Voices of Recovery

Just for Today meditation for September 12, read by David Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 12 New horizons "My life is well-rounded and I am becoming a more comfortable version of myself, not the neurotic, boring person that I thought I'd be without drugs." Basic Text p.262 ––––=–––– Is there really life without drugs? New...

Just for Today meditation for September 11, read by David Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 11 Bend with the wind "We learn to become flexible.. As new things are revealed, we feel renewed." Basic Text p.98 ––––=–––– "Flexibility" was not a part of the vocabulary we used in our using days. We'd become obsessed wit...

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 11, read by David Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 11 Self-Support Takes Faith "Belief in self-support is a massive leap of faith. We commit to the idea that we will be enough." —Guiding Principles, Tradition Seven, Opening Reflection ––––=–––– For many of us, a belief in our own inadequacy was a...

Just for Today meditation for September 10, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 10 More powerful than words "We learn that a simple, loving hug can make all the difference in the world" Basic Text p.88 ––––=–––– Perhaps there have been times in our recovery when we were close to someone who was in great pain....

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 10, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 10 Surrendering to a New Way of Life "Admitting our powerlessness is a surrender, an admission that we don’t know the solution to our problems." —IP #17, For Those in Treatment, “Recovery in Narcotics Anonymous” ––––=–––– Admittin...

Just for Today meditation for September 9, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 9 Feet of clay "One of the biggest stumbling blocks to recovery seems to be placing unrealistic expectations on... others." Basic Text p.78 ––––=–––– Many of us come into Narcotics Anonymous feeling pretty poorly about ourselves. B...

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 9, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 9 Humility Is Living in Reality "Humility is most easily identified as an acceptance of who we truly are— neither worse nor better than we believed we were when we were using, just human." —NA Step Working Guides, Step One, “Spirit...

Just for Today meditation for September 8, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 8 Rebellion "We need not lose faith when we become rebellious" Basic Text p.34 ––––=–––– Many of us have lived our entire lives in revolt. Our initial response to any type of direction is often negative. Automatic rejection of auth...

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 8, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 8 Gratitude Transforms Us "Gratitude in action is an engine for change: As we carry the message, our own lives transform." —Guiding Principles, Tradition Five, Opening Reflection ––––=–––– We tell the newcomer, “Welcome home,” as w...

Just for Today meditation for September 7, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 7 Resentment and forgiveness "Where there has been wrong, the program teaches us the spirit of forgiveness." Basic Text p.12 ––––=–––– In NA, we begin to interact with the world around us. We no longer live in isolation. But freedo...

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 7, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 7 Patience and the Process of Healing "Healing takes time, but it does happen. We must be patient with ourselves." —Living Clean, Chapter 4, “Sex” ––––=–––– Some of us came into NA hoping for a speedy recovery, like the way we’d bo...

Just for Today meditation for September 6, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 6 Regular meeting attendance "We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean." Basic Text p.9 ––––=–––– The NA program gives us a new pattern of living. One of the basic el...

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 6, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 6 Anonymity and Selfless Service "The fact that we are anonymous means that the work we do in NA really can be selfless service. We don’t want or need credit for helping others; it’s what we do to save our own lives." —Living Clean...

Kicking off our September series, “Teen Recovery,” is the extraordinary journey of Katherine—a young woman who made the courageous decision to stop using before addiction could take her as a teenager. Her story is raw, unflinching, and filled with hope for young people trapped in the grip of the disease. From childhood, alcohol was a cultural norm at the dinner table. But by age twelve, Katherine’...

Just for Today meditation for September 5, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 5 Not hopelessly bad "We find that we suffer from a disease, not a moral dilemma. We were critically ill, not hopelessly bad." Basic Text p.16 ––––=–––– For many of us, Narcotics Anonymous was the answer to a personal puzzle of lon...

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 5, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 5 Cooperation Despite Friction "Time and time again, in crises we have set aside our differences and worked for the common good." —Basic Text, Chapter 6, “Tradition One” ––––=–––– Cooperation is fundamental to what we do in NA, sta...

Just for Today meditation for September 4, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 4 Cluttered spirits "We try to remember that when we make amends we are doing it for ourselves." Basic Text p.40 ––––=–––– As long as we still owe amends, our spirits are cluttered with things we don't need. We're carrying...

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 4, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 4 Choosing Freedom "We are free to change our minds, to change our perspective, and to change our lives. Freedom means that we are no longer living by default." —Living Clean, Chapter 3, “Awakening to Our Spirituality” ––––=–––– In...

Just for Today meditation for September 3, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 3 Humility expressed by anonymity "Humility is a by-product that allows us to grow and develop in an atmosphere of freedom and removes the fear of becoming known by our employers, families, or friends as addicts." Basic Text p.72-2...

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 3, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 3 Free to Be Authentically Me "We can be ourselves in the present moment without fear or apology, without the need for approval or justification." —Living Clean, Chapter 7, “Awakenings” ––––=–––– As we lived through active addictio...

Just for Today meditation for September 2, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 2 Higher Powered "Daily practice of our Twelve Step program enables us to change from what we were to people guided by a Higher Power" Basic Text p.83 ––––=–––– Who have we been, and who have we become? There are a couple of ways t...

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 2, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 2 Untangling Life’s Knots with the Serenity Prayer "The Serenity Prayer is a tool we use again and again in our recovery: Considering what we can change and what we cannot becomes increasingly powerful." —Living Clean, Chapter 2, “...

Just for Today meditation for September 1, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 1 Real values "We become able to make wise and loving decisions based on principles and ideals that have real value in our lives." Basic Text, page 101 ––––=–––– Addiction gave us a certain set of values, principles we applied in o...

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 1, read by Katherine F. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com September 1 Interdependence Knows No Borders "Just as we learned in early recovery that we need each other to stay clean, we come to believe that all of us, every NA meeting and group, are interdependent." —It Works, Tradition One ––––=––––...

Spiritual Principle a Day for August 31, read by Eddie D. Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com August 31 Fidelity to the NA Message "Fidelity suggests that we are true and faithful to our message, that it is consistent on all occasions." —Guiding Principles, Tradition Ten, “Spiritual Principles” ––––=–––– As a spiritual principle, fidelity...