30 Eylül

Part of the disease of addiction is loathing ourselves. We used drugs to get out of self, and be someone else. The problem with using drugs is that we didn't like what we have become either.

We couldn't Live with or without drugs. After a while, we didn't like living in our own skins.

The more we used the worst we felt. A lot of us reached a point where suicide seemed like a good idea; so we used more to cover up these feelings. In Narcotics Anonymous we're Offered a New Way of Life.

We're Offered the Promise of Freedom. First; Freedom from drugs, then Freedom from self, finally Freedom from others and the World at Large. Through the Process of Working Steps and Practicing the Principles of the Program, and the Help of our Higher Power; we become who we were really meant to be. We become Loving, Caring people. We develop Gratitude for our Lives and for the people in our Lives.

Narcotics Anonymous restores sick people back to a better condition than they were before they got sick. With this new condition, we're able to help others. We no longer have to pretend we're someone else.

In this Journey, we are introduced to ourselves. Today, we Accept and start to Love ourselves.

We help others by Sharing who we really are.

In This Moment: We will see that the real value is in us being ourselves. We will Share our real selves with others.