Just For Today
My favorite “Just for Today” saying from the Nar-Anon Blue Booklet is “I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as…
Self Examination
Whenever I am asked to speak at a meeting, I automatically feel panic. What could I possibly say that would help someone, especially a newcomer? How can I reveal my…
Courage To Change
I find it amazing that the working of Step Four can help dictate how one reacts to life’s challenges. This step made me realize that my reaction to any given circumstance…
Quit Trying To Change Them
My Nar-Anon group leader had finished a reading from the Nar-Anon Blue Booklet. It still rings in my ears, “…to release our addicts with love, and cease trying to change them.” I…
Freedom Of Thought
My daughter chooses to keep her distance from me because all I did was worry about her. I worried about where she was, what she was doing and what she was…
Grateful
One day I met my husband at his office. He looked terrible, clutching his stomach, shaking and crying with pain. I asked what was wrong. He said, “I’m not sure;…
Obsessed
Before I came to Nar-Anon, everything and everyone was my responsibility. I took pride in my ability to fix any bad situation and clean up other people’s financial and legal…
Today Is A New Day!
I was a spectator on the sidelines of life, never a participant marching in the joyous parade of the living. I lived in fear of losing the addict to the…
Change
My spouse was using drugs when we met, but things started to change for the worse once we married. All we did was stay at home and all our money…
Generations Of Martyrs
How did I become such a martyr, sacrificing my own well-being as I tried to change and take care of others? As I listen to the committee in my head, I…