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Nikky · Nikky

Hi Family, I am in bad grief and want to know what "tools" are the best for overcoming great sadness, nearly bringing me to my knees. I guess the help i need is to deal with strong urges to use (medicate myself). I will feel better, I know, after I hear from a few of you. Thanks, Nikky

Dave R · Dave R

December 29Through others eyesWhen someone points out a shortcoming, our first reaction may be defensive.... [But] if we truly want to be free, we will take a good look at input from fellow addicts.Basic Text, p. 36=At some point in our recovery, we come to the awkward realization that the way we see...

Dave R · Dave R

Working with others is only the beginning of service work.Basic Text, p. 59=Were in recovery now. Through living the program, weve attained some stability in our lives. Our faith in a Higher Power has grown. Our individual spiritual awakening is progressing comfortably. So now what? Do we...

Raman · Raman

Time for celebrating, the whole world seems to go completely crazy at these times. Being a musician, I look forward to New Year's eve play my sax and sing and entertain. Im glad to be clean, I usually get super-connected with others in recovery at these times. As you know, these can be fun times as well...

Dave R · Dave R

...growth is not the result of wishing but of action and prayer.Basic Text, p. 37=Sometimes it seems as if our recovery is growing much too slowly. We struggle with the steps; we wrestle with the same problems; we labor under the same uncomfortable feelings day after day. We wish that recovery wo...

lovebug · lovebug

My first Post!! God it has been a long road for me to get to the point where I willing want to surrender my will to the Program. I have been doing the revolving door of meetings for seven years with little success. Total denial that my life was out of control and I was powerless over drugs. I hated the progr...

MarkJ · MarkJ

Hi everyone... I live in a recovery house/program and we have 2 NA meetings a week but I also goto AA about every day. Well, at first the whole NA meeting was optional but only 2-3 people would show up sometimes so the manager decided to make the meetings a mandatory part of the recovery program. I was a...

Dave R · Dave R

We are no longer fighting fear, anger, guilt, self-pity, or depression.Basic Text, p. 27=As addicts, many of us experience depression from time to time. When we feel depressed, we may be tempted to isolate ourselves. However, if we do this, our depression may turn to despair. We cant afford to...

Meditation Man · Meditation Man

A Day At A Time December 28 Reflection For The Day The Program, for me, is not a place nor a philosophy, but a highway to freedom. The highway leads me toward the goal of a "spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps." The highway doesn't get me to the goal as quickly as I some wish, but I t...

Dave R · Dave R

The process of coming to believe restores us to sanity. The strength to move into action comes from this belief.Basic Text, p. 25=Now that weve finally admitted our insanity and seen examples of it in all its manifestations, we might be tempted to believe that we are doomed to repeat this behavior...

Dave R · Dave R

As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life.Basic Text, p. 25=We are people accustomed to placing all our eggs in one basket. Many of us had one particular drug of choice that was our favorite. We relied on it to get us through each day and make life bearable. We were faithfu...

Dave R · Dave R

The drive for personal gain... which brought so much pain in the past falls by the wayside if we adhere to the principle of anonymity.Basic Text, p. 76=The word anonymity itself means namelessness, but theres a larger principle at work in the anonymity of the NA program: the principle of selflessn...

BigV · BigV

Love, Vini

Davethewave · Davethewave

Have you ever noticed how sometimes a meeting can be exactly what we need..... at the momoment..... to continue onward with our recovery? I was in a funk for a couple of days and was distressed to have those negative feelings welling up inside me, trying to take me down into that black hole of bad feelin...

Dave R · Dave R

The Twelfth Step of our personal program also says that we carry the message to the addict who still suffers. The group is the most powerful vehicle we have for carrying the message.Basic Text, p. 68=When we first come to Narcotics Anonymous meetings, we meet recovering addicts. We know they are a...

Meditation Man · Meditation Man

A Day At A Time December 18 Reflection For The Day I'm learning -- all too slowly, at times -- that when I give up the losing battle of trying to run my life in my own way, I gain abiding peace and deep serenity. For many of us, that learning process is a painfully slow one. Eventually, however, we understa...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

getting clean was a gift,,,a wonderful gift i received from a power greater then me and im truely blessed that i was able to remain clean one day at time because of n.a. and all the people who share the same primary purpose in the rooms without you all i would not have the gifts i recive from the experienc...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

looking back on 2011: its been up and down, forwards,backwards. stressfull and calm...it looked something like this...i ended a long time relationship, my oldest son got married, then he left for afganistan, i went to rehab, i got sober again,became homeless, i had gullbladder surgery, found ou...

BigV · BigV

Your thoughts

John · John

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...

kellyrae428 · kellyrae428

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

MIKEF · MIKEF

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...

MIKEF · MIKEF

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...

corina · corina

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

JFT17 · JFT17

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Meditation Man · Meditation Man

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...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Horrid grief...Suggestions? (Preview) Hi Family, I am in bad grief and want to know what "tools" are the best for overcoming great sadness, nearly bringing me to my knees. I guess the help i need is to deal with strong urges to use (medicate myself). I will feel better, I know, after I hear from a few of you. Thanks, Nikky	Nikky	8	527	Dec 31, 2011 by kellyrae428
	JFT December 29 Through others' eyes (Preview) December 29Through others eyesWhen someone points out a shortcoming, our first reaction may be defensive.... [But] if we truly want to be free, we will take a good look at input from fellow addicts.Basic Text, p. 36=At some point in our recovery, we come to the awkward realization that the way we see...	Dave R	1	331	Dec 31, 2011 by roses379
	JFT December 31 Being of service (Preview) Working with others is only the beginning of service work.Basic Text, p. 59=Were in recovery now. Through living the program, weve attained some stability in our lives. Our faith in a Higher Power has grown. Our individual spiritual awakening is progressing comfortably. So now what? Do we...	Dave R	0	384	Dec 31, 2011 by Dave R
	New Year's on the horizon; beware ! (Preview) Time for celebrating, the whole world seems to go completely crazy at these times. Being a musician, I look forward to New Year's eve play my sax and sing and entertain. Im glad to be clean, I usually get super-connected with others in recovery at these times. As you know, these can be fun times as well...	Raman	5	317	Dec 31, 2011 by Raman
	JFT December 30 Action and prayer (Preview) ...growth is not the result of wishing but of action and prayer.Basic Text, p. 37=Sometimes it seems as if our recovery is growing much too slowly. We struggle with the steps; we wrestle with the same problems; we labor under the same uncomfortable feelings day after day. We wish that recovery wo...	Dave R	0	306	Dec 30, 2011 by Dave R
	Back to the basics!! (Preview) My first Post!! God it has been a long road for me to get to the point where I willing want to surrender my will to the Program. I have been doing the revolving door of meetings for seven years with little success. Total denial that my life was out of control and I was powerless over drugs. I hated the progr...	lovebug	7	561	Dec 29, 2011 by MIKEF
	Mandatory smoke break issues (Preview) Hi everyone... I live in a recovery house/program and we have 2 NA meetings a week but I also goto AA about every day. Well, at first the whole NA meeting was optional but only 2-3 people would show up sometimes so the manager decided to make the meetings a mandatory part of the recovery program. I was a...	MarkJ	4	498	Dec 28, 2011 by kellyrae428
	JFT December 28 Depression (Preview) We are no longer fighting fear, anger, guilt, self-pity, or depression.Basic Text, p. 27=As addicts, many of us experience depression from time to time. When we feel depressed, we may be tempted to isolate ourselves. However, if we do this, our depression may turn to despair. We cant afford to...	Dave R	0	356	Dec 28, 2011 by Dave R
	A Day At A Time December 28 A Day At A Time December 28 (Preview) A Day At A Time December 28 Reflection For The Day The Program, for me, is not a place nor a philosophy, but a highway to freedom. The highway leads me toward the goal of a "spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps." The highway doesn't get me to the goal as quickly as I some wish, but I t...	Meditation Man	0	295	Dec 27, 2011 by Meditation Man
	JFT December 27 God could restore us to sanity (Preview) The process of coming to believe restores us to sanity. The strength to move into action comes from this belief.Basic Text, p. 25=Now that weve finally admitted our insanity and seen examples of it in all its manifestations, we might be tempted to believe that we are doomed to repeat this behavior...	Dave R	0	356	Dec 27, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT December 26 Never-failing power (Preview) As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life.Basic Text, p. 25=We are people accustomed to placing all our eggs in one basket. Many of us had one particular drug of choice that was our favorite. We relied on it to get us through each day and make life bearable. We were faithfu...	Dave R	1	373	Dec 26, 2011 by avid
	JFT December 25 Anonymity and self-will (Preview) The drive for personal gain... which brought so much pain in the past falls by the wayside if we adhere to the principle of anonymity.Basic Text, p. 76=The word anonymity itself means namelessness, but theres a larger principle at work in the anonymity of the NA program: the principle of selflessn...	Dave R	1	397	Dec 26, 2011 by Raman
	EVERYONE, have a Merry Christmas (Preview) Love, Vini	BigV	12	420	Dec 25, 2011 by Mike M
	Go to meetings, hearing just what we need... (Preview) Have you ever noticed how sometimes a meeting can be exactly what we need..... at the momoment..... to continue onward with our recovery? I was in a funk for a couple of days and was distressed to have those negative feelings welling up inside me, trying to take me down into that black hole of bad feelin...	Davethewave	2	435	Dec 24, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT December 24 The group (Preview) The Twelfth Step of our personal program also says that we carry the message to the addict who still suffers. The group is the most powerful vehicle we have for carrying the message.Basic Text, p. 68=When we first come to Narcotics Anonymous meetings, we meet recovering addicts. We know they are a...	Dave R	0	328	Dec 24, 2011 by Dave R
	A Day At A Time (Preview) A Day At A Time December 18 Reflection For The Day I'm learning -- all too slowly, at times -- that when I give up the losing battle of trying to run my life in my own way, I gain abiding peace and deep serenity. For many of us, that learning process is a painfully slow one. Eventually, however, we understa...	Meditation Man	3	456	Dec 24, 2011 by avid
	the best gift ever... (Preview) getting clean was a gift,,,a wonderful gift i received from a power greater then me and im truely blessed that i was able to remain clean one day at time because of n.a. and all the people who share the same primary purpose in the rooms without you all i would not have the gifts i recive from the experienc...	kellyrae428	2	300	Dec 24, 2011 by avid
	it is what it is...2011 (Preview) looking back on 2011: its been up and down, forwards,backwards. stressfull and calm...it looked something like this...i ended a long time relationship, my oldest son got married, then he left for afganistan, i went to rehab, i got sober again,became homeless, i had gullbladder surgery, found ou...	kellyrae428	3	491	Dec 23, 2011 by BigV
	Total control = Out of control (Preview) Your thoughts	BigV	8	555	Dec 23, 2011 by BigV
	Clean Anniversary - 22 years today (Preview) 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...	John	7	372	Dec 23, 2011 by BigV
	had an amazing visit from my son but... (Preview) 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...	kellyrae428	6	448	Dec 23, 2011 by Sonya
	JFT December 23 New ideas (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	269	Dec 23, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT December 22 A new way to live (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	395	Dec 22, 2011 by alyqat4
	JUST FOR TODAY! (Preview) 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...	MIKEF	1	501	Dec 22, 2011 by alyqat4
	PAYING IT FORWARD! (Preview) 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...	MIKEF	2	358	Dec 22, 2011 by avid
	family illness (Preview) 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...	corina	5	398	Dec 22, 2011 by alyqat4
	JFT December 20 Overcoming self-obsession (Preview) 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...	Dave R	5	333	Dec 22, 2011 by alyqat4
	meeting topic help?! ASAP (Preview) 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...	JFT17	4	427	Dec 22, 2011 by alyqat4
	JFT December 21 Acceptance and change (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	385	Dec 21, 2011 by MIKEF
	An Update Is All :-) (Preview) 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...	Meditation Man	3	441	Dec 20, 2011 by alyqat4
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