October 19 Standing for something
"... we could feel time, touch reality, and recognize spiritual values long lost
to many of us."
Basic Text, p.85
In our active addiction, we were prepared to compromise everything we believed
in just to get our hands on more drugs. Whether we stole from our families and
friends, sold ourselves, or lied to our employers, we were ignoring the values
that mattered most to us. Each time we compromised another dearly held belief,
another chunk of the mortar holding our characters together fell away. By the
time many of us came to our first meeting, nothing was left but the ruin of our
former selves.
We will locate our lost values as we carry out our first honest
self-examination. But in order to rebuild our characters, we'll find it
necessary to maintain those values, no matter how great the temptation to shove
them aside. We will need to be honest, even when we think we could fool everyone
by lying. If we ignore our values, we'll discover that the biggest fibs we've
told have been the ones we've told ourselves.
We don't want to start the demolition of our spirits again after all the work
we've put into their restoration. It's essential that we stand for something, or
we risk falling for anything. Whatever we find important to us, we honor.
Just for today: I stand for something. My strength is the result of living my
values.
pg. 305
Thank you for your posts. I read them everyday and it helps me cope with the fact that This Monster of a Drug has a hold on my baby girl. Maybe today is the day. I say that each and every morning that I wake and pray to God that she sees her ways.
I have tried so many times to help her see what she is doing to herself only to find that it pushes her farther and farther away. But I will not give up, to tell her that I love her each and every day, she sees my texts and hears my voice.
Again, thanks for the words of wisdom.
Mygirls
I have tried so many times to help her see what she is doing to herself only to find that it pushes her farther and farther away. But I will not give up, to tell her that I love her each and every day, she sees my texts and hears my voice.
Again, thanks for the words of wisdom.
Mygirls
They are from the Narcotics Anonymous book "Just For Today" they are excerpts from the NA Basic Text. Not many folks read them, but I think the ones that do, get a little something from them, and may be ready to surrender and be willing to turn their lives over to the CARE of a higher power.
