~ LIVING CLEAN ~

"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

August 31, 2024 Gratitude Page 253 "Hopeless living problems have become joyously changed. Our disease has been arrested, and now anything is possible." Basic Text, p. 106 The NA program has given us more freedom than we ever dreamed possible. Sometimes, though, in the daily...See more

August 30, 2024 Doing good, feeling good Page 252 "We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that we've been doing better than we've been feeling." Basic Text, p. 43 The way we treat others often reveals our own state of being. When we are at peace, we're...See more

August 29, 2024 Hope in Darkness and in Light Page 249 "We find [hope] again and again as our journey continues: In the dark moments when we realize we can go on anyway, and in our triumphs--it is possible." Living Clean, Chapter 7, "Living Our Principles" The first bit of...See more

August 28, 2024 Treating Ourselves with Respect Page 248 "We start by not engaging in self-abuse and gradually learn to treat our body, mind, and spirit with honor and respect." Living Clean, Chapter 4, "Wellness and Health" Many of us could accurately describe our active...See more

August 27, 2024 Discernment and Autonomy Page 247 "As we mature in recovery, we learn to exercise sound judgment in how we make decisions, place our trust, and meet our responsibilities." Guiding Principles, Tradition Four, Opening Essay Stepwork, living clean, and the passage...See more

August 27, 2024 Choosing life Page 249 "Change from self-destructive patterns of life became necessary." Basic Text, p. 15 Active addiction is a smoldering death-wish. Each of us courted death every time we used. Our lifestyles, too, put us at risk. The life of an addict is...See more

August 26, 2024 Choosing Intimacy over Isolation Page 246 "Caring and sharing the NA way is the ultimate weapon against our alienating, isolating, destructive disease." Living Clean, Chapter 5: Relationships, Opening Essay Experiencing loneliness is an inevitable part of the...See more

August 25, 2024 A New Meaning for Love Page 245 "How we go about getting love is where our defects come into play." NA Step Working Guides, Step Six, "Our Defects of Character" Before coming to the Fellowship of NA, we had a distorted sense of both giving and receiving love....See more

August 24, 2024 Finding Healing in Humor Page 244 "The way we share . . . finding humor in some of the darkest, most frightening things that have happened to us--is not always available outside the rooms." Living Clean, Chapter 2, "Connection to the World Around Us" In NA, we...See more

August 23, 2024 Striving for Emotional Maturity Page 243 "Emotional maturity is our reward for letting go of anger and resentment." Living Clean, Chapter 7, "Principles, Practice, and Perspective" Perhaps we've all encountered circumstances when another member gets on our last...See more

August 22, 2024 Contribution Page 244 "We recognize our spiritual growth when we are able to reach out and help others." Basic Text, p. 58 To make a difference in the world, to contribute something special, is perhaps the highest aspiration of the human heart, Each one of us,...See more