📅 January 1

“We keep what we have only with vigilance...”  Gray Book, p. 87 ( Chapter 6, Header)

🌿 Vigilance

Vigilance means to stay alert.

Just like soldiers keep watch that the enemy doesn’t advance, we as addicts that are Recovering from the disease of addiction must also keep watch.

We do the action so that the disease of addiction doesn’t advance and claim more Spiritual Territory.

We Work and Live the Spiritual Principles of the Steps and Traditions as we renew our Commitment to our Recovery on a daily basis.

Our Daily Reprieve is only contingent on this Spiritual Conditioning.

This Daily Surrender to the Program of Narcotics Anonymous leads to a Spiritual Awakening.

Our Spirits can also go back to sleep if were not Vigilant.

Narcotics Anonymous as a whole also has to stay Vigilant.

The Traditions are our first line of defense.

Practicing our Traditions in our Groups and service committees keeps the disease from infiltrating our Groups and service committees.

The Steps of Narcotics Anonymous are suggested and can differ in their approach.

The Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous are our protection from ourselves; therefore , they cannot be negotiated.

These Spiritual Principles are likened to soldiers on a battlefield that keep the enemy from conquering and destroying.

Our Traditions not only protect us from ourselves, buy from outside forces as well.

A Higher Power is the only Ultimate Authority in Narcotics Anonymous as it is expressed through an N.A. Group Conscience.

This Good Orderly Direction and adherence to these Spiritual Principles will keep us alert and assure our survival and the survival of Narcotics Anonymous.

In this moment: We keep our Spirits Awake and Vigilant by the applications of the Spiritual Principle of Narcotics Anonymous.