September 13, 2026
Sincerity and Keeping It Real
Page 265
"We listen to one another with an open mind and an open heart, and we share our experience with the understanding that it won't necessarily be shared by everyone else."
Living Clean, Chapter 3, "A Spiritual...See more
September 12, 2026
Individuality, Openness, and Our Spiritual Lives
Page 264
"Each of us finds our own way to live spiritually, and that allows us freedom to make choices about how we live."
Living Clean, Chapter 3, "A Spiritual, Not Religious Program"
Throughout our...See more
September 11, 2026
Bend with the wind
Page 265
"We learn to become flexible... As new things are revealed, we feel renewed."
Basic Text, p. 102
"Flexibility" was not a part of the vocabulary we used in our using days. We'd become obsessed with the raw pleasure of our drugs and...See more
September 09, 2026
Humility Is Living in Reality
Page 261
"Humility is most easily identified as an acceptance of who we truly are--neither worse nor better than we believed we were when we were using, just human."
NA Step Working Guides, Step One, "Spiritual Principles"
In...See more
September 09, 2026
Feet of clay
Page 263
"One of the biggest stumbling blocks to recovery seems to be placing unrealistic expectations on... others."
Basic Text, p. 82
Many of us come into Narcotics Anonymous feeling pretty poorly about ourselves. By comparison, the recovering...See more
September 08, 2026
Gratitude Transforms Us
Page 260
"Gratitude in action is an engine for change: As we carry the message, our own lives transform."
Guiding Principles, Tradition Five, Opening Reflection
We tell the newcomer, "Welcome home," as we give them our number, an IP,...See more
"The Buddha is known as the one 'Thus Come,' Tathagata. He has no more 'meaning' than a flower, than a tree; no more than the universe; no more than either you or I. And whenever anything is experienced that way, simply in and for and as itself, without reference to any concepts,...See more
September 07, 2026
Resentment and forgiveness
Page 261
"Where there has been wrong, the program teaches us the spirit of forgiveness."
Basic Text, p. 12
In NA, we begin to interact with the world around us. We no longer live in isolation. But freedom from isolation has its...See more
September 06, 2026
Anonymity and Selfless Service
Page 258
"The fact that we are anonymous means that the work we do in NA really can be selfless service. We don't want or need credit for helping others; it's what we do to save our own lives."
Living Clean, Chapter 6,...See more