NA JUST FOR TODAY - JULY 2014

[MajestyJo]

July 13, 2014

Humility in action

Page 203

"If we are hurting, and most of us do from time to time, we learn to ask for help."

Basic Text, p. 80

Sometimes recovery gets downright difficult. It can be even more difficult to get humble enough to ask for help. We think, "I have all this time clean. I should be better than this!" But the reality of recovery is simple: whether we have thirty days or thirty years clean, we must be willing to ask for help when we need it.

Humility is a common theme in our Twelve Steps. The program of Narcotics Anonymous is not about keeping up appearances. Instead, the program helps us get the most from our recovery. We must be willing to lay bare our difficulties if we expect to find solutions to problems that arise in our lives.

There's an old expression sometimes heard in Narcotics Anonymous: We can't save our face and our ass at the same time. It isn't easy to share in a meeting when we have a number of years clean only to dissolve into tears because life on life's terms has made us realize our powerlessness. But when the meeting ends and another member comes up and says, "You know, I really needed to hear what you had to say,' we know that there is a God working in our lives.

The taste of humility is never bitter. The rewards of humbling ourselves by asking for help sweetens our recovery

Just for Today: If I need help, I will ask for it. I will put humility into action in my life.

When I became chair of Hospitals and Institutions in NA, this was something that was stressed and I was questioned about my ability to ask for help. I was willing to ask, just had difficulty finding people willing to do the service when it was needed.

I joined NA to get NA services into the jail. I was going in for AA and people in the jails were asking for help. I went to the women in the fellowship to get things started.

I also went into Detox and Treatment Centers, it was good for me and my recovery. The carried a great message to me.