26 Temmuz

Surrender to win. We have heard this several times throughout our Recovery, but many don't truly understand. In order to have any chance to Recover against the disease of addiction, we must stop fighting the disease; the fight is fixed.

First we must surrender to complete abstinence and to our powerlessness and unmanageability of our lives. Until we accept this, the door to Recovery will remain closed. We can rationalize and justify excuses over and over.

We can be beaten, locked up, almost die, lose Family, jobs and everything we have, but it doesn't matter if we don't Surrender. Unconditional Surrender means that we accept the Principles of Narcotics Anonymous. The message says that we can stop using and lose the desire to use. N.A. does not work if we adapt it into our lives, we have to adapt our lives into N.A.

Every thing we tried before coming to N.A. failed. Our First Step calls for Honesty.

Honesty means we align our actions to the Truth. Attending meetings, reading and studying Literature, working with our Sponsors, doing Service and helping others, is how we Practice Honesty. Practicing Honesty is a form of Surrender. Unconditional Surrender means that we work the Program no matter what.

Job or no job, Family or no Family, money or no money, during sickness or health. This is why there is only one requirement for membership in N.A.

Without it we can't Recover.

In this moment: We will practice the Principle of Surrender. It will let us grow in our Recovery on a daily basis.