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sorry
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I am not the easioest person to get a hold of Liz I love ya dear but I am going thru alot I know I don't have to do it alone but i prefer it this way still clean been dating the same guys since june I belie ve but don't make me a liar thins arfe great as i watch my life evovle in to something beautiful I finally have a...
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JFT October 20 Freedom to choose
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Enforced morality lacks the power that comes to us when we choose to live a spiritual life.Basic Text, p. 45=In our active addiction, many of us lived our lives by default. We were unwilling or unable to make choices about how we wanted to act, what we preferred to do, or even where we would live. We a...
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childish i know but im angry at God
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im thinkin satans getting a grip on me subtly slowly so im going to start rebuking that nasty spirit. been really wanting to use im uncomfortable in my skin, angry a lot, no peace no serenity, wanting sex to much LOL ( outlet) just a bunch of crud going on. nope no praying much no meditation , remember im...
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Someone's got a birthday today
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Today is Miss Manon's birthday! 
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Experience, Strength and Hope needed pronto...spouse wanting me to cut back on mtgs
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Hi, Jen here (glad I found this place whew) Lil background here... I'm 34 y.o., had a very bad opiate addiction, went to detox 2/20/11 and have endulged myself in this NA program. I have learned soooo much over these months and am finally almost happy with everything, except my non-addict husband. M...
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Knowing the insanity was building........
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Just wanted to share this briefly about how the insanity of "life" in general,yes even in recovery, thinking im doing the work, can build and take us back to our insane behaviors.Dont get me wrong,I fall short daily, but sometimes I tell myself things that arent true(hello!!) Last week im...
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A Simple Gesture
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Morning ,blessings of this day! While doing some morning spiritual readings, I came across very similar statements from totally different writings. One writing says" everyone can be great,because anyone can serve,you don't need a college degree or your subject and verb to agree ,you only...
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JFT October 19 Standing for something
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...we could feel time, touch reality, and recognize spiritual values long lost to many of us.Basic Text, p. 88=In our active addiction, we were prepared to compromise everything we believed in just to get our hands on more drugs. Whether we stole from our families and friends, sold ourselves, or...
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JFT October 18 We all belong
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Although politics makes strange bedfellows, as the old saying goes, addiction makes us one of a kind.Basic Text, p. 87=What a mixture of folks we have in Narcotics Anonymous! In any given meeting on any given night, well find a variety of people who probably never would have sat down in a room toget...
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JFT October 17 The truth
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Everything we know is subject to revision, especially what we know about the truth.Basic Text, p. 94=Many of us thought we could recognize The Truth. We believed the truth was one thing, certain and unchanging, which we could grasp easily and without question. The real truth, however, was tha...
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Pickin Things Up
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Just reading through some of the JFTs, and workin on my first step. Reviewed my older first step... Lookin maybe for a female sponsor. just some one to go over stuff with me. Having a bit of trouble in finding one. One of the down falls of my recovery is that I havent ever had a sponsor in the 3 years I would ha...
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JFT October 16 The simplest prayer
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...praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.Step Eleven=How do we pray? With little experience, many of us dont even know how to begin. The process, however, is neither difficult nor complicated.We came to Narcotics Anonymous because of our drug addiction....
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New NA group central Arkansas
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Beginning Sept. 30, 2011 , NA will hold meetings at Sulpher Springs United Methodist Church , 9228 Sulpher Springs Rd., Pine Bluff, Arkansas zip 71603. Meetings will begin at 6:00 pm . We plan to add more meetings as we grow.
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JFT October 15 Choices
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We did not choose to become addicts.Basic Text, p. 3=When we were growing up, all of us had dreams. Every child has heard a relative or neighbor ask, What do you want to be when you grow up? Even if some of us didnt have elaborate dreams of success, most of us dreamed of work, families, and a future of d...
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somethong that is still changing my life
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_MCwlY6zzg look forward to your thought and i am still clean just dealing with alot atm in phsyical therapy
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What happens if you go to the hospital and say you need to go to rehab?
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Already detoxed, been clean for awhile, 20yrs old in PA, but still feel like you need inpatient (not outpatient)
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Area service and home group membership
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My local area approved a motion to restrict service positions (Area Chair, Co-Chair, treasurer, etc..) to only memebrs of homegroups in their area. This was put into place after several groups split off and formed a new area and some members of those home groups were still in service. Several memb...
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JFT October 14 The end of loneliness
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"With the love that I am shown in Narcotics Anonymous, I have no excuse for loneliness." Basic Text p. 262 Addiction is a lonely disease. We may be surrounded by people but, sooner or later, our addiction drives a wedge between us and even our closest loved ones. Many of us are driven to Narco...
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so im just checking in and i have GREAT news. well it isnt that great but im pretty happy about it. 1) im still clean. 2) me and my boyfriend are doing much better than the last time i posted. 3) i joined a gym. i used to workout everyday in high school and i forgot how good it felt to be drenched in sweat. SO GOOD...
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JFT October 13 Making a difference
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Words cannot describe the sense of spiritual awareness that we receive when we have given something, no matter how small, to another person.Basic Text, p. 104=Sometimes it seems as though there is so much wrong with the world that we might as well forget trying to make a difference. After all, we t...
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JFT October 12 Being right
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When we admit that our lives have become unmanageable, we dont have to argue our point of view.... We no longer have to be right all the time.Basic Text, p. 58=Nothing isolates us more quickly from the warmth and camaraderie of our fellow NA members than having to be right. Insecure, we pretend to b...
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God always in charge!
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My 23 year old daughter had back surgery yesterday for a bulging herniated disc that has kept her pretty debilatated for about 11 months. After much prayer,2 Neuro/Ortho opinions she decided for her quality of life(especially with our precious new gift from God ,Jaelyn Amiah,4 months old)to have s...
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Confused!!!
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Went to my second meeting tonite...it was good. Talked to a woman there who has 20+ years of sobriety about being my sponsor, she said she would. Here's where it gets confusing...I have quit cold turkey all the opiates I was doing but I am still smoking pot. I told this lady this and she said that I need to q...
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JFT October 11 Eyeglasses and attitudes
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Our best thinking got us into trouble.... Recovery is an active change in our ideas and attitudes.Basic Text, p. 55=In active addiction, the world probably looked like a horrible place. Using helped us tolerate the world we saw. Today, however, we understand that the worlds condition wasnt...
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Loving This New Way Of Life
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so loving this new way of life I've been blessed with cant wait to see what tomorrow has in store cause every day is different. although each is not always great its not the worst either so for those having a rough time keep your head up and remember you are loved all over the world and have plenty to be grate...
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JFT October 10 Consequences
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Before we got clean, most of our actions were guided by impulse. Today, we are not locked into this type of thinking. Basic Text, p. 90 =Ever been tempted to do something even when you knew the results would be disastrous? Ever thought about how much it was going to hurt to do what you were tempted to d...
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JFT October 9 Order
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We emphasize setting our house in order because it brings us relief. Basic Text, p. 97 =Focusing on what others are doing can provide momentary relief from having to take a look at ourselves. But one of the secrets of success in Narcotics Anonymous is making sure our own house is in order. So what do...
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When to let go and let the god of our understanding guide us
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So when do we learn to let go of our hard times or times that just irritate us ..... When we feel like we are hopeless remind yourself just do the next right thing and let the god of your understanding guide you in the right direction is my thoughts for that love yall tootles....
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JF Ocober 8 A new pattern of living
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We suspect that if we do not use what we have, we will lose what we have. Basic Text, p. 78 =Addiction gave a pattern to our lives, and with it a meaninga dark, diseased meaning, to be sure, but a meaning nonetheless. The Narcotics Anonymous recovery program gives us a new pattern of living to replace o...
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Feelings of esteem....
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Low self-esteem to good self-esteem and reverse,,, this can happen without warning. When Im in comfort zone and feelin ok about myself, there comes the low tide.... Today it came when I was watchin X-Factor with my daughter. Watchin those kids, its like I missed the bus and had to wait hellava long tim...
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