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If you could only say ONE thing to a newcomer what would it be?
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I would say "keep coming back" how about you?
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I am trying to detox myself and I am scared.
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Been decreasing my medications that I have been on for a long time. My tolerance increased so my medicine use has increased to the point that I don't remember a lot of things. This is the end of the road for me.
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from my poetic mind
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Fall nears evidence by the dead leaves gathiering in the coradoares in which i live... Words boggle my poetic mind as seasons begin to change into the the season in which i feel most vibrant... Old friends New friends coming outta the wood work,as the State Fair comes and goes... Old faces familar smel...
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years after the fact...
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sitting her watching movies to take up time in this broken souled addict watching "fear" and one of the many songs that (doc) referred me too is in the soundtract i hear it in the background realizing his riddles are still unravling part of me filled with fear part of me hurting so bad inside s...
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A note to newcomers
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I have noticed that there have been a number of newcomers to this forum. This is wonderful, but several of you have only made a post or two on an existing thread. There is nothing wrong with this except that you may not get much of a welcome, and we don't get a chance to get to know you. Why not start a thread an...
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JFT August 7 The gratitude list
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We focus on anything that isnt going our way and ignore all the beauty in our lives.Basic Text, p.80=Its easy to be grateful when everything runs smoothly. If we get a raise at work, were grateful. If we get married, were grateful. If someone surprises us with a nice present or an unasked favor, we...
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JFT August 4 When is a secret not a secret?
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Addicts tend to live secret lives.... It is a great relief to get rid of all our secrets and to share the burden of our past.Basic Text, p. 33=Weve heard it said that were as sick as our secrets. What do we keep secret, and why?We keep secret those things that cause us shame. We may hold onto such thing...
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JFT August 6 The joy within
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Since the beginning of our recovery, we have found that joy doesnt come from material things but from within ourselves.Basic Text, p. 107=Some of us came to Narcotics Anonymous impoverished by our disease. Everything wed owned had been lost to our addiction. Once we got clean, we put all our ene...
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DRAMA grrr does it ever stop? just a RANT
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ok yes i relapsed i am not in a good place in life i don't trust anyone nemore the doctor or shall i say KelliA ruined that for me so it seems i wanna fucking fix the world but i got to thinking who the fuck is gonna save me? i can't even trust myself due to personality changes that have been slowly but surely les...
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Looking for insight.
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I go to an AA meeting, where other addicts also go, like me. Tonight, a young woman shared. I'd only seen her there once before, last week - she comes with the spouse of one of our regular members. She was jittery, weepy and clearly quite loaded. After the meeting, a few of the women, including myself, wen...
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hello
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hows everyone? havent beenn on for a while
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JFT August 3 Trusting people
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Many of us would have had nowhere else to go if we could not have trusted NA groups and members.Basic Text, p. 84=Trusting people is a risk. Human beings are notoriously forgetful, unreliable, and imperfect. Most of us come from backgrounds where betrayal and insensitivity among friends were c...
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JFT August 2 Practicing honesty
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August 2Practicing honestyWhen we feel trapped or pressured, it takes great spiritual and emotional strength to be honest.Basic Text, p. 85=Many of us try to wiggle out of a difficult spot by being dishonest, only to have to humble ourselves later and tell the truth. Some of us twist our stories as a...
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I am so grateful I found this website
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Hi to all-My name is krista and I am addict. As functional as I was, the addiction caught up to me. I am a mother of 4 children, whom all live their natural dads in a state 1500 miles away.(not my choice) My youngest is just now back into my life after being away from me for a year (DCF). For the first time s...
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Take care when dealing with the outside world !
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Please be warned; be careful when transacting with the "outside world". Every type of crook, cheat, charlatan is to be found there. Recently I paid the price by losing about 5000 US to bloody dis-honest insurance agents. they promised a lot but when the policy documents came, it was anoth...
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JFT August 1 Freedom from guilt
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Our addiction enslaved us. We were prisoners of our own mind and were condemned by our own guilt.Basic Text, p. 7=Guilt is one of the most commonly encountered stumbling blocks in recovery. One of the more notorious forms of guilt is the self-loathing that results when we try to forgive ourselve...
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JFT July 31 Freedom from active addiction
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Narcotics Anonymous offers only one promise and that is freedom from active addiction, the solution that eluded us for so long.Basic Text, p. 106=NA offers no promises other than freedom from active addiction. It is true that some of our members meet with financial success in recovery. They bu...
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July 30 Regular inventory
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Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, attitudes, and relationships on a regular basis.Basic Text, p. 42=Taking a regular inventory is a key element in our new pattern of living. In our addiction, we examined ourselves as little a...
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Not sure if...
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Hello everyone. As a last resort I decided along with attending Nar-Anon meetings that I would reach out to people that may be experiencing or might be just as confused as I am about the disease. I've been married for almost 3 years, (8/8) would have been our third anniversary. My husband has been cl...
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I'm New! IDK where to intro...
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Hello everyone! My name is Devon and I'm 21yrs with 2 kids. I have tried every drug to name, except actual heroin, and I suffered from a strong pill addiction for over a year. I started June last year. Was clean Dec & Jan 10-11. Then when I went back to my hometown started up again, and I just changed my e...
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JFT July 29 Expectations
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As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving.Basic Text, p. 39=Our behavior toward other people in our life is a mirror of our behavior toward ourselves. When we demand perfection of ourselves, we come to demand it from others around us, too. As we strive to repair and heal our...
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clean time does not equate recovery
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I HAVE COME TO BELIEVE..THAT RECOVERY BRINGS FORTH AN AWARENESS OF SELF..AND OF A HP IN YOUR LIFE...AND WITH THAT I AM ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD PRACTICING THE PRINCIPLES OF RECOVERY..I HAVE BEEN CLEAN BEFORE WITH NO RECOVERY..AND WHAT I WAS AN ADDICT NOT USING BUT STILL VERY MUCH ACTING OUT..MULTIPLY REL...
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JFT July 28 Secrets and intimacy
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July 28Secrets and intimacyWe feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected.Basic Text, p. 32=Having relationships without barriers, ones in which we can be entirely open with our feelings, is something many of us desire. At the same time, the possibility of suc...
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Just for Today I have 6 months(actually as of July 25th)
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My recovery journey has not been easy! I am writing about daily life, living life on life's terms, taking the good with the bad! 6 months ago my life was in shambles, I was a complete and utter wreck! Today I have more Hope and Faith than any of my other attempts at Recovery! Thanks to God, Na, and The pre...
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Please share, how recovery also includes,,,,,
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Recovery to me is great pleasure,, no turks, no fear of being chased, no bad deals etc. There are times however, when I need to do those things that are important but which sometimes I dont feel like doing !!! Like sometimes, I just sit and pray and Meditate, though the addicts saying "whats the us...
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I hate this disease...
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Well, 4 years into recovery and I'm trying (with my husband, one of his sponsees, my ex-sponsor, and two of my sponsees) to quit smoking. This disease really blows. I feel like a freakin newcomer. Relapsing here and there, on drug replacement therapy (patches), and totally forgetting the whole f...
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JFT July 27 We do recover
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After coming to NA, we found ourselves among a very special group of people who have suffered like us and found recovery. In their experiences, freely shared, we found hope for ourselves. If the program worked for them, it would work for us.Basic Text, p. 10=A newcomer walks into his or her first m...
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Na service guidelines
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I am new to the NA way of life! I live in a small town! I had 3 years of revovery then I relapsed! I started my recovery journey in Alcoholics Anonymous to whom I will b forever grateful! My dillema is that I want to serve the NA program by knowing the NA way to do that! There are a lot of anti AA arguments in my ar...
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Still in a financial jam,,,
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Im still stuck financially.. Im not broke, thank God no. But stuck because three financial decisions made were good but keep me from taking money out for three years. And then work was slack and I did not do any marketing, so Im in a bind now. Credit card payments, car loan instalments, daughters school...
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JFT July 26 Unconditional surrender
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Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat. This can be frightening, but it is the foundation on which we have built our lives.Basic Text, p. 22=Most of us have tried everything we can think of, exerted every ounce of force possible, to fill the spiritual hole inside us. ...
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