29 Novemba

In active addiction, we depended on the drugs for all our answers. The drugs we used numbed our feelings.

Drugs were our Solution for a long time. After some time instead of solving our problems, we were actually creating new ones on top of the original problems. We had no control over this deadly dependence; we were powerless.

We were actually slowly committing suicide. Our Gray Book states, "The progression of the disease was not apparent to us. " The wreckage of our path was obvious after we had stopped using. We needed relief and drugs, people, doctors, religion and other institutions could not provide a solution.

In desperation, we sought Help through Narcotics Anonymous. We sought relief, but first we needed an Unconditional Surrender.

We first Surrendered to the disease, then we Surrendered to the Principles of Narcotics Anonymous. Surrender can only be achieved through a Total and Complete Abstinence from all drugs. Working and Living a Spiritually based Twelve Step Program, we found that our Higher Power not only offered relief; but also blessed us with the Spiritual Awakening that the Principles offered. We could Live by Simple Spiritual Principles and Practice them in every area of our Lives.

Our Gray Book says, 'The most important thing about them is that "They Work. Today we have a Source we can turn to.

We have a force for Good that works in our Lives. We continue to seek this Conscious Contact by Prayer, and we use Mediation to Achieve this Contact.

In This Moment: We learn that we on our own, can't Recover. Along with our Sponsors, Narcotics Anonymous and our Higher Power, we can.