Our disease involved much more than just using drugs, so our recovery must involve much more than simple abstinence. - Narcotics Anonymous

we take the time to allow ourselves the privilege of thinking

We learn that our spirit is not apart from us; it is a part of us. We gain awareness of the exact nature of what is right about us. Our fractured personalities come back together into an integrated whole. Integrity is the state of being fully integrated: Our actions, our thinking, our feelings, our ideals, and our values all match up. It takes a long time for a lot of us to get here, and longer still for us to feel like it’s real. More and more, we are able to bring our behavior into alignment with our values and beliefs rather than our feelings and reactions.

It’s not recovery that is painful; our resistance to it is what hurts.