February 20: Just for Today meditation, read by Stacy

Just for Today meditation for February 20, read by StacyDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:[email protected] 20Powerlessness, personal responsibility"Through our inability to accept personal responsibility, we were actually creating our own problems."Basic Text p.13––––=––––When we refuse to take responsibility for our lives, we give away all of our personal power. We need to remember that we are powerless over our addiction, not our personal behavior. Many of us have misused the concept of powerlessness to avoid making decisions or to hold onto things we had outgrown. We have claimed powerlessness over our own actions. We have blamed others for our circumstances rather than taking positive action to change those circumstances. If we continue to avoid responsibility by claiming that we are "powerless", we set ourselves up for the same despair and misery we experienced in our active addiction. The potential for spending our recovery years feeling like victims is very real.Instead of living our lives by default, we can learn how to make responsible choices and take risks. We may make mistakes, but we can learn from these mistakes. A heightened awareness of ourselves and an increased willingness to accept personal responsibility gives us the freedom to change, to make choices, and to grow.––––=––––Just for today:My feelings, actions, and choices are mine. I will accept responsibility for them. ––––=––––© NA World ServicesThis podcast is not affiliated with Narcotics Anonymous, and is an independent production of the Works of Wisdom==============