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Meeting Closures Due to Coronavirus
UPDATED 3/22/2020
All onsite Westside meetings are dark infinitely as to remain in compliance with city “Safer at Home” ordinances. Virtual meetings are open 7 days a week. Online meetings and times are posted, please see: https://westsidena.org/westsidewp/socal-online-meeting-directory/
H&I Panel Closures
All Clare treatment panels (Mens, Womens, Mamas), as well as panels at the VA are temporarily suspended due to virus precautions. Other panel venues may follow suit.
We will still hold our H&I subcommittee meeting on March 17 at 7pm in the back of the Hope Center. We will try to keep everyone updated and stay safe while carrying our message as best we can to those in need!
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August 06, 2020
The joy within
Page 228 "Since the beginning of our recovery, we have found that joy doesn't come from material things but from within ourselves." Basic Text, p. 103 Some of us came to Narcotics Anonymous impoverished by our disease. Everything we'd owned had been lost to our addiction. Once we got clean, we put all our energy into recovering our material possessions, only to feel even more dissatisfied with our lives than before.
Other members have sought to ease their emotional pain with material things. A potential date has rejected us? Let's buy something. The dog has died? Let's go to the mall. Problem is, emotional fulfillment can't be bought, not even on an easy installment plan.
There's nothing inherently wrong with material things. They can make life more convenient or more luxurious, but they can't fix us. Where, then, can true joy be found? We know; the answer is within ourselves.
When have we found joy? When we've offered ourselves in service to others, without expectation of reward. We've found true warmth in the fellowship of others-not only in NA, but in our families, our relationships, and our communities. And we've found the surest source of satisfaction in our conscious contact with our God. Inner peace, a sure sense of direction, and emotional security do not come from material things, but from within.Just for Today: True joy can't be bought. I will seek my joy in service, in fellowship, in my Higher Power - I will seek within. Copyright (c) 2007-2020, NA World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved