![]() ![]() Just for Today: I admit that I have had enough. This first excerpt I’ve pulled out, if you didn’t guess it, is referring to the notorious declaration in Chapter IV We Agnostics: God is everything or else He is nothing. Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book 4th Edition Hardcover. Bite-size Big Book quotes are spread over 365 separate daily reflections. If we have truly had enough, then we will be willing to go to any lengths to find recovery. A Book of Reflections by AA Members for AA Members. #Daily reflections aa original 1st edition freeIf the answers to these questions lead us to the doors of Narcotics Anonymous, then we are ready to move on to the next step toward a life free from active addiction. Can I control my use of drugs in any form? What incidents have occurred as a result of my drug use that I didn't want to happen? How is my life unmanageable? Do I believe in my heart that I am an addict? When we inventory our powerlessness, we ask ourselves some simple questions. If we have, we will be truly ready to go to any lengths to quit using. All that matters is that we have reached an emotional and spiritual bottom that precludes our return to active addiction. God, as I understand Him, has given me answers to the whys that kept me drinking for twenty years. It doesn't matter whether or not we arrived in NA with our families intact, our careers still working for us, and all the outward appearances of wholeness. Spirituality was what I had been seeking. Have we really had enough? This is the crucial question we must ask ourselves as we prepare to work the First Step in Narcotics Anonymous. " Something inside cries out, 'Enough, enough, I've had enough,' and then they are ready to take that first and often most difficult step toward dealing with their disease." Just for Today Meditation August 12, 2023 ![]()
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