Grijs Boek Overdenking
giving away that which has been given to us--is our best possible insurance against relapse
Gray Book, p. 59 (Step Twelve, Lines 22-23)
In the Gray Book, p. 59, Lines 10-11, it says, "This great Step is to be proceeded by the working of Steps One through Eleven. " This implies that the preceding Steps have to be Worked and Lived first. This recycle of our Recovery also means it doesn't end at Step Twelve, if we stop here the relapse process will begin. The Spiritual Awakening is an ongoing process.
We have to continue on this repetitious Journey. The same way our Spirits Awakens, as a result of those Steps, our Spirits can go back to sleep again.
We have to realize that even if we are on the right track, we have to keep moving, because there's always another train coming. The Spiritual Principles of Narcotics Anonymous has to be Practiced in every area of our Lives. One of the ways we keep our Recovery is to Share it with another suffering addict.
Step Twelve is how we individually Carry our Message from one addict to another. Our Gray Book says, " the Twelve Steps guide us from a state of humiliation and despair to a state wherein we are able to act as instruments of God's will. " This Revelation that our Recovery is more than us staying Clean and Recovering is a new concept for a lot of us.
God's dual plan is that He saved us, so we can Help Him save others.
In This Moment: We will continue recycling our Recovery, we will remember that relapse is also a process.