NA Daily Meditations

NA Meitations

Feel free to read one of our 2 daily meditations.

Just For Today
Spiritual Principle A Day

Just For Today

January 17, 2026

Forgiveness

Page 17

“As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving. At least we know that we are no longer intentionally making life miserable for people.“

Basic Text, pp. 39-40

In our addiction we often treated others badly, sometimes deliberately finding ways to make their lives miserable. In our recovery, we may still have a tendency to pass judgment on others’ actions because we think we know how that person should behave. But as we progress in our recovery we often find that, to accept ourselves, we must accept those around us.

It may be difficult to watch as someone’s insanity manifests itself. But if we detach ourselves from the problem, we can start living in the solution. And if we feel affected by another’s actions, we can extend the principle of forgiveness.

Just for Today: I will strive to forgive rather than be forgiven. I will try to act in such a way that I feel worthy of self-love.

Spiritual Principal A Day

January 16, 2026

Finding Our Passion and Purpose

Page 16

“Something different happens as we move into recovery motivated by passion, hope, and excitement. We are released into our own lives.”

Living Clean, Chapter 1, “Why We Stay”

Some of us spend our early days of recovery in NA more focused on what we were trapped in and what we are escaping–compulsion, isolation, alienation, desperation–than aware of what we want in our lives. We see right away that people in NA have gained some freedom from the consequences of addiction, and hope keeps us coming back. It didn’t take long to realize that many recovering addicts get much more than freedom from the cage of addiction–they gain freedom to explore the world outside that cage.

“When I was using, every other interest took a backseat to my disease,” one member wrote. “In one of my earliest meetings, I heard an addict share about going into the wilderness to get back into rock climbing after 15 years away from it. I had no interest in climbing rocks, but the idea of being released into the wild was so exciting to me. I decided to find a passion of my own.”

That’s how it goes in recovery: We regain the ability to pursue our interests. Rock climbing, songwriting, restoring old cars–our lives become our own to live. For many of us, the drive and excitement to follow our own interests grows out of our passion for recovery and carrying the message. Another member wrote, “I was so stoked about life without drugs in early recovery. As soon as I had enough cleantime, people invited me to share on H&I panels left and right, and I felt like I had a purpose. After years of thinking the world was full of threats, I started seeing opportunities everywhere.”

Where addiction limits us and makes our world smaller, recovery opens us up to the world. What opportunities are on my horizon today?