Gri Kitap Yansīmasī
Seperation from the atmosphere of recovery and the spirit of service to others slows our spiritual growth and can threaten relapse.
Gray Book, p. 156 (Chapter Ten, Lines 28-30)
Our Literature reminds us that complacency is a red light indicator. It's indicating that we could be in the relapse process.
When we stop doing the things that have been keeping us Clean and Recovering, we start to back slide. Since Recovery is an Uphill Journey, we can find ourselves in trouble. Our Gray Book states, "Complacency does not go with recovery.
The deadly and insidious nature of our disease can disguise itself as boredom or superiority and generate the old "apart from" feelings. " We can only keep what we have unless we give it away. This might sound like a strange paradox to most people, but it's what works for us in Narcotics Anonymous. Our Primary Purpose in Narcotics Anonymous is to carry the N.A.
Message to the still suffering addict. In the process we get to stay Clean ourselves. Complacency starts when we start to put anything in front of our Recovery.
We must Guard our Recovery, "The program doesn't work when we adapt it to our life, we have to adapt our life to the program. " We must remain Vigilant by continuing to Practice the Spiritual Principles of Narcotics Anonymous in every area of our Lives on a Daily Basis.
In This Moment: We get to keep what we have by working a Living Program, and Giving away what was so Freely Given to us.