12 Step Recovery Forum: Narcotics

John · John

BigV · BigV

http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/BT6E_Webposting.pdf -- Edited by BigV on Friday 3rd of December 2010 10:29:12 AM

NA_ROCKS · NA_ROCKS

Hugs Family!! I was wondering if everyone wanted to put their cleandates here so that we could start sending out congratulations to all members celebrating... :) What does everyone think about this idea? I would be willing to begin a calendar for the group and add people as they post their cleandate...

Lon · Lon

Hello Friends: If you are new to NA here are some links to help you. If you are searching for a meeting in your area try looking at ;http://portaltools.na.org/portaltools/MeetingLoc/ Here is the NA book online ; http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/BT6E_Webposting.pdf NA's o...

John · John

Please accept this as your personal invitation to join us at the Miracles In Progress 12 Step Recovery Forums Step Work Board and share with us, your own experience, strength and hope. If you are new to recovery, you can ask questions related to the 12 Steps here, see how others work and apply the...

Dave R · Dave R

We learn new ways to live. We are no longer limited to our old ideas.Basic Text, p. 56=We may or may not have been taught right from wrong and other basics of life as children. No matter, by the time we found recovery, most of us had only the vaguest idea of how to live. Our isolation from the rest of soc...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

so greetings to all...i havent posted for a minute so i thought i'd check in this time not just read whats posted. i have been moving into the next level of my journey with a new and more positive outlook thanks to the help of a movie i watched called "the secret" laws of attraction. so everyd...

Dave R · Dave R

The spiritual part of our disease is our total self-centeredness.Basic Text, p. 20=What is self-centeredness? It is our belief that the world revolves around us. Our wishes, our demands are the only ones worth consideration. Our self-centered minds believe they are capable of getting ever...

Dave R · Dave R

We see it happening among us every day. This miraculous turnabout is evidence of a spiritual awakening.Basic Text, p. 51=We watch them walk in to their first meeting defeated, their spirits broken. Their suffering is obvious, and their desire for help even more apparent. They collect a welcom...

Raman · Raman

This has been a dark day for us. My younger brother is battling for life. He had too much to drink yesterday, and while walking back home, he collapsed. We attended on him and brought him home. I then phoned some doctor friends and they advised immediate hospitalization. I conveyed this to his wife wh...

MIKEF · MIKEF

Morning and blessings of the day! Welcome to all newcomers those just coming around or just coming back.Welcome to those been around for few cups of coffee. Been pretty sick with walking pneumonia and bronchitis since New Years.Stopping in to see how all are doing ,just anit been writing.One thing t...

Dave R · Dave R

Our disease isolated us... Hostile, resentful, self-centered, and self-seeking, we cut ourselves off from the outside world.Basic Text, p. 4=Addiction is an isolating disease, closing us off from society, family, and self. We hid. We lied. We scorned the lives we saw others living, surel...

bionic · bionic

At the advice of my grand-sponsor and sponsor I wrote a letter, signed it and dropped it off. Last weekend my fellowship helped me refine my amends to strip out all rationalization, excuses, blaming, bargaining and requests for acceptable responses. What was left was an arms-down admission of wron...

Dave R · Dave R

Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways.Basic Text, p. 95=Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply It stinks? When this happens, we are probably suffering from a lack of daily maintenance in our program.In recovery, life can get pretty hectic. M...

Raman · Raman

For all yew that like readin academic literature, here is one by me;

Raman · Raman

I thank my H.P. in times of sorrow,grateful His love, grace and strength I can borrow.I thank my H.P. in times of joy,grateful my defects will not destroy.I thank my H.P. when times are mediocre,grateful my disease is not playing the joker.I thank my H.P. that I can see the lie,grateful, through N.A.,...

WorriedMum · WorriedMum

I don't know where to begin, but I will make it as short as possible. My 16 year old son (almost 17) was "experimenting" with pot almost a year ago. We (parents) found out about it. Read him his rights, he swore he'd never do it again.....well we all know how that goes, he did do it again, we submi...

Dave R · Dave R

This is a program for learning.Basic Text, p. 16=Learning in recovery is hard work. The things we most need to know are often the hardest to learn. We study recovery to prepare ourselves for the experiences life will give us. As we listen to others share in meetings, we take mental notes we can ref...

Dave R · Dave R

Unity is a must in Narcotics Anonymous.Basic Text, p. 63=Unity is not uniformity. Unity springs from the fact that we have unity of purposeto recover, and to help others stay clean. Even so, we often find that while we strive to fulfill the same purpose, our means and methods may be radically diff...

kmennis · kmennis

Good morning! I woke up this morning feeling so blessed. I thank God for another day clean, the relationship I have with my family now and just for all my basic neccessities. My s...

Dave R · Dave R

Narcotics Anonymous offers only one promise, and that is freedom from active addiction...Basic Text, p. 106=Imagine how it might be if we had arrived at the doors of Narcotics Anonymous, desperate, wanting to stop using drugs, only to be met by a sales pitch: If you just work the steps and dont use...

LizC · LizC

happy new year all! sorry i havent been around super busy just wanted to check in and say that im still clean :)

Dave R · Dave R

When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably.Basic Text, p. 99=Some of us seem to make mountains out of molehills with our problems. Even those of us whove found some measure of serenity have probably blown a problem far out of proportion at some time in our re...

kmennis · kmennis

Hi everyone. My name is Kristie and this is my first time here. I have been reading some of the posts and would like to widen my support network. I have six months clean. Spent three months in a treatment facility and go to meetings everyday. I used for twenty years and never even considered getting clea...

miraclekelly · miraclekelly

hiya my name is kelly and i am an addict/alcoholic. My clean time date is 4 Janurary 2012. I live in northern ireland and i am very limited in 12 steps meetings there are only 2 in my area. I am really struggling and it was advised by a friend of mine maybe come on here to get some suppprt. I would appreciate if...

Dave R · Dave R

Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, our attitudes, and our relationships on a regular basis.Basic Text, p. 42=The daily inventory is a tool we can use to simplify our lives. The most complicated part of taking a regular inventor...

amanda56258 · amanda56258

Seems a little quiet out on the message boards today. Hope everyone is having a great day! We have a CAR Workshop this weekend at our ASC meeting. I tried reading through some of it, but ended up zonked out with drool all over the cover. I did read through the motions, though. Some good, some... well....

Dave R · Dave R

As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving. At least we know that we are no longer intentionally making life miserable for people.Basic Text, pp. 39-40=In our addiction we often treated others badly, sometimes deliberately finding ways to make their lives miserable. In...

kawohni · kawohni

i need a sponsor ... someone that will hold me accountable and call me on my bs

Dave R · Dave R

We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected.... [But] our fellow members do understand us.Basic Text, p. 32=We need our fellow NA memberstheir experience, their friendship, their laughter, their guidance, and much, much more. Yet many of us hesitate to...

Christy C · Christy C

Hello, Everyone! Today is my 11th day clean and in recovery. On my first day in the program, I went to 5 meetings. There was a lady who shared at two of those meeting, and it seemed that she would make a good sponsor for me. She has several years of clean time, and seemed to know a good deal about how the progra...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

Hi everyone...it's me kelly. i just wanted to share some of the gifts i have been receiving the last couple weeks....anyways a couple of months ago i shared here about wanting to rebuild a relationship with my son who was returning from afganistan...maybe you remember? well i'm very happy to say th...

Dave R · Dave R

We grow to feel comfortable with our Higher Power as a source of strength. As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life.Basic Text, p. 25=Powerless as we are, living on self-will is a frightening, unmanageable experience. In recovery, we have turned our will and our lives...

Meditation Man · Meditation Man

A Day At A Time January 14, 2012 Reflection For The Day I admitted that I couldn't win the booze and chemical battle on my own. So I finally began to accept the critically important fact that dependence on a Higher Power could help me achieve what had always seemed impossible. I stopped running. I sto...

cdbuckberry · cdbuckberry

I have made it through another year clean in recovery , thanks to all of you. Each year the last month I get complacent and know I need to do a lot of praying to the Higher Power and calling my sponsor and other men in the fellowship. I have just made 7 years clean and serene . When I came through the door into...

Grace3 · Grace3

I'm new. My husband is on prescription narcotics due to abdominal surgeries. A physician friend told me that some of his behaviors indicate that he is addicted. Is there a forum or chat room for family members?

Manon · Manon

2012 has been so good to me so far i can't comlain health problems are even gettign etter adding a few supplement to stop some of the pain meds are a bit hard to absorb after the stupid gastric bypass but i am coming theu clean and doing well learning to live not so much in isolation as anxiety sseems to fade i...

Dave R · Dave R

Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us.... The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves.Basic Text, p. 24=Weve been told that we can believe in any kind of Higher Power we want as long as it is loving and, of course, greater than ourselves....

Dave R · Dave R

Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat.Basic Text, p. 22=Complete defeatwhat a concept! That must mean surrender. Surrenderto give up absolutely. To quit with no reservations. To put up our hands and quit fighting. Maybe to put up our hand at our first meeting...

McHugh_gurl17 · McHugh_gurl17

I have recently lost my little brother at the age of 20. He died October 20th, 2011 of a heroin overdose. It is really hard for me to handle this, so I have been doing the only thing I know how to do and thats just block it. Me and my little brother were very close, he was my only true blood brother, he also left b...

Dave R · Dave R

Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps...Step Twelve=How will I know when I have had a spiritual awakening? For many of us, a spiritual awakening comes gradually. Perhaps our first spiritual awareness is as simple as a new appreciation for life. Maybe one day well suddenly...

Raman · Raman

you know ,, I went to the dentist for a false tooth replacement. A false tooth had chipped off when I was eating with NA pals. A tooth had to be extracted and was not painful at that moment because of local anesthesia. But the pain came on strong when it wore off half an hour later. I was forced to take parace...

Dave R · Dave R

As we develop faith in our daily lives, we find that our Higher Power supplies us with the strength and guidance that we need.Basic Text, p. 94=Some of us come into recovery very frightened and insecure. We feel weak and alone. We are uncertain of our direction and dont know where to go for answers....

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

Dave R · Dave R

Im very grateful to have come to believe.IP No. 21, The Loner=Belief in a Higher Power can make all the difference when the going gets tough! When things dont go our way in recovery, our sponsor may direct us to make a gratitude list. When we do, we should include our faith in a Power greater than ours...

Dave R · Dave R

Our earliest involvements with others often begin with our sponsor.Basic Text, p. 57=Our sponsors can be abundant sources of recovery information, wisdom, and loving words. Theyve done so much for us. From the late night telephone calls to the hours spent listening to our recovery writing, t...

athena · athena

I have been having this behavior pattern the last two years. I get clean, go to meetings, have a sponsor, work on steps...then after so much time has passed; I relapse. I joined the program in '07. My life has gotten better and the time betwwen relapsing has been the longest ever last time. But, I always...

Dave R · Dave R

Our spiritual condition is the basis for a successful recovery that offers unlimited growth.Basic Text, p. 44=When our members celebrate their recovery anniversaries, they often say that theyve grown up in NA. Well, then, we think, what does that mean? We start to wonder if were grownups yet....

Mike D · Mike D

Pill Addicted for the better part of 6 yrs. I have no idea who I am sober. I feel alone and beaten by my addiction. Keeps pulling me back even with the cry, screaming,puking,the cold sweats it doesn't matter. It's never satisfied. I need guidance on where to go, how to be but most importantly how to beat th...

Dave R · Dave R

Narcotics Anonymous offers addicts a program of recovery that is more than just a life without drugs. Not only is this way of life better than the hell we lived, it is better than any life that we have ever known.Basic Text, p. 107=Few of us have any interest in recovering what we had before we started...

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	Another year in recovery (Preview) I have made it through another year clean in recovery , thanks to all of you. Each year the last month I get complacent and know I need to do a lot of praying to the Higher Power and calling my sponsor and other men in the fellowship. I have just made 7 years clean and serene . When I came through the door into...	cdbuckberry	9	77	5 days ago by Raman
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	JFT January 14 A loving God (Preview) Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us.... The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves.Basic Text, p. 24=Weve been told that we can believe in any kind of Higher Power we want as long as it is loving and, of course, greater than ourselves....	Dave R	0	30	13 days ago by Dave R
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	Starting the new year without a loved one Jessica (Preview) I have recently lost my little brother at the age of 20. He died October 20th, 2011 of a heroin overdose. It is really hard for me to handle this, so I have been doing the only thing I know how to do and thats just block it. Me and my little brother were very close, he was my only true blood brother, he also left b...	McHugh_gurl17	3	75	13 days ago by Dave R
	JFT January 12 Spiritual awakenings (Preview) Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps...Step Twelve=How will I know when I have had a spiritual awakening? For many of us, a spiritual awakening comes gradually. Perhaps our first spiritual awareness is as simple as a new appreciation for life. Maybe one day well suddenly...	Dave R	0	36	January 12th by Dave R
	Dental care, but beware ! (Preview) you know ,, I went to the dentist for a false tooth replacement. A false tooth had chipped off when I was eating with NA pals. A tooth had to be extracted and was not painful at that moment because of local anesthesia. But the pain came on strong when it wore off half an hour later. I was forced to take parace...	Raman	0	48	January 11th by Raman
	JFT January 11 Faith (Preview) As we develop faith in our daily lives, we find that our Higher Power supplies us with the strength and guidance that we need.Basic Text, p. 94=Some of us come into recovery very frightened and insecure. We feel weak and alone. We are uncertain of our direction and dont know where to go for answers....	Dave R	0	47	January 11th by Dave R
	spiritual growth pic (Preview)	kellyrae428	3	77	January 11th by Raman
	JFT January 10 Gratitude (Preview) Im very grateful to have come to believe.IP No. 21, The Loner=Belief in a Higher Power can make all the difference when the going gets tough! When things dont go our way in recovery, our sponsor may direct us to make a gratitude list. When we do, we should include our faith in a Power greater than ours...	Dave R	1	48	January 10th by avid
	JFT January 9 Returning our sponsor's kindness (Preview) Our earliest involvements with others often begin with our sponsor.Basic Text, p. 57=Our sponsors can be abundant sources of recovery information, wisdom, and loving words. Theyve done so much for us. From the late night telephone calls to the hours spent listening to our recovery writing, t...	Dave R	0	34	January 9th by Dave R
	sometimes i feel like i'm getting nowhere... (Preview) I have been having this behavior pattern the last two years. I get clean, go to meetings, have a sponsor, work on steps...then after so much time has passed; I relapse. I joined the program in '07. My life has gotten better and the time betwwen relapsing has been the longest ever last time. But, I always...	athena	8	142	13 days ago by athena
	JFT January 8 Growing up (Preview) Our spiritual condition is the basis for a successful recovery that offers unlimited growth.Basic Text, p. 44=When our members celebrate their recovery anniversaries, they often say that theyve grown up in NA. Well, then, we think, what does that mean? We start to wonder if were grownups yet....	Dave R	1	51	January 8th by athena
	Guidance (Preview) Pill Addicted for the better part of 6 yrs. I have no idea who I am sober. I feel alone and beaten by my addiction. Keeps pulling me back even with the cry, screaming,puking,the cold sweats it doesn't matter. It's never satisfied. I need guidance on where to go, how to be but most importantly how to beat th...	Mike D	6	77	January 9th by kellyrae428
	JFT January 7 "Recovery" (Preview) Narcotics Anonymous offers addicts a program of recovery that is more than just a life without drugs. Not only is this way of life better than the hell we lived, it is better than any life that we have ever known.Basic Text, p. 107=Few of us have any interest in recovering what we had before we started...	Dave R	1	52	January 7th by Christy C
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