June 24: Just for Today meditation, read by Glen

June 24: Just for Today meditation, read by Glen

Just for Today meditation for June 24, read by Glen

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June 24

Tolerance

"ever reminding us to place principles before personalities." Tradition Twelve

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Sometimes it's bard to accept others' character defects. As we recover together, we not only listen to others talk in meetings, we also watch how they walk through their recovery. The more we get to know other members, the more we become aware of how they live their lives. We may form opinions about how they "work their program".

We may find that certain members upset us, or we may even hear ourselves say, "If I worked their program, I would surely use! We have found tolerance to be a principle that not only strengthens our own recovery but also our relationships with individuals who are a source of irritation to us. It becomes easier to accept other members' frailties when we remember that we ourselves rarely turn over our own character defects until we become painfully aware of them.

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Just for today:

I will strive to accept others as they are. I will try not to judge others. I will focus on the principles of love and acceptance.

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This podcast is not affiliated with Narcotics Anonymous, and is an independent production of the Works of Wisdom.

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 Glenn.

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My clean date is June 23rd, 2023.
You're listening to the Voices of Recovery podcast.
This is the Just for Today passage for June 24th.
Tolerance ever reminding us to place principles before
personalities. Tradition 12th.

(00:48):
Sometimes it's hard to accept others character defects.
As we recover together, we not only listen to others talk in
meetings, we also watch how theywalk through their recovery.
The more we get to know other members, the more we become
aware of how they live their lives.
We may form opinions about how they work their program, we may

(01:10):
find that certain members upset us, or we may even hear
ourselves say, if I worked theirprogram I would surely use.
We have found tolerance to be a principle that strengthens not
only our recovery but also our relationships with the
individuals who are a source of irritation to us.
It becomes easier to accept other members frailties when we

(01:33):
remember that we ourselves rarely turn over our own
character defects until we become painfully aware of them.
Just for today, I will strive toaccept others as they are.
I will try not to judge others. I will focus on the principles
of love and acceptance. The Voices of Recovery Podcast

(01:58):
is an independent production of The Works of Wisdom.
We welcome your questions and donations via PayPal at
[e-mail]. This podcast is an independent
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