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Just for Today 6-21 - New levels of honesty - justfortoday jftguy jft

Just For Today
Daily Meditations for Recovering Addicts
June 21
New levels of honesty
"We have been experts at self-deception and rationalization."
Basic Text, p.27
When we come to our first meeting and hear that we must be honest, we may think,
"Well now, that shouldn't be too difficult. All I have to do is stop lying. To some of
us, this comes easily. We no longer have to lie to our employers about our absence
from work. We no longer have to lie to our families about where we were the night
before. By not using drugs anymore, we find we have less to lie about. Some of us
may have difficulty even with this kind of honesty, but at least learning not to lie is
simple-you just don't do it, no matter what. With courage, determined practice, the
support of our fellow NA members, and the help of our Higher Power, most of us
eventually succeed at this kind of honesty.
Honesty, though, means more than just not lying. The kind of honesty that is truly
indispensable in recovery is self-honesty, which is neither easy nor simple to
achieve. In our addiction, we created a storm of self-deception and rationalization, a
whirlwind of lies in which the small, quiet voice of self-honesty could not be heard.
To become honest with ourselves, we first must stop lying to ourselves. In our
Eleventh Step meditations, we must become quiet. Then, in the resulting stillness,
we must listen for truth. When we become silent, self-honesty will be there for us to
find.
Just for today: I will be quiet and still, listening for the voice of truth within myself. I
will honor the truth I find.

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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
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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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