I hate this…
I know this doesn’t help and it gets old hearing it. But I promise it gets better. We have to go through the rough patches to enjoy the roses even more! Just keep stick with it. It’s a whole lot easier than starting all over again and again and again. Call your support group go to a meeting, Jam to some music, take your mind off of what is the problem at the moment!
1 Like
What's going on?
1 Like
November 13
Not perfect
We are not going to be perfect. If we were perfect, we would not be human.
Basic Text, p. 31
=
All of us had expectations about life in recovery. Some of us thought recovery would suddenly make us employable or able to do anything in the world we wanted to do. Or maybe we imagined perfect ease in our interactions with others. When we stop and think, we realize that we expected recovery would make us perfect. We didnt expect to continue making many mistakes. But we do. Thats not the addict side of us showing through; thats being human.
In Narcotics Anonymous we strive for recovery, not perfection. The only promise we are given is freedom from active addiction. Perfection is not an attainable state for human beings; its not a realistic goal. What we often seek in perfection is freedom from the discomfort of making mistakes. In return for that freedom from discomfort, we trade our curiosity, our flexibility, and the room to grow.
We can consider the trade: Do we want to live the rest of our lives in our well-defined little world, safe but perhaps stifled? Or do we wish to venture out into the unknown, take a risk, and reach for everything life has to offer?
=
Just for today: I want all that life has to offer me and all that recovery can provide. Today, I will take a risk, try something new, and grow.
Copyright 1991-2015 by Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved
1 Like
Thank you