“Through active listening, we hear things that work for us.” Basic Text, page 102 The Importance of Active Listening in Recovery Many of us arrived in Narcotics Anonymous (NA) with
“Most of us pray when we are hurting. We learn that if we pray regularly, we won’t be hurting as often or as intensely.” Basic Text, page 44 The Role
“We begin to see that God’s love has been present all the time, just waiting for us to accept it.” Basic Text, page 46 The Transforming Power of Love in
“.. we accept responsibility for our problems and see that we’re equally responsible for our solutions.” Basic Text, page 94 The Importance of Personal Responsibility in Recovery Recovery from addiction
“We focus on anything that isn’t going our way and ignore all the beauty in our lives.” Basic Text, page 77 The Challenge of Maintaining Gratitude Gratitude can be fleeting,
“Since the beginning of our recovery, we have found that joy doesn’t come from material things but from within ourselves.” Basic Text, page 103 The Illusion of Material Happiness In
“By shaping our thoughts with spiritual ideals, we are freed to become who we want to be.” Basic Text, page 101 The Influence of Addiction on Our Thoughts Addiction has
“Addicts tend to live secret lives…. It is a great relief to get rid of all our secrets and to share the burden of our past.” Basic Text, page 32
“Many of us would have had nowhere else to go if we could not have trusted NA groups and members.” Basic Text, page 81 The Challenge of Trust Trusting people
“When we feel trapped or pressured, it takes great spiritual and emotional strength to be honest.” Basic Text, page 81 The Challenge of Honesty Honesty is a cornerstone of recovery,
“We were prisoners of our own mind and were condemned by our own guilt.” Basic Text, page 7 Understanding the Weight of Guilt in Recovery Guilt is one of the
“We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.”—Step One The Strength in “We” The First Step begins with “we,” emphasizing the strength gained
“Dreams that we gave up long ago can now become realities.”—Basic Text, page 68 From Dreams to Reality Many of us gave up on our dreams while using, but recovery
“Our disease always resurfaced or continued to progress until, in desperation, we sought help from each other in Narcotics Anonymous.”—Basic Text, page 13 Desperation Leads to Recovery Desperation is often
“Do we fully accept the fact that our every attempt to stop using or to control our using failed?”—Basic Text, page 18 The Experience of Using Dreams Using dreams can
“Deep inside, I had feelings of inadequacy and inferiority.”—Basic Text, page 112 Recognizing Low Self-Esteem Many of us developed strong feelings of inadequacy and inferiority somewhere along the way. A
“We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.”—Step Eight Understanding Self-Centeredness All human beings struggle with self-centeredness, but for
“Social acceptability does not equal recovery.”—Basic Text, page 21 The Difference Between Looking Normal and Being Normal One of the first things many of us notice in recovery is our
“If we are hurting, and most of us do from time to time, we learn to ask for help.”—Basic Text, page 80 The Challenge of Asking for Help Sometimes recovery
“We were trapped by our need for the instant gratification that drugs gave us.”—Basic Text, pages 24-25 The Struggle with Instant Gratification “I want what I want, and I want
“We share comfort and encouragement with others.”—Basic Text, page 95 The Power of Encouragement Many of us have experienced the joy of watching a baby take their first steps. The
“That old nest of negativism followed me everywhere I went.”—Basic Text, page 135 Embracing a New Attitude A negative attitude is often the hallmark of active addiction. During those dark
“…the time has come when that tired old lie, ‘Once an addict, always an addict,’ will no longer be tolerated by either society or the addict himself. We do recover.”—Basic
https://youtu.be/fpzQ8JSCgcs “It is important for you to know that you will hear God mentioned at NA meetings. What we are referring to is a Power greater than ourselves that makes
“One aspect of our spiritual awakening comes through the new understanding of our Higher Power that we develop by sharing another addict’s recovery.”Basic Text, page 51 Seeing God in Each
“The main thing [the Eighth Step] does for us is to help build awareness that, little by little, we are gaining new attitudes about ourselves and how we deal with
“The nature of our belief will determine the manner of our prayers and meditation.”Basic Text, page 43 The Personal Nature of Prayer How do we pray? For each NA member,
“We learn that conflicts are a part of reality, and we learn new ways to resolve them instead of running from them.”Basic Text, page 87 The Inevitability of Conflict From
“Many of us have found that setting aside quiet time for ourselves is helpful in making conscious contact with our Higher Power.”Basic Text, page 92 The Importance of Quiet Time
“Our personal stories may vary in individual pattern, but in the end we all have the same thing in common.”Basic Text, page 84 Embracing Our Differences We addicts are a