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As recovering addicts, we find that we are still dependent, but our dependence has shifted from the things around us to a loving God and the inner strength we get in our relationship with Him.
Gray Book, p. 106 (Tradition Seven, Lines 18-21)
In active addiction, we depended on people, places and things to feed our addiction. This unhealthy dependence led us to become slaves to our addiction. We couldn't be ourselves or stand on our own two feet.
We were our own prisoners and were held hostage by the disease of addiction. In Recovery, our dependence is shifted to a Higher Power, and to the Program of Narcotics Anonymous. We found that this was a Healthy dependence.
We found that we no longer had to be alone. We no longer have to be hostages in our self-made prisons. Our Reliance, not compliance, is actually a Healthy Relationship with a Positive Force in our Lives.
We see and experience the evidence of Sanity in our Lives and in the Lives of others. We develop Faith as a result of this Trust and action.
No longer is it blind Faith. It's actually a working Relationship with a God Of Our Own Understanding. This is something many of us lacked in active addiction and before coming to Narcotics Anonymous. We continue to tap into this Source for inner Strength and continuous Spiritual Growth.
Our Spirits Grow and we gain more Freedom. In this Living Program, we continue depending on God and the Support of others. Although Spirituality is an individual path, we still do it together, no longer are we forced into isolation.
In This Moment: We will shift our dependence from the disease of addiction, to God and the Program of Narcotics Anonymous.