Just for Today

Just for Today: Ask for mercy, not justice, October 5th, Many of us have difficulty admitting that we caused harm for others... We cut away our justifications and our ideas of being a victim.

Just for Today: Amends without expectations, October 6th, Projections about actually making amends can be a major obstacle both in making the list and in becoming willing.

Just for Today: Depending on our Higher Power, October 7th, As recovering addicts, we find that we are still dependent, but our dependence has shifted from the things around us to a loving God and the inner strength we get in our relationship with Him.

Just for Today: A new pattern of living, October 8th, We suspect that if we do not use what we have, we will lose what we have.

Just for Today: Order, October 9th, We emphasize setting our house in order because it brings us relief.

Just for Today: Consequences, October 10th, Before we got clean, most of our actions were guided by impulse. Today, we are not locked into this type of thinking.

Just for Today: Being right, October 12th, When we admit that our lives have become unmanageable, we don't have to argue our point of view... We no longer have to be right all the time.

Just for Today: Making a difference, October 13th, Words cannot describe the sense of spiritual awareness that we receive when we have given something, no matter how small, to another person.

Just for Today: The end of loneliness, October 14th, With the love that I am shown in Narcotics Anonymous, I have no excuse for loneliness.

Just for Today: Choices, October 15th, We did not choose to become addicts.

Just for Today: The simplest prayer, October 16th, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

Just for Today: "The Truth", October 17th, Everything we know is subject to revision, especially what we know about the truth.

Just for Today: We all belong, October 18th, Although 'politics makes strange bedfellows,' as the old saying goes, addiction makes us one of a kind.

Just for Today: Standing for something, October 19th, ... we could feel time, touch reality, and recognize spiritual values long lost to many of us.

Just for Today: Freedom to choose, October 20th, Enforced morality lacks the power that comes to us when we choose to live a spiritual life.

Just for Today: God's will today, October 21st, This decision demands continued acceptance, ever-increasing faith, and a daily commitment to recovery.

Just for Today: Look who's talking, October 22nd, Our disease is so cunning that it can get us into impossible situations.

Just for Today: Surrender, October 23rd, By surrendering control, we gain a far greater power.

Just for Today: Responsibility, October 24th, 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

Just for Today: Principles before personalities, October 25th, Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

Just for Today: The path to self-acceptance, October 26th, The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery.

Just for Today: Living in the present, October 27th, We want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today.

Just for Today: Attitudes, October 28th, We can also use the steps to improve our attitudes.

Just for Today: Living in the now, October 29th, Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of the future.

Just for Today: Courage, October 30th, Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future.

Just for Today: Our relationship with a Higher Power, October 31st, Ongoing recovery is dependent on our relationship with a loving God who cares for us and will do for us what we find impossible to do for ourselves.