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Dave R · Dave R

I started to imitate some of the things the winners were doing. I got caught up in NA. I felt good...Basic Text, p. 153=We often hear it said in meetings that we should stick with the winners. Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Winners are easily identified. They work an active program...

Dave R · Dave R

This ability to listen is a gift and grows as we grow spiritually. Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift.Basic Text, p. 107=Have you ever watched two small children carry on a conversation? One will be talking about purple dragons while the other carries on about the disco...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

my disease started long beore i ever put any chemicals into my body. i grew up not knowing who i was supposed to be and never liked the skin i was in... and i remember the first time i used it all changed i was something or someone else..i was no longer alone with myself now life was fun and not only was i the lif...

MIKEF · MIKEF

Good Morning and blessings of this day! We are told that we suffer from an incurable disease of body ,mind and spirit.We were in the grip(are in the grip?) of a hopeless dilemma ,the solution of which is spiritual in nature. Today, as we have the "substance" put down ,we can go to work on those...

Dave R · Dave R

When we see how our defects exist in our lives and accept them, we can let go of them and get on with our new life.Basic Text, p. 35=Sometimes our readiness to have our character defects removed depends on what we call them. If misnaming our defects makes them seem less defective, we may be unable to se...

Dave R · Dave R

We use the tools available to us and develop the ability to survive our emotions.Basic Text, p. 31=Survive my emotions? some of us say. Youve got to be kidding! When we were using, we never gave ourselves the chance to learn how to survive them. You dont survive your feelings, we thoughtyou drug t...

Hanna · Hanna

This is my first time here, so I hope this works. I have been using Buprenorphine (4,8mg/day) for a year now after being on high doses of Oxycontin for approx. 5 years. Although I feel better & do more than I did before, I'm still not "living" life. I seclude myself in my house & I'm beh...

Ann_starr_2011 · Ann_starr_2011

Hello World, I am thankful to be able to say that today. I have been through alot. I have never seen a counselor, seldomly attended NA meetings, but put myself in the hands of God. I never knew how to share my story, and still do not know how. I do not know if it is just the fact that I am not ready, or I am just sca...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

is their anybody here living around fredrick maryland area that attends outside meetings? i dont have a vehicle and would really enjoy a meeting since im new to this place and will be here until jan. then i get to go back to calif. to my hometown....if so send a reply if youd be willing to pick me up for a...

John · John

Today is my belly button birthday... 53 years old... alive, vibrant, active.. kickin' ass in the rooms of recovery ... and this month I will celebrate 22 years clean, on Dec, 21st. God gave me a nice gift today... my girlfriend, who relapsed and almost died... was accepted into a treatment program thi...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

i have decided that i would like to return to school. i figured out what i want to be when i grow up and i have tons of previous experience...lol any how ive decided to get into the field of chemical dependancy counciling... does anyone have any suggestions for this journey for ex:schools and scholarsh...

athena · athena

well after a couple days of major guilt and shame, I am ready to accept the fact that I relapsed on the 1st. I am just so disgusted and angry with myself. And it's over the same shit, a reservation I have or better yet character defect whatever you want to call it: Anger. I am not even angry about the 2 years I l...

Pandora · Pandora

I am an addict of 11 years. I was addicted to crack/cocaine and meth. I have been clean for 10 weeks now and it was starting to get better but now it just seems to be getting worse. I don't know what I should do. I go to my meetings and I am in rehab I completed my in patient now I am out...

Dave R · Dave R

Relationships can be a terribly painful area.Basic Text, p. 82=Love is like an elixir for some of us. The excitement of a new lover, the intrigue of exploring intimacy, the sense of release we get from allowing ourselves to become vulnerablethese are all powerful emotions. But we cant forget th...

Dave R · Dave R

We have seen the program work for any addict who honestly and sincerely wants to stop [using drugs].Basic Text, p. 10=How do we know when someone honestly and sincerely wants to stop using drugs? The truth is that we dont know! Because we cannot read minds or know anothers motives and desires, we s...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

so in the past few days alot of photos have been being taken, and so i, being my own worst critic, notice that i have been putting on quite a bit of weight....eewww! so today i was browsing said photos and now feeling very fat, my first thought was that i could call a friend in calif. and have her send me a sa...

Kmt0403 · Kmt0403

How did I get here, how the hell? I knew better! I knew better and still I let the doc write the Rx. I have everyone thinking this is all under control. I give my Rx of percoset to a co-worker to ration to me on a weekly basis... She doesn't know about the other 120 pills the doc gives me every month. I worked har...

athena · athena

I don't know about anyone else but when I got clean I wanted to change my life in all ways. Through my higher Power and the 12-steps I have been able to do that. The one place I feel uncomfortable these days is at meetings, when I excpressed this I was critisized by many. Then I took a look a look at the at thos...

Jojo25 · Jojo25

My name is JoJo i am 24 and struggling with this horribe addiction agian :( I had 2 1/2 years clean with no methadone nor suboxone and had a relapse then got on the methadone clinic and for some reason i been having cocaine cravings bad i been clean off the opiates since march 2011 but these cocaine cravin...

MIKEF · MIKEF

On this day ,December 2nd ,1984 ,6 months into my third marriage and the insanity of not only making the same mistakes and expecting different results,but knowing based on the evidence what the results would be I "came to" on the floor of a farm house in Rhinebeck New York, lifted my head and...

Raman · Raman

Hi Friend,Have your meditations become routine and boring?Are you wondering where that feeling of bliss and excitement went?Meditation is the backbone of any spiritual practice, but it often becomes routine.Here are a few tips to make sure you are getting the most out of your meditations:Tip #1 M...

Dave R · Dave R

We know that if we pray for Gods will we will receive what is best for us, regardless of what we think. Basic Text, p. 46 By the time we came to NA, our inner voices had become unreliable and self-destructive. Addiction had warped our desires, our interests, our sense of what was best for ourselves. That...

Dave R · Dave R

Perhaps for the first time, we see a vision of our new life.Basic Text, p. 35=In our addiction, our vision of ourselves was very limited. Each day, we went through the same routine: getting, using, and finding ways and means to get more. And thats all we could reasonably expect for the duration of o...

Dave R · Dave R

December 2Recovery: our first priorityWe have to keep our recovery first and our priorities in order.Basic Text, p. 82=Before coming to NA, we used many excuses to justify our use of drugs: He yelled at me. She said this. My partner left. I got fired. We used these same excuses for not seeking hel...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

Ive never written one before but i feel pretty good about it. i hope you all can relate. i love n.a.

Dave R · Dave R

We begin to pray only for Gods will for us. That way, we get only what we are capable of handling.Basic Text, p. 49=Imagine what might happen if God gave us everything we wanted. A fabulous new car, straight As, a triple salary raiseall ours without effort, just for the asking.Now imagine the probl...

Raman · Raman

"If people thank im an idiot, Id rather say nothing than speak out and prove them right"

John · John

Hi Everyone,As many of you know I broke both of my wrist, a hand and an elbow recently and therefore am not able to work my pressure washing and painting business right now, with one arm in a cast and the other in a particle cast. Therefore, I do not have the funds to pay all the expenses related to Miracles...

Dave R · Dave R

Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone.Basic Text, p. 85=Intimacy is the sharing of our innermost thoughts and feelings with another human being. Many of us long for the warmth and companionship intimacy brings, but those things dont come without effort. In our addictio...

LizC · LizC

it hurt a lot. Love- to remind myself that someone in this shit hole world loves me. and Hope- to never give up. just thought id share what i did on black friday

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	JFT December 10 Winners (Preview) I started to imitate some of the things the winners were doing. I got caught up in NA. I felt good...Basic Text, p. 153=We often hear it said in meetings that we should stick with the winners. Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Winners are easily identified. They work an active program...	Dave R	0	204	Dec 10, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT December 9 Listening (Preview) This ability to listen is a gift and grows as we grow spiritually. Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift.Basic Text, p. 107=Have you ever watched two small children carry on a conversation? One will be talking about purple dragons while the other carries on about the disco...	Dave R	0	208	Dec 9, 2011 by Dave R
	reminding myself today (Preview) my disease started long beore i ever put any chemicals into my body. i grew up not knowing who i was supposed to be and never liked the skin i was in... and i remember the first time i used it all changed i was something or someone else..i was no longer alone with myself now life was fun and not only was i the lif...	kellyrae428	2	292	Dec 9, 2011 by Raman
	Spiritual Matters! (Preview) Good Morning and blessings of this day! We are told that we suffer from an incurable disease of body ,mind and spirit.We were in the grip(are in the grip?) of a hopeless dilemma ,the solution of which is spiritual in nature. Today, as we have the "substance" put down ,we can go to work on those...	MIKEF	1	290	Dec 8, 2011 by avid
	JFT December 8 Calling a defect a defect (Preview) When we see how our defects exist in our lives and accept them, we can let go of them and get on with our new life.Basic Text, p. 35=Sometimes our readiness to have our character defects removed depends on what we call them. If misnaming our defects makes them seem less defective, we may be unable to se...	Dave R	0	227	Dec 8, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT December 7 Surviving our emotions (Preview) We use the tools available to us and develop the ability to survive our emotions.Basic Text, p. 31=Survive my emotions? some of us say. Youve got to be kidding! When we were using, we never gave ourselves the chance to learn how to survive them. You dont survive your feelings, we thoughtyou drug t...	Dave R	3	399	Dec 8, 2011 by Raman
	I'm new here. (Preview) This is my first time here, so I hope this works. I have been using Buprenorphine (4,8mg/day) for a year now after being on high doses of Oxycontin for approx. 5 years. Although I feel better & do more than I did before, I'm still not "living" life. I seclude myself in my house & I'm beh...	Hanna	3	326	Dec 7, 2011 by MIKEF
	New to the online NA world. (Preview) Hello World, I am thankful to be able to say that today. I have been through alot. I have never seen a counselor, seldomly attended NA meetings, but put myself in the hands of God. I never knew how to share my story, and still do not know how. I do not know if it is just the fact that I am not ready, or I am just sca...	Ann_starr_2011	2	350	Dec 6, 2011 by MIKEF
	reaching out from the fredrick maryland area (Preview) is their anybody here living around fredrick maryland area that attends outside meetings? i dont have a vehicle and would really enjoy a meeting since im new to this place and will be here until jan. then i get to go back to calif. to my hometown....if so send a reply if youd be willing to pick me up for a...	kellyrae428	0	207	Dec 6, 2011 by kellyrae428
	Birthday Month! (Preview) Today is my belly button birthday... 53 years old... alive, vibrant, active.. kickin' ass in the rooms of recovery ... and this month I will celebrate 22 years clean, on Dec, 21st. God gave me a nice gift today... my girlfriend, who relapsed and almost died... was accepted into a treatment program thi...	John	1	215	Dec 6, 2011 by MIKEF
	just checking in (Preview) i have decided that i would like to return to school. i figured out what i want to be when i grow up and i have tons of previous experience...lol any how ive decided to get into the field of chemical dependancy counciling... does anyone have any suggestions for this journey for ex:schools and scholarsh...	kellyrae428	0	186	Dec 6, 2011 by kellyrae428
	those old reservations (Preview) well after a couple days of major guilt and shame, I am ready to accept the fact that I relapsed on the 1st. I am just so disgusted and angry with myself. And it's over the same shit, a reservation I have or better yet character defect whatever you want to call it: Anger. I am not even angry about the 2 years I l...	athena	7	369	Dec 6, 2011 by Dave R
	I feel so alone (Preview) I am an addict of 11 years. I was addicted to crack/cocaine and meth. I have been clean for 10 weeks now and it was starting to get better but now it just seems to be getting worse. I don't know what I should do. I go to my meetings and I am in rehab I completed my in patient now I am out...	Pandora	5	1080	Dec 6, 2011 by Ann_starr_2011
	JFT December 6 Romance and recovery (Preview) Relationships can be a terribly painful area.Basic Text, p. 82=Love is like an elixir for some of us. The excitement of a new lover, the intrigue of exploring intimacy, the sense of release we get from allowing ourselves to become vulnerablethese are all powerful emotions. But we cant forget th...	Dave R	1	378	Dec 6, 2011 by athena
	JFT December 5 Those who want to recover (Preview) We have seen the program work for any addict who honestly and sincerely wants to stop [using drugs].Basic Text, p. 10=How do we know when someone honestly and sincerely wants to stop using drugs? The truth is that we dont know! Because we cannot read minds or know anothers motives and desires, we s...	Dave R	3	265	Dec 5, 2011 by MIKEF
	once again "first thought wrong". (Preview) so in the past few days alot of photos have been being taken, and so i, being my own worst critic, notice that i have been putting on quite a bit of weight....eewww! so today i was browsing said photos and now feeling very fat, my first thought was that i could call a friend in calif. and have her send me a sa...	kellyrae428	5	676	Dec 5, 2011 by kellyrae428
	How did I get here? (Preview) How did I get here, how the hell? I knew better! I knew better and still I let the doc write the Rx. I have everyone thinking this is all under control. I give my Rx of percoset to a co-worker to ration to me on a weekly basis... She doesn't know about the other 120 pills the doc gives me every month. I worked har...	Kmt0403	4	282	Dec 5, 2011 by AXP-Archie
	I need an answer? (Preview) I don't know about anyone else but when I got clean I wanted to change my life in all ways. Through my higher Power and the 12-steps I have been able to do that. The one place I feel uncomfortable these days is at meetings, when I excpressed this I was critisized by many. Then I took a look a look at the at thos...	athena	14	667	Dec 5, 2011 by BigV
	Just need HELP :( (Preview) My name is JoJo i am 24 and struggling with this horribe addiction agian :( I had 2 1/2 years clean with no methadone nor suboxone and had a relapse then got on the methadone clinic and for some reason i been having cocaine cravings bad i been clean off the opiates since march 2011 but these cocaine cravin...	Jojo25	9	464	Dec 5, 2011 by BigV
	Emotional/physical/mental & spiritual acceptance of utter defeat! (Preview) On this day ,December 2nd ,1984 ,6 months into my third marriage and the insanity of not only making the same mistakes and expecting different results,but knowing based on the evidence what the results would be I "came to" on the floor of a farm house in Rhinebeck New York, lifted my head and...	MIKEF	8	392	Dec 5, 2011 by dodyudia
	Are you getting the most out of your Meditation ? (Preview) Hi Friend,Have your meditations become routine and boring?Are you wondering where that feeling of bliss and excitement went?Meditation is the backbone of any spiritual practice, but it often becomes routine.Here are a few tips to make sure you are getting the most out of your meditations:Tip #1 M...	Raman	3	417	Dec 4, 2011 by Raman
	JFT December 4 God’s will, not ours (Preview) We know that if we pray for Gods will we will receive what is best for us, regardless of what we think. Basic Text, p. 46 By the time we came to NA, our inner voices had become unreliable and self-destructive. Addiction had warped our desires, our interests, our sense of what was best for ourselves. That...	Dave R	0	291	Dec 4, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT December 3 Vision without limits (Preview) Perhaps for the first time, we see a vision of our new life.Basic Text, p. 35=In our addiction, our vision of ourselves was very limited. Each day, we went through the same routine: getting, using, and finding ways and means to get more. And thats all we could reasonably expect for the duration of o...	Dave R	0	267	Dec 3, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT December 2 Recovery: our first priority (Preview) December 2Recovery: our first priorityWe have to keep our recovery first and our priorities in order.Basic Text, p. 82=Before coming to NA, we used many excuses to justify our use of drugs: He yelled at me. She said this. My partner left. I got fired. We used these same excuses for not seeking hel...	Dave R	0	205	Dec 2, 2011 by Dave R
	I POSTED MY BIOGRAPHY (Preview) Ive never written one before but i feel pretty good about it. i hope you all can relate. i love n.a.	kellyrae428	2	289	Dec 1, 2011 by FreedomDove
	JFT December 1 Life's rewards (Preview) We begin to pray only for Gods will for us. That way, we get only what we are capable of handling.Basic Text, p. 49=Imagine what might happen if God gave us everything we wanted. A fabulous new car, straight As, a triple salary raiseall ours without effort, just for the asking.Now imagine the probl...	Dave R	0	198	Dec 1, 2011 by Dave R
	Id rather say nothing,,, (Preview) "If people thank im an idiot, Id rather say nothing than speak out and prove them right"	Raman	8	471	Dec 1, 2011 by Raman
	How you can help this site today... (Preview) Hi Everyone,As many of you know I broke both of my wrist, a hand and an elbow recently and therefore am not able to work my pressure washing and painting business right now, with one arm in a cast and the other in a particle cast. Therefore, I do not have the funds to pay all the expenses related to Miracles...	John	1	1724	Nov 30, 2011 by BigV
	JFT November 30 Sharing the real me (Preview) Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone.Basic Text, p. 85=Intimacy is the sharing of our innermost thoughts and feelings with another human being. Many of us long for the warmth and companionship intimacy brings, but those things dont come without effort. In our addictio...	Dave R	0	245	Nov 30, 2011 by Dave R
	looky what i did! (Preview) it hurt a lot. Love- to remind myself that someone in this shit hole world loves me. and Hope- to never give up. just thought id share what i did on black friday	LizC	4	241	Nov 30, 2011 by athena
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