Tafakari ya Kitabu cha Kijivu
By the surrender of our own power, we gain a far greater power that will see us through.
Gray Book, p. 58 (Step Eleven, Lines 25-26)
In the First Step, we Admit our powerlessness and our unmanageability of our Lives. Surrendering to the Principles of Narcotics Anonymous is our Admission of defeat.
This Unconditional Surrender is the beginning of our Journey. We are not on this Journey on our own; we have the support of a whole Fellowship of people just like us. We also have a set of Spiritual Tools to make our Recovery possible.
The Second Step is where we tap into a Power that can do for us what we can't do for ourselves. This Power is Greater than ourselves and is Spiritual in nature.
This Power Helps us with our obsession and withdrawals from drugs. By using this Power, we actually gain the Power we need to Recover. We gain the Power to Practice Spiritual Principles in our Lives and in all our affairs.
Our Gray Book says, " we simply recognize that there is a force for good in the world and we cooperate with that force. " The Eleventh Step is where we ask for Power to continue on this Process of Recovery. Through this Process, we gain God Consciousness and Practice the Principle of Anonymity. We Admit that we can't do this on our own accord.
This is a supernatural Step because this Power is not from any human source. This Power that saved us from the horrors of addiction is still here for us, if we seek it.
In This Moment: We will continue tapping into this Power; we will Surrender to win.