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JFT June 18 Indirect amends
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Indirect amends may be necessary where direct ones would be unsafe or endanger other people.Basic Text, p. 41=When we used, we allowed nothing to stand in the way of that next high. As a result, many of us didnt always know precisely whom we had injured, either financially or emotionally. When it...
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JFT June 17 Walls
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Reaching out is the beginning of the struggle that will set us free. It will break down the walls that imprison us.Basic Text, p. 83=Many of us came to NA emotionally shattered. Years of using people and allowing them to use us had taken their toll on our ability to trust anyone, ourselves included...
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JFT June 16 Accepting life
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Some things we must accept, others we can change. The wisdom to know the difference comes with growth in our spiritual program.Basic Text, p. 95=Its relatively easy to accept the things we likeits the things we dont like that are hard to accept. But remaking the world and everyone in it to suit o...
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JFT June 15 Resistance to change
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Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing, or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for the unknown.Basic Text, p. 34=We have often heard it said that when the pain of remaining the same becomes gre...
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things Are slowly coming around as i am settling in the new apt i feel safer and more secure neway all is well hope this finds you blessed
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JFT June 14 Maintaining our faith
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If we maintain our spiritual condition daily, we find it easier to deal with the pain and confusion.Basic Text, p. 95=When we first began searching for a Power greater than ourselves, many of us got stuck in old beliefs or ideas. These ranged from the fear of a punishing or vengeful God to no belief a...
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anyone in cookeville tn
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if there are any members of this that live in Cookeville tn, i need a sponsor, and would love to get a ride to a meeting. to far to walk. I've reached out to those i know here, but no one has returned messages/calls. Probably because I'm a cronic relapser and no one wants to fool with me (once again)
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Sponsor qualities
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Hi, I quit drugs on 6.4.08. I kinda just got out of rehab, dropped people places and things, but never replaced them. But I've reached a point where I really need the steps. I've been hitting meetings lately... About 3x a week (I'm a workaholic and after a 15 hour shift I'm just too exhausted). I've been d...
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JFT June 13 A full life
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The program works a miracle in our lives.... We become free to live.Basic Text, p. 11=Most of usif weve been in recovery for any length of time at allhave heard some member complaining in a meeting about being terribly overworked, too busy for meetings or sponsorship or other activities. In fact...
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JFT June 12 A vision of hope
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Yes, we are a vision of hope...Basic Text, p. 53=By the time we reached the end of our road, many of us had lost all hope for a life without the use of drugs. We believed we were destined to die from our disease. What an inspiration it was, then, coming to our first meeting and seeing a room full of addict...
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JFT June 11 Living clean
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"As we recover, we gain a new outlook on being clean.... Life can become a new adventure for us."Basic Text, p. 91=The using life is not a clean one--no one knows this better than we do. Some of us lived in physical squalor, caring neither for our surroundings nor ourselves. Worse, tho...
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Chronic Pain. Kidney Stones
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I am a long term kidney-stone sufferer and an addict. This always causes problems; emotional, spiritual, and physical. Are there others out there who care to share? Or, does anyone know of a place that I can talk to other people with similar problems.
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My daughter passed high school !
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An old proverb says "Time spent in loving and interesting living flies like in the twinkling of an eye". That feels so true; my daughter who Ive been bring up as a single parent ever since she was three was now in the final year at school and fast approaching were the final exams. Sure felt like...
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The Eastern viewpoint on God !
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My friends at MIP, I post this following scholarly article in the hope that you get a better understanding of the Hindu (Vedic) viewpoint on God ! And as you read on, you will be amazed at realizing how much it co-relates with your own religious sentiments and leanings, be you Christian, Catholic, Musl...
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JFT June 10 changing motives
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"When we finally get our own selfish motives out of the way, we begin to find a peace that we never imagined possible."Basic Text, p. 45=As we examine our beliefs, our actions, and our motives in recovery, we'll find that sometimes we do things for the wrong reasons. In our early recover...
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JFT June 8 The only requirement
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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 were doing it right in Narcotics Anonymous. Are we attending enough meetings? Are we using our sponsor, or wo...
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JFT June 9 Old dreams needn't die
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Lost dreams awaken and new possibilities arise.Basic Text, p. 91=Most of us had dreams when we were young. Whether we dreamed of a dynamic career, a large and loving family, or travels abroad, our dreams died when our addiction took hold. Anything we ever wanted for ourselves was cast away in our...
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JFT June 7 Someone who believes in me
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Just for today, I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery.Basic Text, p. 100=Not all of us arrive in NA and automatically stay clean. But if we keep coming back, we find in Narcotics Anonymous the support we need for our recovery. Staying clean is easier w...
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Looking for a sponser to chat with and get through hard times
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looking for someone that has went through things in life similer to what i have i am an addict who is addicted to prescription drugs suck as benzo's and opiate looking for make or female of any age to share with and just chat openly
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JFT June 6 Recovery doesn't happen overnight
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The Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous are a progressive recovery process established in our daily living.Basic Text, p. 99=After some time in recovery, we may find we are faced with what seem like overwhelming personal problems, angry feelings, and despair. When we realize whats going on, w...
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JFT June 5 Honest prayer
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Although honesty is difficult to practice, it is most rewarding.Basic Text, p. 96=How difficult we find it to be honest! Many of us come to NA so confused about what really happened in our lives that it sometimes takes months and years to sort it all out. The truth of our history is not always as we ha...
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the move
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the move is complete with little errors except the night before the day to move the big stuff my old apt was broke into and my meds for my pain management was stolen so I am a bit annoyed and feel not so safe. The new apt is really nice as long as i don't meet too many ppl I will feel more safe my friend from the las...
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JFT June 4 Build, don't destroy
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Our negative sense of self has been replaced by a positive concern for others.Basic Text, p. 16=Spreading gossip feeds a dark hunger in us. Sometimes we think the only way we can feel good about ourselves is to make someone else look bad by comparison. But the kind of self-esteem that can be purcha...
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JFT June 3 Direct and indirect amends
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We make our amends to the best of our ability.Basic Text, p. 40=The Ninth Step tells us to make direct amends wherever possible. Our experience tells us to follow up those direct amends with long-lasting changes in our attitudes and our behaviorthat is, with indirect amends.For example, say wev...
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JFT June 2 Sick and tired
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We wanted an easy way out.... When we did seek help, we were only looking for the absence of pain.Basic Text, p. 5=Somethings not working. In fact, somethings been wrong for a long time, causing us pain and complicating our lives. The problem is that, at any given moment, it always appears easier...
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and another one bites the dust !!!
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a friend of mine, of 30 years, who was witness both to my addiction and recovery dies yesterday . I couldnt attend the funeral as I had to set up and play a wedding. Strange feelings, when i think "Ill never see Inni again". The guy was one of those whod genuinely say "look what using drug...
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Religion
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"HERE I GO AGAIN!" yesterday a new comer was sharing about recently being saved then unfortunatly people begin to share and demoralize him indirectly with the, "THIS IS NOT A RELIGIOUS PROGRAM!" This morning as I studied, I defined religion by webster's which state, "...
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JFT June 1 Keep coming back
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We dont have to be clean when we get here but, after the first meeting, we suggest that newcomers keep coming back and come back clean. We dont have to wait for an overdose or a jail sentence to get help from Narcotics Anonymous.Basic Text, pp. 10-11=Very few of us arrive in NA brimming with willingne...
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JFT May 31 Keep it simple
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We live a day at a time but also from moment to moment. When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably.Basic Text, p. 99=Life often seems too complicated to understand, especially for those of us whove dodged it for so long. When we stopped using drugs, many of u...
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