http://thenablog.com/2009/07/06/%e2%80%9cknow-it-all%e2%80%9d-narcotics-anonymous-na-member-swallows-his-pride-and-shares-experience-with-12-steps-and-intheroomscom/ Just another ITR Blog Network Sites site Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thenablog.com/2009/07/06/%e2%80%9cknow-it-all%e2%80%9d-narcotics-anonymous-na-member-swallows-his-pride-and-shares-experience-with-12-steps-and-intheroomscom/#comment-416 Robert S Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:53:16 +0000 http://thenablog.com/?p=450#comment-416 I don't think of us is powerless over inanimate objects (like Narcotics), at least not until they are in our body, at which ADDICTION kicks in. That's what we are powerless over, WHEN WE ARE USING. The whole point of NA is to not be powerless over the disease anymore thru working the 12 Steps and gaining some power through them, to at least put us in a balance of power/powerlessness. I don’t think of us is powerless over inanimate objects (like Narcotics), at least not until they are in our body, at which ADDICTION kicks in. That’s what we are powerless over, WHEN WE ARE USING. The whole point of NA is to not be powerless over the disease anymore thru working the 12 Steps and gaining some power through them, to at least put us in a balance of power/powerlessness.

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