August 19: Just for Today meditation, read by Fern

Just for Today meditation for August 19, read by Fern

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August 19

First things first

"We apply effort to our most obvious problems and let go of the rest. We do the job at hand and, as we progress, new opportunities for improvement present themselves."

Basic Text, p.54

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It's been said that recovery is simple-all we've got to change is everything! That can seem a pretty tall order; especially when we first arrive in Narcotics Anonymous.

After all, not many of us showed up at our first meeting because our lives were in great shape. On the contrary, a great many of us came to NA in the midst of the worst crises of our lives. We needed recovery, and quick!

The enormity of the change required in our lives can be paralyzing. We know we can't take care of all that needs to be done, not all at once. How do we start?

Chances are, we've already started. We've done the first, most obvious things that needed to be done: We've stopped using drugs, and we've started going to meetings.

What do we do next? Pretty much the same thing, just more of it. From where we are, we do what we can. We walk the path of recovery by picking up our feet and taking the step that's right in front of us. Only when that's been accomplished must we concern ourselves with what comes next. Slowly but surely, we'll find ourselves making progress down the path, visibly drawing closer each day to becoming the kind of person we'd like to be.

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Just for today:

I will walk the path of my recovery by taking the step right in front of me.

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Episode Transcript

(00:03):
Welcome to the Voices of Recovery podcast.
This is your Just For Today episode featuring a recovering
addict. Hi, my name is Fern.

(00:23):
My clean date is January 5th, 1984.
You're listening to the Voices of Recovery podcasts.
This is the just for today, for August 19th.
First things first. We apply effort to our most
obvious problems and let go of the rest.

(00:46):
We do the job at hand, and as weprogress, new opportunities for
improvement present themselves. Basic text, page 56.
It's been said that recovery is simple.
All we've got to change is everything.
That can seem pretty tall order,especially when we first arrived

(01:08):
in Narcotics Anonymous. After all, not many of us showed
up at our first meeting because our lives were in great shape.
On the contrary, a great many ofus came to NA in the midst of
the worst crises of our lives. We needed recovery, and quick.
The enormity of the change required in our lives can be

(01:31):
paralyzing. We know we can't take care of
all that needs to be done, not all at once.
How do we start? Chances are, we've already
started. We've done the first, most
obvious things that needed to bedone.
We've stopped using drugs and we've started going to meetings.

(01:54):
What do we do next? Pretty much the same thing, just
more of it. From where we are, we can do
what we can. We walk the path of recovery by
picking up our feet and taking the step that's right in front
of us. Only when we've been
accomplished must we concern ourselves with what comes next.

(02:17):
Slowly but surely, we'll be finding ourselves making
progress down the path visually drawing closer each day to
becoming the kind of person we'dlike to be.
Just for today, I will walk the path of my recovery by taking
the step right in front of me or.
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