Tafakari ya Kitabu cha Kijivu
That wordless language of recognition, belief and faith, which we call empathy, created the atmosphere in which we could feel time, touch reality and recognize spiritual principles
Gray Book, p. 133 (Chapter Eight, 2nd Paragraph)
One of our members said, "Spirituality is having a right relationship with reality"; these words ring True. Living in active addiction was anything but right, or based on Reality. It was a dysfunctional relationship at best.
We never Lived in the moment. Our feet never matched our minds; our feet might've been in that moment, but our minds were in fantasy. Some of us talked about traveling and doing all kinds of things.
The fact was that we couldn't leave the drugs that were right in front of us. Our world was constantly shrinking; it soon involved nothing but using and finding means and ways to use more. The only traveling we did was back and forth to cop drugs. Little by little we lost ourselves.
The disease was gaining more and more territory as we continued to use. At the end of our active use, we were isolated from others.
Although our bottoms were physical, mental and Spiritual, they differed in degree. We identified with the feelings and the desperation of others. Coming to Narcotics Anonymous has been described as a coming home.
We began to feel the Unconditional Love and Empathy from others. We finally felt time and touched Reality.
We finally felt like we belonged. We were finally part of something big and Good. Today we Live by Spiritual Principles, some like the ones we first experienced from others when we first arrived to Narcotics Anonymous.
In This Moment: We will Share this Precious Gift of time and space with another suffering addict. Today we will remain Grateful for our Homecoming.