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Total control = Out of control
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Clean Anniversary - 22 years today
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The journey has been long, and it has been hard...But the adventure of living life, each day has been worth it.I've learned and I'm still teachable, I have grown, but still growing,I do not seek an applause, for to do so would be the same as applauding a cowboy with hemroids for not riding his horse any m...
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had an amazing visit from my son but...
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so yesterday my son and daughter in law came to visit me. it was the the first time since they were married earlier in the yr. and the first time also since his return from afganistan..and it was a very nice visit for as few hours and it was truely a warm visit. i was hi with joy and happiness. after they...
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JFT December 23 New ideas
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We reevaluate our old ideas so we can become acquainted with the new ideas that lead to a new way of life.Basic Text, p. 94=Learning to live a new way of life can be difficult. Sometimes, when the going gets especially hard, were tempted to follow the path of least resistance and live by our old ideas a...
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JFT December 22 A new way to live
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When at the end of the road we find that we can no longer function as a human being, either with or without drugs, we all face the same dilemma.... Either go on as best we can to the bitter endsjails, institutions, or deathor find a new way to live.Basic Text, p. 87=What was the worst aspect of active add...
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JUST FOR TODAY!
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BLESSINGS OF THIS DAY.... I can truly identify with Holiday periods not always being merry and full of cheer. For years ,as I was caught in the grip,absent from life,compulsed and obsessed by getting the next one, ALL about me, the CORE of our illness "self-centeredness" taking front sta...
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PAYING IT FORWARD!
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Good Morning! Today I want to pay forward the love I feel from my Higher Power to you,feeling truly blessed as my eyes were opened another day free of active drug addiction and ready to "go to work' through the application of spiritual principles in actions, attitudes and behaviors of my life ,gu...
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family illness
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found out about an hour ago that my mom had a stroke! wow!!! when i was in counseling groups, i remember the counselor saying that bad things are going to happen in ours lives but we have to learn how to deal with things clean. all of those classes must be paying off because, believe it or not, the last thing...
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JFT December 20 Overcoming self-obsession
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In living the steps, we begin to let go of our self-obsession.Basic Text, p. 97=Many of us came to the program convinced that our feelings, our wants, and our needs were of the utmost importance to everyone. We had practiced a lifetime of self-seeking, self-centered behavior and believed it was t...
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meeting topic help?! ASAP
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I still consider myself a newcomer to meetings. ill celebrate 1 year on the 18th...but thats not important, what i need help from anyone willing is I offered to chair for the month of december at my home group and the chair has to bring a topic each week. I wanted to maybe do a topic on gossiping and how we do...
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JFT December 21 Acceptance and change
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Freedom to change seems to come after acceptance of ourselves.Basic Text, p. 58=Fear and denial are the opposites of acceptance. None of us are perfect, even in our own eyes; all of us have certain traits that, given the chance, we would like to change. We sometimes become overwhelmed when conte...
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An Update Is All :-)
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Hi Family! I haven''t been here for awhile, not that I don't want to be here...I do. I just don't have Internet service anymore. I had to make a decision earlier last month on Internet or Vehicle Insurance. I couldn't afford both. I chose my Vehicle Insurance. I still have my websites up and going a...
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alternatives to narcotics for wisdom teeth surgery
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I was a serious IV opiate user for a very long time and I have not used any for over a year and have gotten my life back on track. I just found out I need my wisdom teeth removed and the doctor wants to give me demerol (a synthetic opiate) in the beginning of the surgery and vicodin afterwards. I have called aro...
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JFT December 19 Walking the way we talk
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Words mean nothing until we put them into action.Basic Text, p. 58=The Twelfth Step reminds us to practice these principles in all our affairs. In NA, we see living examples of this suggestion all around us. The more experienced members, who seem to have an aura of peace surrounding them, demons...
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JFT December 18 The message of our meetings
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The fact that we, each and every group, focus on carrying the message provides consistency; addicts can count on us.Basic Text, p. 68=Tales of our antics in active addiction may be funny. Stories of our old bizarre reactions to life when using may be interesting. But they tend to carry the mess mo...
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Step 2 What's it mean to you?
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I have to speak tonight on the second step...any thoughts?
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Question from alanon member
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Hi everyone! I am from alanon and Have some questions.. I hope i dont offend anyone.. Id also like to say that I myself have been threw treatment but i was very young at time.. (sober now for 12 years) So here is my question... I have a bf that has been a heroin addict for over ten years now.. We have been toget...
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Step Two on Step Work Board! Join us!
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We're on Step Two! Join us on the StepWork Board atstepwork.activeboard.comJust click on your group's step two area, read the chairpersons lead on the step, the responses/replies to it and then share your own experience, strength and hope on it.We will start on Step ThreeSunday, Dec. 25th, 2011...
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JFT December 16 Where there's smoke
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Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases.Basic Text, p. 84=Recognizing complacency in our recovery is like seeing smoke in a room. The smoke thickens when our meeting attendance drops, contact with newcom...
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JFT December 17 Services motives
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Everything that occurs in the course of NA service must be motivated by the desire to more successfully carry the message of recovery to the addict who still suffers.Basic Text, p. xxvi=Our motives are often a surprise to us. In our early days of recovery, they were almost always a surprise! Weve...
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What was the original purpose of the Clarity statement?
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There is a battle going on at my homegroup (where I am the secretary), if the clarity statement should be read or not. A few people identify themselves as addicts and alcoholics and others are turned off by this. At the last biz meeting a member made a motion to add the Clarity statement to our opening rea...
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WELCOME!
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WELCOME! To another day of life..If you are new here or just coming around,you can take that step toward the emotional acceptance of utter defeat from active drug use and join us in our program of Narcotics Anonymous, a journey in seeking a new way to live guided by a Power greater than ourselves and thr...
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Needing cyber hug in isolation
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The loss of my auto is isolating me; anybody out there just to say hi and keep it real for today?
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OCTOBER 15TH THRU DECEMBER 21ST
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I have sitting in a tree early morning and as the sunsets for last 2 months during the Northeast BiG Game season. As we are moving to Florida in a few months This will be my last season after approx. 35 years. I had a few opportunities this year but did not take any shots for one reason or another. I am not even...
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this pretty much says it all.!
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QUIT METHING AROUND! I am "METH" I destroy homes, tear families apart. Take your children, and that's just the start. I'm more costly than diamonds, more costly than gold. The sorrow I bring is a sight to behold. If ever you need me, I'm easily found. I live all around you, in schools and in t...
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If anyone cares to listen
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Okay so i have to get this out because its just been flat out messing with my recovery for months in the back of my head and although i have tried to move past it and put focus elsewhere, it remains to slip through the cracks of my mind. And once its implanted in there im stuck with heavy depression, lack of ca...
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JFT December 15 The joy of sharing
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There is a spiritual principle of giving away what we have been given in Narcotics Anonymous in order to keep it. By helping others to stay clean, we enjoy the benefit of the spiritual wealth that we have found.Basic Text, p. 49=Time and again in our recovery, others have freely shared with us what w...
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JFT December 14 Addiction, drugs, and recovery
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Addiction is a physical, mental, and spiritual disease that affects every area of our lives.Basic Text, p. 20=Before we started using, most of us had a stereotype, a mental image of what addicts were supposed to look like. Some of us pictured a junkie robbing convenience markets for drug money. ...
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That 1000 mile stare........
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While sharing at an H&I facility late last week I couldn't help but notice that look that we all have had at one time or another(i'll keep it on me here) in our active using period.That 1000 mile stare,someone is in there and trying to get out! The main theme turned out to be from the addicts in attenda...
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JFT December 13 Membership
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There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using.Basic Text, p. 9=We all know people who could benefit from Narcotics Anonymous. Many people we encounter from all walks of lifeour family members, old friends, and coworkerscould really use a program of recovery in their li...
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