27/06/2026
A SPAD reading
"Recovery 365 Rehab Center Sahiwal"
27 JUNE
Cooperating for the Common Good
It’s essential in whatever way we give back that we are able to share with
others and to cooperate, and these are not skills most of us bring to the
rooms with us.
—Living Clean, Chapter 7, “Principles, Practice, and Perspective”
Sharing and cooperation are generally taught to us as children as core social values. A lot of
us, however, didn’t quite absorb the critical lessons of sharing what we have, playing nice
with others, and being helpful. Some version of “Together we can”—prioritizing the greater
good and the concept of common welfare—is posted on schoolroom walls all over the
world, just like the Twelve Traditions are often on display in our meeting rooms.
If we didn’t learn the lesson then, we can learn it now—and help other addicts follow suit.
The NA Fellowship is built on cooperation, mutual support, and shared leadership. True
cooperation requires that we have respect for each individual with an eye toward acting in
the group’s best interest. What is freely given is freely shared. We share our skills as well as
our experience, strength, and hope.
In keeping with Tradition One, we can learn to disagree without being disagreeable. Taking
disagreements personally is a threat to practicing cooperation and puts our common
welfare at risk. Working the Twelve Steps prepares us for challenges like sharing space,
serving, and cooperating with those we don’t agree with. We pitch in even when we’re not
happy with the group’s conscience or, at the very least, we don’t just quit when things don’t
go the way we wanted.
Our cooperative participation helps deliver NA’s message to the still-suffering addict, and it
helps our own recovery. We grow and thrive when we participate. We need each other, and
NA needs us, too.
I am committed to overcoming my self-centered tendencies today by
cooperating with other addicts to fulfill our purpose of carrying the message
of recovery.
🌿 Best Regards, 🌿
✨ Amir Rana ✨
(Consultant Clinical Psychologist)
CBT Specialist & NLP Practitioners | Addiction Counselor
📍 Address: 365 Recovery Center
House # 01, Farid Colony, G.T Road, Near Arifwala Pull, Sahiwal
📞 Contact: 0300-1024365
Empowering minds, transforming lives — one step at a time. 🌱
Best regards,
