"A DESIGN FOR LIVING" -
"We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men." "A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, 'a design for living' that really works." (The Big Book, p. 28)
THE HEART OF THE N.A. WAY -
"We begin by asking for help and trying out recommendations of people at the meetings. ... In time we learn to pass on what we have been given." "[I]t is the heart of the N.A. way of recovery from addiction - one addict helping another." (The Basic Text, p.57)
"That change we seek ... it can not happen without you. ... [W]ithout a new spirit of service - a new spirit of sacrifice. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility where each of us resolve to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other."
- Barak Obama (1961 - ) U.S. Pres.-elect, 11/04/08 Victory speech in Chicago, IL
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself. Like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
