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kawohni · kawohni

i need a sponsor ... someone that will hold me accountable and call me on my bs

Dave R · Dave R

We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected.... [But] our fellow members do understand us.Basic Text, p. 32=We need our fellow NA memberstheir experience, their friendship, their laughter, their guidance, and much, much more. Yet many of us hesitate to...

Christy C · Christy C

Hello, Everyone! Today is my 11th day clean and in recovery. On my first day in the program, I went to 5 meetings. There was a lady who shared at two of those meeting, and it seemed that she would make a good sponsor for me. She has several years of clean time, and seemed to know a good deal about how the progra...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

Hi everyone...it's me kelly. i just wanted to share some of the gifts i have been receiving the last couple weeks....anyways a couple of months ago i shared here about wanting to rebuild a relationship with my son who was returning from afganistan...maybe you remember? well i'm very happy to say th...

Dave R · Dave R

We grow to feel comfortable with our Higher Power as a source of strength. As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life.Basic Text, p. 25=Powerless as we are, living on self-will is a frightening, unmanageable experience. In recovery, we have turned our will and our lives...

Grace3 · Grace3

I'm new. My husband is on prescription narcotics due to abdominal surgeries. A physician friend told me that some of his behaviors indicate that he is addicted. Is there a forum or chat room for family members?

Meditation Man · Meditation Man

A Day At A Time January 14, 2012 Reflection For The Day I admitted that I couldn't win the booze and chemical battle on my own. So I finally began to accept the critically important fact that dependence on a Higher Power could help me achieve what had always seemed impossible. I stopped running. I sto...

Manon · Manon

2012 has been so good to me so far i can't comlain health problems are even gettign etter adding a few supplement to stop some of the pain meds are a bit hard to absorb after the stupid gastric bypass but i am coming theu clean and doing well learning to live not so much in isolation as anxiety sseems to fade i...

athena · athena

I have been having this behavior pattern the last two years. I get clean, go to meetings, have a sponsor, work on steps...then after so much time has passed; I relapse. I joined the program in '07. My life has gotten better and the time betwwen relapsing has been the longest ever last time. But, I always...

McHugh_gurl17 · McHugh_gurl17

I have recently lost my little brother at the age of 20. He died October 20th, 2011 of a heroin overdose. It is really hard for me to handle this, so I have been doing the only thing I know how to do and thats just block it. Me and my little brother were very close, he was my only true blood brother, he also left b...

Dave R · Dave R

Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us.... The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves.Basic Text, p. 24=Weve been told that we can believe in any kind of Higher Power we want as long as it is loving and, of course, greater than ourselves....

Dave R · Dave R

Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat.Basic Text, p. 22=Complete defeatwhat a concept! That must mean surrender. Surrenderto give up absolutely. To quit with no reservations. To put up our hands and quit fighting. Maybe to put up our hand at our first meeting...

Dave R · Dave R

Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps...Step Twelve=How will I know when I have had a spiritual awakening? For many of us, a spiritual awakening comes gradually. Perhaps our first spiritual awareness is as simple as a new appreciation for life. Maybe one day well suddenly...

Strength1997 · Strength1997

Hello all, we are having an issue in our town. There is a closed meeting located in walking distance to an all women's facility. The women have been walking to the meeting with their toddlers and have been informed it is a closed meeting and they can't bring their babies. Only one person is having an issu...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

Raman · Raman

you know ,, I went to the dentist for a false tooth replacement. A false tooth had chipped off when I was eating with NA pals. A tooth had to be extracted and was not painful at that moment because of local anesthesia. But the pain came on strong when it wore off half an hour later. I was forced to take parace...

Dave R · Dave R

As we develop faith in our daily lives, we find that our Higher Power supplies us with the strength and guidance that we need.Basic Text, p. 94=Some of us come into recovery very frightened and insecure. We feel weak and alone. We are uncertain of our direction and dont know where to go for answers....

Dave R · Dave R

Im very grateful to have come to believe.IP No. 21, The Loner=Belief in a Higher Power can make all the difference when the going gets tough! When things dont go our way in recovery, our sponsor may direct us to make a gratitude list. When we do, we should include our faith in a Power greater than ours...

Mike D · Mike D

Pill Addicted for the better part of 6 yrs. I have no idea who I am sober. I feel alone and beaten by my addiction. Keeps pulling me back even with the cry, screaming,puking,the cold sweats it doesn't matter. It's never satisfied. I need guidance on where to go, how to be but most importantly how to beat th...

Dave R · Dave R

Our earliest involvements with others often begin with our sponsor.Basic Text, p. 57=Our sponsors can be abundant sources of recovery information, wisdom, and loving words. Theyve done so much for us. From the late night telephone calls to the hours spent listening to our recovery writing, t...

tara b · tara b

I would like to try and keep this short but I feel it is neccasary to give some history in order to get a fair assessment.. I am 29 y/o, and in my early 20s for about 4 years I had a bad benzo addiction, and until i lost a friend & hit my own rock bottom, I got myself clean.. fast foward a year and half of sobrie...

Dave R · Dave R

Our spiritual condition is the basis for a successful recovery that offers unlimited growth.Basic Text, p. 44=When our members celebrate their recovery anniversaries, they often say that theyve grown up in NA. Well, then, we think, what does that mean? We start to wonder if were grownups yet....

Dave R · Dave R

January 6How does it work?I used to think that I had all the answers, but today I am glad that I dont.=What are the two favorite words of most addicts? I know! Unfortunately, many of us arrive in NA thinking we have all the answers. We have a lot of knowledge about whats wrong with us. But in and of itse...

Meditation Man · Meditation Man

A Day At A Time January 6, 2012 Reflection For The Day When I finally convince myself to let go of a problem that's been tearing me apart -- when I take the action to set aside my will and let God handle the problem -- my torment subsides immediately. If I continue to stay out of my own way, then solutions begi...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

feeling them....wow i cried over a cartoon pixar "up" who does this? sounds crazy maybe, but i gotta say i am so grateful to feel anything...so laugh if you will,,,i will too...because it was amazing to cry at a cartoon. Thank You God for this gift! Grateful!

Dave R · Dave R

Narcotics Anonymous offers addicts a program of recovery that is more than just a life without drugs. Not only is this way of life better than the hell we lived, it is better than any life that we have ever known.Basic Text, p. 107=Few of us have any interest in recovering what we had before we started...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

so i finished my 4th step at the ocean...with a power greater then me behind me. it was really spiritual at the ocean as powerful as the waves are rolling up on the sand, it added a visual of HIGHER POWER!. i just thought i'd remind myself of the way we do it in n.a. JUST 4 TODAY! i found this picture i hadnt se...

deebz · deebz

So I've always heard this stuff at meetings "men with men women with women". At my home group when a new or coming back person comes in they make separate meeting lists for men and women...one has only mens numbers and the other womens. Now I might be missing something but I see nowhere in...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

i really get irritated when someone comes into the rooms and thinks they need to change a program that has been working for those of us who really work an honest program. when they have an attitude that they need to fix the program for others because they arent working their own program. i guess i just...

Dave R · Dave R

January 5Recovery at homeWe can enjoy our families in a new way and may become a credit to them instead of an embarrassment or a burden.Basic Text, p. 104=Were doing great in recovery, arent we? We go to a meeting every day, we spend every evening with our friends in the fellowship, and every weekend we...

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	i need a sponsor... (Preview) i need a sponsor ... someone that will hold me accountable and call me on my bs	kawohni	1	292	Jan 17, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT January 16 Make that call! (Preview) We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected.... [But] our fellow members do understand us.Basic Text, p. 32=We need our fellow NA memberstheir experience, their friendship, their laughter, their guidance, and much, much more. Yet many of us hesitate to...	Dave R	0	233	Jan 16, 2012 by Dave R
	Advice Needed - A Sponsor I can't talk to (Preview) Hello, Everyone! Today is my 11th day clean and in recovery. On my first day in the program, I went to 5 meetings. There was a lady who shared at two of those meeting, and it seemed that she would make a good sponsor for me. She has several years of clean time, and seemed to know a good deal about how the progra...	Christy C	5	504	Jan 15, 2012 by Strength1997
	i just wanted to share some good stuff (Preview) Hi everyone...it's me kelly. i just wanted to share some of the gifts i have been receiving the last couple weeks....anyways a couple of months ago i shared here about wanting to rebuild a relationship with my son who was returning from afganistan...maybe you remember? well i'm very happy to say th...	kellyrae428	0	197	Jan 15, 2012 by kellyrae428
	JFT January 15 Fear (Preview) We grow to feel comfortable with our Higher Power as a source of strength. As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life.Basic Text, p. 25=Powerless as we are, living on self-will is a frightening, unmanageable experience. In recovery, we have turned our will and our lives...	Dave R	0	325	Jan 15, 2012 by Dave R
	Support for families? (Preview) I'm new. My husband is on prescription narcotics due to abdominal surgeries. A physician friend told me that some of his behaviors indicate that he is addicted. Is there a forum or chat room for family members?	Grace3	1	275	Jan 14, 2012 by nezyb
	A Day At A Time - January 14 A Day At A Time Meditations Inspirations January 14 (Preview) A Day At A Time January 14, 2012 Reflection For The Day I admitted that I couldn't win the booze and chemical battle on my own. So I finally began to accept the critically important fact that dependence on a Higher Power could help me achieve what had always seemed impossible. I stopped running. I sto...	Meditation Man	0	235	Jan 14, 2012 by Meditation Man
	grateful for a new year (Preview) 2012 has been so good to me so far i can't comlain health problems are even gettign etter adding a few supplement to stop some of the pain meds are a bit hard to absorb after the stupid gastric bypass but i am coming theu clean and doing well learning to live not so much in isolation as anxiety sseems to fade i...	Manon	1	480	Jan 14, 2012 by cdbuckberry
	sometimes i feel like i'm getting nowhere... (Preview) I have been having this behavior pattern the last two years. I get clean, go to meetings, have a sponsor, work on steps...then after so much time has passed; I relapse. I joined the program in '07. My life has gotten better and the time betwwen relapsing has been the longest ever last time. But, I always...	athena	8	663	Jan 14, 2012 by athena
	Starting the new year without a loved one Jessica (Preview) I have recently lost my little brother at the age of 20. He died October 20th, 2011 of a heroin overdose. It is really hard for me to handle this, so I have been doing the only thing I know how to do and thats just block it. Me and my little brother were very close, he was my only true blood brother, he also left b...	McHugh_gurl17	3	632	Jan 14, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT January 14 A loving God (Preview) Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us.... The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves.Basic Text, p. 24=Weve been told that we can believe in any kind of Higher Power we want as long as it is loving and, of course, greater than ourselves....	Dave R	0	229	Jan 14, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT January 13 Surrender to win (Preview) Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat.Basic Text, p. 22=Complete defeatwhat a concept! That must mean surrender. Surrenderto give up absolutely. To quit with no reservations. To put up our hands and quit fighting. Maybe to put up our hand at our first meeting...	Dave R	0	263	Jan 13, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT January 12 Spiritual awakenings (Preview) Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps...Step Twelve=How will I know when I have had a spiritual awakening? For many of us, a spiritual awakening comes gradually. Perhaps our first spiritual awareness is as simple as a new appreciation for life. Maybe one day well suddenly...	Dave R	0	207	Jan 12, 2012 by Dave R
	Babies at a closed meeting (Preview) Hello all, we are having an issue in our town. There is a closed meeting located in walking distance to an all women's facility. The women have been walking to the meeting with their toddlers and have been informed it is a closed meeting and they can't bring their babies. Only one person is having an issu...	Strength1997	12	846	Jan 11, 2012 by kellyrae428
	spiritual growth pic (Preview)	kellyrae428	3	286	Jan 11, 2012 by Raman
	Dental care, but beware ! (Preview) you know ,, I went to the dentist for a false tooth replacement. A false tooth had chipped off when I was eating with NA pals. A tooth had to be extracted and was not painful at that moment because of local anesthesia. But the pain came on strong when it wore off half an hour later. I was forced to take parace...	Raman	0	222	Jan 11, 2012 by Raman
	JFT January 11 Faith (Preview) As we develop faith in our daily lives, we find that our Higher Power supplies us with the strength and guidance that we need.Basic Text, p. 94=Some of us come into recovery very frightened and insecure. We feel weak and alone. We are uncertain of our direction and dont know where to go for answers....	Dave R	0	266	Jan 11, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT January 10 Gratitude (Preview) Im very grateful to have come to believe.IP No. 21, The Loner=Belief in a Higher Power can make all the difference when the going gets tough! When things dont go our way in recovery, our sponsor may direct us to make a gratitude list. When we do, we should include our faith in a Power greater than ours...	Dave R	1	221	Jan 10, 2012 by avid
	Guidance (Preview) Pill Addicted for the better part of 6 yrs. I have no idea who I am sober. I feel alone and beaten by my addiction. Keeps pulling me back even with the cry, screaming,puking,the cold sweats it doesn't matter. It's never satisfied. I need guidance on where to go, how to be but most importantly how to beat th...	Mike D	6	295	Jan 9, 2012 by kellyrae428
	JFT January 9 Returning our sponsor's kindness (Preview) Our earliest involvements with others often begin with our sponsor.Basic Text, p. 57=Our sponsors can be abundant sources of recovery information, wisdom, and loving words. Theyve done so much for us. From the late night telephone calls to the hours spent listening to our recovery writing, t...	Dave R	0	255	Jan 9, 2012 by Dave R
	i need all the advice I can recieve on dealing with my boyfriend's opiate addiction.. (Preview) I would like to try and keep this short but I feel it is neccasary to give some history in order to get a fair assessment.. I am 29 y/o, and in my early 20s for about 4 years I had a bad benzo addiction, and until i lost a friend & hit my own rock bottom, I got myself clean.. fast foward a year and half of sobrie...	tara b	7	481	Jan 8, 2012 by kellyrae428
	JFT January 8 Growing up (Preview) Our spiritual condition is the basis for a successful recovery that offers unlimited growth.Basic Text, p. 44=When our members celebrate their recovery anniversaries, they often say that theyve grown up in NA. Well, then, we think, what does that mean? We start to wonder if were grownups yet....	Dave R	1	282	Jan 8, 2012 by athena
	JFT January 6 "How does it work?" (Preview) January 6How does it work?I used to think that I had all the answers, but today I am glad that I dont.=What are the two favorite words of most addicts? I know! Unfortunately, many of us arrive in NA thinking we have all the answers. We have a lot of knowledge about whats wrong with us. But in and of itse...	Dave R	1	311	Jan 7, 2012 by Mike M
	A Day At A Time - January 6, 2012 A Day At A Time January 6 Meditations Inspirations (Preview) A Day At A Time January 6, 2012 Reflection For The Day When I finally convince myself to let go of a problem that's been tearing me apart -- when I take the action to set aside my will and let God handle the problem -- my torment subsides immediately. If I continue to stay out of my own way, then solutions begi...	Meditation Man	3	321	Jan 7, 2012 by kellyrae428
	emotions... (Preview) feeling them....wow i cried over a cartoon pixar "up" who does this? sounds crazy maybe, but i gotta say i am so grateful to feel anything...so laugh if you will,,,i will too...because it was amazing to cry at a cartoon. Thank You God for this gift! Grateful!	kellyrae428	5	426	Jan 7, 2012 by kellyrae428
	JFT January 7 "Recovery" (Preview) Narcotics Anonymous offers addicts a program of recovery that is more than just a life without drugs. Not only is this way of life better than the hell we lived, it is better than any life that we have ever known.Basic Text, p. 107=Few of us have any interest in recovering what we had before we started...	Dave R	1	212	Jan 7, 2012 by Christy C
	higher power behind me... (Preview) so i finished my 4th step at the ocean...with a power greater then me behind me. it was really spiritual at the ocean as powerful as the waves are rolling up on the sand, it added a visual of HIGHER POWER!. i just thought i'd remind myself of the way we do it in n.a. JUST 4 TODAY! i found this picture i hadnt se...	kellyrae428	4	282	Jan 7, 2012 by avid
	Separating the sexes at meetings...???? (Preview) So I've always heard this stuff at meetings "men with men women with women". At my home group when a new or coming back person comes in they make separate meeting lists for men and women...one has only mens numbers and the other womens. Now I might be missing something but I see nowhere in...	deebz	23	782	Jan 7, 2012 by Raman
	some people irritate the crap out of me.... (Preview) i really get irritated when someone comes into the rooms and thinks they need to change a program that has been working for those of us who really work an honest program. when they have an attitude that they need to fix the program for others because they arent working their own program. i guess i just...	kellyrae428	7	690	Jan 5, 2012 by kellyrae428
	JFT January 5 Recovery at home (Preview) January 5Recovery at homeWe can enjoy our families in a new way and may become a credit to them instead of an embarrassment or a burden.Basic Text, p. 104=Were doing great in recovery, arent we? We go to a meeting every day, we spend every evening with our friends in the fellowship, and every weekend we...	Dave R	1	231	Jan 5, 2012 by MIKEF
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