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jftna.org/jft - 10. December 2018
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December 10, 2018Winners Page 360 "I started to imitate some of the things the winners were doing. I got caught up in NA. I felt good...." Basic Text, p. 153 We often hear it said in meetings that we should "stick with the winners." Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Winners are easily identifi...
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jftna.org/jft - 9. December 2018
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December 09, 2018ListeningPage 359 "This ability to listen is a gift and grows as we grow spiritually life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift." Basic Text, p. 107 Have you ever watched two small children carry on a conversation? One will be talking about purple dragons while the...
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jftna.org/jft - 8. December 2018
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December 08, 2018Calling a defect a defectPage 358 "When we see how our defects exist in our lives and accept them, we can let go of them and get on with our new life." Basic Text, p. 35 Sometimes our readiness to have our character defects removed depends on what we call them. If misnaming our defects mak...
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jftna.org/jft - 06. December 2018
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December 06, 2018Romance and recoveryPage 356 "Relationships can be a terribly painful area." Basic Text, p. 82 Love is like an elixir for some of us. The excitement of a new lover, the intrigue of exploring intimacy, the sense of release we get from allowing ourselves to become vulnerable-these ar...
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jftna.org/jft - 05. December 2018
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December 05, 2018Those who want to recover Page 355 "We have seen the program work for any addict who honestly and sincerely wants to stop [using drugs]." Basic Text, p. 10 How do we know when someone honestly and sincerely wants to stop using drugs? The truth is that we don't know! Because we cannot rea...
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jftna.org/jft - 04. December 2018
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December 04, 2018God's will, not oursPage 354 "We know that if we pray for God's will we will receive what is best for us, regardless of what we think." Basic Text, p. 46 By the time we came to NA, our inner voices had become unreliable and self-destructive. Addiction had warped our desires, our interes...
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jftna.org/jft - 3. december 2018
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December 03, 2018Vision without limits Page 353 "Perhaps for the first time, we see a vision of our new life." Basic Text, p. 35 In our addiction, our vision of ourselves was very limited. Each day, we went through the same routine: getting, using, and finding ways and means to get more. And that's all w...
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One more year in daily Recovery
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Each year and in humble gratitude and God's grace and mercy I post my story.Thank you Lord for each day that has led to decades of uninterrupted daily recovery. It was a very cold December 2nd morning in 1984 as I "came to" from another drug induced evening.I was 6 months into my 3rd marriage and the more...
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jftna.org/jft - 02. December 2018
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December 02, 2018Recovery: our first priority Page 352 "We have to keep our recovery first and our priorities in order." Basic Text p. 82 Before coming to NA, we used many excuses to justify our use of drugs: "He yelled at me." "She said this." "My partner left." "I got fired." We used these same excuse...
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Reqeuest for group conscience on technical improvements
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Please visit the MIP NA business forum to participate in a group conscience about technical improvements to the MIP NA site.-- Hidden/Freetime-- Your WebHelper Team
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jftna.org/jft - 01. December 2018
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December 01, 2018Life's rewardsPage 351 "We begin to pray only for God's will for us. That way, we get only what we are capable of handling." Basic Text, p. 49 Imagine what might happen if God gave us everything we wanted. A fabulous new car, straight As, a triple salary raise-all ours without effort, j...
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jftna.org/jft - 30. November 2018
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November 30, 2018Sharing the real mePage 348 "Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone." Basic Text, p. 85 Intimacy is the sharing of our innermost thoughts and feelings with another human being. Many of us long for the warmth and companionship intimacy brings, but those things...
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jftna.org/jft - 29. November 2018
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November 29, 2018Our Higher Power's carePage 347 "We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us." Basic Text, p. 58 Our program is based on the idea that the application of simple principles can produce profound effects in our lives. One such principle is that, if we ask, our Higher Power will c...
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jftna.org/jft - 28. November 2018
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November 28, 2018Being ourselves Page 346 "To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves." Basic Text, p. 36 Humility is a puzzling concept. We know a lot about humiliation,but humility is a new idea. It sounds suspiciously like groveling, bowing, and scraping. But that's not w...
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jftna.org/jft - 27. November 2018
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November 27, 2018Seeking God's helpPage 345 "At times during our recovery, the decision to ask for God's help is our greatest source of strength and courage." Basic Text, p. 26 When we take the Third Step, we decide to allow a loving Higher Power to guide us and care for us in our daily lives. We make the d...
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jftna.org/jft - 26. November 2018
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November 26, 2018ResponsibilityPage 344 "A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take the time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow." IP No.8, Just For Today Responsibility, responsibility-the responsibilities of life are everywhe...
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jftna.org/jft - 25. November 2018
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November 25, 2018MeditationPage 343 "Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us." Basic Text, pp. 46-47 As our recovery progresses, we often reflect on what brought us to Narcotics Anonymous in the first place and are able to apprec...
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jftna.org/jft - 24. November 2018
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November 24, 2018Gratefully recoveringPage 342 "We entertained the thought that staying clean was not paying off and the old thinking stirred up self-pity, resentment, and anger." Basic Text, p. 102 There are days when some of us wallow in self-pity. It's easy to do. We may have expectations about...
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Jftna.org/JFT nov. 23 - 2018
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November 23, 2018God's willPage 341 "The relief of 'letting go and letting God' helps us develop a life that is worth living." Basic Text, p. 26 In our addiction, we were afraid of what might happen if we didn't control everything around us. Many of us made up elaborate lies to protect our use of drugs. S...
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Jftna.org/JFT nov. 22 - 2018
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November 22, 2018Foundation firstPage 340 "As we begin to function in society, our creative freedom helps us sort our priorities and do the basic things first." Basic Text, p. 86 No sooner do we get clean than some of us begin putting other priorities ahead of our recovery. Careers, families, relati...
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jftna.org/jft - 21. November 2018
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November 21, 2018Letting our defects go Page 339 "If [character defects] contributed to our health and happiness, we would not have come to such a state of desperation." Basic Text, p. 35 Getting started on the Sixth and Seventh Steps isn't always easy. We may feel as though we have so much wrong with u...
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jftna.org/jft - 20. November 2018
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November 20, 2018Finding fulfillmentPage 338 "We weren't oriented toward fulfillment; we focused on the emptiness and worthlessness of it all." Basic Text, p. 89 There were probably hundreds of times in our active addiction when we wished we could become someone else. We may have wished we could t...
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jftna.org/jft - 19. November 2018
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November 19, 2018The language of empathyPage 337 "...the addict would find from the start as much identification as each needed to convince himself that he could stay clean, by the example of others who had recovered for many years. " Basic Text, p. 88 Many of us attended our first meeting and, not be...
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jftna.org/jft - 18. November 2018
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November 18, 2018Self-discoveryPage 336 "The Tenth Step can help us correct our living problems and prevent their recurrence." Basic Text, p. 42 Our identities, how we think and feel, have been shaped by our experiences. Some of our experiences have made us better people; others have caused us sha...
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jftna.org/jft - 17. November 2018
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November 17, 2018Walking through the pain Page 335 "We never have to use again, no matter how we feel. All feelings will eventually pass." Basic Text, p. 82 It hurts like never before. You get out of bed after a sleepless night, talk to God, and still don't feel any better. "It will pass," a little voice t...
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jftna.org/jft - 16. November 2018
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November 16, 2018Alone no morePage 334 "We gradually and carefully pull ourselves out of the isolation and loneliness of addiction and into the mainstream of life." Basic Text, p. 37 Many of us spent much of our using time alone, avoiding other people-especially people who were not using-at all cos...
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jftna.org/jft - 15. November 2018
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November 15, 2018Letting goPage 333 "Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live." Basic Text, p. 26 How do we begin the process of letting our Higher Power guide our lives? When we seek advice about situations that trouble us, we often find that our Higher Power works through ot...
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jftna.org/jft - 14. November 2018
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November 14, 2018Not just survivingPage 332 "When we were using, our lives became an exercise in survival. Now we are doing much more living than surviving." Basic Text, p. 52 "I'd be better off dead!" A familiar refrain to a practicing addict, and with good reason. All we had to look forward to was mor...
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jftna.org/jft - 13. November 2018
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November 13, 2018Not perfectPage 331 "We are not going to be perfect. If we were perfect, we would not be human." Basic Text, p. 31 All of us had expectations about life in recovery. Some of us thought recovery would suddenly make us employable or able to do anything in the world we wanted to do. Or maybe w...
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jftna.org/jft - 12. November 2018
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November 12, 2018Our own storyPage 330 "When we honestly tell our own story, someone else may identify with us." Basic Text, p. 98 Many of us have heard truly captivating speakers at Narcotics Anonymous conventions. We remember the audience alternating between tears of identification and joyous...
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