Higher Powered
“Daily practice of our Twelve Step program enables us to change from what we were
to people guided by a Higher Power”
Basic Text p.83
Who have we been, and who have we become? There are a couple of ways to answer
this question. One is very simple: We came to Narcotics Anonymous as addicts, our
addiction killing us. In NA, we’ve been freed from our obsession with drugs and our
compulsion to use. And our lives have changed.
But that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Who have we really been? In the past, we were
people without power or direction. We felt like we had no purpose, no reason for
living. Our lives didn’t make any more sense to us than they did to our families, our
friends, or our neighbors.
Who are we really becoming? Today, we are not merely clean addicts, but people
with a sense of direction, a purpose, and a Power greater than ourselves. Through
daily practice of the Twelve Steps, we’ve begun to understand how our addiction
warped our feelings, motivations, and behavior. Gradually, the destructive force of
our disease has been replaced by the life-giving force of our Higher Power.
Recovery means more than cleaning up-it means powering up. We have done more
than shed some bad habits; we are becoming new people, guided by a Higher Power.
Just for today: The guidance I need to become a new person is ready at hand.
Today, I will draw further away from my old lack of direction and closer to my Higher
Power.