June 17: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by Sophie X.

Spiritual Principle a Day for June 17, read by Sophie X.

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June 17

Building Trust and Trustworthiness

"Through our developing relationship with our sponsor, we learn about the principle of trust."

—It Works, Step One

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More often than not, a last-ditch effort to stay out of jail, keep a job, or hang on to a relationship drives us through the doors of NA. We’d stopped using plenty of times before but staying stopped seemed beyond us. We knew something had to change, and, honestly, we had nothing to lose.

When we looked around at that first meeting, we saw people who understood our plight because they had been there. They’d experienced the high price of low living. The NA program worked for them; maybe it will work for us, too. Desperation may have brought us to NA, but inspiration keeps us coming back.

Trust hadn’t been on our radar, but we are somehow willing to accept a few suggestions. Just a few days in, and we’re committed to attending a meeting a day for 90 days. We even reach out to other members between meetings. With each passing day, we feel a little better and trust in this NA way a little more. And our actions show it.

We’ve begun to trust the process, but we’ll need a guide—a sponsor—if we want to give this a fair shot. “You don’t have to trust everyone,” we’re told, “but you’ve got to learn to trust someone.” This seems like solid advice. The source, a more experienced member, seems trustworthy. “How about you?” we respond. “Will you sponsor me?”

It takes time for most of us to shed our armor, but sponsors have a way of gaining our trust little by little. “One of us shares some truth about our life and experience, and the other returns the favor,” as one member put it. In the process, we develop trust and, eventually, intimacy. It’s a pattern of behavior we can replicate in other relationships, as sponsees, sponsors, partners, and friends.

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Spiritual Principle:

Following my sponsor’s example, I will build trust a little at a time. I’ll learn to trust and be trustworthy in small moments by being true to my word, supportive of others, and open to intimacy.

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Episode Transcript

(00:03):
Welcome to the Voices of Recovery podcast.
This is your Spiritual Principleof a Day episode featuring a
recovering addict. Hi, my name is Sophie X.

(00:24):
My clean date is December 28th, 2023.
You're listening to the Voices of Recovery podcast.
This is the Spiritual Principle,a Day passage for June 17th.
Building trust and trustworthiness.
Through our developing relationship with our sponsor,
we learn about the principle of trust.
It works. Step one.

(00:47):
More often than not, a last ditch effort to stay out of
jail, keep a job, or hang on to a relationship drives us through
the doors of NA. We stopped using plenty of times
before, but staying stopped seems beyond us.
We knew something had to change and honestly, we had nothing to
lose. When we looked around at that
first meeting, we saw people whounderstood our plight because

(01:09):
they had been there before. They experienced the price of
low living. The NA program worked for them.
Maybe it will work for us too. Desperation may have brought us
to NA, but inspiration keeps us coming back.
Trust hadn't been on our radar, but we are somehow willing to
accept a few suggestions. Just a few days in, and we've

(01:30):
committed to attending a meetinga day for 90 days.
We even reach out to other members between meetings.
With each passing day, we feel alittle better and trust in this
NA way a little more, and our actions show it.
We've begun to trust the process, but we'll need a guide,
a sponsor, if we want to give this a fair shot.

(01:51):
You don't have to trust everyone, we're told, but you've
got to learn to trust someone. This seems like solid advice.
The source, A more experienced member seems trustworthy.
How about you? We respond.
Will you sponsor me? It takes time for most of us to
shed our armor, but sponsors have a way of gaining our trust.
Little by little, one of us shares some truth about our life

(02:14):
and experience, and the other returns the favor.
As one member put it, in the process, we develop trust and
eventually, intimacy. It's a pattern of behavior we
can replicate in other relationships as sponsees,
sponsors, partners, and friends.Spiritual Principle.

(02:34):
Following my sponsor's example, I will build trust a little at a
time. I'll learn to trust and be
trustworthy in small moments by being true to my word,
supportive of others, and open to intimacy.
The Voices of Recovery Podcast is an independent production of
The Works of Wisdom. We welcome your questions and

(02:57):
donations via PayPal at [e-mail].
This podcast is an independent production and is not affiliated
with, associated with, authorized by, endorsed by, or
in any way officially connected with Narcotics Anonymous or any
of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
While any literature may be readduring episodes for the purpose

(03:18):
of supporting Recovery, such usedoes not constitute an official
endorsement or representation byNarcotics Anonymous.
In accordance with NA tradition,the NA name is not to be used to
endorse or be affiliated with any outside enterprise, and no
such endorsement or affiliation is implied.
Music is by Sage. Thanks for listening to the
Voices of Recovery podcast. Hi, my name is Sophie X.

(03:50):
My clean date is December 28th, 2023.
You're listening to the Voices of Recovery podcast.
This is the Spiritual Principle.A day passage for June 18th.
Grace gets us through hard times.
What we find is not that our higher power spares us the
hardship of life, but that we receive the grace to get through
them clean. What we find is not that our

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higher power spares us of the hardships of life, but that we
receive the grace to get throughthem clean.
Living Clean. Chapter 3.
Walking the Walk When terrible things happen to us or people we
love, especially those we deemedto be innocent and undeserving
of strife, innocent and undeserving of strife, our first

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reaction is often to try to makesense of it, to look for someone
or something to blame.