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When we refuse to practice acceptance we are, in effect, denying our faith in a Higher Power.
Gray Book, p. 144 (Chapter Nine, Lines 10-12)
Our Literature tells us that worrying is a lack of Faith; we must also include Surrender and Acceptance. Even though we don't hear about Faith until the Third Step, we can't help looking at the Evidence thus far. We were forced to stop using in the First Step, and Accept that we suffered from a disease.
This Admittance was followed by action in the Second Step. Our obsession was lifted as a result of this action and that gave us Hope, so there's no blind Faith.
We did the action, and that Process took away our obsession to use. Faith is the action that has to follow Hope, without the action of Faith, our Hope turns to desperation, once again. Part of Anonymity is not taking credit for our Recovery.
We can't do this alone. The Fruit of Trust is a result of our Faith; we need this in order to continue on this Journey we call Recovery in Narcotics Anonymous. When we forget who really got us clean, we start to run on self-will.
We have to remember that God's Will has its ending at the beginning of ours. We can cease the Recovery Process when we stop Practicing the Principles of Narcotics Anonymous. Since addiction affects every area of our lives, we must live by Spiritual Principles in every area of our lives as well. Surrender means we don't resist; Acceptance usually follows.
The longer we're in Recovery, the deeper our Surrender must go. Acceptance followed by Action is how we develop our Faith.
The proof is evident in the way we Live. One of the Greatest aspects in Narcotics Anonymous is that we don't have to do this alone because in Reality we can't.
In This Moment: We will continue to look at the Evidence on what has worked for us thus far. We will see that our Faith is not blind Faith.