As we learn to gently accept ourselves, we can start to view others with the same accepting and tolerant heart.
—Just for Today, “Expectations,” July 29
A spiritual understanding of self‐acceptance is knowing that it is all right to find ourselves in pain, to have made mistakes, and to know that we are not perfect.
—IP #19, Self‐Acceptance, “The Twelve Steps are the solution”
A member shared, “Unconditional love is not the same as unconditional acceptance. I don’t have to like your behavior, but that doesn’t mean we reject each other as human beings.”
—Guiding Principles, Tradition One, “For Groups”
What matters most are the actions we take. Consistent application of the tools of recovery changes us.
—Living Clean, Chapter 7, “Awakenings”
Helping others is perhaps the highest aspiration of the human heart and something we have been entrusted with as a result of a Higher Power working in our lives.
—It Works, Step Twelve
A new idea cannot be grafted onto a closed mind.
—Basic Text, Chapter 9: Just for Today—Living the Program
Our ability to survive as a fellowship and to reach others depends on our unity.
—It Works, Tradition One, “Applying spiritual principles”
Learning to make decisions for ourselves also means accepting responsibility for those decisions.
—Living Clean, Chapter 6, “Finding Our Place in the World”
Creative action keeps us moving forward.
—Guiding Principles, All Will Be Well
Clarity and simplicity are keys to our message. Narcotics Anonymous, all by itself, is enough. We promise freedom from active addiction.
—Guiding Principles, Tradition Ten, Opening Essay
Open‐mindedness leads us to the very insights that have eluded us during our lives.
—Basic Text, Chapter 9: Just for Today—Living the Program
. . . we learn to take on obligations thoughtfully to ensure that we can follow through on what we’ve promised.
—Living Clean, Chapter 6, “Money”
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