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6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, February 20, 2019 – Meeting at the Tracks Speaker
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, February 21, 2019 – TBRCNA 2020 CI Subcommittee
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm, February 21, 2019 – Great Beginnings Speaker
All Day, February 22, 2019 – February 24, 2019 – Tejas Bluebonnet Regional Convention of NA 2019
8:00 pm – 9:15 pm, February 23, 2019 – FORCE Speaker
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, February 24, 2019 – Steps on Sunday Speaker
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, February 25, 2019 – Lifeguard Speaker
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, March 2, 2019 – TBRCNA 2020: Programming Subcommittee
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, March 2, 2019 – TBRCNA 2020 Subcommittee
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, March 2, 2019 – Road to Recovery Texas State Event Support Function
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm, March 3, 2019 – Subcommittee Sunday
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, March 3, 2019 – Steps on Sunday Anniversary
9:00 am – 3:00 pm, March 9, 2019 – TBRNA Regional Assembly
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, March 13, 2019 – Outreach to Recovery 101
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, March 14, 2019 – Outreach to A New Way to Live
11:00 am – 3:00 pm, March 17, 2019 – Area Service Committee
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, March 21, 2019 – TBRCNA 2020 Convention Information Subcommittee
All Day, March 22, 2019 – March 24, 2019 – CTANA 7th Annual Spring Campout
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, March 25, 2019 – Lifeguard Speaker
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm, March 30, 2019 – New Possibilities Speaker Jam
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, April 6, 2019 – TBRCNA 2020: Programming Subcommittee
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, April 6, 2019 – TBRCNA 2020 Subcommittee
12:00 pm – 3:45 pm, April 7, 2019 – Subcommittee Sunday
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, April 18, 2019 – TBRCNA 2020 Convention Information Subcommittee
All Day, April 27, 2019 – Activites Presents: A Taste of NA
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, May 4, 2019 – TBRCNA 2020: Programming Subcommittee
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm, May 5, 2019 – Subcommittee Sunday
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, May 16, 2019 – TBRCNA 2020 Convention Information Subcommittee
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm, June 2, 2019 – Subcommittee Sunday
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, June 20, 2019 – TBRCNA 2020 Convention Information Subcommittee
11:00 am – 4:00 pm, July 7, 2019 – Subcommittee Sunday

February 20, 2019

Powerlessness and personal responsibility

Page 52

"Through our inability to accept personal responsibilities, we were actually creating our own problems."

Basic Text, p. 13

When we refuse to take responsibility for our lives, we give away all of our personal power. We need to remember that we are powerless over our addiction, not our personal behavior.

Many of us have misused the concept of powerlessness to avoid making decisions or to hold onto things we had outgrown. We have claimed powerlessness over our own actions. We have blamed others for our circumstances rather than taking positive action to change those circumstances. If we continue to avoid responsibility by claiming that we are "powerless" we set ourselves up for the same despair and misery we experienced in our active addiction. The potential for spending our recovery years feeling like victims is very real.

Instead of living our lives by default, we can learn how to make responsible choices and take risks. We may make mistakes, but we can learn from these mistakes. A heightened awareness of ourselves and an increased willingness to accept personal responsibility gives us the freedom to change, to make choices, and to grow.

Just for Today: My feelings, actions, and choices are mine. I will accept responsibility for them.