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JFT September 11 Bend with the wind
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We learn to become flexible... As new things are revealed, we feel renewed.Basic Text, p. 102=Flexibility was not a part of the vocabulary we used in our using days. Wed become obsessed with the raw pleasure of our drugs and hardened to all the softer, subtler, more infinitely varied pleasures o...
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Feelings - Feeling And Acknowledging Them
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-- Edited by Meditation Man on Monday 5th of September 2011 08:45:48 PM
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can't complain
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for the first time after doctor dick as my family call him i feel myself again not sure how many days clean i have but i passed my UA at my pain docs with flying colors i am dating once again getting outta the house no longer bound by my fears have plans to go to a concert Friday so thigns are really looing up in m...
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day 1
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today is a new day. i hope i can make it through these withdrawls. prayers please.
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JFT September 10 More powerful than words
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We learn that a simple, loving hug can make all the difference in the world...Basic Text, p. 91=Perhaps there have been times in our recovery when we were close to someone who was in great pain. We struggled with the question, What can I do to make them feel better? We felt anxious and inadequate to r...
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pain medications and the downfalls
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Taking painkillers as well as wife,realized she is hooked after many years clean,mood swings are terrible!i myself with my painmeds is finding difficult to keep disease at bay,try stopping but wake up in incruciaqting pain in my joints!tried non narcotics but they dont work for my situation sadly...
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JFT September 9 Feet of clay
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One of the biggest stumbling blocks to recovery seems to be placing unrealistic expectations on... others.Basic Text, p. 82=Many of us come into Narcotics Anonymous feeling pretty poorly about ourselves. By comparison, the recovering addicts we meet at meetings may seem almost superhumanl...
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back
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well after my latest near death experience ive decided to join you once again. hi im liz and im an addict
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JFT September 8 Rebellion
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We need not lose faith when we become rebellious.Basic Text, p. 35=Many of us have lived our entire lives in revolt. Our initial response to any type of direction is often negative. Automatic rejection of authority seems to be a troubling character defect for many addicts.A thorough self-exam...
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Leaving Tomorrow!
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My wife,daughter,son-in law and granddaughter(4 month old Jaelyn Amiyah)spending our last night in a hotel on the Deerfield Beach in Florida .We have been here for 8 days and have been very busy looking at rental apartments for my daughter and her family and opting not to buy a home right now but rent a...
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I have to pass on what my friend Deb shared with me !
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"The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less . We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but l...
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Sorry But I Don't SPAM
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I made a post last time I was here and it got flagged as spam as I am sure I put a URL in a post that Liz started with her still using. It was a URL to what happened to someone here where I live, DEATH! I guess if that is spamming than by all means have it your way.
I really thought that this site was different? I gu...
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JFT September 7 Resentment and forgiveness
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Where there has been wrong, the program teaches us the spirit of forgiveness.Basic Text, p. 12=In NA, we begin to interact with the world around us. We no longer live in isolation. But freedom from isolation has its price: The more we interact with people, the more often well find someone steppi...
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JFT September 6 Regular meeting attendance
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We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean.Basic Text, p. 9=The NA program gives us a new pattern of living. One of the basic elements of that new pattern is regular meeting attendance. For the newcomer, living clean is a brand-new ex...
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Do these things anyway,,,
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"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may b...
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Hi,,, A very happy and Blessed World Unity Day !
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Hi,,, A very happy and Blessed World Unity Day to you lot !!! Warmest Hugs and love to each one of you, dear precious people !
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Moderator
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Some members of this board seem to think I have censored their posts. I have done no such thing. Maybe there are automatic settings on this board or there was some other technical issue, but if this happened, I know nothing about it. I accepted this responsibility a few months ago when our previous mo...
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September 5 Not hopelessly bad
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We find that we suffer from a disease, not a moral dilemma. We were critically ill, not hopelessly bad.Basic Text, p. 16=For many of us, Narcotics Anonymous was the answer to a personal puzzle of long standing. Why did we always feel alone, even in a crowd, we wondered? Why did we do so many crazy, s...
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inequeality in relaionships.
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Ive been in a relationship that was exiting due to the fluctuations. Now the latest challenge is this,, upon her insistence i went to get an HIV test done. After an agonizing 15 days wait i got the results as negative,,,which I am thankful for. I havent indulged in risky or reckless behaviour so I was spa...
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Speakers Wanted
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Hey everyone, So Ontario Region of Narcotics Annoymous is have their convention in May. We are looking for speakers...... if you want to please submitt a tape http://www.orcna.ca/committee25.htm I'm part of the programming committee and we would love speakers from different areas or even a...
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September 4 Cluttered spirits
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We try to remember that when we make amends we are doing it for ourselves.Basic Text, p. 41=As long as we still owe amends, our spirits are cluttered with things we dont need. Were carrying the extra load of an apology owed, a resentment held, or unexpressed remorse. Its like having a messy house. ...
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JFT September 3 Humility expressed by anonymity
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Humility is a by-product that allows us to grow and develop in an atmosphere of freedom and removes the fear of becoming known by our employers, families, or friends as addicts.Basic Text, pp. 75-76=Many of us may not have understood the idea that anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our tr...
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JFT September 2 Higher powered
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Daily practice of our Twelve Step program enables us to change from what we were to people guided by a Higher Power.Basic Text, p. 86=Who have we been, and who have we become? There are a couple of ways to answer this question. One is very simple: We came to Narcotics Anonymous as addicts, our addic...
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hey yo
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ive been sitting here for over an hour staring at this blank page tryig to figure out what i want to say, how to say it and how to start. ive been on this crazy adventure of using, drinking, not sleeping, travelling, etc for the past however long its been. there were times when i thought i was not going to wak...
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Meditation
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Our 11th step suggests that we meditate. It is well known that meditation calms the troubled mind. Do you meditate? what technique do you use?
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JFT September 1 Real values
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September 1Real valuesWe become able to make wise and loving decisions based on principles and ideals that have real value in our lives.Basic Text, p. 105=Addiction gave us a certain set of values, principles we applied in our lives. You pushed me, one of those values told us, so I pushed back, hard....
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10 point serenity program
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10 Principles for Peace of Mind 1. Do Not Interfere In Others' Business Unless Asked: Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others' affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best way, our logic is the perfect logic and those who do no...
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JFT August 31 Gratitude
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Hopeless living problems have become joyously changed. Our disease has been arrested, and now anything is possible.Basic Text, p. 106=The NA program has given us more freedom than we ever dreamed possible. Sometimes, though, in the daily routine, we lose track of how much weve been given. Ho...
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update
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things are as expected as i struggle tpo stay clean fighting to find some desire within myself i will admit using will seems as the easy way out but then it consumes you why not just say NO i have gotten rid of the ppl in mhy life that were bringing me my pleasures told her to leave after i coaught her stealing...
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JFT August 30 Doing good, feeling good
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We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that weve been doing better than weve been feeling.Basic Text, p.43=The way we treat others often reveals our own state of being. When we are at peace, were most likely to treat others with respect and compassion. However, when were...
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