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No matter how long we are Clean, no matter how much we Recover through Working and Living the Steps; we in our normal state, is to feel like failures. Our default mode is self-destruction. Recovery is an Uphill Journey, so this implies some work on our part. The Willingness to Change is up to us.

Our Journey in Recovery starts with a Desire. The Actions we take in our Recovery will determine that Desire.

We reap the Fruits of Recovery when we SOW with Spiritual Principles. By attending Meetings our self-destruction button is misplaced, that day. Our Spirits are lifted, and we get to Recover through our Reprieve another day.

The opposite is also True. The longer we stay away from our Meetings the closer we get to finding that self-destruction button. Our Second Step reminds us that we bought our destruction on the time plan.

What we lacked was a Relationship with Reality. The disease of addiction put our Spirits to sleep, and then we picked up. This disease was present in us long before we knew and even before our actual use of drugs.

Our Third Step in the Gray Book states that, "This is the Step where we come into contact with sanity we are promised in Step Two. " This is where insanity meets God. Narcotics Anonymous offers us Spiritual Principles to Live by. They are written so simply that we can follow them in our Daily Lives.

We find that the best way to get out of self, is to work with others. Sharing Hope gives us Hope and that makes us take the Actions that propels us into Faith.

In This Moment: We will continue, through attending Meetings, and Working a Living Program, to misplace our selfdestruction button.