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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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JFT May 3 Sharing our gratitude
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My gratitude speaks when I care and when I share with others the NA way.Gratitude Prayer=The longer we stay clean, the more we experience feelings of gratitude for our recovery. These feelings of gratitude arent limited to particular gifts like new friends or the ability to be employed. More fr...
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JFT May 2 Just maybe...
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There is one thing more than anything else that will defeat us in our recovery; this is an attitude of indifference or intolerance toward spiritual principles.Basic Text, p. 18=When we first came to NA, many of us had great difficulty accepting the spiritual principles underlying this programa...
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Pain
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I finally stopped using. I took my last pills at 8 am yesterday. By 6 pm last night, my bones started to feel like glass. I fet a little shitty, I thought well if this is as bad as it gets.... 3:08pm : I woke up and did not feel a lot of physical pain....till I started to move that is. then I started to feel. Fuck d...
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NA does not address chronic pain that never ends. I feel lost...
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I will try to make this as short as I can. I have been a member of NA for 20 years. Four years ago I developed a migraine headache that has never left. Every day I have a headache in one form or another. On most days on a scale of one to ten, it is a 2-4. The worst it ever gets is an 8 at which point I am usually vomit...
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Please, there has to be someone out there with experience in this. I wish I could kill myself but I have kids.
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My chronic pain never ends. I am ready to give up and become this opiate dependent thing because my quality of life is already almost nil. No doctor can help me. No alternative medicine can help me. I am to the point where I am praying I don't wake up in the morning. None of my friends in NA have any advice or...
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Young and trying to find my place in NA
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Hello family. I have been clean for about 9 months now and I am fully dedicated to one fellowship- NA. I'm 23, and I feel like that is making things a bit tough for me, when it comes to building relationships with other people in the program. Everybody is super friendly, however, I feel sort of like a ghost...
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I'm Back..
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I'm losing hope, but not hopeless. This isn't the first time i've tried to get clean. I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I've [tried to] quit a hundred times. The last date I used was March 25th. Doesn't matter if I say it anymore, only matters if I feel it. I want to stay clean. I'm in an outpatient program...
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JFT May 1 Self-worth and service
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Being involved in service makes me feel worthwhile.=When most of us arrived in Narcotics Anonymous, we had very little self-worth left to salvage. Many members say that they began to develop self-esteem through being of service early in their recovery. Something just short of a miracle occur...
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Stoppin in to say hey!
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Welcome to another day of 'LIFE'...Another opportunity to be of maximum service to the God of my understanding and others practiced by living the NA way and application our our principles in all my affairs.Heading South in 3 days,Pods are packed and loose ends tightened up.Be off line for a minute or...
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JFT April 30 God does for us
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Ongoing recovery is dependent on our relationship with a loving God who cares for us and will do for us what we find impossible to do for ourselves.Basic Text, p. 99=How often have we heard it said in meetings that God does for us what we cannot do for ourselves? At times we may get stuck in our recovery...
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JFT April 29 "What if..."
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Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of the future. We learned to take whatever actions are necessary and to leave the results in the hands of our Higher Power.Basic Text, p. 94=In our active addiction, fear of the future and what might happen was a reality for many of us....
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JFT April 28 Who really gets better?
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We can also use the steps to improve our attitudes. Our best thinking got us into trouble. We recognize the need for change.Basic Text, p. 55=When new in recovery, most of us had at least one person we just couldnt stand. We thought that person was the rudest, most obnoxious person in the program....
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not sure what to do-please give some advice
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I went to a in patient treatment program. i am now drug free and i feel great.The day i got out I met someone at a meeting and i feel very strongly towards her and i am spending all my time with her. The problem is that i am married. not sure if these feelings are because of my happiness in recovery or if i have r...
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newbie
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hi everyone! im fairly new to na. i was a month and a couple days sober before i relapsed yesterday. but i am not going to let this bump in the road stop me from continuing my recovery. i also have a question, how do i come about getting a sponser?
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