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Never before have so many clean addicts, of their own choice and in free society, been able to meet where they please, to maintain their recovery in complete creative freedom.

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Narcotics Anonymous sprang from the Alcoholics Anonymous Program of the late 1940s, with meetings first emerging in the Los Angeles area of California, USA, in the early Fifties. The NA program started as a small US movement that has grown into one of the world's oldest and largest organizations of its type.

Today, Narcotics Anonymous is well established throughout much of the Americas, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Newly formed groups and NA communities are now scattered throughout the Indian subcontinent, Africa, East Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Narcotics Anonymous books and information pamphlets are currently available in 49 languages.

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Just for Today

April 08, 2026

Happiness
Page 102
“We come to know happiness, joy, and freedom.“
Basic Text, p. 91
If someone stopped you on the street today and asked if you were happy, what would you say? “Well, gee, let's see… I have a place to live, food in the refrigerator, a job, my car is running… Well, yes, I guess I'm happy,” you might respond. These are outward examples of things that many of us have traditionally associated with happiness. We often forget, however, that happiness is a choice; no one can make us happy.

Happiness is what we find in our involvement with Narcotics Anonymous. The happiness we derive from a life focused on service to the addict who still suffers is great indeed. When we place service to others ahead of our own desires, we find that we take the focus off ourselves. As a result, we live a more contented, harmonious life. In being of service to others, we find our own needs more than fulfilled.

Happiness. What is it, really? We can think of happiness as contentment and satisfaction. Both of these states of mind seem to come to us when we least strive for them. As we live just for today, carrying the message to the addict who still suffers, we find contentment, happiness, and a deeply meaningful life.
Just for Today: I am going to be happy. I will find my happiness by being of service to others.

A Spiritual Principle a Day

April 08, 2026

Listening with All We've Got
Page 102
“Active listening is a form of meditation. Some of the most important messages are delivered through some unlikely people.“
Living Clean, Chapter 3, “Conscious Contact”
In the simplest terms, we can think of prayer as talking to our Higher Power and meditation as listening. No matter the method, the goal is the same: We are developing a conscious contact. This wording is significant. Contact refers to the connection we foster through prayer and meditation. Consciousness implies that we are intentional in our efforts–awake and aware, purposeful and deliberate. In one member's experience, “Meditation sharpens my focus and calms my mind. I can let go of what I think I know. With that, I'm more open to stumbling on what I need, often from unexpected sources. I practice this mindset as I go about my day and my connections–with others and my Higher Power–benefit.”

It's often easier to stay open to the message when we set aside our ideas about the person doing the talking. “If I listen with my heart, it keeps my thoughts from interrupting,” a member shared. “My recovery has been improved by people who couldn't seem to take their own advice, bless their hearts. I never know who's going to save my life.” Empathy and attentiveness help us listen with an open mind, consider different points of view, and be receptive to the message no matter the source.

Others remind us to listen with more than our ears. It's an old trope in the deaf community that hearing people are emotionally inhibited because they hide behind words. “We communicate with our whole being,” a member explained. “Signing taught me to be present, receptive, and open–mentally, physically, spiritually–to that exchange of energy.” We might all aspire to communicate in such a connected, visceral way: doing our best to listen for resonance and not letting words tell the whole story. When we're consciously listening for it, we can let a message nudge us in a direction, shape a decision, or make the next right action clear.
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I will consciously listen with all I've got–mind, body, heart, and spirit–and be open to messages from unlikely messengers.

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