Just for Today - The Ninth Step - reclaiming life - 8-25-2021
August 25, 2021
The Ninth Step - reclaiming life
Page 247
"We are achieving freedom from the wreckage of our past."
Basic Text, p. 42
When we start the Ninth Step, we've reached an exciting stage in our recovery. The damage done in our lives is what led many of us to seek help in the first place. Now, we have a chance to clean up that wreckage, amend our past, and reclaim our lives.
We've spent a long time and much effort preparing for this step. When we came to NA, facing the debris of our past was probably the last thing we wanted to do. We started doing it privately with a personal inventory. Then, we opened our past up to the scrutiny of a select, trusted few: ourselves, our Higher Power, and one other person. We took a look at our shortcomings, the source of much of the chaos in our lives, and asked that all those defects of character be removed. Finally, we listed the amends needed to set our wrongs right-all of them-and became willing to make them.
Now, we have the opportunity to make amends-to acquire freedom from the wreckage of our past. Everything we've done so far in NA has led us here. At this point in the process of our recovery, the Ninth Step is exactly what we want to do. With the Twelve Steps and the help of a Higher Power, we are clearing away the rubble that for so long has stood in the way of our progress; we are gaining the freedom to live.
Just for Today: I will take advantage of the opportunity to reclaim my life. I will experience freedom from the wreckage of my past.
Copyright (c) 2007-2021, NA World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved
-
2:14
Just For Today - Recovery and Sobriety
2 years agoJust for Today - Surviving our emotions - 12-7-21
24 -
12:23
RecoveredNotCured
1 year agoStep 7 - Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions - Alcoholics Anonymous - Read Along Big Book
20 -
1:09
Life Over Coffee
1 year agoFour Sequential Steps To Change Your Life
6 -
5:52
RecoveredNotCured
1 year agoDaily Reflections - March 11 – A.A. Meeting - - Alcoholics Anonymous - Read Along
32 -
33:31
RecoveredNotCured
1 year agoStep 12 - Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions - Alcoholics Anonymous - Read Along – 12 & 12
28 -
1:11
Matthew Kelly
1 year agoDo You Want to Live a Meaningful Life? - Matthew Kelly - 60 Second Wisdom
11 -
8:04
Aryanyx
8 months ago5 Steps To Achieve Your Dream Life
372 -
7:19
RecoveredNotCured
1 year agoStep 9 - Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions - Alcoholics Anonymous - Read Along – 12 & 12
25 -
7:03
SOGtv
4 months agoUrgent Plea!: Save Our Home & Dreams | Overcome Financial Crisis|SOGtv
592 -
12:40
SOGtv
5 months agoThe Countdown Begins: A Life-Altering Shift in 4 Months
604