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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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00:03:05

September 7: Just for Today meditation, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/07

Just for Today meditation for September 7, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 7Resentment and forgiveness"Where there has been wrong, the program teaches us the spirit of forgiveness."Basic Text p.12––––=––––In NA, we begin to interact with the world around us. We no longer live in isolation.But freedom from isolation has its price: The more we interact with people, the more often we'll find someone stepping

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00:03:06

September 6: Just for Today meditation, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/06

Just for Today meditation for September 6, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 6Regular meeting attendance"We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean."Basic Text p.9––––=––––The NA program gives us a new pattern of living. One of the basic elements of that new pattern is regular meeting attendance. For the newcomer, living clean is a brand new

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00:04:03

September 6: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/06

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 6, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 6Anonymity and Selfless Service"The fact that we are anonymous means that the work we do in NA really can be selfless service. We don’t want or need credit for helping others; it’s what we do to save our own lives."—Living Clean, Chapter 6, “Anonymity”––––=––––The first thought some of us have when given the chance to help someone is

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00:56:11

The story of Katherine F: Teen Recovery

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/05

Kicking off our September series, “Teen Recovery,” is the extraordinary journey of Katherine—a young woman who made the courageous decision to stop using before addiction could take her as a teenager. Her story is raw, unflinching, and filled with hope for young people trapped in the grip of the disease.From childhood, alcohol was a cultural norm at the dinner table. But by age twelve, Katherine’s relationship with alcohol had already revealed itself—she drank to excess, whenever she obtained

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00:03:47

September 5: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/05

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 5, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 5Cooperation Despite Friction"Time and time again, in crises we have set aside our differences and worked for the common good."—Basic Text, Chapter 6, “Tradition One”––––=––––Cooperation is fundamental to what we do in NA, starting from the moment when the message is first carried to us. “I didn’t get clean because of my own Step One,”

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00:02:55

September 5: Just for Today meditation, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/05

Just for Today meditation for September 5, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 5Not hopelessly bad"We find that we suffer from a disease, not a moral dilemma. We were critically ill, not hopelessly bad."Basic Text p.16––––=––––For many of us, Narcotics Anonymous was the answer to a personal puzzle of long standing. Why did we always feel alone, even in a crowd, we wondered? Why did we do so many crazy,

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00:03:04

September 4: Just for Today meditation, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/04

Just for Today meditation for September 4, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 4Cluttered spirits"We try to remember that when we make amends we are doing it for ourselves."Basic Text p.40––––=––––As long as we still owe amends, our spirits are cluttered with things we don't need.We're carrying the extra load of an apology owed, a resentment held, or unexpressed remorse. It's like having a messy house

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00:04:22

September 4: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/04

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 4, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 4Choosing Freedom"We are free to change our minds, to change our perspective, and to change our lives. Freedom means that we are no longer living by default."—Living Clean, Chapter 3, “Awakening to Our Spirituality”––––=––––In active addiction, we lived in a kind of default mode. We neglected responsibilities and disregarded the

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00:02:58

September 3: Just for Today meditation, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/03

Just for Today meditation for September 3, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 3Humility expressed by anonymity"Humility is a by-product that allows us to grow and develop in an atmosphere of freedom and removes the fear of becoming known by our employers, families, or friends as addicts."Basic Text p.72-23––––=––––Many of us may not have understood the idea that "anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all

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00:03:40

September 3: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/03

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 3, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 3Free to Be Authentically Me"We can be ourselves in the present moment without fear or apology, without the need for approval or justification."—Living Clean, Chapter 7, “Awakenings”––––=––––As we lived through active addiction, few of us felt free to be fully ourselves. We often needed to pretend to be someone we weren’t to get what we

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00:04:00

September 2: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/02

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 2, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 2Untangling Life’s Knots with the Serenity Prayer"The Serenity Prayer is a tool we use again and again in our recovery: Considering what we can change and what we cannot becomes increasingly powerful."—Living Clean, Chapter 2, “Connection to the World Around Us”––––=––––The simple binary offered in the Serenity Prayer—sorting between

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00:03:12

September 2: Just for Today meditation, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/02

Just for Today meditation for September 2, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 2Higher Powered"Daily practice of our Twelve Step program enables us to change from what we were to people guided by a Higher Power"Basic Text p.83––––=––––Who have we been, and who have we become? There are a couple of ways to answer this question. One is very simple: We came to Narcotics Anonymous as addicts, our addiction killing us

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00:04:04

September 1: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/01

Spiritual Principle a Day for September 1, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 1Interdependence Knows No Borders"Just as we learned in early recovery that we need each other to stay clean, we come to believe that all of us, every NA meeting and group, are interdependent."—It Works, Tradition One––––=––––Interdependence may not be a word many of us use, but expressions of this principle in Narcotics Anonymous are

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00:03:15

September 1: Just for Today meditation, read by...

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/09/01

Just for Today meditation for September 1, read by Katherine F.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comSeptember 1Real values"We become able to make wise and loving decisions based on principles and ideals that have real value in our lives."Basic Text, page 101––––=––––Addiction gave us a certain set of values, principles we applied in our lives. "You pushed me" one of those values told us, "so I pushed back, hard."

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00:05:06

August 31: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by Eddie D.

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/08/31

Spiritual Principle a Day for August 31, read by Eddie D.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comAugust 31Fidelity to the NA Message"Fidelity suggests that we are true and faithful to our message, that it is consistent on all occasions."—Guiding Principles, Tradition Ten, “Spiritual Principles”––––=––––As a spiritual principle, fidelity signifies loyalty and commitment. We clarify our shared understanding of the disease of addiction and our common

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00:03:38

August 31: Just for Today meditation, read by Eddie D.

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/08/31

Just for Today meditation for August 31, read by Eddie D.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comAugust 31Gratitude"Hopeless living problems have become joyously changed. Our disease has been arrested, and now anything is possible."Basic Text p.102––––=––––The NA program has given us more freedom than we ever dreamed possible.Sometimes, though, in the daily routine, we lose track of how much we've been given. How, exactly, have our lives

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00:04:48

August 30: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by Eddie D.

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/08/30

Spiritual Principle a Day for August 30, read by Eddie D.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comAugust 30The Value of Honest Self-Assessment"Honest self-assessment is one of the keys to our new way of life."—Basic Text, Chapter 4, “Step Four”––––=––––As we begin to work on the Fourth Step for the first time, it’s highly likely we already have an opinion about it. Chances are that it’s not very positive. Most of the words of this Step are daunting

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00:01:53

August 30: Just for Today meditation, read by Eddie D.

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/08/30

Just for Today meditation for August 30, read by Eddie D.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comAugust 30Doing good, feeling good"We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that we've been doing better than we've been feeling."Basic Text p.42––––=––––The way we treat others often reveals our own state of being. When we are at peace, we're most likely to treat others with respect and compassion. However, when

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00:03:24

August 29: Just for Today meditation, read by Eddie D.

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/08/29

Just for Today meditation for August 29, read by Eddie D.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comAugust 29Don't look back"The steps offer "a big change from a life dominated by guilt and remorse. Our futures are changed because we don't have to avoid those who we have harmed. As a result... we receive a new freedom that can end isolation.""Basic Text p.31––––=––––Many of us come to Narcotics Anonymous full of regrets about our

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00:04:38

August 29: Spiritual Principle a Day, read by Eddie D.

Voices of Recovery ·

2025/08/29

Spiritual Principle a Day for August 29, read by Eddie D.Donations via PayPal and questions may be directed to:voicesofrecoverypod@gmail.comAugust 29Hope in Darkness and in Light"We find [hope] again and again as our journey continues: In the dark moments when we realize we can go on anyway, and in our triumphs—it is possible."—Living Clean, Chapter 7, “Living Our Principles”––––=––––The first bit of hope we experienced in NA came from a place of defeat. Using drugs hadn’t worked for us

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