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JFT November 24 Gratefully recovering
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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...
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL
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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!
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need someone to talk to that is not my enabling husband! :)
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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!
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just checking in
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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...
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JFT November 23 God's will
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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...
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Living The Program
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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...
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life on lifes terms...
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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...
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I am feeling hopeless
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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
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JFT November 22 Foundation first
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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...
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Morning!
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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 ,...
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my son is home from afganistan,,,
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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!
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November 21 Letting our defects go
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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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Welp i went to church yesterday
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I'd been there twice before a few months back, really enjoyed the pastor with a great sense of humor and a good message, I went with my ex girfriend who's becoming a christian, and we've been back and forth since and its still not working out. So anyhow i've had a resentment against religion lately, ang...
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How times change.....
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It was just about a year ago that my world started to cave in on me, my gig was just about up. My husband had been telling me for a couple of years how sick I was, that I was killing myself, that I had to stop or he was going to leave. So I'd stop for a while, or hide it better (yeah, right  ), but I always went back...
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OUR BEST THINKING GOT US HERE....
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OUR BEST THINKING GOT US HERE.... That is one of the first things i heard in the rooms of n.a. and it seemed to be what i call a clarity statement . For one reason or another we come to n.a. but there is one reason that i keep coming back...because my best thinking wasnt good enough...my thinking was cloude...
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JFT November 20 Finding fulfillment
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We werent oriented toward fulfillment; we focused on the emptiness and worthlessness of it all.Basic Text, p. 89=There were probably hundreds of times in our active addiction when we wished we could become someone else. We may have wished we could trade places with someone who owned a nice car or...
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checking in
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HELLO EVERYONE..HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN AWHILE...ALL IS WELL WITH ME..LIFE IS STILL WONDERFUL AND SO GRATEFUL TO BE CLEAN..I TURNED 50 YEARS OLD YESTERDAY..STILL AT AWE..THAT NOT ONLY I AM CLEAN..BUT THE LOVE THAT I CONTINUE TO RECEIVE..I AM GRATEFUL..WISHING EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU A WONDERFUL JOU...
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My first day
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Last night I decided to stop with the pain meds I've been taking and abusing. I need help, man. I don't want to live this way. I don't want to be an addict. But I don't know if I'm strong enough to do it. I need to talk with people who know what I'm going through and how to get better. I need your help.
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JFT November 19 The language of empathy
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...the addict would find from the start as much identification as each needed to convince himself that he could stay clean, by the example of others who had recovered for many years.Basic Text, p. 88=Many of us attended our first meeting and, not being entirely sure that NA was for us, found much to c...
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Are the NA Basic Texts 5th and 6th editions causing a dilemma in NA?
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Are the NA Basic Texts 5th and 6th editions causing a dilemma in NA? Are the NA Basic Texts 5th and 6th editions diluting/blurring the clarity of the NA message.? _____________________________________________ NA,,BASIC TEXT,5th EDITION,,,, PG.189,,DRINKING ALCOHOL,, PG.174,,ALCOHOLICS,...
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does anybody go to the meetings?
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I clicked on the link for the 10p.m. meeting and i was the only one there. so i'm wondering do the on line meetings go on any longer?
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feeling very grateful today...
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im very grateful that im clean today. im grateful that i am able to hold my self accountable and live in the moment. im grateful for second chances as a cancer survivor this year i am given a second chance to live. im grateful that i have grandchildren whom i see everyday and not from the other side of a lo...
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daily check in
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hello my name is kelly and of course i am an addict... does anyone feel like me? i know that im not the only one who feels like i let my life get away...i used for the better part of my life beginning at the age of 13 and i continued to live my addiction for 38 years as it was normal. But now that ive had some ti...
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JFT November 18 Self-discovery
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The Tenth Step can help us correct our living problems and prevent their recurrence.Basic Text, p. 42=Our identities, how we think and feel, have been shaped by our experiences. Some of our experiences have made us better people; others have caused us shame or embarrassment; all of them have inf...
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JFT November 17 Walking through pain
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We never have to use again, no matter how we feel. All feelings will eventually pass.Basic Text, p. 82=It hurts like never before. You get out of bed after a sleepless night, talk to God, and still dont feel any better. It will pass, a little voice tells you. When? you wonder, as you pace and mutter...
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Help Please
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I am new to all of this. I want to start a new life without my addiction to a prescription drug. Someone please help me to get started, I am lost. Thanks Kacie
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job market
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i'm new to this so pls bear with me. after getting clean (i have 7 months) i moved back home with my partner who has decided to try again. great right? well, i got here about a month ago and aside from a part-time job, i'm having trouble finding a real job. that really effects my self-esteem not to mention th...
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waiting for my son to come home from afganistan...
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hi again i'm kelly and i am an addict. so i thought i'd share alittle about how i'm feeling and maybe get some feedback from all of you that care to give some.. so my son is coming home any day now from the war, i am so excited about this as there hasnt been a day that hes been over there in afganistan that i have...
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JFT November 16 Alone no more
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We gradually and carefully pull ourselves out of the isolation and loneliness of addiction and into the mainstream of life.Basic Text, p. 37=Many of us spent much of our using time alone, avoiding other peopleespecially people who were not usingat all costs. After years of isolation, trying to...
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Thank God for N.A.
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hi my name is kelly and i Am an addict. i havent gone to a meeting for a couple months but i came across this link on facebook for online 12 step programs and i am so grateful. i've just moved to md. from ca. and meetings are alittle too far to travel to here without a vehicle. anyways i cherish the rooms of n....
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