EPISODE · Apr 10, 2026 · 3 MIN
April 10: Just for Today meditation, read by Phil J
from Voices of Recovery · host The Works of Wisdom
Just for Today meditation for April 10, read by Phil JDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:[email protected] 10Too busy"We must use what we learn or we will lose it, no matter how long we have been clean."Basic Text, p. 82––––=––––After putting some clean time together, some of us have a tendency to forget what our most important priority is. Once a week or less we say, "I've gotta get to a meeting tonight. It's been..." We've been caught up in other things, important for sure, but no more so than our continued participation in Narcotics Anonymous.It happens gradually. We get jobs. We reunite with our families. We're raising children, the dog is sick, or we're going to school at night. The house needs to be cleaned. The lawn needs to be mowed. We have to work late. We're tired. There's a good show at the theater tonight. And all of a sudden, we notice that we haven't called our sponsor, been to a meeting, spoken to a newcomer, or even talked to God in quite a while.What do we do at this point? Well, we either renew our commitment to our recovery, or we continue being to busy to recover until something happens and our lives become unmanageable. Quite a choice! Our best bet is to put more of our energy into maintaining the foundation of recovery on which our lives are built. That foundation makes everything else possible, and it will surely crumble if we get too busy with everything else.––––=––––Just for today:I can't afford to be too busy to recover. I will do something today that sustains my recovery. ––––=––––© NA World ServicesThis podcast is not affiliated with Narcotics Anonymous, and is an independent production of the Works of Wisdom
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Just for Today meditation for April 10, read by Phil JDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:[email protected] 10Too busy"We must use what we learn or we will lose it, no matter how long we have been clean."Basic Text, p. 82––––=––––After putting some clean time together, some of us have a tendency to forget what our most important priority is. Once a week or less we say, "I've gotta get to a meeting tonight. It's been..." We've been caught up in other things, important for sure, but no more so than our continued participation in Narcotics Anonymous.It happens gradually. We get jobs. We reunite with our families. We're raising children, the dog is sick, or we're going to school at night. The house needs to be cleaned. The lawn needs to be mowed. We have to work late. We're tired. There's a good show at the theater tonight. And all of a sudden, we notice that we haven't called our sponsor, been to a meeting, spoken to a newcomer, or even talked to God in quite a while.What do we do at this point? Well, we either renew our commitment to our recovery, or we continue being to busy to recover until something happens and our lives become unmanageable. Quite a choice! Our best bet is to put more of our energy into maintaining the foundation of recovery on which our lives are built. That foundation makes everything else possible, and it will surely crumble if we get too busy with everything else.––––=––––Just for today:I can't afford to be too busy to recover. I will do something today that sustains my recovery. ––––=––––© NA World ServicesThis podcast is not affiliated with Narcotics Anonymous, and is an independent production of the Works of Wisdom
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