October 28, 2019
I was warned to stay away from NA.
A while back, an acquaintance I used with warned me to avoid NA and rehab.
“They’ll tell you that you are powerless. You are not powerless, you are powerful.”
For awhile I believed him. He was referring to Step One which says, “We admitted we were powerless over our addiction – that our lives had become unmanageable.”
He was right of course. Narcotics Anonymous told me I was powerless AND I was powerful. Both can be true.
But what my friend didn’t understand was that we were powerless over addiction. Powerless simply means devoid of strength when substances are involved; in all other areas of my life I can be powerful – like deciding to ask for help.
The key to remaining powerful is to never invite drugs into my life again.
