EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 2 MIN
May 28: Just for Today meditation, read by Craig
from Voices of Recovery · host The Works of Wisdom
Just for Today meditation for May 28, read by CraigDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:[email protected] 28As we understand"We examined our lives and discovered who we really are. To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves."Basic Text, p.35––––=––––As using addicts, the demands of our disease determined our personality. We could be whoever or whatever we needed to be in order to get our "fix". We were survival machines, adapting easily to every circumstance of the using life.Once we began our recovery, we entered a new and different life. Many of us had no idea what behavior was appropriate for us in any given situation. Some of us didn't know how to talk to people, how to dress, or how to behave in public. We couldn't be ourselves because we didn't know who we were anymore.The Twelve Steps give us a simple method for finding out who we really are. We uncover our assets and our defects, the things we like about ourselves and the things we're not so thrilled about. Through the healing power of the Twelve Steps, we begin to understand that we are individuals, created to be who we are by the Higher Power of our understanding. The real healing begins when we understand that if our Higher Power created us this way, it must be okay to be who we really are.––––=––––Just for today:By working the steps I can experience the freedom to be myself, the person my Higher Power intended me to be. ––––=––––© 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 May 28, read by CraigDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:[email protected] 28As we understand"We examined our lives and discovered who we really are. To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves."Basic Text, p.35––––=––––As using addicts, the demands of our disease determined our personality. We could be whoever or whatever we needed to be in order to get our "fix". We were survival machines, adapting easily to every circumstance of the using life.Once we began our recovery, we entered a new and different life. Many of us had no idea what behavior was appropriate for us in any given situation. Some of us didn't know how to talk to people, how to dress, or how to behave in public. We couldn't be ourselves because we didn't know who we were anymore.The Twelve Steps give us a simple method for finding out who we really are. We uncover our assets and our defects, the things we like about ourselves and the things we're not so thrilled about. Through the healing power of the Twelve Steps, we begin to understand that we are individuals, created to be who we are by the Higher Power of our understanding. The real healing begins when we understand that if our Higher Power created us this way, it must be okay to be who we really are.––––=––––Just for today:By working the steps I can experience the freedom to be myself, the person my Higher Power intended me to be. ––––=––––© NA World ServicesThis podcast is not affiliated with Narcotics Anonymous, and is an independent production of the Works of Wisdom
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