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Although "Politics makes strange bedfellows", as the old saying goes, addiction makes us one of a kind.
Gray Book, p. 132 (Chapter Eight, 1st Paragraph)
Addicts come from all walks of life. The disease of addiction does not discriminate.
It's an equal-opportunity destroyer. Addicts differ in age, race, sexual identity, creed, religion, or lack of religion. Since the disease of addiction is so inclusive, Recovery also has to be inclusive.
The Program of Narcotics Anonymous is like an island that is filled with shipwrecked people. Our Gray Book tells us that, " we were thrust into a fellowship of people with a common bond " Narcotics Anonymous offers a Program that its Spiritual basis is strong enough to support a person with the disease of addiction. We Share a common bond of addiction. We also Share a common bond of Recovery.
This Common Welfare is what Unites us. Together we can Help each other where no one, or anything else could. Chapter Eight in our Literature says we Share, "That wordless language of recognition, belief and faith, which we call empathy, created the atmosphere in which we could feel time, touch reality " The Identification from the horrors of addiction we suffered creates our Empathy. Together we're United for the Purpose of Recovery for ourselves and to Help others Achieve Cleanliness and Recovery as well.
In Narcotics Anonymous we're given a set of Spiritual Principles. These Spiritual Principles can be applied to every area of our Lives. The results are different levels of Freedom and Hope that only Recovering addicts can Understand.
Narcotics Anonymous has been described, by many of us, as a ship in a sea of isolation. Either we hang together or we hang individually.
In This Moment: We will use our Diversities as our Strength. We will use our differences to Help every manifestation of the Recovering addict.