Our negative sense of self has been replaced by a positive concern for others. Answers are provided, and problems are solved. It is a great gift to f… - Narcotics Anonymous

When we forget the effort and the work that it took us to get a period of freedom in our lives, a lack of gratitude sinks in, and self-destruction begins again. Unless action is taken immediately, we run the risk of a relapse that threatens our very existence. Keeping our illusion of reality, rather than using the tools of the program, will return us to isolation. Loneliness will kill us inside and the drugs that almost always come next may do the job completely. The symptoms and the feelings that we experienced at the end of our using will come back even stronger than before. This impact is sure to destroy us if we don’t surrender ourselves to the NA Program.

We can use this Power long before we understand it.

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