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enabling
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What exactly is enabling? my son will be leaving rehab aftercare soon. He still lacks a lot of practical life skills. What's helpful ? what isn't ect...? thanks
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I'm new here
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I am new to this site and not quite sure I belong here? I have a son who is in a residential facility for a cocaine addiction and I am struggling how to handle his homecoming. This past year has been heartbreaking for me and I am just now starting to take care of myself and work through it all. I am trying to d...
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Self Pity
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Hello Everyone, I was really doing some soul searching tonight. I have a very good friend who is home on hospice care she is dying of Lung/Brain Cancer. It is really hard for me to understand why I get into self pity when I see her fighting for one more day. It is amazing how she has her mind set that sh...
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someone let me know when the chat room is back up....
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I went to a meeting
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YUP a real one LOL. IT was a mens meeting (stag) first thing they diod after getting all of the remeeting stuff out of the way was read "Just for Today" which is pretty much how I often start my day and yesterday i hadn't done that, so it was kinda neat. 10 guys in the meeting, no newcomers and a cou...
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Karl where you at?
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Tuesday night meeting was really good and i want to thanks all of you
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who showed up and then came here to post. I want to give you huge hugs for making an effort thats what it takes just a little effort towards your recovery goes a long long ways. Our lives were a shambles out there using, life is still difficult but this too shall pass. I had a horrible existance for many many...
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I UNDERSTAND
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Once we are entirely ready to have our character defects removed, many of us are entirely ready! Ironically, that's when the trouble really starts. The more we struggle to rid ourselves of a particular defect, the stronger that shortcoming seems to become. It is truly humbling to realize that not on...
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Filling a void
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Step One is designed to creat a void in us so that we are ready to work step two. I get that, but I am beginning to turn to other things...sex, food, shopping to fill that void. My sponsor said i must follow the same steps of praying for the willingness to stop these behaviors. As part of my step work I am jo...
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Walk of Fear
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We are attempting to publish a book on how people like you have walked through your wall of fear and what you found on the other side. Our wish is to inspire people to look beyond their paralyzing fears (Divorce, Financial, Health, Children, etc) with your help. So if you have an inspiring short story an...
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Help Please!
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Hi all! I'm not sure that i'm in the right place, but i've been searching this morning for some sort of support and really, this is the closest i could find. i'm hoping that someone here will be able to point me in the right direction, or perhaps even offer some much needed advice..... Here's my situatio...
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I need some advice....
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well I just got a phone call from a friend I used to use with crying begging me for help...and right now I do NOT know what to do, I told her to start going to meetings. She said that she has called every where today trying to find help...But being a Sunday evening most meetings are already over! She asked me i...
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My son, the addict
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Hi all. I've been a member of AA and MIP/AA for a year and half now but this will be my first time visiting or posting on the NA board.......I find I need some es&h from a side of addiction I am not familiar with. My 16 yr old son found himself in a lot of trouble today. He went to school high. When I got t...
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coke
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I've been reading up a lot about coke addiction. Most say they think they have a drug problem cuz they're starting to use every weekend. They used to use about once a month and now they're using every week. Jeez, then I must really have a problem. I use everyday, all day for almost 2 years now. I carry a via...
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Hepatitis C
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Hey All, I think I have a biiiiig problem. In 1995 or '96 I was diagnosed with the Hepatitis C virus. I was told that many people have it in Egypt and not to worry as long as it is not active. The more I read, I discovered that it is much more serious than that. What happens is that it turns active after a number o...
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Wheres the love?
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So I finally had time to sit down and read some of the posts and get caught up on how everyone here is doing. So what happened??? This board filled me with hope and joy for myself and others every time I came here in the past. Now I feel controversy and bickering??? We are here to recover together in love and u...
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just need to express myself
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Hi, my name is nate and i am 17 years old. I have smoked pot regularly for about 3 years. Back in september my girlfriend said she wasnt going to take it anymore and that i had to choos her or weed. I chose her and stayed clean for 6 weeks! The problem was i did it for her, and not for myself. After i was clean for s...
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I was thinking about this recovery stuff today and got this picture in my head
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It's seems like a whinding road like in the picture. Sometimes we don't see around the next bend or turn in the road, we want to see way up ahead and know where we're going and that the road will smooth out and get a bit straighter and easier but sometimes we're right at a curve and we have to stay on this road t...
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My addict brain
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Hi friends, just wanted to share whats going on with me lately. I got this notion that maybe it's time that I buy a house, seams innocent enough but... since I started looking I feel like I'm obsessed with it. I stay up till 4 am looking at homes on the web, every time I see one that I like I am ready to...
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~~R.I.P., Blonde Bombshell~~
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I will not mention her name (anonymity?), but there is a famous woman who passed away today, I think we all know who if we have watched the news, who seems to have been 'one of us', but did not find the recovery we sometimes take for granted. Bless her heart, and Rest her Soul. :o( jjj -- Edited by j...
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The dying friend.
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Hello Everyone, I have shared this many times, but it does not get an easier. My friend is dying, she has terminal cancer. The cancer has spead to her brain. She has choose to fight. Chemo and Radition. The dr's said that she would have maybe 6 months to a year. She is in horrible pain. I would no...
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how do you deal with depression?
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-- Edited by micheleanonymous at 08:28, 2007-04-07
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please listen
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I am kinda hesitant to share here last time I did someone got on me for word choice.I am in a bad space. Just a point where I can only deal with so much and not really caring the outcome and at the same time scared that I have reached this point. I really do not know what happen maybe I never bounced back from so...
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room is reopen
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the roomis now open dunno how long or if they are done but I have accessed it
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closed chatroom
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it looks as if the chat room has been closed earlier than expected Sorry for the incovienence hope to see you Friday
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Hi, Im new to this message board
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Hello there, my name is Vicki and I am an addict....... Im just posting to introduce myself and say hi 2 everyone. I live in the UK and was just browsing the web and came across this site and thought I would join. Looking forward to getting to know some of you. Love N Fellowship Vicki C
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hey Vini????????????
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Did anyone tell you they love you today. Just in case they have not I love you as well as weveryone else if noone has told you I LOVE YOU
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A Thank You To NA
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Would just like to say thank you to NA and all you people out there in it! it has changed my life so much! i whent thru a supported accom called sharc in vic and thru there i was taken to NA. Started off hating them but soon i found myself chaceing them! have recently moved to wollongong for a week and i found th...
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Hello to all
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Hello everyone my name is Kevin and I am a drug addict. I am a newcomer to this forum. With the crazy schedules I work, at least I can get some sort of support. Today was one of those days where I was trying REALLY, REALLY hard to convince myself it's OK to take just 2 percocets. It was a constant battle w...
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Fear versus faith
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I haven't had a real great start to my recovery some of you guys know some of you don't, but in anycase, here's my latest dilema. (oh my god, don't panic, people with a lil bit of clean time actually have issues too). Fear, or Fucking Enviousness And Resentment as it is better known, has been chipping away...
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