Just for Today A vision of Hope - 6-12 - Living clean - #jftguy #justfortoday #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
"https://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/EN3122.pdfetings."
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Today's Reading

June 12
A vision of hope
"Yes, we are a vision of hope...
Basic Text, p.51
By the time we reached the end of our road, many of us had lost all hope for a life
without the use of drugs. We believed we were destined to die from our disease.
What an inspiration it was, then, coming to our first meeting and seeing a room full
of addicts who were staying clean! A clean addict is, indeed, a vision of hope.
Today, we give that same hope to others. The newcomers see the joyful light in our
eyes, notice how we carry ourselves, listen to us speak in meetings, and often want
what we have found. They believe in us until they learn to believe in themselves.
Newcomers hear us carry a message of hope to them. They tend to see us through
"rose colored glasses." They don't always recognize our struggle with a particular
character defect or our difficulties with improving our conscious contact with our
Higher Power. It takes them time to realize that we, the "old-timers" with three or
six or ten years clean, often place personalities before principles or suffer from some
other unsightly character defects.
Yes, the newcomer sometimes places us on a pedestal. It is good, though, to openly
admit the nature of our struggles in recovery for, in time, the newcomer will be
walking through those same trials. And that newcomer will remember that others
walked through that difficulty and stayed clean.
Just for today: I will remember that I am a beacon to all who follow in my path, a
vision of hope.
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