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09/08/2026

09/08/2026

Twenty Four Hours a Day

Sunday
Aug 09
Thought for the Day
"We have an allergy to alcohol. The action of alcohol on chronic alcoholics is a manifestation of an allergy. We allergic types can never safely use alcohol in any form at all. We cannot be reconciled to a life without alcohol, unless we can experience an entire psychic change. Once this psychic change has occurred, we who seemed doomed, we who had so many problems that we despaired of ever solving them, find ourselves able to control our desire for alcohol." Have I had a psychic change?

Meditation for the Day
Ask God in daily prayer to give you the strength to change. When you ask God to change you, you must at the same time fully trust Him. If you do not fully trust Him, God may answer your prayer as a rescuer does that of a drowning person who is putting up too much of a struggle. The rescuer must first render the person still more helpless, until he or she is wholly at the rescuer's mercy. Just so must we be wholly at God's mercy before we can be rescued.

Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may be daily willing to be changed. I pray that I may put myself wholly at the mercy of God.

09/08/2026

GBR(Gray Book Reflection)
8/9

"The love was there all the time, waiting for us to accept it."

Gray book pg 57
Line 28
Step Ten

As addicts we were confused about Love. We spoke of Love with our lips, but our actions proved different. Our Love ones soon grew tired of enabling our using in the name of Love. We grew resentful when they stopped enabling our addiction, or didn't care to have us around anymore. Many of us were hurt by Love ones as Children, even before active addiction. We became Love veterans, hurt by Love. Since we didn't Love ourselves how can we Love anyone. Most of our interactions with others were motivated by our addiction. We use drugs, but we also used people, places and things. Like our Literature says "we use to live and live to use." If we felt unloved by people we saw, with our eyes, how can we Believe something we couldn't see could Love us. When some of us hit our bottoms we reached out in desperation and called out for Help. This cry for Help was the end of our bottoms and the beginning of our Journey to Recovery. In our First Step we were beaten into submission. The pain of Living without drugs and nothing to replace them, forces us to seek Help from a Power Greater than ourselves. This Power we're introduced to in the Second Step is one that's Loving and Caring. Whether it's the Group or a Higher Power we experienced unconditional Love. We heard members say, we'll Love you till you learn to Love yourself. We discover that Love was present all the time, we just needed to tap into it. Recovery in Narcotics Anonymous is Free and Available for all those who seek it. Love is one of the Highest forms of Spiritual Principles manifested in our Lives. Yes, Love becomes an action word, not just a feeling. Motivated by Love and service we Help supply Love for new members. Through the Steps and Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous we are able to Practice Love and other Spiritual Principles in all our affairs.

In This Moment; We learn to Accept the unconditional Love from our God and others in, and out, the Fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous

08/08/2026

August 8

"When we refuse to practice acceptance we are, in effect, denying our faith in a Higher Power."

Gray Book, p. 144 (Chapter Nine, Lines 10-12)

Our Literature tells us that worrying is a lack of Faith; we must also include Surrender and Acceptance. Even though we don't hear about Faith until the Third Step, we can't help looking at the Evidence thus far. We were forced to stop using in the First Step, and Accept that we suffered from a disease. This Admittance was followed by action in the Second Step. Our obsession was lifted as a result of this action and that gave us Hope, so there's no blind Faith. We did the action, and that Process took away our obsession to use. Faith is the action that has to follow Hope, without the action of Faith, our Hope turns to desperation, once again. Part of Anonymity is not taking credit for our Recovery. We can't do this alone. The Fruit of Trust is a result of our Faith; we need this in order to continue on this Journey we call Recovery in Narcotics Anonymous. When we forget who really got us clean, we start to run on self-will. We have to remember that God's Will has its ending at the beginning of ours. We can cease the Recovery Process when we stop Practicing the Principles of Narcotics Anonymous. Since addiction affects every area of our lives, we must live by Spiritual Principles in every area of our lives as well. Surrender means we don't resist; Acceptance usually follows. The longer we're in Recovery, the deeper our Surrender must go. Acceptance followed by Action is how we develop our Faith. The proof is evident in the way we Live. One of the Greatest aspects in Narcotics Anonymous is that we don't have to do this alone because in Reality we can't.

In This Moment: We will continue to look at the Evidence on what has worked for us thus far. We will see that our Faith is not blind Faith.

07/08/2026

Twenty Four Hours a Day

Friday
Aug 07
Thought for the Day
We in A.A. are offering an intangible thing, a psychological and spiritual program. It's a wonderful program. When we learn to turn to a Higher Power, with faith that that Power can give us the strength we need, we find peace of mind. When we re-educate our minds by learning to think differently, we find new interests that make life worthwhile. We who have achieved sobriety through faith in God and mental re-education are modern miracles. It is the function of our A.A. program to produce modern miracles. Do I consider the change in my life a modern miracle?

Meditation for the Day
You should never doubt that God's spirit is always with you, wherever you are, to keep you on the right path. God's keeping power is never at fault, only your realization of it. You must try to believe in God's nearness and availability of His grace. It is not a question of whether God can provide a shelter from the storm, but of whether or not you seek the security of that shelter. Every fear, worry, or doubt is disloyalty to God. You must endeavor to trust God wholly. Practice saying: "All is going to be well." Say it to yourself until you feel it deeply.

Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may feel deeply that all is well. I pray that nothing will be able to move me from that deep conviction.

07/08/2026

GBR (Gray Book Reflection)
8/7

"When we forget this or the effort and tenacity it took us to get a period of time in our Lives when we experienced Freedom from within; ungratefulness sinks in and self-destructive behavior begins again."

Gray Book, p. 128-129
Lines 34-1
Chapter Seven

The Spiritual Principle of Gratitude should be our First and Greatest Tool against dis-ease thinking. We must not forget that, "The progression of the disease is an ongoing process, even during abstinence, no matter how long." We must always keep up front, the Beauty and Freedom, that resulted from N.A. and the God Of Our Own Understanding. Not using and Social acceptability alone, can guise as Recovery. We forget that the progression of our Recovery is a continuous uphill Journey. Our Spiritual Awakening must be on going, lest we shall fall asleep again. Since relapse is a process, we could be in our last 30 days. Our Literature says, "Unless recognition and action is taken immediately that fall will encompass our existence and then we are along for the ride." In other words we are in a downward spiral. Only returning to the Basics can save us. Praying, Making meetings, calling our Sponsors, working with others; will get us out of ourselves. The N.A. Program is a twenty-four-hour Program. We are only as good as our last Step Practiced. Our Daily Reprieve expires when we go to bed. Since we can't stay clean on yesterday's shower, we must begin the input again. Are we Grateful before our feet hit the floor? Is our next move the next right thing? Are we asking for the Power to walk the walk? Only a Program of Action can guarantee the next twenty-four. It can all start with the Spirit of Gratitude. Peace and Serenity usually follow. We are now ready to do God's Bidding; we can now be Armored with our Higher Power's Love. We start to Practice a Living Program, not a dying one.

In This Moment: "Our Gratitude Speaks When I Care And Share With Others The N.A. Way."