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sometimes i feel like i'm getting nowhere...
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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...
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Starting the new year without a loved one
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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...
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JFT January 14 A loving God
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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....
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JFT January 13 Surrender to win
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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...
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JFT January 12 Spiritual awakenings
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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...
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Babies at a closed meeting
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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...
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spiritual growth pic
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Dental care, but beware !
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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...
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JFT January 11 Faith
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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....
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JFT January 10 Gratitude
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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...
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Guidance
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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...
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JFT January 9 Returning our sponsor's kindness
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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...
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i need all the advice I can recieve on dealing with my boyfriend's opiate addiction..
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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...
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JFT January 8 Growing up
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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....
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JFT January 6 "How does it work?"
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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...
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A Day At A Time - January 6, 2012
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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...
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emotions...
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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!
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JFT January 7 "Recovery"
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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...
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higher power behind me...
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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...
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Separating the sexes at meetings...????
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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...
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some people irritate the crap out of me....
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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...
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JFT January 5 Recovery at home
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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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happy new years...EVERYONE!
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just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy new years. hope the new year gives you many blessings and less stress and lots of love...one day at a time....best wishes love kellyrae2011 is just about over, and i have to say it was a year that changed my life over and over again. i lost friends but i gain...
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JFT January 4 The love the fellowship
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January 4The love of the fellowshipToday, secure in the love of the fellowship, we can finally look another human being in the eye and be grateful for who we are.Basic Text, p. 92=When we were using, few of us could tolerate looking someone in the eyewe were ashamed of who we were. Our minds were not occu...
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Clean and serene, 24 years as of this day !
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thanks for being in my recovery, yall at MIP.... My gratitude speaks when I share and I care the NA Way ! -- Edited by Raman on Wednesday 21st of December 2011 04:02:58 PM
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Quote !
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Love in the air
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It's like spring time here at the recovery house... People's hearts are all atwitter with romantic inclinations and love is in the air like the smell of sweet dafodils on a warm breezy day. LOL... Can I start that over? It was just a mens recovery house but then we opened a womens house and I stro...
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JFT January 3 Our greatest need
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January 3Our greatest needWe eventually redefine our beliefs and understanding to the point where we see that our greatest need is for knowledge of Gods will for us and the strength to carry that out.Basic Text, p. 48=When we first arrived in NA, we had all kinds of ideas of what we needed. Some of us se...
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happy new years/ what are you grateful for in 2011
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as we start another year i have started it clean can't say how long lost track but doin well i have a=over 6 months i believe but i came across a song that say its never too late so if you are new to the program don't give up hope yet there will be a seat waiting for you when you are ready guess you could say we'll l...
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A Very Happy New Year all !
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Hi,, I wish you all the best of recovery in 2012 ! In this leap year, Il aim to take that leap of Faith, a ian step out into the unknown spaces in my recovery. I want to be a better recovering addict than I was in 2011 ! And I know Il have your company and support, as you'll have mine !
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