3 Oktober

When we first arrived to Narcotics Anonymous, we were told that we were not Responsible for our disease. We were told that we would be Accountable for the harms we caused. We heard from others that were here before us to "Take It Easy. " All we had to do right now was not to use and to Keep Coming Back.

In time, we would learn to take Responsibility for our Recovery. Our initial Surrender included the Admission of being an addict in the First Step.

We then Surrender to the Spiritual Principles of Narcotics Anonymous. Complete and Total Abstinence was another Spiritual Principle we had to Embrace and Surrender to. The Principle of Honesty means we Align our Actions to the Truth in Step One.

We tap into a Power Greater Than Ourselves that relieves our obsession to use drugs. This Surrender is shown through our Actions, that is what we're Responsible for. This Process is what restores us to the Principle of Sanity.

We begin this Relationship with this Power Greater Than Ourselves in our Third Step. We Surrender to God's Will through Aligning our Actions to that Will. Our Admission of our powerlessness and unmanageability of our Lives, is how we Practice the Spiritual Principle of Faith.

We continue to Practice the Spiritual Principle of Surrender by Sharing this Gift, by Carrying the Pure Message of Narcotics Anonymous.

In This Moment: We will take Responsibility for our Recovery, we will Practice Faith through the Principle of Surrender; Aligning our Actions to the Truth.