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Voices of Recovery

The Works of Wisdom

Daily readings of the “Just for Today” and "Spiritual Principle a Day" passages of Narcotics Anonymous literature by members of our fellowship. The story of each reader is released, the Voice of Recovery, three times a month, centered around a monthly theme. Monthly themes include: -Recovery and Relapse -Incarceration and Recovery -Our predecessors -Addiction and Dual Diagnosis This podcast is an independent production of the Works of Wisdom and is not affiliated with Narcotics Anonymous .

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00:03:02

September 22: Just for Today meditation, read by David

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/22

Just for Today meditation for September 22, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 22Keeping the gift"Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift."Basic Text, p.102––––=––––Neglecting our recovery is like neglecting any other gift we've been given. Suppose someone gave you a new car. Would you let it sit in the driveway until the tires rotted? Would you just drive it, ignoring routine maintenance,

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00:03:06

September 21: Just for Today meditation, read by David

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/21

Just for Today meditation for September 21, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 21Prayer"Prayer takes practice, and we should remind ourselves that skilled people were not born with their skills."Basic Text, p.45––––=––––Many of us came into recovery with no experience in prayer and worried about not knowing the "right words." Some of us remembered the words we'd learned in childhood but weren't sure we

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00:03:44

September 21: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by David

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2025/09/21

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 21, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 21Forgiving Others, Forgiving Ourselves"Sometimes the path to forgiving ourselves begins with forgiving another for their lack of forgiveness."—Living Clean, Chapter 5, “Amends and Reconciliation”––––=––––At first glance, this quote may sound like a riddle, but our experience validates its wisdom.Hoping to be forgiven is only human. Despite

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00:03:57

September 20: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by David

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2025/09/20

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 20, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 20Hope Around the World"Narcotics Anonymous offers hope to addicts around the world, regardless of any real or imagined differences that might separate us."—Guiding Principles, Tradition One, Opening Essay––––=––––“Addiction doesn’t discriminate. Fortunately, hope doesn’t either,” a speaker shared during an international marathon meeting held

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00:03:23

September 20: Just for Today meditation, read by David

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/20

Just for Today meditation for September 20, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 20Courage to change""God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." Serenity Prayer Recovery involves change, and change means doing things differently. The problem is, many of us resist doing things differently; what we're doing may not

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00:03:54

September 19: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by David

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2025/09/19

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 19, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 19A Bond of Selflessness"Make us servants of Your will and grant us a bond of selflessness, that this may truly be Your work, not ours—in order that no addict, anywhere, need die from the horrors of addiction."—Basic Text, Introduction––––=––––The service work we do in NA is all about carrying our message of hope to addicts seeking recovery

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00:03:20

September 19: Just for Today meditation, read by David

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2025/09/19

Just for Today meditation for September 19, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 19Fellowship"In NA, our joys are multiplied by sharing good days; our sorrows are lessened by sharing the bad. For the first time in our lives, we don't have to experience anything alone."IP No.16, "For the Newcomer"––––=––––When we practice using the steps and the other tools of our program to work through our hardships, we

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00:03:26

September 18: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by David

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2025/09/18

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 18, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 18Living Life in Balance"Sometimes we get confused and think that to live spiritually means that we are happy and get what we want, and that if we’re not happy or don’t get our way, something is out of balance."—Living Clean, Chapter 3, “Spirituality Is Practical”––––=––––For many of us, our lives get so much better so quickly in the early

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00:03:12

September 18: Just for Today meditation, read by David

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2025/09/18

Just for Today meditation for September 18, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 18Honest relationships"One of the most profound changes in our lives is in the realm of personal relationships."Basic Text p.55––––=––––Recovery gives many of us relationships that are closer and more intimate than any we've had before. As time passes, we find ourselves gravitating toward those who eventually become our friends, our sponsor, and our

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00:03:31

September 17: Just for Today meditation, read by David

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2025/09/17

Just for Today meditation for September 17, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 17Going beyond Step Five"We may think that we have done enough by writing about our past. We cannot afford this mistake."Basic Text p.32––––=––––Some of us aren't too keen on writing out our Fourth Step; others take it to an obsessive extreme. To our sponsor's growing dismay, we inventory ourselves again and again. We discover

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00:03:46

September 17: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by David

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2025/09/17

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 17, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 17Hospitality and the Newcomer"Feeling welcome, and welcoming others to our new way of life, helps us see the world as a less hostile place."—Guiding Principles, Tradition Three, “Spiritual Principles”––––=––––“I don’t remember many details about my first NA meetings, but I can tell you this: I left every one of them feeling a little better,

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00:04:34

September 16: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by David

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2025/09/16

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 16, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 16We Are Responsible for Our Recovery"Although we are not responsible for our disease, we are responsible for our recovery."—Basic Text, Chapter 3: Why Are We Here?––––=––––Responsibility was a dirty word in active addiction. We feared it. We avoided it. The people close to us—and perhaps those in law enforcement and the justice system—told

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00:02:55

September 16: Just for Today meditation, read by David

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2025/09/16

Just for Today meditation for September 16, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 16Emotional balance"Emotional balance is one of the first results of meditation, and our experience bears this out."Basic Text p.45––––=––––Though each of us defines "emotional balance" a little differently, all of us must find it. Emotional balance can mean finding and maintaining a positive outlook on life, regardless of what may

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00:32:46

The Story of David: Teen Recovery

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2025/09/15

Continuing our September series, “Teen Recovery,” we bring you the story of David, a young man from Massachusetts who entered recovery as a teenager and grew into adulthood clean.David grew up in a house where addiction was the norm and using was encouraged. At the age of 10, he began repetitively coughing and convinced the adults around him to give him an opiate-containing cough syrup. At just 13 years old, he began intentionally drinking and using drugs, quickly escalating to harder substances

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00:04:06

September 15: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by David

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2025/09/15

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 15, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 15Practicing Honor the NA Way"We learn to trust our intuition and honor our feelings."—Living Clean, Chapter 5, “Conscious Contact”––––=––––The concept of honor comes with some baggage. It brings to mind ideas about virtue and morality that resonate with some members but aren’t really our thing within NA. Another form of honor refers to

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00:03:14

September 15: Just for Today meditation, read by David

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/15

Just for Today meditation for September 15, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 15Filling the emptiness"...we think that if we can just get enough food, enough sex, or enough money, we'll be satisfied and everything will be alright."Basic Text p.77––––=––––In our addiction, we could never get enough drugs, or money, or sex, or anything else. Even too much was never enough! There was a spiritual emptiness inside

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00:04:24

September 14: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by David

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2025/09/14

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 14, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 14Service, Purpose, and Belonging"Service helps us feel like we belong. We have a place and a purpose. The experience can be humbling. Doing as the group asks, rather than as we choose, is a form of surrender."—Guiding Principles, Tradition One, “For Groups”––––=––––Feelings of belonging don’t often come easy for us addicts, though some of us

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00:03:02

September 14: Just for Today meditation, read by David

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/14

Just for Today meditation for September 14, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 14Secrets are reservations"Eventually we are shown that we must get honest, or we will use again."Basic Text p.82––––=––––Everyone has secrets, right? Some of us have little secrets, items that would cause only minor embarrassment if found out. Some of us have big secrets, whole areas of our lives cloaked in thick, murky darkness. Big secrets

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00:04:08

September 13: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by David

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2025/09/13

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 13, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 13Sincerity and Keeping It Real"We listen to one another with an open mind and an open heart, and we share our experience with the understanding that it won’t necessarily be shared by everyone else."—Living Clean, Chapter 3, “A Spiritual Journey”––––=––––Among the first things many of us notice about NA is how recovering addicts get very real

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00:02:59

September 13: Just for Today meditation, read by David

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2025/09/13

Just for Today meditation for September 13, read by DavidDonations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 13Something different"We had to have something different, and we thought we had found it in drugs."Basic Text p.13––––=––––Many of us have always felt different from other people. We know we're not unique in feeling that way; we hear many addicts share the same thing. We searched all our lives for something to make us all right, to fix that "different"

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