TheRusticMystic

Once we are entirely ready to have our character defects removed, many of us are entirely ready!  Ironically, that’s when the trouble really starts.  The more we struggle to rid ourselves of a particular defect, the stronger that shortcoming seems to become.  It is truly humbling to realize that not only are we powerless over our addiction, but even over our own defects of character.Finally, it clicks.  The Seventh Step doesn’t suggest that we rid ourselves of our shortcomings, but that we ask our Higher Power to rid us of them.  The focus of our daily prayers begins to shift.  Admitting our inability to perfect ourselves, we plead with our Higher Power to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.  And we wait.For many days, our program may stay on Step Seven.  We may experience no sudden, total relief from defects—but we often do experience a subtle shift in our perceptions of ourselves and others.  Through the eyes of the Seventh Step, we begin to see those around us in a less critical way.  We know that, just like us, many of them are struggling with shortcomings they would dearly love to be rid of.  We know that, just like us, they are powerless over their own defects.  We wonder if they, too, humbly pray to have their defects removed.We begin evaluating others as we have learned to evaluate ourselves, with an empathy born of humility.  As we watch others, and as we keep watch on ourselves, we can finally say, “I understand.”––––=––––Just for today:  God, help me see through the eyes of Step Seven.  Help me understand.

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Some of us seem to make mountains out of molehills with our problems.  Even those of us who’ve found some measure of serenity have probably blown a problem far out of proportion at some time in our recovery—and if we haven’t done so yet, we probably will before long!When we find ourselves obsessed with a complication in our lives, we will do well to sharply remind ourselves of all that is going right.  Perhaps we’re afraid we won’t be able to pay our bills for the month.  Instead of sitting at the calculator, adding our financial liabilities over and over, we can take stock of our efforts to reduce expenses.  Following this mini-inventory, we continue with the task at hand and remind ourselves that as long as we are doing the footwork, a loving Higher Power will care for our lives.Mountain-sized problems happen sometimes, but we don’t need to create them.  Trust in a loving God of our understanding will put most of our problems in their proper perspective.  We no longer need to create chaos to feel excited about our lives.  Our recovery gives us countless real-life opportunities for excitement and drama.––––=––––Just for today:  I will take a realistic look at my problems and see that most of them are minor.  I will leave them that way and enjoy my recovery.

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“There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using.” Basic Text, p. 9 ––––=–––– We all know people who could benefit from Narcotics Anonymous. Many people we encounter from all walks of life—our family members, old friends, and coworkers—could really use a program of recovery in their lives. Sadly, those who need us don’t always find their way to our rooms. NA is a program of attraction, not promotion. We are only members when we say we are. We can bring our friends and loved ones to a meeting if they are willing, but we cannot force them to embrace the way of life that has given us freedom from active addiction. Membership in Narcotics Anonymous is a highly personal decision. The choice to become a member is made in the heart of each individual addict. In the long run, coerced meeting attendance doesn’t keep too many addicts in our rooms. Only addicts who are still suffering, if given the opportunity, can decide if they are powerless over their addiction. We can carry the message, but we can’t carry the addict. ––––=–––– Just for today: I am grateful for my decision to become a member of Narcotics Anonymous.

The relief of 'letting go and letting God' helps us develop a life that is worth living." Basic Text, p. 26 In our addiction, we were afraid of what might happen if we didn't control everything around us. Many of us made up elaborate lies to protect our use of drugs. Some of us manipulated everyone around us in a frenzied attempt to get something from them so we could use more drugs. A few of us went to great lengths to keep two people from talking to each other and perhaps discovering our trail of lies. We took pains to maintain an illusion of control over our addiction and our lives. In the process, we kept ourselves from experiencing the serenity that comes with surrender to a Higher Power's will. In our recovery, it is important to release our illusion of control and surrender to a Higher Power, whose will for us is better than anything we can con, manipulate, or devise for ourselves. If we realize that we are trying to control outcomes and are feeling afraid of the future, there is action we can take to reverse that trend. We go to our Second and Third Steps and look at what we have come to believe about a Higher Power. Do we truly believe that this Power can care for us and restore us to sanity? If so, we can live with all of life's ups and downs-its disappointments, its sorrows, its wonders, and its joys. Just for Today: I will surrender and let a Higher Power's will happen in my life. I will accept the gift of serenity this surrender brings.

No sooner do we get clean than some of us begin putting other priorities ahead of our recovery. Careers, families, relationships—all these are part of the life we find once we’ve laid the foundation of our recovery. But we can’t build a stable life for ourselves before we do the hard, basic work of laying our recovery foundation. Like a house built on sand, such a life will be shaky, at best. Before we begin putting all our attention to rebuilding the detailed framework of our lives, we need to lay our foundation. We acknowledge, first, that we don’t yet have a foundation, that our addiction has made our lives utterly unmanageable. Then, with the help of our sponsor and our home group, we find faith in a Power strong enough to help us prepare the ground of our new lives. We clear the wreckage from the site upon which we will build our future. Finally, we develop a deep, working familiarity with the principles we will practice in our continuing affairs: honest self-examination, reliance upon our Higher Power’s guidance and strength, and service to others. Once our foundation is prepared, then we can go full steam ahead to put our new lives together. But first we must ask ourselves if our foundation is secure, for without our foundation, nothing we build can stand for long. ––––=–––– Just for today: I will take care to lay a secure foundation for my recovery. Upon such a foundation, I can build for a lifetime in recovery.

There were probably hundreds of times in our active addiction when we wished we could become someone else. We may have wished we could trade places with someone who owned a nice car or had a larger home, a better job, a more attractive mate—anything but what we had. So severe was our despair that we could hardly imagine anyone being in worse shape than ourselves. In recovery, we may find we are experiencing a different sort of envy. We may continue to compare our insides with others’ outsides and feel as though we still don’t have enough of anything. We may think everyone, from the newest member to the oldest oldtimer, sounds better at meetings than we do. We may think that everyone else must be working a better program because they have a better car, a larger home, more money, and so on. The recovery process experienced through our Twelve Steps will take us from an attitude of envy and low self-esteem to a place of spiritual fulfillment and deep appreciation for what we do have. We find that we would never willingly trade places with another, for what we have discovered within ourselves is priceless. ––––=–––– Just for today: There is much to be grateful for in my life. I will cherish the spiritual fulfillment I have found in recovery.

Many of us attended our first meeting and, not being entirely sure that NA was for us, found much to criticize. Either we felt as though no one had suffered like we had or that we hadn’t suffered enough. But as we listened we started to hear something new, a wordless language with its roots in recognition, belief, and faith: the language of empathy. Desiring to belong, we kept listening. We find all the identification we need as we learn to understand and speak the language of empathy. To understand this special language, we listen with our hearts. The language of empathy uses few words; it feels more than it speaks. It doesn’t preach or lecture—it listens. It can reach out and touch the spirit of another addict without a single spoken word. Fluency in the language of empathy comes to us through practice. The more we use it with other addicts and our Higher Power, the more we understand this language. It keeps us coming back. ––––=–––– Just for today: I will listen with my heart. With each passing day, I will become more fluent in the language of empathy.