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"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones."

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"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."

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"Intuition is the whisper of the soul."

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“Physical death is only one form of dying. There are other forms of dying: We die whenever fear governs our choices. We die when we sacrifice growth for security. We die whenever we choose a convenient certainty over an inconvenient mystery.” James Hollis, A Life of Meaning: Exploring Our Deepest Questions and Motivations Art: Cdcil Colins

January 06, 2026 Vigilance and the Second Tradition Page 6 "We need to keep an eye on our passion, lest it become self-righteousness; and we keep an eye on our disagreements, lest we begin to harbor ill will toward our fellows. Vigilance is an inside job." Guiding Principles,...See more

January 05, 2026 Seeking Connection Instead of Distraction Page 5 "We try to minimize distractions so that we can concentrate on knowledge arising from our own spiritual connection.'" NA Step Working Guides, Step Eleven, "Prayer and Meditation" Distractions are tricky: The...See more

January 04, 2026 The Gift of Attention Page 4 "Hearing addicts share their experience, seeing recovery in action, feeling the love in the room--all this is as much a part of the process as the work we do on the Steps." Guiding Principles, Tradition Eleven, Opening Essay The...See more

January 03, 2026 Coming to Accept Ourselves Page 3 "Our sponsor's acceptance and our Higher Power's unconditional love made it possible for us to judge ourselves less harshly." It Works, Step Twelve No one comes to NA on a winning streak. Denial had helped us ignore the...See more

January 02, 2026 Unity Keeps Us Coming Back Page 2 "When we walk into our first meeting and see addicts coming together in unity, the spirit touches us even before the words get through." Guiding Principles, Tradition One, "Spiritual Principles" That first meeting. Some of us...See more

January 01, 2026 Vigilance Page 1 "We keep what we have only with vigilance..." Basic Text, p. 60 How do we remain vigilant about our recovery? First, by realizing that we have a disease we will always have. No matter how long we\'ve been clean, no matter how much better our...See more

December 31, 2025 Being of Service Page 381 "Working with others is only the beginning of service work." Basic Text, p. 59 We're in recovery now. Through living the program, we've attained some stability in our lives. Our faith in a Higher Power has grown. Our individual...See more

December 30, 2025 Action and Prayer Page 380 "...growth is not the result of wishing but of action and prayer." Basic Text, p. 37 Sometimes it seems as if our recovery is growing much too slowly. We struggle with the steps; we wrestle with the same problems; we labor under the...See more