Freely Shared with others, multiplied our sense of Humanity and also kept us Clean and wanting more. If our cups are full, we are unable to Receive more. We have to give some away to Receive more.

Today our cup will not runneth over and go to waste.

In This Moment: We will continue to Give away what we have Received, in order to get more and have more to Give away.