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JFT May 15 Fear of the Fourth Step
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As we approach this step, most of us are afraid that there is a monster inside of us that, if released, will destroy us.Basic Text, p. 27=Most of us are terrified to look at ourselves, to probe our insides. Were afraid that if we examine our actions and motives, well find a bottomless black pit of self...
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A message from our late co-founder, Jimmy.k; Vision for our future !
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transcript of Jimmy.K's share at WCNA 23. I learned in this program to be selfreliant. A lot of people think thats a dirty combination of words, but thats what this program teaches us to be. To be selfreliant because we know from where comes our power; because each of us has our own higher power as we und...
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new here...
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hello my name is robin.. i am 28 years old and am fighting my first addiction... opiates to be exact.. i am currently in my 26th hour of detox (going cold turkey all alone and i just need some help getting through it.. i have four little people here who need their mother and i would like to have myself back as...
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I've been regularly attending meetings. I haven't made a friend yet. And then I realized I've never made any friends. They made me.
So I show up early, stay, stay late. And hope someone talks to me. And tell myself that your first time around they suggest you share regardless, so you get noticed?
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Regarding a speaking commitment I have
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Hi people! I have a speaking engagement coming up soon and have recently moved from an area that had virtually no speaker meetings so I havent gotten a lot of practice. I decided to put it down on paper to sort out my thoughts and since then decided to share it with you. My early life was characterized by...
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Splitting hairs
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For better or for worse, the na in my area is over run by newbiepunks switchin addictions from drugs to sex or being clean living dirty.
So I'm attending aa meetings. Same steps, an addict is an alcoholic is an addict, it's really just switching words. Clean for sober, using for drinking, same concept...
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JFT May 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 impatien...
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JFT May 13 Onward on the journey
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The progression of recovery is a continuous uphill journey.Basic Text, p. 83=The longer we stay clean, the steeper and narrower our path seems to become. But God doesnt give us more than we can handle. No matter how difficult the road becomes, no matter how narrow, how winding the turns, there is...
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JFT May 12 Living with spiritual experiences
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For meditation to be of value, the results must show in our daily lives.Basic Text, p. 47=In working our program, we are given many indirect indications of a Higher Powers presence in our lives: the clean feeling that comes to so many of us in taking our Fifth Step; the sense that we are finally on the r...
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ok I give hers a real joke obama eek just kidding but check it out
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A mental hospital After hearing that one of the patients in a mental hospital had saved another from a suicide attempt by pulling him out of a bathtub, the hospital director reviewed the rescuer's file and called him into his office. "Mr. Haroldson, your records and your heroic behavior indica...
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Looking for someone to relate to
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Hi I've been in recovery for 2 and a half years now and been living with HIV for about 5/6 years. Im looking for people who are in recovery and HIV+. I would really like to find people like me that I can talk to and share what Im going through. I speak to my sponsor about it, and she helps me a lot with using the s...
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JFT May 11 Balancing the scales
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A lot of our chief concerns and major difficulties come from our inexperience with living without drugs. Often when we ask an oldtimer what to do, we are amazed at the simplicity of the answer.Basic Text, p. 43=Finding balance in recovery is quite a bit like sitting down with a set of scales and a pil...
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Jimmy.K; A Vision for our future !
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Check this; for our co-founder !
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Abreviation M.O.W.A.M.O.S.F.B.T.S.P.
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It means ,Meeting Open With A Moment Of Silence Followed By The Serenity Prayer .
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JFT May 10 Becoming entirely ready
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We... get a good look at what these defects are doing to our lives. We begin to long for freedom from these defects.Basic Text, p. 34=Becoming entirely ready to have our defects of character removed can be a long process, often taking place over the course of a lifetime. Our state of readiness grow...
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JFT 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. 30=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...
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drug addict? with chronic pain losing job
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I am now on short term disability. I went through hell withdrawing from 120 mgs. of morphine, 30 mgs. of oxycodone a day about three weeks ago. All were prescribed by my pain management doctor. I have had two back operations (L4-L5 discectomies), have carpal tunnel in both hands, spurs in both of my...
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JFT May 8 Teachable
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We have learned that it is okay to not know all the answers, for then we are teachable and can learn to live our new life successfully.Basic Text, p. 96=In a way, addiction is a great teacher. And if addiction teaches us nothing else, it will teach us humility. We hear it said that it took our very best...
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JFT May 7 Turning turmoil into peace
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With the world in such a turmoil, I feel I have been blessed to be where I am.Basic Text, p. 145=Some days it doesnt pay to turn on the news, we hear so many stories about violence and mayhem. When we used, many of us grew accustomed to violence. Through the fog of our addiction, we rarely got too distur...
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JFT April 27 Recognizing and releasing resentments
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We want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today.Basic Text, p. 29=Many of us had trouble identifying our resentments when we were new in recovery. There we sat with our Fourth Step in front of us, thinking and thinking, finally deciding that we jus...
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JFT May 6 Are we having fun yet?
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In time, we can relax and enjoy the atmosphere of recovery.Basic Text, p. 56=Imagine what would happen if a newcomer walked into one of our meetings and was met by a group of grim-faced people gripping the arms of their chairs with white knuckles. That newcomer would probably bolt, perhaps mutter...
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JFT May 4 What about the newcomer?
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Each group has but one primary purposeto carry the message to the addict who still suffers.Tradition Five=Our home group means a lot to us. After all, where would we be without our favorite NA meeting? Our group sometimes sponsors picnics or other activities. Often, home group members get tog...
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HELP
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can someone help me Im addicted to crack
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just need to vent.
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Okay so I'm lying in bed right now on my phone right now because I don't know where else to go with this thought. Only so many people in my life know about me using. My family would never believe me and would blame my wife for my using and hate her more then they already do.
So I come here seeking just a place t...
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JFT May 5 Any lengths
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...I was ready to go to any lengths to stay clean.Basic Text, p. 132=Any lengths? newcomers ask. What do you mean, any lengths? Looking back at our active addiction and the lengths we were willing to go to in order to stay high can help to explain. Were we willing to drive many miles to get drugs? Ye...
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New here 2yrs clean this past month Q's on everything
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I have been clean from crack for 2 yrs. I hit my 4th step about 6 months ago and have been putting it off. My meetings have slowed. I feel as though I just can't open up. It has been hard dealing with facing myself. My gf of a year and a half started alanon. She is angry all the time I feel like I can't do anything r...
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Officially Unemployed
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Stepping out on a solid 3rd/11th Step my wife and I are officially unemployed as we resigned(WE believe that the God of our understand will take care of the results from the decision we prayed on and made)We are excited to start a new chapter in our lives,I am looking forward to pursuing many things that...
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cocaine addiction ruins the soul
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Well, I am new here and feeling the need to connect to others who may have been through simialar situation. Two and a half years ago I met a man who soon became my boyfriend. He re-introduced me to cocaine, which was something I had not seen or done or been associated with since I was a teenager. He said i...
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Glimpse of serenity
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So last week I was livid, with every one, everything. So on Monday night I hit a meeting. And again Tuesday and Thursday and again yesterday. (they're all womens meetings) and I have been keeping a journal. And suprise suprise, I'm feelin better this week. Have been more productive, passed my CNA exam...
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Blessings of the day!
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Poughkeepsie New York, 52 degrees...Pompano Beach Florida,82 degrees,we will definitely be spending time in adjustment. Our cars just arrived today after shipping from New York and our POD coming on the 10th with our :stuff:....Baby Jaelyn lovin it,daughter and son in law also in full adjustmen...
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