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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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**Christmas Card Request**
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Hello and Happy Holiday Season,Every December I ask everyone who is listed on the Miracles In Progress message boards to help me bring a awesomely memoriable Holiday to the many newcomers in the Miracles In Progress Recovery Houses by simply sending each house member a Holiday Card, and signing it...
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JFT December 12 Fear of change
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By working the steps, we come to accept a Higher Powers will.... We lose our fear of the unknown. We are set free.Basic Text, p. 16=Life is a series of changes, both large and small. Although we may know and accept this fact intellectually, chances are that our initial emotional reaction to chang...
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Step Two - Step Work Board
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Hi Everyone, We are now on Step Two, on the Step Work Board. Please use the link below to join us there and participate in the Step Work discussion. We simply ask that you only respond in the 12 step group area you are aligned with, and you stay focused on the current step being addressed. You can ask que...
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JFT December 11 Misery is optional
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No one is forcing us to give up our misery.Basic Text, p. 29=Its funny to remember how reluctant we once were to surrender to recovery. We seemed to think we had wonderful, fulfilling lives as using addicts and that giving up our drugs would be worse than serving a life sentence at hard labor. In rea...
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does anybody here post on fb?
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Help with Skype
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I've noticed there's more and more interest in using Skype to conduct NA meetings. I recently acquired this laptop that came with Skype pre-installed, but I don't know anyone else who has it or knows how to use it. I'd be very interested if someone who is familiar with it could help me out at little. I h...
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New here
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Hi, I'm Jo, recovering addict. I'm new to this board and not sure how it works. I posted a reply on the topic of chronic pain and addiction, sharing my experience, but I was informed that it was spam. Are there any guidelines for posting? I'm trying not to take it personally, but I am disappointed. Jo
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JFT December 10 Winners
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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...
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JFT December 9 Listening
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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...
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reminding myself today
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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...
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Spiritual Matters!
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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...
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JFT December 8 Calling a defect a defect
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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...
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JFT December 7 Surviving our emotions
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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...
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I'm new here.
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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...
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