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"The steps lead to an awakening of a spiritual nature. This awakening is evidenced by changes in our lives."
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Basic Text, page 48 We know how to recognize the disease of addiction. Its symptoms are indisputable. Besides an uncontrollable appetite for drugs, those suffering exhibit self-centered, self-seeking behavior. When our addiction was at its peak of activity, we were obviously in a great deal of p...
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i need some help
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its weird, for a week or so now i've been vaguely resentful about having to go to meetings and uninterested in reaching out and talking to people. though i have been making meetings/talking with my sponsor everyday, i just don't feel like it much anymore. i guess i just feel indifferent and i don't kno...
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This room was ran into the ground..
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Post has been deleted, and topic edited by John F. (MIP Founder) as being inappropriate and seemingly to stir controversy and division, but disguised in manipulation and decept. The person who posted this message is at a very high risk of being banned from the board if this sort of posting continues....
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It's me Peggy, hello all.....
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Hello my old friends here at MIP!! it seems like forever since i've last been here. a lot has happened since i was a regular here . but you've all been on my mind even when i wasn't here. my hopes and prayers are that you are all doing well. let me give you a quick catch up on whats been happening in my life ........
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WE CAN !!!
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Hey where's WECAN aka Sandra? Not seen her post for sometime now... anybody knows?
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come back
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Just come back. Just for today. "Relapses are often fatal. We have attended funerals of loved ones who did from a relapse. They die in various ways. We often see relapsers lost for years, living in misery. Those who make it to jail or institutions may survive and perhaps have a reintroduction to...
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CONGRATS MIP
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May 21 the biggest meeting MIP has seen ty for all your support and with this I hope MIP continues to grow love in recovery Manon aka Rayne
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Rule 62 biatches!
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Never EVER take yourself too damn seriously...... (yes this includes me) LOL PEACE! Brett P.S. If ya don't know where this rule came from......Go read up on the traditions.........
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I am exhausted
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Got up at 6am and left home around 6:45 for a days journey. I took this young man I have sorta been sponsoring as a big brother up to the mountains. I was invited by a freind who I met online in one of my gold prospecting boards, he invited me to se his gold mine and to work a river claim he had. So first we went to t...
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JUST FOR TODAY Keep Coming Back!
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"Meetings keep us in touch with where we've been, but more importantly with where we could go in our recovery." Basic Text, page 54 In many ways, addicts are different. When we came to Narcotics Anonymous we found others like ourselves, people who understood us and whom we could understan...
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Water
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Hey All, An addiction treatment professional told me that my life would change in days if I drank at least 2 quarts of water/day ( i would feel better as far as anxiety, memory, etc.. early recovry stuff), didn't ask him what to eat though..Anyone have an idea?... Thanks, Magellan
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Pink Cloud
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The Recovery Roller Coaster By Dr. Peter V. Madill and Mary Carouba Roller coaster rides are tremendously exciting. The wind screams past your ears as you fly through the air at thrilling speeds. Excitement and adrenalin surge through your body as you hold on for dear life. Intermittent moments of t...
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Just for Today
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Tell yourself: JUST FOR TODAY my thoughts will be on my recovery, living and enjoying life without the use of drugs. JUST FOR TODAY I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery. JUST FOR TODAY I will have a program. I will try to follow it to the best of my ability. JU...
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abandonment
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man I am working my 4th step for the i don't know how many at this point not trying to keep up and my abandonment issues are so unmanagable and again I am powerless I am so scared and i don't think this feeling is rational so i am really not sure what to do with it I have told my sponser and my mom and tommorrow I wi...
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Grrrrrrrrrr.........
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It's really frustrating to work on parts of my life only to have other parts go south on me. Is it just me? Or is it impossible to have life be good in all areas for longer than 5 minutes? LOL Alright, I read what I wrote and I am whining about nothing dangit..... I hate it when I know I am wrong *sigh* see what I m...
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on a lighter note
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A 2nd grader asked her mother the age-old question, "How did I get here?" Her mother told her, "God sent you." "Did God send you, too?" asked the child. "Yes, Dear," the mother replied. "What about Grandma and Grandpa?" the child persisted. &...
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Mother's Day
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Hi - Happy Belated Mother's Day to all the moms out there. I just wanted to take the time to thank NA for teaching me how to be a mom (not just a mother) who can be there for her kids. Also, this is the first year that I didn't fall apart on Mother's Day because of the loss of my mom. This is only due to the love a...
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on the right path
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-- -- -- Edited by on the right path now at 16:58, 2007-05-14
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Back to rock bottom, time to start again.
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After 4 months of sobriety, i have found myself once again addicted to drugs, and doing things I shouldnt be. I have lost my job yesterday, because we have a drug party at my house and my dog ate the coke, so i just fed him with laxative and stayed home from work waiting for my dog to pass it back out. He did, it...
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great book
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I found this great book, Starting Over. It was written by a girl who went through a depression and wrote herself out of it, and now she uses it to help other people. I think you can just type in her name Chandra Blevins in the search field if you go to lulu.com and it should come up. It talks about so much, s...
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Will not be around for a while
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Hello Everyone, I just wanted to drop by and let you guys know that I will not be around for a while. My friends, family, sponsor, and support group have all encouraged me to write. I have been writing for what seems like forever. I am 66 pages in. We have a friend who is a book agent and she is waiting for m...
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Oops!
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"Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results." Basic Text, p. 23 Mistakes! We all know how it feels to make them. Many of us feel that our entire lives have been a mistake. We often regard our mistakes with shame or guiltat the very least, with frustration and im...
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May 9 Write About It!
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"We sit down with a notebook, ask for guidance, pick up our pen, and start writing." Basic Text, p. 29 When we're confused or in pain, our sponsor sometimes tells us to "write about it." Though we may groan as we drag out the notebook, we know that it will help. By laying it all out on...
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I wanted to reintroduce myself..
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Hello family!! My name is Coryann and I am an addict. I know some of you, but the names have changed alot around here..I used to be a regular in here..I've been asked to come back and help out. I hope to get to know everyone!! If there is anything I can do to help let me know..I love NA!!!!
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CHATROOM NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION
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hi all the chat room is in some need of attention I am not able to spend all my time in there the way I used to If you are intrested in the direction of MIP please sit for awhile our primary purpose is to carry the message to the addict that still suffers how can we do that if noone is there. I have recieved email...
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other addictions that pop up
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for the past few days i've been dealing with overwhelming feelings, and i'm not scared of using because i have another addiction (self-injury) that sort of acts as a buffer to my drug addiction and i worry sometimes that if i didn't have it that i'd go out and use at times. but still, its just a cross-addi...
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We surrender quietly and let the God of our understanding take care of us.
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I was talking with my sister, she's been in the program a long time , been very involved and has had an intense recovery with alot of outside therapy , I scoffed at her back then but now I understand, because we are the same in many ways. We are without love, it wasn't shown much in our family , small family ju...
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love
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ya know it is funny how my HP works tahir stated higer power or will power I tlaked to my sponser tonight I asked about faith because faith in ppl that does not work well (yet) faith in my hp is questionable at times so i asked he what am I supposed to have faith in she asked me how long do you have clean I told all...
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Willpower or Higher Power ~ Pick Your Choice
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Hey I received this amazing share from Dalin (an ex-member of this group) this morning... wanted to share it with all of you... Imagine that you are on a hiking trip in the middle of the desert. You see a figure in the distance. It is an old man bearded and half naked, on hands and knees, with his fingers...
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i'm a newb.
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hi. i have just recently made the decision to come clean from my cocaine, ecstacy, pot, etc. use. it has a lot of problems with my family since they found out, but they just put me in my room and put me back into my public school. this is not helping me stay clean. i found a NA meeting place close to where i live...
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