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JFT November 4 Exchanging love
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...we give love because it was given so freely to us. New frontiers are open to us as we learn how to love. Love can be the flow of life energy from one person to another.Basic Text, p. 105 =Love given, and love received, is the essence of life itself. It is the universal common denominator, connecti...
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Experiences I Don’t Understand; Hidden Gems anywhere in it ?
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Sometimes I have an experience that I dont understand;like the recurring anger with my mother. Today was another instance of meaningless anger with her. There I am enjoying a holiday with my daughter and then we decide to watch TV with ma. Maybe the serial we were watching brought up anger, or maybe it...
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happy holloween
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just a quick update... things are going well despite the manic episode still dating the same person I am not only learning bout him I am learning to love myself its been refreshing and healthy go fiure who would,ve thought its good I am happy and still clean amazing I have been shown more bout who i really...
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JFT November 3 No matter what
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We eventually have to stand on our own feet and face life on its own terms, so why not from the start?Basic Text, p. 88=Some of us feel that we should protect newcomers by telling them that, while everything used to be horrible, now that were in recovery its all wonderful. We feel that we might scare so...
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Scientist Closer to Creating Addiction Vaccine
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A shot to stop measles, the flu, Chicken Pox, HPV, Hepatitis B, Tetanusand drug addiction? Twenty-five years of intensive research and over 200 million dollars in clinical studies later, Dr. Kim Janda is slightly closer to having a vaccine to curb drug addiction.Although its uncertain if or when a...
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JFT November 2 Living with unresolved problems
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It makes a difference to have friends who care if we hurt.Basic Text, p. 56=For most of our problems, the solution is simple. We call our sponsor, pray, work the steps, or go to a meeting. But what about those situations where the burden is ongoing and theres no end in sight?Most of us know what its li...
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CHAT ROOMS
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WENT TO THE CHAT ROOMS BUT IT IS BLANK, DOWNLOADED WHAT IS SAID TO DOWNLOAD AND NOTHING HAPPENED ANYONE ELSE HAVE A PROBLEM, NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK ON THIS SITE AT ALL, DID MAKE A NEW FRIEND WHO KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH ME FROM ANOTHER NA SITE, ANYONE OUT THERE??
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meetings
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IS THE ONLY MEETING AT 10, I AM IN BED BY THEN, I NEED TO PICK MYSELF UP AND GET TO SOME OUTSIDE MEETINGS AND I GUESS IT HAS TO BE AA SINCE THE NA IS FARTHER AWAY AND ONLY 2 NIGHTS A WEEK, THE AA IS EVERY DAY 3 TIMES A DAY, WOULD APPRECIATE IF SOMEONE KNOWS OF MORE ONLINE MEETINGS THAN ONE AT NIGHT, PARTICULAR...
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An adventuresome weekend!
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Morning and blessing of this day We were belted with a very unusual Northeaster snow storm in the Hudson Valley AREA OF upstate New York this weekend.Over 148000 power outages cause heavy snow on leave lined trees came toppling down,We were blessed only lost web availability wi/fi and TV....Wires d...
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JFT November 1 Awakening
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God helps us as we help each other.Basic Text, p. 52=Our addiction caused us to think almost exclusively of ourselves. Even our prayersif we prayed at allwere self-centered. We asked God to fix things for us or get us out of trouble. Why? Because we didnt want to live with the problems wed create...
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Rolling back in
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Hey, it really feels good to be back; I missed you guys. I just got tired of solitary so I got myself a f2f group...Now I can't afford gas to get there! So you are my lifeline. Did anyone miss me?? I think Raman is the only familiar face. Knocking on heaven's door!
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another avatar of mine, another side of me !!!
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Guru Saxman speaks (hehehe) "Look to this day, for it is Life; the very Life of Life. And in it's brief course lie all the Realities and Verities of Existence. The Bliss of Growth, the Splendor of Action, and the Glory of Power. Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well li...
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JFT October 31 Our relationship with our higher power
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October 31 Our relationship with a Higher PowerOngoing recovery is dependent on our relationship with a loving God who cares for us and will do for us what we find impossible to do for ourselves.Basic Text, p. 99=Working the Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous gives us a fresh start in life and some gu...
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JFT October 30 Courage
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Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future.Basic Text, p. 96=Narcotics Anonymous is no place for the faint of heart! Facing life on lifes terms without the use of drugs isnt always easy. Recovery requires more than hard work; it requires a liberal dose of courage....
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antsy, squirrelly, anxious
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There are so many words to describe what ultimately can only be called fear. I'm in these past several days. Don't really know why, but I got it. that uneasy feeling that something isn't right. Fear of the future? Have been here before for sure. Know the things that work to make me feel better, namely...
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JFT October 29 Living in the now
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Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of the future.Basic Text, pp. 94=Thoughts of how bad it wasor could becan consume our hopes for recovery. Fantasies of how wonderful it wasor could becan divert us from taking action in the real world. Thats why, in Narcotics Anon...
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An addict trying to fix him/herself is like
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Don't trying doing it on your own
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JFT October 28 Attitudes
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We can also use the steps to improve our attitudes.Basic Text, p. 55=Ever have a day when everything seems to be working against you? Do you go through periods when you are so busy taking peoples inventories you can barely stand yourself? What about when you find yourself snapping at your coworke...
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JFT October 27 Living in the present
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We want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today.Basic Text, p. 29=For many of us, the past is like a bad dream. Our lives arent the same any more, but we still have fleeting, highly charged emotional memories of a really uncomfortable past. The gui...
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Someone said,
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" it's not what happens to us that makes a difference; It's our reaction that makes the difference."
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well here i am feeling hopeless again. reason? there is none. im still happy with life but feelings of sadness and hopelessness and welp depression is back.
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JFT October 26 The path to self-acceptance
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The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery.IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance=Our addiction has been a source of shame to many of us. We have hidden ourselves from others, sure that if anyone got to know who we really were they would reject us....
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God's will for us?
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Morning, blessings of this day! Last night at my homegroup , we had a person who has gone by her nickname for as long as I have known her .As she shared last night, her first statement was my real name is.....and its not ,this or that. I am ready to know the real me and let you all also know. I have watched her gr...
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Wish Sunday was longer than Monday !~
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Terrific street rock jam,,, late nite with the Convention committee (I was elected hospitality chair), Late risin on Sunday morn, vocal class for a promising singer, time with my daughter (shes really looking like shes enjoying basketball) and then my mom,,, and now here and there with FB and here I...
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JFT October 25 Principles before personalities
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Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.Tradition Twelve=Principles before personalities. Many of us chant these words along with the reader whenever the Twelve Traditions are read. The fact that these word...
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JFT October 24 Responsibility
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We are not responsible for our disease, only for our recovery. As we begin to apply what we have learned, our lives begin to change for the better.Basic Text, p. 91=The further we go in recovery, the less we avoid responsibility for ourselves and our actions. By applying the principles of the Narc...
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JFT October 23 Surrender
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By surrendering control, we gain a far greater power.Basic Text, p. 44=When we were using, we did everything we could to run things our way. We used every scheme imaginable to bring our world under control. When we got what we wanted, we felt powerful, invincible; when we didnt, we felt vulnerab...
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JFT October 22 Look who's talking
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Our disease is so cunning that it can get us into impossible situations.Basic Text, p. 83=Some of us say, My disease is talking to me. Others say, My head wont turn off. Still others refer to the committee in my mind or the monkey on my back. Lets face it. We suffer from an incurable malady that cont...
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JFT October 21 God's will today
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This decision demands continued acceptance, ever-increasing faith, and a daily commitment to recovery.IP No. 14, One Addicts Experience=Sometimes, we really live the Third Stepand its great! We dont regret the past, we arent afraid of the future, and were generally pleased with the present...
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Couple Bites
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Morning and blessings of this day. I have been on Monster .Com for about last 6 months and also Deerfield and Lauderdale Job sites searching for employment as we are packing up,leaving New York and moving to Florida in july 2012(bout 8 months).I have managed a workshop for People With Disabilitie...
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