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Dave R · Dave R

We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.Step Seven=Once we are entirely ready to have our character defects removed, many of us are entirely ready! Ironically, thats when the trouble really starts. The more we struggle to rid ourselves of a particular defect, the stronger that shortco...

MrV123 · MrV123

I am new to NA I just got home from my 1st meeting & met alot of good people that are very understanding as well as warm & welcoming. I enjoyed the environment the personal testimony that was shared. Blessings to all

cm87118 · cm87118

I just feel so lost... I have been an EXTREMELY highly functioning addict for quite some time.. It's not one substance in particular, it's anything that can get me high. It is now affecting my health and I have no choice but to get it together - I am only 24 years old and should not be developing constant si...

sueb · sueb

why is "because I'm an addict"not a good enough answer for me for some of the things I do? I do things to people i love that i never thought I would do. I still my husbands pain pills so I dont get sick knowing full well that he will run out and get sick himself. I alway tell myself that "this is...

Dave R · Dave R

I initially felt that it would be impossible to attend more than one or two meetings a week. It just wouldnt fit in with my busy schedule. I later learned that my priorities were [180] degrees reversed. It was the everything else that would have to fit into my meeting schedule.=Some of us attended me...

To Far Gone · To Far Gone

Looking for an old friend Gee Gee. Trying to find her home group.

desireedavis · desireedavis

I've been clean for several months, but was precribed nuerontin, a non-narcotic anti-seizure med for anxiety. I started taking more than prescribed, from 100 mg at first to 200 then 400 then 600) because I felt no effects and was having really bad obsessive-compulsion and depression. I don't think...

Ruhig · Ruhig

Today is 4/10. And I am well aware that this date may not be significant to others. However, 4/10/06 my father died of an overdose. It's been six years now, and I have since learned that mourning the loss of anyone, but especially an important figure in ones life, never truely goes away. I have learned t...

Dave R · Dave R

Today, we seek solutions, not problems. We try what we have learned on an experimental basis.Basic Text, p. 58=The first time we heard that we should act as if, many of us exclaimed, But thats not honest! I thought we were always supposed to be honest about our feelings in Narcotics Anonymous.Pe...

Dave R · Dave R

We have come to enjoy living clean and want more of the good things that the NA Fellowship holds for us.Basic Text, p. 27=Can you remember a time when you looked at the addicts recovering in NA and wondered, If they arent using drugs, what on earth do they have to laugh about? Did you believe that the fu...

Dave R · Dave R

Do we really want to be rid of our resentments, our anger, our fear?Basic Text, p. 34=Why do we call them shortcomings? Perhaps they should be called long-goings, because thats often what it takes for them to fade from our lives. Some of us feel that our shortcomings are the very characteristics t...

Dave R · Dave R

...approval-seeking behavior carried us further into our addiction....Basic Text, p. 14=When others approve of what we do or say, we feel good; when they disapprove, we feel bad. Their opinions of us, and how those opinions make us feel, can have positive value. By making us feel good about ste...

rocky · rocky

hi all i missed posting here but i have not had access to a computer in a while got a new laptop so i hope to be posting more often it has been interesting in my life of late had a bit of a bad patch but i came out the other sidejust a little bent but i am going to meetings and working the steps then out of the blue i d...

Dave R · Dave R

All spiritual awakenings have some things in common. Common elements include an end to loneliness and a sense of direction in our lives.Basic Text, p. 50=Some kinds of spiritual experiences take place when we confront something larger than we are. We suspect that forces beyond our understand...

Dave R · Dave R

A new idea cannot be grafted onto a closed mind.... Open-mindedness leads us to the very insights that have eluded us during our lives.Basic Text, p. 96=We arrived in NA at the lowest point in our lives. Wed just about run out of ideas. What we needed most when we got here were new ideas, new ways of l...

Dave R · Dave R

We must use what we learn or we will lose it, no matter how long we have been clean.Basic Text, p. 85=After putting some clean time together, some of us have a tendency to forget what our most important priority is. Once a week or less we say, Ive gotta get to a meeting tonight. Its been... Weve been ca...

Dave R · Dave R

"We learn to experience feelings and realize they can do us no harm unless we act on them." IP No. 16, "For the Newcomer" Many of us came to Narcotics Anonymous with something less than an overwhelming desire to stop using. Sure, the drugs were causing us problems, and we wanted t...

Davethewave · Davethewave

haha, just thought you might enjoy my perspective. I spent the day getting my boat ready for the 2012 fishing season. THAT is my way of 'pregaming', no drugs needed when life beckons!!!

Dave R · Dave R

We come to know happiness, joy, and freedom.Basic Text, p. 88=If someone stopped you on the street today and asked if you were happy, what would you say? Well, gee, lets see... I have a place to live, food in the refrigerator, a job, my car is running... Well, yes, I guess Im happy, you might respond...

LizC · LizC

helloooooooooooo Everybody! how are you? im Great! well no not really but im making the best of it. well kind of. im still alive. thats about all i wanted to share. see ya on the flip side!

Addicted2Me · Addicted2Me

people make it sound so easy as if you can just make a choice and quit. so how do you quit when you don't believe you have choices but a physical addiction.

oniongirl82 · oniongirl82

I wanted to share with everyone a little piece of how NA has worked in my life today. My sister who 13 years ago stepped over me while I was detoxing on the floor and on my 1 year anniversary asked me if I wanted a parade for doing what "normal" people do everyday; has left me with her children for t...

Dave R · Dave R

Someone finally knew the crazy thoughts that I had and the crazy things Id done.=Addicts often feel terminally unique. Were sure that no one used drugs like we did or had to do the things that we did to get them. Feeling that no one really understands us can keep us from recovery for many years.But on...

MIKEF · MIKEF

JUST FOR TODAY! I will be unafraid, my thoughts will be on my new associations,people who are not using and have found a new way to live, as long as I follow that way,I have nothing to FEAR! WE have nothing to fear sharing and living our lives the NA way.Welcome to all Newcomers,those who may just be comi...

Dave R · Dave R

This firsthand experience in all phases of illness and recovery is of unparalleled therapeutic value. We are here to share it freely with any addict who wants to recover.Basic Text, p. 10=Most of us came into the program with some serious regrets. We had never finished high school, or we had misse...

Dave R · Dave R

On a practical level, changes occur because whats appropriate to one phase of recovery may not be for another.Basic Text, p. 105=When we first came to Narcotics Anonymous, many of us had no legitimate occupation. Not all of us suddenly decide were going to become honest and productive model citi...

Dave R · Dave R

Remember that we... are ultimately responsible for our recovery and our decisions.Basic Text, p. 103=Most of us will face choices that challenge our recovery. If we find ourselves in extreme physical pain, for example, we will have to decide whether or not we will take medication. We will have...

Dave R · Dave R

The idea of a spiritual awakening takes many different forms in the different personalities that we find in the fellowship.Basic Text, p. 49=Though we all work the same steps, each of us experiences the spiritual awakening resulting from them in our own way. The shape that spiritual awakening t...

Manon · Manon

I know I have not been around to post i am still clean and doing ok going thru alot of medical issues lately will try to remeber to post now and again hope all is weel and tht this finds you blessed

LizC · LizC

well my best friends brother has entered treatment for the first time yesterday. its really hard on their family because dad was an alcoholic and killed a guy in a drunk driving accident and is now in jail and the fact that his son is following in his footsteps is very difficult. i hope he takes it serious...

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	JFT April 18 "I understand" (Preview) We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.Step Seven=Once we are entirely ready to have our character defects removed, many of us are entirely ready! Ironically, thats when the trouble really starts. The more we struggle to rid ourselves of a particular defect, the stronger that shortco...	Dave R	0	385	Apr 18, 2012 by Dave R
	New 2 NA (Preview) I am new to NA I just got home from my 1st meeting & met alot of good people that are very understanding as well as warm & welcoming. I enjoyed the environment the personal testimony that was shared. Blessings to all	MrV123	7	453	Apr 18, 2012 by Tahir
	Just joined this forum (Preview) I just feel so lost... I have been an EXTREMELY highly functioning addict for quite some time.. It's not one substance in particular, it's anything that can get me high. It is now affecting my health and I have no choice but to get it together - I am only 24 years old and should not be developing constant si...	cm87118	13	612	Apr 18, 2012 by Tahir
	not a good answer? (Preview) why is "because I'm an addict"not a good enough answer for me for some of the things I do? I do things to people i love that i never thought I would do. I still my husbands pain pills so I dont get sick knowing full well that he will run out and get sick himself. I alway tell myself that "this is...	sueb	7	432	Apr 18, 2012 by Tahir
	JFT April 17 Priority:meetings (Preview) I initially felt that it would be impossible to attend more than one or two meetings a week. It just wouldnt fit in with my busy schedule. I later learned that my priorities were [180] degrees reversed. It was the everything else that would have to fit into my meeting schedule.=Some of us attended me...	Dave R	0	305	Apr 17, 2012 by Dave R
	Friends In Recovery (Preview) Looking for an old friend Gee Gee. Trying to find her home group.	To Far Gone	0	315	Apr 17, 2012 by To Far Gone
	Did I relapse? (Preview) I've been clean for several months, but was precribed nuerontin, a non-narcotic anti-seizure med for anxiety. I started taking more than prescribed, from 100 mg at first to 200 then 400 then 600) because I felt no effects and was having really bad obsessive-compulsion and depression. I don't think...	desireedavis	8	664	Apr 17, 2012 by To Far Gone
	Brain vent (Preview) Today is 4/10. And I am well aware that this date may not be significant to others. However, 4/10/06 my father died of an overdose. It's been six years now, and I have since learned that mourning the loss of anyone, but especially an important figure in ones life, never truely goes away. I have learned t...	Ruhig	4	441	Apr 16, 2012 by To Far Gone
	JFT April 16 "Acting as if" (Preview) Today, we seek solutions, not problems. We try what we have learned on an experimental basis.Basic Text, p. 58=The first time we heard that we should act as if, many of us exclaimed, But thats not honest! I thought we were always supposed to be honest about our feelings in Narcotics Anonymous.Pe...	Dave R	0	321	Apr 16, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT April 15 Keep coming back (Preview) We have come to enjoy living clean and want more of the good things that the NA Fellowship holds for us.Basic Text, p. 27=Can you remember a time when you looked at the addicts recovering in NA and wondered, If they arent using drugs, what on earth do they have to laugh about? Did you believe that the fu...	Dave R	0	344	Apr 15, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT April 14 A new vision (Preview) Do we really want to be rid of our resentments, our anger, our fear?Basic Text, p. 34=Why do we call them shortcomings? Perhaps they should be called long-goings, because thats often what it takes for them to fade from our lives. Some of us feel that our shortcomings are the very characteristics t...	Dave R	0	308	Apr 14, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT April 13 People-pleasing (Preview) ...approval-seeking behavior carried us further into our addiction....Basic Text, p. 14=When others approve of what we do or say, we feel good; when they disapprove, we feel bad. Their opinions of us, and how those opinions make us feel, can have positive value. By making us feel good about ste...	Dave R	0	357	Apr 13, 2012 by Dave R
	life in the bret zone (Preview) hi all i missed posting here but i have not had access to a computer in a while got a new laptop so i hope to be posting more often it has been interesting in my life of late had a bit of a bad patch but i came out the other sidejust a little bent but i am going to meetings and working the steps then out of the blue i d...	rocky	3	383	Apr 13, 2012 by MIKEF
	JFT April 12 The big picture (Preview) All spiritual awakenings have some things in common. Common elements include an end to loneliness and a sense of direction in our lives.Basic Text, p. 50=Some kinds of spiritual experiences take place when we confront something larger than we are. We suspect that forces beyond our understand...	Dave R	0	358	Apr 12, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT April 11 A closed mind (Preview) A new idea cannot be grafted onto a closed mind.... Open-mindedness leads us to the very insights that have eluded us during our lives.Basic Text, p. 96=We arrived in NA at the lowest point in our lives. Wed just about run out of ideas. What we needed most when we got here were new ideas, new ways of l...	Dave R	1	362	Apr 11, 2012 by Mike M
	JFT April 10 Too busy (Preview) We must use what we learn or we will lose it, no matter how long we have been clean.Basic Text, p. 85=After putting some clean time together, some of us have a tendency to forget what our most important priority is. Once a week or less we say, Ive gotta get to a meeting tonight. Its been... Weve been ca...	Dave R	1	301	Apr 10, 2012 by Mike M
	JFT April 9 Acting out (Preview) "We learn to experience feelings and realize they can do us no harm unless we act on them." IP No. 16, "For the Newcomer" Many of us came to Narcotics Anonymous with something less than an overwhelming desire to stop using. Sure, the drugs were causing us problems, and we wanted t...	Dave R	0	318	Apr 9, 2012 by Dave R
	Spent all day Saturday Pregaming.... (Preview) haha, just thought you might enjoy my perspective. I spent the day getting my boat ready for the 2012 fishing season. THAT is my way of 'pregaming', no drugs needed when life beckons!!!	Davethewave	1	382	Apr 9, 2012 by MIKEF
	JFT April 8 Happiness (Preview) We come to know happiness, joy, and freedom.Basic Text, p. 88=If someone stopped you on the street today and asked if you were happy, what would you say? Well, gee, lets see... I have a place to live, food in the refrigerator, a job, my car is running... Well, yes, I guess Im happy, you might respond...	Dave R	0	333	Apr 8, 2012 by Dave R
	update (Preview) helloooooooooooo Everybody! how are you? im Great! well no not really but im making the best of it. well kind of. im still alive. thats about all i wanted to share. see ya on the flip side!	LizC	7	391	Apr 8, 2012 by Tahir
	so how then (Preview) people make it sound so easy as if you can just make a choice and quit. so how do you quit when you don't believe you have choices but a physical addiction.	Addicted2Me	8	515	Apr 8, 2012 by Tahir
	Gratitude (Preview) I wanted to share with everyone a little piece of how NA has worked in my life today. My sister who 13 years ago stepped over me while I was detoxing on the floor and on my 1 year anniversary asked me if I wanted a parade for doing what "normal" people do everyday; has left me with her children for t...	oniongirl82	4	558	Apr 8, 2012 by Tahir
	JFT April 5 Identification (Preview) Someone finally knew the crazy thoughts that I had and the crazy things Id done.=Addicts often feel terminally unique. Were sure that no one used drugs like we did or had to do the things that we did to get them. Feeling that no one really understands us can keep us from recovery for many years.But on...	Dave R	1	328	Apr 8, 2012 by Tahir
	I have nothing to FEAR! (Preview) JUST FOR TODAY! I will be unafraid, my thoughts will be on my new associations,people who are not using and have found a new way to live, as long as I follow that way,I have nothing to FEAR! WE have nothing to fear sharing and living our lives the NA way.Welcome to all Newcomers,those who may just be comi...	MIKEF	1	341	Apr 8, 2012 by Tahir
	JFT April 7 The value of the past (Preview) This firsthand experience in all phases of illness and recovery is of unparalleled therapeutic value. We are here to share it freely with any addict who wants to recover.Basic Text, p. 10=Most of us came into the program with some serious regrets. We had never finished high school, or we had misse...	Dave R	0	288	Apr 7, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT April 6 Growing honesty (Preview) On a practical level, changes occur because whats appropriate to one phase of recovery may not be for another.Basic Text, p. 105=When we first came to Narcotics Anonymous, many of us had no legitimate occupation. Not all of us suddenly decide were going to become honest and productive model citi...	Dave R	0	345	Apr 6, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT April 4 Guarding our recovery (Preview) Remember that we... are ultimately responsible for our recovery and our decisions.Basic Text, p. 103=Most of us will face choices that challenge our recovery. If we find ourselves in extreme physical pain, for example, we will have to decide whether or not we will take medication. We will have...	Dave R	0	288	Apr 4, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT April 3 For you alone (Preview) The idea of a spiritual awakening takes many different forms in the different personalities that we find in the fellowship.Basic Text, p. 49=Though we all work the same steps, each of us experiences the spiritual awakening resulting from them in our own way. The shape that spiritual awakening t...	Dave R	0	321	Apr 3, 2012 by Dave R
	yes I am alive (Preview) I know I have not been around to post i am still clean and doing ok going thru alot of medical issues lately will try to remeber to post now and again hope all is weel and tht this finds you blessed	Manon	4	374	Apr 3, 2012 by avid
	prayers (Preview) well my best friends brother has entered treatment for the first time yesterday. its really hard on their family because dad was an alcoholic and killed a guy in a drunk driving accident and is now in jail and the fact that his son is following in his footsteps is very difficult. i hope he takes it serious...	LizC	3	339	Apr 3, 2012 by avid
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