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JFT June 20 Meditation for beginners
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For some, prayer is asking for Gods help; meditation is listening for Gods answer.... Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us.Basic Text, pp. 46-47=Be patient when youre learning to meditate, many of us were told. It takes prac...
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Stilling the mind....
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I just opened my NA Basic text this morning and landed on pg 46-47 (Step 11) and as I read I realized that maybe thats why I have felt pretty twisted lately.... I had not stilled my mind and empty out all the yuki thoughts that were processing through it, and it was blocking my ability to feel connected to Go...
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JFT June 19 A sense of humor
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June 19A sense of humorWe find that when we lose self-obsession, we are able to understand what it means to be happy, joyous, and free.Basic Text, p. 107=The laughter in our meetings often surprises the newcomer. As a group, we appreciate the healing that healthy laughter brings. Even if we are deepl...
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New Here! Need Help!
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Helllo! My name is Angel. Dont know how this works. So please be kind. Im falling! And I was just recently delivered....UUG! Im scared! How does this program work? Im so confused....
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June 18 Indirect amends
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Indirect amends may be necessary where direct ones would be unsafe or endanger other people.Basic Text, p. 41=When we used, we allowed nothing to stand in the way of that next high. As a result, many of us didnt always know precisely whom we had injured, either financially or emotionally. When it...
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Opportunity to help support this forum
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As you can see, there is now a place on this board where you can make a donation to support it.
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JFT June 17 Walls
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Reaching out is the beginning of the struggle that will set us free. It will break down the walls that imprison us.Basic Text, p. 83=Many of us came to NA emotionally shattered. Years of using people and allowing them to use us had taken their toll on our ability to trust anyone, ourselves included...
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Heavy heart
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It's with a heavy heart and great sadness that I share the news that my friend and sponsor received her eternity chip this morning. Her health had been deteriorating for some time and this morning God called her home.
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hey hey!
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lets get this place back on its feet. i mean its always been on its feet but lets get the chat room going again. i go in there sometimes just to see if anyones in there and there never is. now that i have more time on my hands in the evenings with nothing to do lets do something!
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JFT June 15 Resistance to change
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Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing, or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for the unknown.Basic Text, p. 34=We have often heard it said that when the pain of remaining the same becomes gre...
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what a heavy day,,,,
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debt issues because of my complusive spending in the past, feeling dwon generally get to see even my mobile phones gone wrong,, gosh what a heavy day.....
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JFT June 16 Accepting life
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Some things we must accept, others we can change. The wisdom to know the difference comes with growth in our spiritual program.Basic Text, p. 95=Its relatively easy to accept the things we like; it's the things we don't like that are hard to accept. But remaking the world and everyone in it to suit...
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12th step call
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What's your experience with 12th step calls...Either giving or receiving?
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the move is very near
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nerves are acting up a bit as i am packing this chapter of my life is done up an on better things hoping less Drama to find me in my new home kinda scared bout it but i'll be ok and no one will know me or where ia m which i am grateful a fresh chapter a ffresh start...here hoping i don't make the same mistakes
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Request for help...
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Hello everyone, As many of us already know, the economy is taking a toll on so many people, so hard that life as we once knew it has changed. So it is with me. As I write this post I am struggling to just keep my head above water, but the water is rising very fast. And I am reaching out for help. At one time, th...
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JFT June 14 Maintaining the faith
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If we maintain our spiritual condition daily, we find it easier to deal with the pain and confusion.Basic Text, p. 95=When we first began searching for a Power greater than ourselves, many of us got stuck in old beliefs or ideas. These ranged from the fear of a punishing or vengeful God to no belief a...
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Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change !!!
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New To Online NA Meetings.
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I am a 34yr old male who has been going to meeting for awhile but have had a problem w/ certain aspects of perceived hypocrisy at some meetings. I would go to various meetings in the Tampa/New Tampa area. I have chronic pain and am a opioid addict. I would like to know how helpful the online support has been...
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WISDOM OF THE ROOMS =)
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I do not have to stand on someone to stand tall, nor do I have to have victims to be a victor.
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all thing are quiet
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dunno what to think since i kicked my bestfriend/room mate out its quiet at first i loved having the apt to myself now i am getting lonely...mylifehas become lonely again . heres is where the problem lies i hate being alone but not sure why i can't adjust to living with somene...maybe the fact that she wa...
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JFT June 12 A vision of hope
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Yes, we are a vision of hope...Basic Text, p. 53=By the time we reached the end of our road, many of us had lost all hope for a life without the use of drugs. We believed we were destined to die from our disease. What an inspiration it was, then, coming to our first meeting and seeing a room full of addict...
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JFT June 13 A full life
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The program works a miracle in our lives.... We become free to live.Basic Text, p. 11=Most of usif weve been in recovery for any length of time at allhave heard some member complaining in a meeting about being terribly overworked, too busy for meetings or sponsorship or other activities. In fact...
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Hi Ruthy, hows the NA meeting doing ?
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Hi Ruthy ? How u doing ? I remember you sharing once that youd started an NA meeting in your neck of the woods... Hope you have a few regulars that show up regularly and your meeting is growing.....
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Un-manageable !!!
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My prayers are being answered, I assumed. Work was getting thin while credit cards calls and house bills were increasing. So, in the NA way, I wrote about it and prayed. And now whats happening is Im overwhelmed at job offers and am saying yes to all and getting myself more jammed up. Im mean, this is lik...
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Out there with the stars,,,
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This is one of the biggest shows Ive ever played in,,,, estimated at about 500000,,, part of the band backing up some very big names in the Indian Film Industry.... I was freaking out each time my image came on the giant screens when I took a solo... There I was, thinking "without NA, this isnt possi...
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I crave the simple life !
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Being natural,, thats my aim next to staying clean in NA ! -- Edited by Raman on Saturday 11th of June 2011 02:45:13 AM
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JFT June 11 Living clean
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As we recover, we gain a new outlook on being clean.... Life can become a new adventure for us.Basic Text, p. 91=The using life is not a clean oneno one knows this better than we do. Some of us lived in physical squalor, caring neither for our surroundings nor ourselves. Worse, though, than any ext...
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JFT June 10 Changing motives
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When we finally get our own selfish motives out of the way, we begin to find a peace that we never imagined possible.Basic Text, p. 45=As we examine our beliefs, our actions, and our motives in recovery, well find that sometimes we do things for the wrong reasons. In our early recovery, we may have sp...
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Uncomfortable at Meetings
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Hello. I am going to have 8 months clean on June 19th. I am happy about that, of course, but I have had trouble getting to Face to Face Meetings because I have a 5 1/2 year old child. I have only been able to go about 6 times in the last 7 months. The problem that I am having is that everytime I do go, I am supe...
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Welcome Dave R as our newest board moderator
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