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a better way .
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Hi family , I hate im missing the chat room at night. but working 3rd shift is putting in its two cents on my recovery. im feeling like dumping a bit of my old work habits on you. A " normal " day for me used to be. Wake up around 8;15 pm . get high about 8;20. may get a shower maybe not. sit on bed and smo...
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I've been missing in action...
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Hey Family! Sorry I wasn't able to chair this past Sunday, or even let anyone know that I wouldn't be able to, as all my contact info is in my computer and I've been having technical difficulties ,to be politically correct. Thankfully, my computer survived as my sponsor convinced me that throwing it...
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Awakening...
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I came across this on another message board today. It really touched me and puts into words truly the person that I long to be: The Awakening Sonny Carroll There comes a time in your life when you finally get it ... When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere th...
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a drug is a drug is a drug is a drug...
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just as.. a rose is a rose is a rose.. Many changes in my life presently i am going for laser treatment today to stop smoking!!! i feel excited and scared, but working diligently on staying in the moment, so far so good. i don't want to be controlled by cigs anymore, it is a mind and mood altering substance....
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I asked myself today , is taking others for granite
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part of my illness? is it the selfish side of me? thinking only of me me me? I relapsed on anger ( not drugs or booze ) again the other day total melt down long story behind it but it was about fear and feeling less then important. Share with me family i'm sick of this....... -- Edited by BigV at 22:40, 2008-06...
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okay damn it
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I am getting sick of the old life once again and have too much pride to walk back in the rooms but smoking weed is not helping anything atm might even be making things worse so now I just have to workup the nerve to walk back in thoserooms and to be motivated that is going to be the hardest part I think but I gott...
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7 Days Clean
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Hi Everyone, I am now eight days clean from hydrocodine. I decided last week that it was time for me to give up this addicition of three years. The withdrawals were really bad. My mother took me to the hospital due to my pain. I went through the withdrawals at home with my husband, mom and 19 yr old daugh...
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Is There Anyway to Minimize Those Awful Side Effects??
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Hi Everyone, I been trying to get off Meth for some time now but I keep relapsing due to the awful side effects. Is their anyway to minimize the side effects so I can finally kick my addiction? It's like ..."I'm damn if I do it,......and damn if I don't." In other words, doing this drug is obvio...
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Seeking "NA" meetings for Rx Drug Abuse
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Hi, I am new here, but I've been researching the internet on and off for years before this post today. I am about to celebrate 4 years of sobriety from an unintentional although vicious addiction to prescription meds. I live in a smaller city and have not been able to find any NA meetings that can even rem...
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Opportunities...
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Through laziness or inattention, we often miss opportunities to grow. Maybe we don't play our hunches or listen to our intuition. Maybe we see an opportunity but fail to act because we're not sure it's what we ought to do. An opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream has appeared, but we don't trust our g...
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Sorting out a relationship.
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When we as addicts are in relationships before we get clean a lot of questions come to mind when we get clean. Certain questions that play heavy in my mind are: 1. Why did I get involved with her? 2. Why do I always go back? 3. Do I love her? Can anyone else relate to these questions? We as addicts seem to ...
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SAD PLACE
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HI folks Im Anthony and im an addict .im in a bad place today.im 6 days clean.and that isnt the bad part.thats good.but i spent today doing the things i should have been doing all these years . I visited my grandmother in the nursing home.shes 90 . shes a sweet woman with 90 years clean.lol i should be so muc...
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sponsor concerns
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hey guys so i just celebrated 18 months and i'm sort of happy about that. but then again i'm sort of in this situation. i just finished working my 4th step and i've been trying to get together with my sponsor to share it and its been a few weeks now and she works alot now and so i haven't been that pushy over it....
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I NEED A SPONSOR!!!!
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I really need help. I am early in my recovery and I need a sponsor. I am not new to the program, I just haven't been working it. I want, no I need to get sober. I am only sixteen, I don't want to die. I need help and I need it quick. I really would like to find a sponsor so if anyone out there would like to help me, I'm...
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Marraige and recovery
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hi guys , im anthony and im an addict , Im trying to post frequently on issues Im dealing with at the moment . Im new clean ( 9 days ) and am kind of winging it minute by minute. Im going back to 1984 . i had been married a couple years with a brand new son . my wife was in the military , i had just gotten out. with a son...
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Dear HP ...........
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Dear HP... today HP help me to avoid my demons.today let me get along with my family.today let me enjoy my fourth childs graduation without becoming a blubbering idiot.today hp let me find some serenity.please .. -- Edited by mrwinkie at 00:24, 2008-06-14
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PC-1000 Drug Diversion Program
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Has anyone had experience in the PC-1000 Drug Diversion Program? If so, can anyone tell me what is likely to happen to someone who has been discharged twice from the program? The 1st time was because I stopped attending my classes and the second is for having a 2nd "dirty" test. Thank you a...
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gratitude game
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I am grateful 4 NA I am starting this thread because I need to hear some positive thinking I went to my first meeting since I relapsed and it was great this is my first day clean I am a bit nervous but all in all I am okay so lets find the thingsd we can be grateful for
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Scariest place i never used at !
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im anthony , im an addict. last night i asked for some input on weather i should attend a meeting dead up in the womb of the majority of my closest cities drug trade.i got some good advice and input . tks to those of you that gave it.Being the adventurous type. and full of risk taking bravado.i ignored it and...
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this is for na birthday people and new starts
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for starts congrats and how ever long it is. even for a day. put your birthday down here and support each other. i have 11 months clean. how about you all.
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A dialogue i had with myself this day !!!
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A dialogue with myself= Raman,, have you lately stopped and asked yourself why you try and convince those who wont believe you ? why do you bargain for love with those who cant or wont love you ? why is it you will go out of the way to try and please those who can never be pleased ? why is it when everythings goi...
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brand newbie need help
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hi i have never gone online in recovery. am currectly in alanon and aca. my addiction is prescription meds and im wondering if narcotics anonymous is the right place. it all started out legit--needed meds for sleep and anxiety. then my body started craving the stuff every night earlier and earlier...
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realy want to stop looking for help
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i dont know where to start. i've been an addict for a long time. i want to quit but i don't know how. i've been to a 9 hour a week 6 week recovery program about 2 years ago. i still use as much as i can. meth is drug of choice, alchol when i can't afford it. it's been along time since i went 3 days without meth. the a...
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Grief, Recovery, and Amends
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Hi All, My name is Lisa; and I'm an addict. I have only 29 days clean after completing the year from H#$l. My 16 y/o daughter died March 3, 2007. Her name was Amber. She was my best friend. I loved her dearly. The day Amber passed, I had been taking pain medication. After almost three years clean, I allo...
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ITS TOUGH.but im making it.
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OK , here we go. Today i will not use. im focused on a first step ( again ) I found and attended my first meeting in 15 years. im in search of a sponser. I pity that poor fool ,because i intend to abuse the hell out of him but i will warn him first. im 3 days clean for the first time in well over a decade. im feeling a b...
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The Only Requirement
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The Only Requirement "This program offers hope. All you have to bring with you is the desire to stop using and the willingness to try this new way of life." IP No. 16, "For the Newcomer" From time to time we wonder if we're "doing it right" in Narcotics Anonymous. Are we...
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Sponser
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Hey, This is my first time on a site like this. I am in a little bit of a bind and need some help from some experianced people. I relapsed and have been clean and part of a fellowship for a little over sixty days and in our city there isn't many people that regularly attend the meetings and there is very few (l...
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Hi, my name is djuna. i am an addict.
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i recently moved to a rural area and my partner and i are having problems getting along. we are both NA members with long-term recovery. i am also seeking online meetings at CoDa, but NA is my home. i'm hoping to be able to vent, purge and listen to the message of recovery. maybe someone on the other line ha...
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feeling down
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okay I should feel on top of the world but instead my head is filled with confusion. I know I look better but my mind has not caught on yet I am still really insecure and I worry like crazy I don't think I know how to do anything else I am lonely, which is normal after my son leaves but this has more to do with emot...
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I'm Holly & I'm an addict.
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Hey guys, I just recently got ahold of my computer again after entering rehab on April 1, 2008. My drug of choice was more. I didn't care much what you gave me, as long as I got more. The drug of which was hardest for me to break my addiction were benzos (mainly Xanax). I was inpatient for 2 weeks, then moved i...
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