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Sober and clean Rosie · Sober and clean Rosie

The book ,It works how and why. Trad.11 pg.208 Each of us has our own life,our own words and our own story,all adding dimension and color to the message of our fellowship. After reading this NA tradition quote. Question ,Should NA members feel free to use thier own words? YES or NO Question,After readi...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

well its just another day, nothing to exciting happeningbut its another day clean and that makes this day new and fresh and worth so much. im sitting on the back porch watching my grandchildren play in the yard...and when i think back to the days i was sitting in a room all by myself wearing the same clot...

jmc · jmc

I try to enter the meeting but get security errors, the a java error. I can join other forums using java ok. what do I need to do?

gallagher · gallagher

November 29, 2011Our Higher Power's carePage 347 "We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us." Basic Text, p. 58 Our program is based on the idea that the application of simple principles can produce profound effects in our lives. One such principle is that, if we ask, our Higher...

Dave R · Dave R

We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us.Basic Text, p. 58=Our program is based on the idea that the application of simple principles can produce profound effects in our lives. One such principle is that, if we ask, our Higher Power will care for us. Because this principle is so basic,...

Mike M · Mike M

December 16, 2010 I discovered this forum. No, my Higher Power guided me here. I want to thank you all for being here. This is where it's become a habit to start each day no matter what's happening. I thank you for helping me make it to today, 11/27/2011, my 31st NA Birthday. Damn crazy to even think. I'm a h...

BigV · BigV

just a few days ago obsession swept threw me like fire I almost lost it all, the clall I made to the connection wasn't answered so I got in the shower under the cleansing water and talked with God, asked no I pleaded for the obsession to be removed by the time I stepped out of the shower it was but I felt a great...

amanda56258 · amanda56258

So Thanksgiving wasn't as bad as I expected. That's usually the way it goes. Thank God for NA. I had my escape plan in place and used it! :) My husband and I brought a meeting into the jail on Thanksgiving night. It was so spiritual... the guys in the jail had some serious GRATITUDE! It rocked! The g...

Raman · Raman

I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, what a wonderful world I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Are also on...

JoeB · JoeB

Just stopping by to say hello. Sorry I haven't posted in a while!

Dave R · Dave R

To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves.Basic Text, p. 36=Humility is a puzzling concept. We know a lot about humiliation, but humility is a new idea. It sounds suspiciously like groveling, bowing, and scraping. But thats not what humility is at all. True humility is, s...

John · John

http://stepwork.activeboard.comHi Fellow NA Members!We are working on bringing our Step Work Board to the forefront of this site again. This is where newcomers can learn about each of the 12 steps and old timers can share their experience, strength and hope related to them.This week we are sta...

una · una

hi everyone, just found this forum, so grateful it exists. i got clean in june 1999 and am still clean. i moved over here with my partner four years ago. i love it here. i am struggling here as i cant seem to get to grips with the lingo h and i stopped going to meeting. i seem to have every excuse not to go.there...

Dave R · Dave R

At times during our recovery, the decision to ask for Gods help is our greatest source of strength and courage.Basic Text, p. 26=When we take the Third Step, we decide to allow a loving Higher Power to guide us and care for us in our daily lives. We make the decision to allow this guidance and care into...

MIKEF · MIKEF

Morning and blessings of this day! Holidays are not always joyous and happy for all,but every day free of active addiction is always better than living in the grip...........If no one has told you they love you today, well I do....Pay it forward, help someone today and in God's (of your understandin...

Dave R · Dave R

A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take the time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow.IP No. 8, Just for Today=Responsibility, responsibilitythe responsibilities of life are everywhere. Were supposed to wear seat belts. Wer...

Dave R · Dave R

Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us.Basic Text, p. 46-47=As our recovery progresses, we often reflect on what brought us to Narcotics Anonymous in the first place and are able to appreciate how much the quality of our lives h...

amanda56258 · amanda56258

The holidays are typically a rough time of year for most folks. My favorite meetings are the ones that land on holidays. It seems that only the die-hards and those REALLY needing a meeting are there. It's my favorite! Snow storms are my favorite, too. We only live about 8 blocks from the meeting, so...

Dave R · Dave R

We entertained the thought that staying clean was not paying off, and the old thinking stirred up self-pity, resentment, and anger.Basic Text, p.102=There are days when some of us wallow in self-pity. Its easy to do. We may have expectations about how our lives should be in recovery, expectati...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

jUST WANTED TO WISH ALL A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING! aND TOn say i'm very GRATEFUL TO ALL THE TURKEYS WHO GAVE THEir lives to make these holidays what they are....YUMMY!

towey · towey

Hi everyone, I am new here, I am addicted to many things, and I need others to talk to. I keep leaving AA and relapsing, my husband hates AA and hates when I am in there, I truly love him but just want to talk to others who are addicts, please help me, I can be a good friend, sober!

Manon · Manon

thought I would give a quick update the relationship is still going strong to my suprise I am in awe of self as each day I learn to love me more as weell as him I know I am not as active as I used to be I have found a chat client that allows me to make friens so that I don't have to deal with alot of ppl and not isolate b...

Dave R · Dave R

The relief of letting go and letting God helps us develop a life that is worth living.Basic Text, p. 26=In our addiction, we were afraid of what might happen if we didnt control everything around us. Many of us made up elaborate lies to protect our use of drugs. Some of us manipulated everyone aroun...

Seeker · Seeker

Hi Fellow Brothers and sister's around the world. My Names Ridhwaan. I am a recovering addict who has been absinent from drugs/alchol for 6 month's n 4 day's. It's been a hectic journey 2 say the least, walking in2 a treatement center shattered and broken, moving from a place of dispair in2 a space of di...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

my youngest son (22) phoned me the other night and was upset because he isant finding a job like so many others. But he was going on about how it would be so much better to just start selling drugs like i would do to make ends meet he commented on how it worked for me...i had to laugh at him and let him know exac...

Jana · Jana

I have recently took myself of prescriptions drugs about a month ago and I am using willpower to stay clean. I just mentally feel like I am not progressing and it makes me feel hopeless. Can anyone give me any advice

Dave R · Dave R

As we begin to function in society, our creative freedom helps us sort our priorities and do the basic things first.Basic Text, p. 86=No sooner do we get clean than some of us begin putting other priorities ahead of our recovery. Careers, families, relationshipsall these are part of the life we fi...

MIKEF · MIKEF

Welcome to all,especially newcomers or those just starting to come around.I see we are back to 'GROUNDHOGS DAY" in some of our communications,been away for a minute.Today I thank my Higher Power,whom I choose to call God,for another opportunity to remain teachable, to practice tolerance ,...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

i got a call from him tonight and he is back on u.s. soil. our call was brief but full of love and hope. He is looking forward to seeing me when he gets back to md. my heart is feeling a whole lot less lighter tonight and can't wait to give him a big fat hug! i'm grateful and i'm blessed!

Dave R · Dave R

If [character defects] contributed to our health and happiness, we would not have come to such a state of desperation.Basic Text, p. 35=Getting started on the Sixth and Seventh Steps isnt always easy. We may feel as though we have so much wrong with us that we are totally defective. We might feel l...

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	Questions for the NA Purists (Preview) The book ,It works how and why. Trad.11 pg.208 Each of us has our own life,our own words and our own story,all adding dimension and color to the message of our fellowship. After reading this NA tradition quote. Question ,Should NA members feel free to use thier own words? YES or NO Question,After readi...	Sober and clean Rosie	7	543	Nov 30, 2011 by athena
	just another day... (Preview) well its just another day, nothing to exciting happeningbut its another day clean and that makes this day new and fresh and worth so much. im sitting on the back porch watching my grandchildren play in the yard...and when i think back to the days i was sitting in a room all by myself wearing the same clot...	kellyrae428	9	297	Nov 30, 2011 by athena
	error trying to join on line meeting, help please... (Preview) I try to enter the meeting but get security errors, the a java error. I can join other forums using java ok. what do I need to do?	jmc	3	213	Nov 29, 2011 by athena
	Just for today (Preview) November 29, 2011Our Higher Power's carePage 347 "We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us." Basic Text, p. 58 Our program is based on the idea that the application of simple principles can produce profound effects in our lives. One such principle is that, if we ask, our Higher...	gallagher	0	194	Nov 29, 2011 by gallagher
	JFT November 29 Our higher power's care (Preview) We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us.Basic Text, p. 58=Our program is based on the idea that the application of simple principles can produce profound effects in our lives. One such principle is that, if we ask, our Higher Power will care for us. Because this principle is so basic,...	Dave R	1	311	Nov 29, 2011 by kellyrae428
	11315 One Day at a Times (give or take for leap years:) (Preview) December 16, 2010 I discovered this forum. No, my Higher Power guided me here. I want to thank you all for being here. This is where it's become a habit to start each day no matter what's happening. I thank you for helping me make it to today, 11/27/2011, my 31st NA Birthday. Damn crazy to even think. I'm a h...	Mike M	9	372	Nov 29, 2011 by kellyrae428
	I was beyond human aide (Preview) just a few days ago obsession swept threw me like fire I almost lost it all, the clall I made to the connection wasn't answered so I got in the shower under the cleansing water and talked with God, asked no I pleaded for the obsession to be removed by the time I stepped out of the shower it was but I felt a great...	BigV	7	286	Nov 29, 2011 by MIKEF
	Grateful Weekend (Preview) So Thanksgiving wasn't as bad as I expected. That's usually the way it goes. Thank God for NA. I had my escape plan in place and used it! :) My husband and I brought a meeting into the jail on Thanksgiving night. It was so spiritual... the guys in the jail had some serious GRATITUDE! It rocked! The g...	amanda56258	2	204	Nov 29, 2011 by MIKEF
	I'm greatful for what I have, all of it ! (Preview) I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, what a wonderful world I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Are also on...	Raman	3	419	Nov 29, 2011 by Raman
	Hello everyone!!! (Preview) Just stopping by to say hello. Sorry I haven't posted in a while!	JoeB	4	238	Nov 28, 2011 by MIKEF
	JFT November 28 Being ourselves (Preview) To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves.Basic Text, p. 36=Humility is a puzzling concept. We know a lot about humiliation, but humility is a new idea. It sounds suspiciously like groveling, bowing, and scraping. But thats not what humility is at all. True humility is, s...	Dave R	2	263	Nov 28, 2011 by kellyrae428
	Step Work Board Info (Preview) http://stepwork.activeboard.comHi Fellow NA Members!We are working on bringing our Step Work Board to the forefront of this site again. This is where newcomers can learn about each of the 12 steps and old timers can share their experience, strength and hope related to them.This week we are sta...	John	2	281	Nov 28, 2011 by Raman
	new to forum (Preview) hi everyone, just found this forum, so grateful it exists. i got clean in june 1999 and am still clean. i moved over here with my partner four years ago. i love it here. i am struggling here as i cant seem to get to grips with the lingo h and i stopped going to meeting. i seem to have every excuse not to go.there...	una	4	261	Nov 28, 2011 by Tahir
	JFT November 27 Seeking God's help (Preview) At times during our recovery, the decision to ask for Gods help is our greatest source of strength and courage.Basic Text, p. 26=When we take the Third Step, we decide to allow a loving Higher Power to guide us and care for us in our daily lives. We make the decision to allow this guidance and care into...	Dave R	0	199	Nov 27, 2011 by Dave R
	Holidays can be...... (Preview) Morning and blessings of this day! Holidays are not always joyous and happy for all,but every day free of active addiction is always better than living in the grip...........If no one has told you they love you today, well I do....Pay it forward, help someone today and in God's (of your understandin...	MIKEF	3	214	Nov 26, 2011 by BigV
	JFT November 26 Responsibility (Preview) A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take the time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow.IP No. 8, Just for Today=Responsibility, responsibilitythe responsibilities of life are everywhere. Were supposed to wear seat belts. Wer...	Dave R	0	224	Nov 26, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT November 25 Meditation (Preview) Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us.Basic Text, p. 46-47=As our recovery progresses, we often reflect on what brought us to Narcotics Anonymous in the first place and are able to appreciate how much the quality of our lives h...	Dave R	0	202	Nov 25, 2011 by Dave R
	The holidays... (Preview) The holidays are typically a rough time of year for most folks. My favorite meetings are the ones that land on holidays. It seems that only the die-hards and those REALLY needing a meeting are there. It's my favorite! Snow storms are my favorite, too. We only live about 8 blocks from the meeting, so...	amanda56258	3	267	Nov 24, 2011 by Raman
	JFT November 24 Gratefully recovering (Preview) We entertained the thought that staying clean was not paying off, and the old thinking stirred up self-pity, resentment, and anger.Basic Text, p.102=There are days when some of us wallow in self-pity. Its easy to do. We may have expectations about how our lives should be in recovery, expectati...	Dave R	0	212	Nov 24, 2011 by Dave R
	HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL (Preview) jUST WANTED TO WISH ALL A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING! aND TOn say i'm very GRATEFUL TO ALL THE TURKEYS WHO GAVE THEir lives to make these holidays what they are....YUMMY!	kellyrae428	2	220	Nov 24, 2011 by Raman
	need someone to talk to that is not my enabling husband! :) (Preview) Hi everyone, I am new here, I am addicted to many things, and I need others to talk to. I keep leaving AA and relapsing, my husband hates AA and hates when I am in there, I truly love him but just want to talk to others who are addicts, please help me, I can be a good friend, sober!	towey	15	567	Nov 23, 2011 by bduck40
	just checking in (Preview) thought I would give a quick update the relationship is still going strong to my suprise I am in awe of self as each day I learn to love me more as weell as him I know I am not as active as I used to be I have found a chat client that allows me to make friens so that I don't have to deal with alot of ppl and not isolate b...	Manon	3	243	Nov 23, 2011 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 23 God's will (Preview) The relief of letting go and letting God helps us develop a life that is worth living.Basic Text, p. 26=In our addiction, we were afraid of what might happen if we didnt control everything around us. Many of us made up elaborate lies to protect our use of drugs. Some of us manipulated everyone aroun...	Dave R	0	229	Nov 23, 2011 by Dave R
	Living The Program (Preview) Hi Fellow Brothers and sister's around the world. My Names Ridhwaan. I am a recovering addict who has been absinent from drugs/alchol for 6 month's n 4 day's. It's been a hectic journey 2 say the least, walking in2 a treatement center shattered and broken, moving from a place of dispair in2 a space of di...	Seeker	3	269	Nov 22, 2011 by kellyrae428
	life on lifes terms... (Preview) my youngest son (22) phoned me the other night and was upset because he isant finding a job like so many others. But he was going on about how it would be so much better to just start selling drugs like i would do to make ends meet he commented on how it worked for me...i had to laugh at him and let him know exac...	kellyrae428	2	577	Nov 22, 2011 by avid
	I am feeling hopeless (Preview) I have recently took myself of prescriptions drugs about a month ago and I am using willpower to stay clean. I just mentally feel like I am not progressing and it makes me feel hopeless. Can anyone give me any advice	Jana	2	373	Nov 22, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT November 22 Foundation first (Preview) As we begin to function in society, our creative freedom helps us sort our priorities and do the basic things first.Basic Text, p. 86=No sooner do we get clean than some of us begin putting other priorities ahead of our recovery. Careers, families, relationshipsall these are part of the life we fi...	Dave R	0	290	Nov 22, 2011 by Dave R
	Morning! (Preview) Welcome to all,especially newcomers or those just starting to come around.I see we are back to 'GROUNDHOGS DAY" in some of our communications,been away for a minute.Today I thank my Higher Power,whom I choose to call God,for another opportunity to remain teachable, to practice tolerance ,...	MIKEF	1	185	Nov 21, 2011 by amanda56258
	my son is home from afganistan,,, (Preview) i got a call from him tonight and he is back on u.s. soil. our call was brief but full of love and hope. He is looking forward to seeing me when he gets back to md. my heart is feeling a whole lot less lighter tonight and can't wait to give him a big fat hug! i'm grateful and i'm blessed!	kellyrae428	3	303	Nov 21, 2011 by kellyrae428
	November 21 Letting our defects go (Preview) If [character defects] contributed to our health and happiness, we would not have come to such a state of desperation.Basic Text, p. 35=Getting started on the Sixth and Seventh Steps isnt always easy. We may feel as though we have so much wrong with us that we are totally defective. We might feel l...	Dave R	0	708	Nov 21, 2011 by Dave R
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