Fw: JFT-ROCKS today !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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From: " theresa " <theresa@...>

Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 9:31 AM

Subject: JFT-ROCKS today !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just For Today

February 6 I can't - we can

" We had convinced ourselves that we could make it alone and proceeded to

live life on that basis. The results were disastrous and, in the end,

each

of us had to admit that self-sufficiency was a lie " Basic Text p. 59

" I can't, but we can. " This simple but profound truth applies

initially to

our first need as NA members: Together, we can stay clean, but when we

isolate ourselves, we're in bad company. To recover, we need the support

of other addicts.

Self-sufficiency impedes more than just our ability to stay clean.

With or

without drugs, living on self-will inevitably leads to disaster. We

depend

on other people for everything from goods and services to love and

companionship, yet self-will puts us in constant conflict with those

very

people. To live a fulfilling life, we need harmony with others.

Other addicts and others in our communities are not the only ones we

depend on. Power is not a human attribute, yet we need power to live. We

find it in a Power greater than ourselves which provides the guidance

and

strength we lack on our own. When we pretend to be self-sufficient, we

isolate ourselves from the one source of power sufficient to effectively

guide us through life: our Higher Power.

Self-sufficiency doesn't work. We need other addicts; we need other

people; and, to live fully, we need a Power greater than our own.

Just for today: I will seek the support of other recovering addicts,

harmony with others in my community, and the care of my Higher Power. I

can't, but we can.