27 Ekim

Fear kept us trapped in the past. When we dwelt in the past it kept us angry and depressed.

The only way out is to go through it, and use the information as not to repeat it. When we take a Personal Inventory in the Fourth Step, we see that we caused most of our problems through our active addiction. We developed patterns that made our using possible. We put ourselves in positions that the only way out was to lie, steal and cheat.

Taking a Moral Personal Inventory we see that we weren't bad people trying to get good; we were sick people attempting to get better. We were guided by a destructive force that was slowly killing off our spirits. These defects or tools of the disease enabled us to keep using. Committing a slow suicide by using enabled us to exist just long enough to get rescued by Narcotics Anonymous.

We needed every single defect of character for our survival of the disease of addiction. In Recovery, none of these old tools are no longer needed. They served their purpose in our old way of life. In Narcotics Anonymous we find a New Way To Live.

Today we jot these situations on paper. Our written Inventory helps us see the Truth for what it was.

We develop the Willingness to Change by taking Positive Action in our behaviors and attitudes. We Surrender our fears and our anger to God. We learn to Live in the Day.

We stop creating more wreckage and Practice Spiritual Principles instead. We no longer walk with shame, and we're released from our chains.

Today with Narcotics Anonymous we are Free to Live, Just For Today.

In This Moment: We will look at our past and then learn to turn our negative experiences to positive lessons.