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JFT May 30 Loneliness vs. being alone
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Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone.Basic Text, p. 85=There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. Being lonely is a state of the heart, an emptiness that makes us feel sad and sometimes hopeless. Loneliness is not always alleviated when we enter into rel...
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Skype meetings
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Hi everyone, I'm Jeff in Hiroshima Japan. Is anyone doing Skype meetings?
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im not here much
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i'm flippin busy as heck lately and thats a blessing and a curse, but its also gods grace, sometimes you get what you pray for LOL Plus trying to work things out with my girlfriend , the one I have come here and spoke about in the past, the one i've been dealing with for 5 years now LOL, off n on again. She's a ch...
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Hello Fellow Travelers!
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Just wanted to land here for a few moments this morning and touch base with all you fine, wonderful people. As some of you know this past 18 months has taken some twist and turns that I never saw coming. Some of which tore me up to a point of despair and made sucking air on some days very hard to keep doing. I ma...
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Where to begin
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I am a long time closet user of MMJ. I have attempted to quit hundreds of times. It had a tight grip on me. I am 50 years old. I can't quit. I know you know what I'm talking about. I need a mentor or someone to share with? I used to be a Pastor and am in a back sliding state. I need help!
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JFT May 29 Carry me
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We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us.Basic Text, p. 58=We all have times when it seems as though our lives are falling apart. There are days, or even weeks, when it seems that everything that can go wrong is going wrong. Whether its the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, or the end o...
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Saw a medivac rescue....
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I witnessed an emergency helicopter attempt to save a life on Sunday. Someone must have had a heart attack, and the media vac help appeared on scene very quickly. I was in awe at how fast it arrived, it truly was the only way to save him based on our location. As the helicopter departed heading straight fo...
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talent!
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so on feb 27 2012 there was a shooting at my high school that i graduated from. well my friends wrote produced and edited this song for their senior choir project. so proud.
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A special remembrance
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Today,the American flag I fly in front of my home in Pompano Beach Florida will be at half mast in memory of the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.I served in the Vietnam theater during 1965-1970 and lost a few friends in the bush and saw others return never again the same.I want t...
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What Addiction IS Doing To You?
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Alcohol does many things to the human body. First and the most important thing is that it is designed to get you feeling good and drunk as heck. That is the main purpose in my opinion, and it does a great job at it. Many people that drink alcohol can handle them self in a sense that they know when it is time t...
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let's lighten the load with yet another pysco joke as i relate lol
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A group of psychiatrists were attending a convention. Four of them decided to leave, and walked out together. One said to the other three, "People are always coming to us with their guilt and fears, but we have no one that we can go to when we have problems." The others agreed. Then one sai...
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JFT May 28 As we understand
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We examined our lives and discovered who we really are. To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves.Basic Text, p. 36=As using addicts, the demands of our disease determined our personality. We could be whoever or whatever we needed to be in order to get our fix. We were surviv...
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Seeing the light
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The Light turned yellow The light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman was furious and honked her horn, screaming in frustration, as she m...
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having a rough day
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no matter how many doctors tell me I was abused by the man that took be to heaven then straight to hell in a matter of what seesm secounds sent me this song at one point as i listen to the lyrics i find truth as i too am bound by fear
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JFT May 27 Meeting the day's challenge
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...the decision to ask for Gods help is our greatest source of strength and courage.Basic Text, p. 26=A challenge is anything that dares us to succeed. Things new and unfamiliar serve as challenges, whether those things appear good or bad to us. We are challenged by obstacles and opposition fro...
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Reclaiming happy, joyous and free
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Manon recently began a thread which prompted this one. She said, "...stress in 2009 2010 was unbearable made me a different person I miss that person I once was happy..." I truly identified with this statement. It's been troubling me more and more lately which is probably a good indicatio...
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Dear Manon.......
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dear Manon..how do you do?I need to share this with you, in public. Now that you aint angry anymore, I want to clear up things some more. Well, to begin with,,,,,,,,i have no idea whatsoever why you reckoned that the phrase "practice what you preach" was aimed at you.. and took it so p...
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what are YOu grateful for?
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myself I am grateful that housing finally got the inspection day to move as I have been at thier mercy thru this move and its been eating me live worried fearful sensitive and so forth... I am grateful to be clean today that I have an HP that works for me that I have MIP and ppl here that know my troubles yet st...
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THis past Year
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its been a rough one with the move I do hope it gets easier i find myself despodant and alone i live my life thru a computer fear of being found the stress in 2009 2010 was unbearable made me a different person I miss that person I once was happy and a social butterfly I hide in these 4 walls as here i feel safe so...
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earthgroupna is gone
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I went to that site the other day and couldn't find it, must have shut down, that was a pretty nice site, to bad every year i got a happy birthday card sent from them to celebrate with me it was cool. Well thats going to bring more people hear for help and hanging out hope john can keep this going....
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JFT May 26 The power in the group
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Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us.... We can call it the group, the program, or we can call it God.Basic Text, p. 24=Many of us have a hard time with the idea of a Higher Power until we fully accept the depth of our own powerlessness over addiction. Once we do, most of us are at least willing t...
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JFT May 25 "Good" and "bad" feelings
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A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow.IP No. 8, Just for Today=Most of us seem to unconsciously judge what happens in our lives each day as good or bad, success or failure. We tend to feel ha...
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principles before perrsonalities
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I failed to do so the other day now it is only right to admit promptly my wrong and make ammends except when to do so would inqures you or the other close enough but that stands out Ifailed to keep an open mind as iwas stuck in my head so I am trying to make ammends in this I also have to forgieve mysefl as self hon...
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ok another out look on GOD
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not importasnt appearntly ppl didn't see where i said i will not be posting anymore jokes sorry avid but no more for me -- Edited by Manon on Thursday 24th of May 2012 03:05:24 AM
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RANT
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omg I am having the worst year of my clean life well almost doctor douchebag was the worst but i am so stressed adn then seeing all the disbelief kills me as now i have to re examine my own beliefs and faith which i caome her for H.O.W. and ppl staries i might find some thing to take that fear that confines me wh...
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7th tradtion
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Every NA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. since earthgroup is gone we as addict need to keep in mind this tradtion for years John has ran this site soley now its time for US to do our part even if you donate a dollar tht is one less on his mind as he has several 12 ste...
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has any one just ever knew you was fucking up
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its hard i know what it is and i i cant shake this shit fo nothing
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the truth as i know it to be
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this past 365 days have been a doozy i saw ones opinon on God and got flusterd (understatement) as right now i don't need a reason to be angry with god its the only constant in MY life not saying my way is the right way just the way tht works for me I will not be posting nemore jokes as i am afraid mine too might of...
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should be said
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-- Edited by Manon on Thursday 24th of May 2012 03:02:37 AM
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JFT May 24 Risking vulnerability
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As we grow, we learn to overcome the tendency to run and hide from ourselves and our feelings.Basic Text, p. 85=Rather than risk vulnerability, many of us have developed habits that keep others at a safe distance. These patterns of emotional isolation can give us the feeling we are hopelessly loc...
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