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October 2021

Recovery Road 17 year Anniversary

October 9 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

RECOVERY ROAD October 9, 2021 1709 Anaconda Road Tarboro NC 1pm-3pm Pig-picking 3pm-4pm Speaker Meeting You’re Invited to Celebrate with Us! 17 Year Anniversary

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November 2021

What is our message? & How do we carry it?

November 6 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

100 Hungate Dr. Greenville, NC, 100 Hungate Dr
Greenville, NC 27858 United States + Google Map

H&I / PR Sub-committees of the Down East Area Present Speaker Jam / Service Learning Day What is our message? & How do we carry it?

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Just For Today

September 27, 2021

Right back up

Page 281

"There is something in our self-destructive personalities that cries for failure."

Basic Text, p.80

"Poor me; woe is me; look at me, my life is such a mess! I've fallen, and no matter how hard I try, I continue to fail." Many of us came to NA singing this sad refrain.

Life isn't like that anymore. True, sometimes we still stumble; at times we even fall. Sometimes we feel like we can't move forward in our lives, no matter how hard we try. But the truth of the matter is that, with the help of other recovering addicts in NA, we find a hand to pull us up, dust us off, and help us start all over again. That's the new refrain in our lives today.

No longer do we say, "I'm a failure and I'm going nowhere." Usually, it's more like, "Rats! I hit that same bump in the road of life again. Pretty soon I'll learn to slow down or avoid it entirely." Until then, we may continue to fall down occasionally, but we've learned that there's always a helping hand to set us on our feet again.

Just for Today: If I begin to cry failure, I'll remember there is a way to move forward. I will accept the encouragement and support of NA.