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Grand Rising Frens 🌅🇺🇸☕️ Just For Today 💯❤️‍🩹 Just for Today — Living in the now Thursday, October 29 Page 315 "Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of the future." Basic Text, p. 94 Thoughts of how bad it was--or could be--can consume our hopes for recovery. Fantasies of how wonderful it was--or could be--can divert us from taking action in the real world. That's why, in Narcotics Anonymous, we talk about living and recovering "just for today." In NA, we know that we can change. We've come to believe that our Higher Power can restore the soundness of our minds and hearts. The wreckage of our past can be dealt with through the steps. By maintaining our recovery, just for today, we can avoid creating problems in the future. Life in recovery is no fantasy. Daydreams of how great using was or how we can use successfully in the future, delusions of how great things could be, overblown expectations that set us up for disappointment and relapse--all are stripped of their power by the program. We seek God's will, not our own. We seek to serve others, not ourselves. Our self-centeredness and the importance of how great things could or should be for us disappears. In the light of recovery, we perceive the difference between fantasy and reality. Just for Today: I am grateful for the principles of recovery and the new reality they've given me. Shared from the NA app · na.org

Grand Rising Frens 🌅🇺🇸☕️ Just For Today 💯❤️‍🩹 Just for Today — Attitudes Wednesday, October 28 Page 314 "We can also use the steps to improve our attitudes." Basic Text, p. 55 Ever have a day when everything seems to be working against you? Do you go through periods when you are so busy taking people's inventories you can barely stand yourself? What about when you find yourself snapping at your co-worker or loved one for no reason? When we find ourselves in this bleak frame of mind, we need to take action. At any point in the day, we can set aside a few moments and take a "spot inventory." We examine how we are reacting to outside situations and other people. When we do, we may find that we are suffering from a plain old "bad attitude." A negative outlook can hurt our relationship with our Higher Power and the people in our lives. When we are honest with ourselves, we frequently find that the problem lies with us and our attitude. We have no control over the challenges life gives us. What we can control is how we react to those challenges. At any point in time, we can change our attitude. The only thing that really changes in Narcotics Anonymous is us. The Twelve Steps give us the tools to move out of the problem and into the solution. Just for Today: Throughout the day, I will check my attitude. I will apply the steps to improve it. Shared from the NA app · na.org

Grand Rising 🌅🇺🇸☕️ Just For Today-Narcotics Anonymous ❤️‍🩹 Just for Today — Living in the present Tuesday, October 27 Page 313 "We want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today." Basic Text, p. 29 For many of us, the past is like a bad dream. Our lives aren't the same any more, but we still have fleeting, highly charged emotional memories of a really uncomfortable past. The guilt, fear, and anger that once dominated us may spill into our new life, complicating our efforts to change and grow. The Twelve Steps are the formula that helps us learn to put the past in its place. Through the Fourth and Fifth Steps, we become aware that our old behavior didn't work. We ask a Higher Power to relieve us of our shortcomings in the Sixth and Seventh Steps, and we begin to be relieved of the guilt and fear that plagued us for so many years. In the Eighth and Ninth Steps, by making amends, we demonstrate to others that our lives are changing. We are no longer controlled by the past. Once the past loses its control over us, we are free to find new ways to live, ways that reflect who we truly are. Just for Today: I don't have to be controlled by my past. I will live this new day as the new person I am becoming. Shared from the NA app · na.org

Grand Rising Frens 🌅🇺🇸☕️ Just For Today-Narcotics Anonymous ❤️‍🩹 October 26, 2026 The path to self-acceptance Page 312 "The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery." IP No.19, "Self-Acceptance" Our addiction has been a source of shame to many of us. We have hidden ourselves from others, sure that if anyone got to know who we really were they would reject us. NA helps us learn self-acceptance. Many of us find a great deal of relief just from attending meetings, hearing fellow addicts share their stories, and discovering that others have felt the same way we feel about ourselves. When others share honestly with us who they are, we feel free to do the same. As we learn to tell others the truth about ourselves, we learn to accept ourselves. Self-disclosure, however, is only the beginning. Once we've shared the things that make us uncomfortable with our lives, we need to find a different way to live--and that's where the steps come in. We develop a concept of a Higher Power. We inventory our lives, in detail, and discuss our inventory with our sponsor. We ask the God of our understanding to remove our character defects, the shortcomings that are the source of our troubles. We take responsibility for the things we've done and make amends for them. And we incorporate all these disciplines into our daily lives, "practicing these principles in all our affairs." By working the steps, we can become people we are proud to be. We can freely tell the truth about ourselves, for we have nothing to hide. Just for Today: I will walk the path to self-acceptance. I will show up, tell the truth, and work the steps.

Grand Rising Frens 🌅🇺🇸☕️ Just For Today from Narcotics Anonymous ❤️‍🩹 October 24, 2026 Responsibility Page 310 "We are not responsible for our disease, only for our recovery. As we begin to apply what we have learned, our lives begin to change for the better." Basic Text, p. 91 The further we go in recovery, the less we avoid responsibility for ourselves and our actions. By applying the principles of the Narcotics Anonymous program, we are able to change our lives. Our existence takes on new meaning as we accept responsibility and the freedom of choice responsibility implies. We do not take recovery for granted. We take responsibility for our recovery by working the Twelve Steps with a sponsor. We go to meetings regularly and share with the newcomer what was freely given to us: the gift of recovery. We become involved with our home group and accept responsibility for our part in sharing recovery with the still-suffering addict. As we learn how to effectively practice spiritual principles in all areas of our lives, the quality of our lives improves. Just for Today: Using the spiritual tools I've gained in recovery, I am willing and able to make responsible choices.