Just for Today meditation for June 12, read by Dani the GirlDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:[email protected] June 12A vision of hope“Yes, we are a vision of hope…” Basic Text, p.51—-=—-By the time we reached the end of our road, many of us hadlost all hope for a life without the use of drugs. We believed we were destined to die from our disease. What an inspiration it was, then, coming to our first meeting and seeing a room full of addicts who were staying clean! A clean addict is, indeed, a vision of hope.Today, we give that same hope to others. The newcomers seethe joyful light in our eyes, notice how we carry ourselves, listen to us speak in meetings, and often want what we have found. They believe in us until they learn to believe in themselves. Newcomers hear us carry a message of hope tothem. They tend to see us through “rose colored glasses.” They don’t always recognize our struggle with a particular character defect or our difficulties with improving our conscious contact with our Higher Power. It takes them time to realize that we, the “old-timers” with three or six or ten years clean, often place personalities before principles or suffer from some other unsightly character defects.Yes, the newcomer sometimes places us on a pedestal. It isgood, though, to openly admit the nature of our struggles in recovery for, in time, the newcomer will be walking through those same trials. And that newcomer will remember that others walked through that difficulty and stayed clean.—-=—-Just for today: I will remember that I am a beacon to allwho follow in my path, a vision of hope.—-=—-© NA World Services This podcast is not affiliated withNarcotics Anonymous, and is an independent production of the Works of Wisdom.

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