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"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones."

Shannon Alder LIVING CLEAN https://www.minds.com/group/1165910758624018432/latest

"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering."

Ben Okri LIVING CLEAN https://www.minds.com/group/1165910758624018432/feed

"Intuition is the whisper of the soul."

Jiddu Krishnamurti LIVING CLEAN https://www.minds.com/group/1165910758624018432/latest

Isn't it wonderful when everything is quiet? Especially when I shut up and don't talk anymore. Things become much better. So let's really sit in the silence. When I say: "Sit in the silence", I'm not speaking of human quietness. I mean the silence beyond human quietness, the...See more

April 27, 2025 Pursuing Equanimity Page 121 "When we feel dignity, we are not turned by a passing breeze, and we no longer need to defend ourselves from every shadow." Guiding Principles, Tradition One, Opening Reflection When we were using, we adapted to the dangerous and...See more

April 26, 2025 Self-acceptance Page 120 "The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery." IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance Most of us came to Narcotics Anonymous without much self-acceptance. We looked at the havoc we had...See more

April 25, 2025 Compassion Toward All Page 119 "I have a deep compassion for the still-suffering addict, be it the addict who is sitting in the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous, the addict who has yet to find the rooms, or especially the addict who left and has yet to find the way...See more

April 24, 2025 Twelve steps of life Page 118 "Through abstinence and through working the Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous, our lives have become useful." Basic Text, p. 8 Before coming to Narcotics Anonymous, our lives were centered around using. For the most part, we had...See more

April 23, 2025 The Value of Our Individuality Page 117 "We are mindful of our behavior and our surroundings without giving up our individuality." Living Clean, Chapter 6, "Moving Beyond 'Social Acceptability'" Rock bottom means different things to different addicts. We come to...See more

April 22, 2025 The Creative Action of Sharing Ourselves Page 116 "Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone. This process is a creative action of the spirit." Basic Text, Chapter 7: Recovery and Relapse Many of us, even with time clean, find ourselves with a...See more

April 21, 2025 Fear Page 115 "We have found that we had no choice except to completely change our old ways of thinking or go back to using." Basic Text, p. 22 Many of us find that our old ways of thinking were dominated by fear. We were afraid that we wouldn't be able to get...See more