Voices of Recovery

Just for Today meditation for June 8, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 8 The only requirement "This program offers hope. All you have to bring with you is the desire to stop using and the willingness to try this new way of life." IP No.16, "For the Newcomer" ––––=–––– From time to time we wonder if we're "doing it right" in N...

Spiritual Principle a Day for June 8, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 8 Anonymity Connects Us . . . addiction makes us one of a kind. Our personal stories may vary in individual pattern but in the end we all have the same thing in common. This common illness or disorder is addiction. —Basic Text, Chapter 8: We Do Recover –––...

Spiritual Principle a Day for June 7, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 7 Maintaining an Open Mind New information can be hard for us to accept when it doesn’t come to us in the way we think it should. —Living Clean, Chapter 1, “Keys to Freedom” ––––=–––– Our ideas about the help we need, how it’s packaged, and who delivers it...

Just for Today meditation for June 7, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 7 Someone who believes in me "Just for today I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery" Basic Text, p.96 ––––=–––– Not all of us arrive in NA and automatically stay clean. But if we keep coming back, we find...

Just for Today meditation for June 6, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 6 Recovery Doesn't Happen Overnight   "The Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous are a progressive recovery process established in our daily living." Basic Text, p. 96 ––––=–––– After some time in recovery, we may find we are faced with what seem like overwh...

Spiritual Principle a Day for June 6, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 6 Service Strengthens Our Foundation Service begins when we put ourselves aside and welcome the newcomer. That simple action might be the most important thing we ever do. —Guiding Principles, Tradition Two, “For Groups” ––––=–––– Many of us recall being we...

Just for Today meditation for June 5, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 5 Honest Prayer "Although honesty is difficult to practice, it is most rewarding." Basic Text, p.92 ––––=–––– How difficult we find it to be honest! Many of us come to NA so confused about what really happened in our lives that it sometimes takes months an...

Spiritual Principle a Day for June 5, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 5 Valuing Self-Acceptance over Validation We no longer have to look for the approval of others because we are satisfied with being ourselves. —IP #19, Self-Acceptance, “The Twelve Steps are the solution” ––––=–––– For many of us, needing others’ approval—o...

Just for Today meditation for June 4, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 4 Build, don't destroy "Our negative sense of self has been replaced by a positive concern for others." Basic Text, p.16 ––––=–––– Spreading gossip feeds a dark hunger in us. Sometimes we think the only way wecan feel good about ourselves is to make someon...

Spiritual Principle a Day for June 4, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 4 Finding a Life with Purpose What a joy it is to be part of something that not only saves people’s lives, but makes them worth living. —Living Clean, Chapter 5, “Fellowship” ––––=–––– We’re brought together by desperation, so being alive and clean may see...

This week on Voices of Recovery , we welcome our June 1-10 reader, Chris M—a Marine combat veteran who is just days away from marking his miracle year in recovery. Chris shares his remarkable journey from the battlefield to the struggles of addiction, and how, after relapsing, he found his way back to hope and healing. With honesty and humility, Chris opens up about the challenges of starting over...

Spiritual Principle a Day for June 3, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 3 The Simplicity of Tradition Eleven Our message—that any addict can stop using drugs, lose the desire to use, and find a new way to live—is all we have to give, and it is sufficient to change the lives of addicts all over the world. —Guiding Principles, T...

Just for Today meditation for June 3, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 3 Direct and Indirect Amends "We make our amends to the best of our ability." - Basic Text, p. 40 ––––=–––– The Ninth Step tells us to make direct amends wherever possible. Our experience tells us to follow up those direct amends with long - lasting change...

Spiritual Principle a Day for June 2, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 2 Learning to Love Ourselves We’ve begun to see that God’s will for us is the ability to live with dignity, to love ourselves and others, to laugh, and to find great joy and beauty in our surroundings. —It Works, Step Eleven ———=——— When we are new in NA,...

Just for Today meditation for June 2, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 2 Sick and tired "We wanted an easy way out.... When we did seek help, we were only looking for the absence of pain." Basic Text, p.5 ––––=–––– Something's not working. In fact, something's been wrong for a long time, causing us pain and complicating our l...

Just for Today meditation for June 1, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 1 Keep coming back “We don’t have to be clean when we get here but, after the first meeting, we suggest that newcomers keep coming back and come back clean. We don’t have to wait for an overdose or a jail sentence to get help from Narcotics Anonymous.” Bas...

Spiritual Principle a Day for June 1, read by Chris M Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to: voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.com June 1 Consistency and Step Ten Page 158 "In the Tenth Step, we use all the principles and actions we learned in the previous steps, applying them to our lives on a consistent basis." It Works, Step Ten ———=——— Left unexamined, anger, fear, shame, and resentmen...

Introducing: The Voices of Recovery Podcast Daily readings of the “Just for Today” meditation and the “Spiritual Principle a Day“ passage read by recovering addicts. Transcript: Welcome to Voices of Recovery, a podcast produced by The Works of Wisdom. I’m your host, Dr. X, and I invite you to journey with us into the heart of recovery—one voice, one day, and one principle at a time. This podcast i...