11 Novemba

One of our predecessors wrote that; "there's no substitute for Surrender. " Our experience is that neither medicine, knowledge or religion can take the place of a quiet Surrender. A Complete and Total Surrender means we no longer have to fight people, places and things. Our Third Step asks us to Trust the Higher Power we met in the Second Step, with our Lives.

Our Decision to keep coming back to NA wasn't made because of fear. It wasn't made because our families or the law was on our backs.

We made this Decision with our Hearts. We experienced enough evidence that this Program works, and we wanted more.

We do whatever it takes, to let the God Of Our Own Understanding Care for us and Guide us in our Recovery. This calls for a deeper Surrender than we did in Step One. This Decision was based on Faith; we weren't beaten into submission, like in the First Step.

We replace self-defeating behaviors with behaviors that Help builds our Self-esteem. We learn to turn our thinking and actions over to the Care of God as we Understood Him. The longer we are in Recovery and Live the Spiritual Principles of Narcotics Anonymous, we find that it is the easier softer way.

Although it's not always Graceful, at the end; we Surrender to Win, we walk over to the winning side. When we Surrender quietly to the Will of our Higher Power, we find that God's Will for us becomes the very same things we want for ourselves.

In This Moment: We will try the last thing we tried, first. We will not resist, in essence we will Surrender.