What is the Cure for loneliness? Loneliness vs. being alone - "Just for Today"- #jftguy #jft

Is NA for me?
This is a question every potential member must answer for themselves. It may help to read some of our informational pamphlets, starting with
"Am I an addict?"
https://m.na.org/?ID=ips-an-an-IP7 Addict?
and
"Welcome to NA".
https://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/EN3122.pdfA.doc

If you’re an addict, NA can help. "Narcotics Anonymous offers recovery to addicts around the world. We focus on the disease of addiction rather than any particular drug. Our message is broad enough to attract addicts from any social class or nationality. When new members come to meetings, our sole interest is in their desire for freedom from active addiction and how we can be of help." (It Works: How and Why, “Third Tradition”)
If you’re planning to attend your first meeting, you may also be interested in IP #29, "An Introduction to NA meetings
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Todays Reading

Just For Today
Daily Meditations for Recovering Addicts
May 30
Loneliness vs. being alone
"Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone."
Basic Text, p.81
There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. Being lonely is a state of
the heart, an emptiness that makes us feel sad and sometimes hopeless. Loneliness
is not always alleviated when we enter into relationships or surround ourselves with
others. Some of us are lonely even in a room full of people. Many of us came to
Narcotics Anonymous out of the desperate loneliness of our addiction. After coming
to meetings, we begin to make new friends, and often our feelings of loneliness ease.
But many of us must contend with loneliness throughout our recovery.
What is the cure for loneliness? The best cure is to begin a relationship with a Higher
Power that can help fill the emptiness of our heart. We find that when we have a
belief in a Higher Power, we never have to feel lonely. We can be alone more
comfortably when we have a conscious contact with a God of our understanding.
We often find deep fulfillment in our interactions with others as we progress in our
recovery. Yet we also find that, the closer we draw to our Higher Power, the less we
need to surround ourselves with others. We begin to find a spirit within us that is our
constant companion as we continue to explore and deepen our connection with a
Power greater than ourselves. We realize we are spiritually connected with
something bigger than we are.
Just for today: I will take comfort in my conscious contact with a Higher Power. I am
never alone.

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