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"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones."

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"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering."

Ben Okri LIVING CLEAN https://www.minds.com/group/1165910758624018432/feed

"Intuition is the whisper of the soul."

Jiddu Krishnamurti LIVING CLEAN https://www.minds.com/group/1165910758624018432/latest

October 09, 2025 Order Page 295 "We emphasize setting our house in order because it brings us relief." Basic Text, p. 97 Focusing on what others are doing can provide momentary relief from having to take a look at ourselves. But one of the secrets of success in Narcotics...See more

October 08, 2025 A new pattern of living Page 294 "We suspect that if we do not use what we have, we will lose what we have." Basic Text, p. 78 Addiction gave a pattern to our lives, and with it a meaning--a dark, diseased meaning, to be sure, but a meaning nonetheless. The...See more

October 07, 2025 Harmony, Alignment, and Balance Page 290 "When our bodies, minds, and spirits are in harmony, our lives show the difference. We are able to live in balance." Living Clean, Chapter 3, "A Spiritual Journey" Addicts arrive in--or return to--NA with our lives in...See more

Everything young grows old, all beauty fades, all heat cools, all brightness dims, and every truth becomes stale and trite. For all these things have taken on shape, and all shapes are worn thin by the working of time; they age, sicken, crumble to dust – unless they change. But...See more

October 06, 2025 Safety, Security, Solidarity Page 289 "The safe environment of NA gave me the chance to face my own fear. . . .The security and solidarity that I get from the program gave me room to breathe." Basic Text, Coming Home, "Sandwich" We aren't all strangers to...See more

October 05, 2025 Ask for mercy, not justice Page 291 "Many of us have difficulty admitting that we caused harm for others... We cut away our justifications and our ideas of being a victim." Basic Text, p. 38 Our lives are progressing nicely. Things are going good, and each...See more

October 04, 2025 Hope and a New Way Forward Page 287 "Hope begins when we think that it might be possible for us to stop using against our own will and stay clean." Living Clean, Chapter 7, "Living Our Principles" By the time many of us show up to our first meeting, we have...See more

October 03, 2025 Losing self-will Page 289 "Our egos, once so large and dominant, now take a back seat because we are in harmony with a loving God. We find that we lead richer, happier, and much fuller lives when we lose self-will." Basic Text, p. 105 Addiction and self-will...See more

October 02, 2025 Trust Is a Conscious Decision Page 285 "Even though we do not know how our lives will change as we work this step, we can learn to trust that our Higher Power will care for us better than we could." It Works, Step Three As newcomers, many of us struggle with...See more