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JFT August 21 Friendships
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Our friendships become deep, and we experience the warmth and caring which results from addicts sharing recovery and a new life.IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance=Most of us come to Narcotics Anonymous with few genuine friends. And most of us arrive without the slightest understanding of what it take...
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JFT August 20 Facing death
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Often we have to face some type of crisis during our recovery, such as the death of a loved one...Basic Text, p. 102=Every life has a beginning and an end. However, when someone we love a great deal reaches the end of their life, we may have a very hard time accepting their sudden, final absence. Our g...
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JFT August 19 First things first
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We apply effort to our most obvious problems and let go of the rest. We do the job at hand and, as we progress, new opportunities for improvement present themselves.Basic Text, p. 56=Its been said that recovery is simpleall weve got to change is everything! That can seem a pretty tall order, espec...
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The message is hope the promise is freedom
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That any addict can stop using, lose the desire to use and find a new way to live. The message is hope the promise is freedom.... So If the message is hope what is the message of hope? How is it obtained? SPECIFICALLY Thanks! -jon
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August 15, 2011 Happy Anniversary to me!
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Wow... I haven't been on so much lately because I decided to make my world right again and had to switch over to some live counselling. My son is still bringing me to my knees but alas!! 17 years of sobriety is here!!!! Yeah me!  This has been the most agonizing year ever but I made it... I can't b...
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Just wanted to share
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Hey, I'm an addict called Amanda. Just wanted to share a little bit about what's going on - the good and the bad. I'm working my 8th step. First time for me. 4 years clean, a few 4th and 5th steps but nothing past step 7 yet. Needless to say, my list is a monstrosity. I have a sponsee that just emailed me, ba...
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I found this in a book I ordered from amazon.com and it really helps me hope it will help someone else
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God before I think about the twnty-four hours ahead,please direct my thinking. I ask it to be divorced from self pity,dishonest or self seeking motives.Help me employ my mental faculties with assurance. Thank you God for me brains to use. Please place my thought-life on a much higher plane. Clear my...
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JFT August 18 How long do I have to go?
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The way to remain a productive, responsible member of society is to put our recovery first.Basic Text, p. 106=The meetings have been great! Each night weve attended, weve gathered with other addicts to share experience, strength, and hope. And each day, weve used what weve learned in the meeti...
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It's a very hard day but I'm still clean
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Have you ever had a day where you woke up and things didn't seem to be looking up for you. It's a long hard struggle you have no one to talk to no one to call on just you. In this world of people but you've been isolated for so long it's hard to speak up or speak out, it's hard to give or get a hug, it's hard to say ov...
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Please guide me
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I became the mother of a drug addict last July 2010. I have no previous knowledge of drug addiction. I have carried my daughter's burden, and can't do it anymore. Where can I turn on any of these forums to find other mothers like myself? Somewhere I can tell my story and get some help/advice? I just can't d...
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broken promises
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Please don't say you are going to ring us then don't, please don't say "we should catch up soon" then not arrange to do just that, please don't say that you will be in touch, that you miss us then never speak to us. Please don't say you are a friend then ignore email. For someone who is alienated t...
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Our purpose is to remain clean, just for today, and to carry the message of recovery.
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When you run out of reasons to stay clean go back to the basics and this is our basic truth, purpose and reason. I have used this many times over when I felt like going and using, it was all i had and it gave me just enough purpose. We're all important. -- Edited by BigV on Wednesday 17th of August 2011 12:43:...
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Work woes !!
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That ole devil called anger paid an un-annouced, unwelcome visit on Sunday nite at work. there I was, havin had a great week, bein quite popular with the folks I played my music for, the monthly cheque came in, I did NA homegroup and MIP regularly, and had good vibes with my ma and girl and alll was well. Bu...
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JFT August 17 Tell the truth
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A symptom of our disease is alienation, and honest sharing will free us to recover.Basic Text, p. 83=Truth connects us to life while fear, isolation, and dishonesty alienate us from it. As using addicts, we hid as much of the truth about ourselves from as much of the world as we possibly could. Our...
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Recovering addict new member
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Surrendering to God's will.
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Hi I'm Ned I'm a new recovering addict
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I have been attending meetings for almost a month now. I don't speak I listen, this month is a very emotional month for me. 8/2/03 my son died 8/2/03 my daughter went to prison for manslaughter of my son,8/12 is her birthday 8/23 is his birthday, last yr I was in a car accident that left me with a crushed ne...
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I thought I would never want to use again.
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About one month ago everything came crashing down. The story is not new. Secretly using, got in legal trouble, everything comes out, blah blah blah. What I thought was different was that I had lived most of my life without a drug problem. My addiction kicked in 4 years ago (I am now 46). So when every...
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Trying to start over determined...
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Hey all, My name is Melanie and I am an addict. As of now I have been clean 39 hours and the withdraws aren't too bad but bad enough for me to freak out about it. For people to notice I am shaky luckily I have been sick for a few days so I blamed it on being weak from being sick. I am hoping to find some friendly fon...
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New To Site
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I am a newcomer to this site but not to Recovery. I have been looking for a new site that has more recovery and I found this one this evening. So far I really like it here and amazing enough I have seen a lot of board softwares but I don't think I have seen any one such as this, so that makes it a little more fres...
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JFT August 16 Up or down
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This is our road to spiritual growth. We change every day.... This growth is not the result of wishing but of action and prayer.Basic Text, pp. 37=Our spiritual condition is never static; if its not growing, its decaying. If we stand still, our spiritual progress will lose its upward momentum....
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new here
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Been attending na meetings since April this year. I'm having a hard time finding a sponser. I'm very shy so I haven't ventured to meetings in other towns and it seems there just isn't enough people in my town with enough clean time that I can relate with. I read and study a lot, but I know me. I think like an a...
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JFT August 15 Over time, not overnight
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We found that we do not recover physically, mentally, or spiritually overnight.Basic Text, p. 28=Have you ever approached a recovery celebration with the feeling that you should be further along in your recovery than you are? Maybe you have listened to newcomers sharing in meetings, members w...
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JFT August 14 Letting go of our limitations
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We dont have to settle for the limitations of the past. We can examine and reexamine our old ideas.Basic Text, p. 11=Most of us come to the program with a multitude of self-imposed limitations that prevent us from realizing our full potential, limitations that impede our attempts to find the valu...
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a situation using facebook within the fellowship
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i have recently been elected as public relations chairperson of the kettle moraine area in wisconsin, and a suggestion was made to me about maybe using facebook to establish a group forum. i investigated it and found it to be quite simple to set up, and therefore went ahead with it. the group page is s...
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Working the steps / sponsor
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So I am going to local NA meetings and also plan on attending an AA meeting today to see if that fits (thanks to everyone for responding to my other post about NA vs. AA). Last night at the NA meeting I went to, a couple of people had talked about how they had not been to a meeting in a while and realized that the...
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Epiphany
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I am not here to save the world my HP who i choose to call God his son was sent here for that now i can quit trying to save the world and work on me!
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JFT August 13 Difficult people
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By giving unconditional love... we become more loving, and by sharing spiritual growth we become more spiritual.Basic Text, p.103=Most of us have one or two exceptionally difficult people in our lives. How do we deal with such a person in our recovery?First, we take our own inventory. Have we w...
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JFT August 12 Enough!
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Something inside cries out, Enough, enough, Ive had enough, and then they are ready to take that first and often most difficult step toward dealing with their disease. =Have we really had enough? This is the crucial question we must ask ourselves as we prepare to work the First Step in Narcotics A...
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Must be a God thing!
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Today is my 90 day mark. As a gift, God seems to have sent me my first sponsee! I got a phone call this morning from a newcomer I'd approached at Monday night's meeting. For some reason, out of a list of 20-something women, she called me this morning, when on day 5 of no drugs or alcohol, she was struggling. I...
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torture.
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well i just got home from my family vacation. going anywhere with my family is like being chained to your worst enemies. my family does not get along with each other at all. and being gone with them for a week makes me want to strangle myself. we have nothing in common and have a secret hateful relationshi...
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