October 2: Just for Today meditation, read by Sabina

Just for Today meditation for October 2, read by Sabina

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October 2

Keeping faith

"We grasp the limitless strength provided for us through our daily prayer and surrender as long as we keep faith and renew it."

Basic Text p.44

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There are two parts to recovery: getting clean, and staying clean. Getting clean is comparatively easy because we only have to do it once. Staying clean is more difficult, requiring attention every day of our lives. Yet both draw their power from faith.

We got clean on faith. We admitted that addiction was more powerful than we were, and we stopped trying to fight it on our own. We turned the battle over to a Power greater than ourselves, and that Higher Power got us clean. We stay clean each day the same way: on faith. Just for today, we surrender. Life may be too big for us to tackle on our own power. When it is, we seek a Power greater than ourselves. We pray, asking our Higher Power for direction and the strength to follow it. By exercising and renewing our faith on a daily basis, we tap the resources we need to live clean, full lives.

There is limitless strength available to us whenever we need it. To grasp it, all we need to do is keep faith in the Higher Power that got us clean and keeps us clean.

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Just for today:

Faith got me clean, and faith will keep me clean. Today, I will keep faith with my Higher Power. I will renew my surrender and pray for knowledge and strength.

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Episode Transcript

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Welcome to the Voices of Recovery podcast.
This is your Just For Today episode featuring a recovering
addict. Hi, my name is Sabina.

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My clean date is September 9th, 2000.
You're listening to the Voices of Recovery podcast.
This is the just for today, for October 2nd.
Keeping faith. We grasp the limitless strength
provided for us through our daily prayer and surrender as

(00:47):
long as we keep faith and renew it.
Basic text, page 46. There are two parts to recovery,
getting clean and staying clean.Getting clean is comparatively
easy because we only have to do it once.
Staying clean is more difficult,requiring attention every day of

(01:11):
our lives. Yet both draw their power from
faith. We got clean on faith.
We admitted that addiction was more powerful than we were, and
we stopped trying to fight it onour own.
We turned the battle over to a power greater than ourselves,
and that higher power got us clean.

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We stay clean each day the same way.
On faith. Just for today, we surrender.
Life may be too big for us to tackle on our own power.
When it is, we seek a power greater than ourselves.
We pray, asking our higher powerfor direction and the strength

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to follow it. By exercising and renewing our
faith on a daily basis, we tap the resources we need to live
clean, full lives. There is a limitless strength
available to us whenever we needit to grasp it.
All we need to do is keep faith in the higher power that got us

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clean and keeps us clean. Just for today.
Faith got me clean and faith will keep me clean.
Today, I will keep faith with myhigher power.
I will renew my surrender and pray for knowledge and strength.

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The Voices of Recovery Podcast 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 production and is not affiliated
with, associated with, authorized by, endorsed by, or
in any way officially connected with Narcotics Anonymous or any

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of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
While any literature may be readduring episodes for the purpose
of supporting recovery, such usedoes not constitute an official
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In accordance with any tradition, the NA name is not to
be used to endorse or be affiliated with any outside
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implied. Music is by Sage.
Thanks for listening to the Voices of Recovery podcast.