http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com Maintaining A Life Fri, 18 May 2012 07:19:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-18-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-18-2012/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 19:15:59 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12718 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 18, 2012 Friends And Amends—Keeping It Simple “We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.” Step Nine In every relationship, we don’t always handle things the way we would have hoped. But friendships don’t have to end when we make [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-18-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-17-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-17-2012/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:08:53 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12710 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 17, 2012 “Defects” “We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” Step Six After taking the Fifth Step, many of us spend some time considering “the exact nature of our wrongs” and the part they’d played in making us who we were. What would our lives [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-17-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-16-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-16-2012/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:15:37 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12697 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 16, 2012 Our Higher Power’s Will “God’s will for us becomes our own true will for ourselves.” Basic Text, p. 46 The Twelve Steps are a path to spiritual awakening. This awakening takes the form of a developing relationship with a loving Higher Power. Each succeeding step strengthens that relationship. As [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-16-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-15-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-15-2012/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 20:05:58 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12687 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 15, 2012 Fear Of the Fourth Step “As we approach this step, most of us are afraid that there is a monster inside of us that, if released, will destroy us.” Basic Text, p. 27 Most of us are terrified to look at ourselves, to probe our insides. We’re afraid that [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-15-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-14-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-14-2012/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 12:41:37 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12679 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 14, 2012 Oops! “Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.” Basic Text, p. 23 Mistakes! We all know how it feels to make them. Many of us feel that our entire lives have been a mistake. We often regard our mistakes with shame or guilt—at the very least, [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-14-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-13-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-13-2012/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 12:32:10 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12673 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 13, 2012 Onward On The Journey “The progression of recovery is a continuous uphill journey” Basic Text, p. 79 The longer we stay clean, the steeper and narrower our path seems to become. But God doesn’t give us more than we can handle. No matter how difficult the road becomes, no [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-13-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-12-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-12-2012/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 21:48:21 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12666 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 12, 2012 Living With Spiritual Experiences “For meditation to be of value, the results must show in our daily lives.” Basic Text, pp. 45-46 In working our program, we are given many indirect indications of a Higher Power’s presence in our lives: the clean feeling that comes to so many of [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-12-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-11-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-11-2012/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 20:33:21 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12659 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 11, 2012 Balancing The Scales “A lot of our chief concerns and major difficulties come from our inexperience with living without drugs. Often when we ask an old timer what to do, we are amazed at the simplicity of the answer.” Basic Text, pp. 41-42 Finding balance in recovery is quite [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-11-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-10-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-10-2012/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 20:42:07 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12652 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 10, 2012 Becoming Entirely Ready “We… get a good look at what these defects are doing to our lives. We begin to long for freedom from these defects.” Basic Text, p. 33 Becoming entirely ready to have our defects of character removed can be a long process, often taking place over [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-10-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-9-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-9-2012/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 09:59:38 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12642 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 9, 2012 Write About It! “We sit down with a notebook, ask for guidance, pick up our pen, and start writing.” Basic Text, p. 29 When we’re confused or in pain, our sponsor sometimes tells us to “write about it.” Though we may groan as we drag out the notebook, we [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-9-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-8-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-8-2012/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 10:26:26 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12635 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 8, 2012 Teachable “We have learned that it is okay to not know all the answers, for then we are teachable and can learn to live our new life successfully.” Basic Text, p. 93 In a way, addiction is a great teacher. And if addiction teaches us nothing else, it will [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-8-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-7-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-7-2012/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 11:34:35 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12626 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 7, 2012 Turning Turmoil Into Peace “With the world in such a turmoil, I feel I have been blessed to be where I am.” Basic Text, p. 155 Some days it doesn’t pay to turn on the news, we hear so many stories about violence and mayhem. When we used, many [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-7-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-6-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-6-2012/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 13:15:25 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12618 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 6, 2012 Are We Having Fun Yet? “In time, we can relax and enjoy the atmosphere of recovery.” Basic Text, pp. 53-54 Imagine what would happen if a newcomer walked into one of our meetings and was met by a group of grim-faced people gripping the arms of their chairs with [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-6-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-5-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-5-2012/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 13:14:25 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12616 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 5, 2012 Any Lengths “…I was ready to go to any lengths to stay clean.” Basic Text, p. 217 “Any lengths?” newcomers ask. “What do you mean, any lengths?” Looking back at our active addiction and the lengths we were willing to go to in order to stay high can help [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-5-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-reflection-readings-may-4-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-reflection-readings-may-4-2012/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 23:51:03 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12612 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 4, 2012 “What About The Newcomer?” “Each group has but one primary purpose – to carry the message to the addict who still suffers.” Tradition Five Our home group means a lot to us. After all, where would we be without our favorite NA meeting? Our group sometimes sponsors picnics or [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-reflection-readings-may-4-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-3-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-3-2012/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 18:16:18 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12605 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 3, 2012 Sharing Our Gratitude “My gratitude speaks when I care and when I share with others the NA way.” Gratitude Prayer The longer we stay clean, the more we experience feelings of gratitude for our recovery. These feelings of gratitude aren’t limited to particular gifts like new friends or the [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-3-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-2-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-2-2012/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 17:20:47 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12598 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 2, 2012 “Just Maybe….” “There is one thing more than anything else that will defeat us in our recovery; this is an attitude of indifference or intolerance toward spiritual principles.” Basic Text, p. 18 When we first came to NA, many of us had great difficulty accepting the spiritual principles underlying [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-2-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-1-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-1-2012/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:41:50 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12594 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today May 1, 2012 Self-Worth And Service “Being involved in service makes me feel worthwhile.” Basic Text, p. 212 When most of us arrived in Narcotics Anonymous, we had very little self-worth left to salvage. Many members say that they began to develop self-esteem through being of service early in their recovery. Something [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-may-1-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-april-30-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-april-30-2012/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:30:23 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12588 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today April 30, 2012 God Does For Us “Ongoing recovery is dependent on our relationship with a loving God who cares for us and will do for us what we find impossible to do for ourselves.” Basic Text, p. 96 How often have we heard it said in meetings that “God does for [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-april-30-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-april-29-2012/ http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-april-29-2012/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:33:39 +0000 admin http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/?p=12585 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } Just For Today April 29, 2012 “What If….” Quote: “Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of the future. We learned to take whatever actions are necessary and to leave the results in the hands of our Higher Power.” Basic Text, pp. 90-91 In our active addiction, fear of [...]]]> http://www.justfortodaymeditations.com/daily-recovery-readings-april-29-2012/feed/ 0