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Raman · Raman

A song composed and there's my sax solo on it.....

cheri1960 · cheri1960

-- Edited by cheri1960 on Monday 19th of September 2011 02:37:11 AM

Dave R · Dave R

One of the most profound changes in our lives is in the realm of personal relationships.Basic Text, p. 57=Recovery gives many of us relationships that are closer and more intimate than any weve had before. As time passes, we find ourselves gravitating toward those who eventually become our frie...

PAR · PAR

Physically, I am beginning to feel better but emotionally I seem to be a wreck. I'm sure the lack of sleep contributes to my emotions as does the lack of opiates...its very hard to take on all these feelings when I am so used to being numb. My marriage is in trouble, finances are in trouble, very few friend...

MIKEF · MIKEF

Morning and blessings of this day! Today we will be putting on a fundraiser for our Albany,New York Area (ABCD) Convention.... A .SPEAKER JAM FROM 1;oo pm until 7;oo pm with speakers coming from thr u out the Tri-State Area.I will be selling tickets for food and drink and we will have a dance at 7;00 (...

Dave R · Dave R

We may think that we have done enough by writing about our past. We cannot afford this mistake.Basic Text, p. 32=Some of us arent too keen on writing out our Fourth Step; others take it to an obsessive extreme. To our sponsors growing dismay, we inventory ourselves again and again. We discover ev...

MIKEF · MIKEF

Good morning and blessings of this day ! Welcome Newcomers and those who may be here for the first time or just coming back!Welcome to those working toward that fit spiritual condition,this daily reprieve working your process to the best of your ability. If you have relapsed,keep in mind that it is im...

catherine28 · catherine28

When I first came into the rooms,I reaLLy didn't quite get that statement. But as it is written in our BASIC Text 5th Edition pgs xv-xvi is where our predecessors start expressing the purpose of the book and the program. This is a WE program, whether WE go to actual physical meetings or go to an onli...

PAR · PAR

Hi! A friend of mine referred me to this forum and I have hope that it will help in my recovery. My name is Paula and I am fourty-two years old. I have spent my entire adult years dealing with one addiction or another. In 1996, I was in a severe car wreck which has left me in a great deal of pain. So, I have been on...

catherine28 · catherine28

"Before coming to the Fellowship of N.A., we could not manage our own lives. That's the first sentence in our N.A. literature. Pretty powerful,it was for me. I remember my first meeting, and how it was this very reading that got me crying and thinking;This was me!! I didn't know how to live withou...

Dave R · Dave R

Emotional balance is one of the first results of meditation, and our experience bears this out.Basic Text, p.47=Though each of us defines emotional balance a little differently, all of us must find it. Emotional balance can mean finding and maintaining a positive outlook on life, regardless o...

JSuttonBaines · JSuttonBaines

Alright, this may sound like a very unorthodox question. But, I've recently (two weeks ago, actually) been released from a treatment center, I did four months inpatient, preceeding to that I was incarcerated for eight months in the Winnebago County Jail. Anyhow, I was wondering, when they say that...

Narcotics_Anonymous · Narcotics_Anonymous

Greetings!

fairoakschris · fairoakschris

Hi, my name is Chris and I'm a 35 year old male addict seeking a sponsor in the Sacramento, Fair Oaks, and Folsom areas. I desperately need a sponsor to begin working the 12 steps and am ready to commit/submit to this process. Please know that I am an atheist, however, I was raised Catholic and I am open...

Dave R · Dave R

...we think that if we can just get enough food, enough sex, or enough money, well be satisfied and everything will be alright.Basic Text, p. 80=In our addiction, we could never get enough drugs, or money, or sex, or anything else. Even too much was never enough! There was a spiritual emptiness in...

Dave R · Dave R

September 14Secrets are reservationsEventually we are shown that we must get honest, or we will use again.Basic Text, p. 85=Everyone has secrets, right? Some of us have little secrets, items that would cause only minor embarrassment if found out. Some of us have big secrets, whole areas of our li...

Dave R · Dave R

We had to have something different, and we thought we had found it in drugs.Basic Text, p. 13=Many of us have always felt different from other people. We know were not unique in feeling that way; we hear many addicts share the same thing. We searched all our lives for something to make us all right, t...

Rob84 · Rob84

Hi Everyone, My name is Rob and I have been a sober memeber of AA for 27 years (been participating in the MIP AA board for 2 yrs) and am now 51 yrs old. I did plenty of drugs back in the day and got sober with many young people who probably did more drugs than drinking (very few NA meetings back then). I live in...

LizC · LizC

i remember this day. i was in 5th grade art. they told us to close the door, turn the lights off, and turn the tv on. i was 10 years old sitting there, staring at the tv with tears streaming down my face as i watched the horror of these buildings collapsing only thinking about all the people inside. my mom cam...

dano72 · dano72

My name is Dan and I am an addict (opiates, alcohol, etc). I have 3 weeks clean and would like to move into sober living by October 1st. I am not in rehab at this time (I cant afford it, but I would go if I could). I did do a 30 day rehab 9 years ago. I have been attending AA meetiongs almost every day. I do n...

MIKEF · MIKEF

We arrived safe and sound from Florida late last night(around 2:15 P.M.(PLANE WAS LATE.No specific flooding on roads home to Poughkeepsie ,so that was a blessing.Baby was great on 3 hour flight and slept in my wifes lap all the way.My son in law had to be back to LOWE'S to work at 4:00 a.m so he had a rough n...

Dave R · Dave R

My life is well-rounded and I am becoming a more comfortable version of myself, not the neurotic, boring person that I thought Id be without drugs. =Is there really life without drugs? Newcomers are sure that they are destined to lead a humdrum existence once they quit using. That fear is far fro...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Meditation Man · Meditation Man

-- Edited by Meditation Man on Monday 5th of September 2011 08:45:48 PM

Manon · Manon

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...

LizC · LizC

today is a new day. i hope i can make it through these withdrawls. prayers please.

Dave R · Dave R

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...

shadowkitty · shadowkitty

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

LizC · LizC

well after my latest near death experience ive decided to join you once again. hi im liz and im an addict

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	When things go wrong,, you make me strong ! (Preview) A song composed and there's my sax solo on it.....	Raman	14	606	Sep 20, 2011 by Raman
	hi new to this forum (Preview) -- Edited by cheri1960 on Monday 19th of September 2011 02:37:11 AM	cheri1960	6	553	Sep 19, 2011 by PAR
	JFT September 18 Honest relationships (Preview) One of the most profound changes in our lives is in the realm of personal relationships.Basic Text, p. 57=Recovery gives many of us relationships that are closer and more intimate than any weve had before. As time passes, we find ourselves gravitating toward those who eventually become our frie...	Dave R	0	336	Sep 18, 2011 by Dave R
	Emotions (Preview) Physically, I am beginning to feel better but emotionally I seem to be a wreck. I'm sure the lack of sleep contributes to my emotions as does the lack of opiates...its very hard to take on all these feelings when I am so used to being numb. My marriage is in trouble, finances are in trouble, very few friend...	PAR	4	469	Sep 17, 2011 by Dave R
	ABCD Convention (Preview) Morning and blessings of this day! Today we will be putting on a fundraiser for our Albany,New York Area (ABCD) Convention.... A .SPEAKER JAM FROM 1;oo pm until 7;oo pm with speakers coming from thr u out the Tri-State Area.I will be selling tickets for food and drink and we will have a dance at 7;00 (...	MIKEF	1	447	Sep 17, 2011 by avid
	JFT September 17 Going beyond step five (Preview) We may think that we have done enough by writing about our past. We cannot afford this mistake.Basic Text, p. 32=Some of us arent too keen on writing out our Fourth Step; others take it to an obsessive extreme. To our sponsors growing dismay, we inventory ourselves again and again. We discover ev...	Dave R	0	324	Sep 17, 2011 by Dave R
	Welcome to another opportunity! (Preview) Good morning and blessings of this day ! Welcome Newcomers and those who may be here for the first time or just coming back!Welcome to those working toward that fit spiritual condition,this daily reprieve working your process to the best of your ability. If you have relapsed,keep in mind that it is im...	MIKEF	1	358	Sep 16, 2011 by BigV
	The IMPORTANCE of SHARING YOUR EXPERIECES,STRENGTHES,and HOPES (Preview) When I first came into the rooms,I reaLLy didn't quite get that statement. But as it is written in our BASIC Text 5th Edition pgs xv-xvi is where our predecessors start expressing the purpose of the book and the program. This is a WE program, whether WE go to actual physical meetings or go to an onli...	catherine28	6	691	Sep 16, 2011 by catherine28
	Newbie here! (Preview) Hi! A friend of mine referred me to this forum and I have hope that it will help in my recovery. My name is Paula and I am fourty-two years old. I have spent my entire adult years dealing with one addiction or another. In 1996, I was in a severe car wreck which has left me in a great deal of pain. So, I have been on...	PAR	17	797	Sep 16, 2011 by avid
	Why Are We Here???? (Preview) "Before coming to the Fellowship of N.A., we could not manage our own lives. That's the first sentence in our N.A. literature. Pretty powerful,it was for me. I remember my first meeting, and how it was this very reading that got me crying and thinking;This was me!! I didn't know how to live withou...	catherine28	4	1222	Sep 16, 2011 by avid
	JFT September 16 Emotional balance (Preview) Emotional balance is one of the first results of meditation, and our experience bears this out.Basic Text, p.47=Though each of us defines emotional balance a little differently, all of us must find it. Emotional balance can mean finding and maintaining a positive outlook on life, regardless o...	Dave R	0	351	Sep 16, 2011 by Dave R
	Question relating to the Higher Power (Preview) Alright, this may sound like a very unorthodox question. But, I've recently (two weeks ago, actually) been released from a treatment center, I did four months inpatient, preceeding to that I was incarcerated for eight months in the Winnebago County Jail. Anyhow, I was wondering, when they say that...	JSuttonBaines	10	850	Sep 16, 2011 by Raman
	Announcing: The Skype 24/7 Marathon Meeting! (Preview) Greetings!	Narcotics_Anonymous	2	533	Sep 15, 2011 by cdbuckberry
	Humble athiest seeking sponsor (Preview) Hi, my name is Chris and I'm a 35 year old male addict seeking a sponsor in the Sacramento, Fair Oaks, and Folsom areas. I desperately need a sponsor to begin working the 12 steps and am ready to commit/submit to this process. Please know that I am an atheist, however, I was raised Catholic and I am open...	fairoakschris	4	370	Sep 15, 2011 by Raman
	JFT September 15 Filling the emptiness (Preview) ...we think that if we can just get enough food, enough sex, or enough money, well be satisfied and everything will be alright.Basic Text, p. 80=In our addiction, we could never get enough drugs, or money, or sex, or anything else. Even too much was never enough! There was a spiritual emptiness in...	Dave R	0	386	Sep 15, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT September 14 Secrets are reservations (Preview) September 14Secrets are reservationsEventually we are shown that we must get honest, or we will use again.Basic Text, p. 85=Everyone has secrets, right? Some of us have little secrets, items that would cause only minor embarrassment if found out. Some of us have big secrets, whole areas of our li...	Dave R	2	365	Sep 14, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT September 13 Something different (Preview) We had to have something different, and we thought we had found it in drugs.Basic Text, p. 13=Many of us have always felt different from other people. We know were not unique in feeling that way; we hear many addicts share the same thing. We searched all our lives for something to make us all right, t...	Dave R	0	304	Sep 13, 2011 by Dave R
	Heroin/Drug question (Preview) Hi Everyone, My name is Rob and I have been a sober memeber of AA for 27 years (been participating in the MIP AA board for 2 yrs) and am now 51 yrs old. I did plenty of drugs back in the day and got sober with many young people who probably did more drugs than drinking (very few NA meetings back then). I live in...	Rob84	6	493	Sep 12, 2011 by Dave R
	this day in history (Preview) i remember this day. i was in 5th grade art. they told us to close the door, turn the lights off, and turn the tv on. i was 10 years old sitting there, staring at the tv with tears streaming down my face as i watched the horror of these buildings collapsing only thinking about all the people inside. my mom cam...	LizC	6	427	Sep 12, 2011 by Dave R
	questions about sober living (Preview) My name is Dan and I am an addict (opiates, alcohol, etc). I have 3 weeks clean and would like to move into sober living by October 1st. I am not in rehab at this time (I cant afford it, but I would go if I could). I did do a 30 day rehab 9 years ago. I have been attending AA meetiongs almost every day. I do n...	dano72	2	471	Sep 12, 2011 by amanda56258
	Morning! Blessings of this day (Preview) We arrived safe and sound from Florida late last night(around 2:15 P.M.(PLANE WAS LATE.No specific flooding on roads home to Poughkeepsie ,so that was a blessing.Baby was great on 3 hour flight and slept in my wifes lap all the way.My son in law had to be back to LOWE'S to work at 4:00 a.m so he had a rough n...	MIKEF	2	292	Sep 12, 2011 by Raman
	JFT September 12 New horizons (Preview) My life is well-rounded and I am becoming a more comfortable version of myself, not the neurotic, boring person that I thought Id be without drugs. =Is there really life without drugs? Newcomers are sure that they are destined to lead a humdrum existence once they quit using. That fear is far fro...	Dave R	0	293	Sep 12, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT September 11 Bend with the wind (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	346	Sep 11, 2011 by Dave R
	Feelings - Feeling And Acknowledging Them (Preview) -- Edited by Meditation Man on Monday 5th of September 2011 08:45:48 PM	Meditation Man	8	531	Sep 10, 2011 by cdbuckberry
	can't complain (Preview) 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...	Manon	5	450	Sep 10, 2011 by cdbuckberry
	day 1 (Preview) today is a new day. i hope i can make it through these withdrawls. prayers please.	LizC	8	526	Sep 10, 2011 by Raman
	JFT September 10 More powerful than words (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	246	Sep 10, 2011 by Dave R
	pain medications and the downfalls (Preview) 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...	shadowkitty	5	713	Sep 9, 2011 by trustno1
	JFT September 9 Feet of clay (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	281	Sep 9, 2011 by Dave R
	back (Preview) well after my latest near death experience ive decided to join you once again. hi im liz and im an addict	LizC	9	433	Sep 8, 2011 by Dave R
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