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“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous

“Every time I draw a clean breath, I'm like a fish out of water.”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous

“Do we really want to be rid of our resentments, our anger, our fear? Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for fear of the unknown.
(Narcotics Anonymous Book/page 33)”
― Narcotics Anonymous

“Addiction is nothing but voluntary madness.”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous

“Each time we surrender, we find once more that the desperation that drives us to our knees fuels the passion that carries us forward. When hope manifests into reality, our lives change. Our experience affirms what we believe, and belief grows into faith. When our faith grows into knowledge, the program that we once struggled to practice has become part of who we are. We find here what we were looking for all along: connection to others, connection to a Higher Power, connection to the world around us—and, most surprising of all, connection to ourselves.”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Living Clean: The Journey Continues

“It’s not recovery that is painful; our resistance to it is what hurts.”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Living Clean: The Journey Continues

“Our disease involved much more than just using drugs, so our recovery must involve much more than simple abstinence.”
― Narcotics Anonymous Fellowship, Narcotics Anonymous

“We learn that our spirit is not apart from us; it is a part of us. We gain awareness of the exact nature of what is right about us. Our fractured personalities come back together into an integrated whole. Integrity is the state of being fully integrated: Our actions, our thinking, our feelings, our ideals, and our values all match up. It takes a long time for a lot of us to get here, and longer still for us to feel like it’s real. More and more, we are able to bring our behavior into alignment with our values and beliefs rather than our feelings and reactions.”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Living Clean: The Journey Continues

“It’s hard to spot a spiritual crisis: Usually it is disguised as a crisis in our relationships, finances, career, or family.”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Living Clean: The Journey Continues

“We can use this Power long before we understand it.”
― Narcotics Anonymous Fellowship, Narcotics Anonymous

“Our negative sense of self has been replaced by a positive concern for others. Answers are provided, and problems are solved. It is a great gift to feel human again.”
― Narcotics Anonymous Fellowship, Narcotics Anonymous

“by keeping an open mind, sooner or later, we find the help we need.”
― Narcotics Anonymous Fellowship, Narcotics Anonymous

“The vulnerability we experience allows us a different experience of love. It is an act of generosity to let people be close to us, and we try to understand that they, too, are going through feelings about what’s happening.”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Living Clean: The Journey Continues

“We learn that the program won’t work when we try to adapt it to our life. We must learn to adapt our life to the program.”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous

“we take the time to allow ourselves the privilege of thinking”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous

“When we forget the effort and the work that it took us to get a period of freedom in our lives, a lack of gratitude sinks in, and self-destruction begins again. Unless action is taken immediately, we run the risk of a relapse that threatens our very existence. Keeping our illusion of reality, rather than using the tools of the program, will return us to isolation. Loneliness will kill us inside and the drugs that almost always come next may do the job completely. The symptoms and the feelings that we experienced at the end of our using will come back even stronger than before. This impact is sure to destroy us if we don’t surrender ourselves to the NA Program.”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous

“The search for a God of our own understanding is one of the most important efforts we will undertake in our recovery. We have complete personal choice and freedom in how we understand our Higher Power. We can each find a Higher Power that does for us what we cannot do for ourselves. Because we are powerless over our addiction, we need a Power greater than ourselves to help us.”
― Narcotics Anonymous Fellowship, It Works: How and Why

“Social acceptability does not equal recovery.”
― Narcotics Anonymous

“lest problems of money, property or prestige divert us from our primary purpose.”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results”
― Narcotics Anonymous