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JFT July 18 The gift of desperation
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Our disease always resurfaced or continued to progress until, in desperation, we sought help from each other in Narcotics Anonymous.Basic Text, p. 13=When we think of being desperate, we envision an undesirable state: a poor, bedraggled soul frantically clawing at something sorely needed, a...
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Hi everyone. My name is Dani. I'm 26 and I live in Georgia. I am a recovering heroin addict. I have not used heroin since October 15, 2010. As of today I have 9 months clean. There is only one NA meeting in my hometown...and it really isn't a very good one. The first and only time I went, I was approached by two...
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Thanks to Milkman
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You have been so helpful with the "Just for Today" postings because I don't own a book and where I live it is not easy to access. I want to thank you and tell you "God bless you". With much thanks, Bernard
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JFT July 17 Using our using dreams
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Do we fully accept the fact that our every attempt to stop using or to control our using failed?Basic Text, p. 19=The room is dark. Your forehead is bathed in cold sweat. Your heart is racing. You open your eyes, sure that youve just blown your clean time. Youve had a using dream, and it was just lik...
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LEAVE YOUR MONKEY IN THE WOODS
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Tomorrow from 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 12:00 P.M our ASC,.area service committee of MID HUDSON VALLEY, is putting on the 5th ANNUAL 'LEAVE YOUR MONKEY IN THE WOODS FESTIVAL"in upstate Kingston New York.We have sold approx 150 tickets and expecting turnout of about 350 addicts(families and friends...
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rough patch
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Hello Friends, Just wanted to let you know im going through a rough patch which is why i have not been on. please pray for me. and thanks for all the support you always show me. this too shall pass (eventually)
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JFT July 16 Self-esteem
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Deep inside, I had feelings of inadequacy and inferiority.=Somewhere along the way, many of us developed strong feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. Deep inside was a voice that continually cried out, Youre worthless! Many of us learn to recognize this characteristic of low self-esteem...
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JFT July 15 Relations with others
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We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.Step Eight=All human beings struggle with self-centeredness. The chronic self-centeredness that lies at the very core of addiction makes that struggle doubly difficult for people like us. Many of us have l...
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Just sharing a little difficulty
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Hi dear NA partners and friends, First of all I am Brazilian, so sorry if I make some language mistakes, ok? Well, I have been going through some very deep emotional crisis. I am back on NA for almost 6 months after I got aware I was going to be a father. My ex and I broke up, after some sad happenings she went t...
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Sponsor question.
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I am frustrated with the process of finding the right sponsor. I just picked up my 60 day chip (I go to an open AA group, with alot of other addicts) and I've already resigned from my first sponsor. I didn't' get what others seem to get from the relationship: she didn't call, I had trouble making myself cal...
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Just cant seem to stop, have stayed sober for months but soon as I am around pills I just want to take them
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JFT July 14 An inside job
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Social acceptability does not equal recovery.Basic Text, p. 22=One of the first things that happens to many of us in recovery is that we start to look better. We get healthier; we bathe; we dress more appropriately. And without the goading of active addiction, many of us finally stop stealing, l...
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JFT July 13 Humility in action
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If we are hurting, and most of us do from time to time, we learn to ask for help.Basic Text, p. 83=Sometimes recovery gets downright difficult. It can be even more difficult to get humble enough to ask for help. We think, I have all this time clean. I should be better than this! But the reality of rec...
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JFT July 12 Patience
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We were trapped by our need for the instant gratification that drugs gave us.Basic Text, p. 25=I want what I want, and I want it now! Thats about as patient as most of us ever got in our active addiction. The obsession and compulsion of our disease gave us a one-track way of thinking; when we wanted so...
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Quiet here lately.
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Noticing that the board has gotten quiet. Let's share some experience, strength, and hope. I'll start. Last night I heard this said at a meeting "If all your problems can be solved with money then you have no problems" I had to ponder that one a minute. So much of peoples troubles these day...
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JFT July 11 Encouragement
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We share comfort and encouragement with others.Basic Text, p. 99=Many of us have watched as babies take their first steps. The mother holds the child on its feet. The father kneels nearby with outstretched arms, encouraging the little one, his face flooded with devotion. The baby takes a few s...
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JFT July 10 A positive attitude
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That old nest of negativism followed me everywhere I went.Basic Text, p. 137=A negative attitude is the trademark of active addiction. Everything that occurred in our lives was someone or something elses fault. We had blaming others for our shortcomings down to a fine science. In recovery, o...
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Subscription to forum problem
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It used to work fine now I don't get an email of the new topics etc. I subscribed to the whole forum. Has anything changed or perhaps my settings are wrong?
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Great lyrics and music but we dont have to stay stuck remember that.
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http://www.myvideo.de/watch/7898387/Fix_Me_10_Years"Fix Me" It's taken a lifetime to lose my way A lifetime of yesterdays All the wasted time on my hands turns to sand And fades in the wind Crossing lines, small crimes Taking back what is mine I'm fine in the fire I feed on the friction...
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JFT July 9 We do recover
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...the time has come when that tired old lie, Once an addict, always an addict, will no longer be tolerated by either society or the addict himself. We do recover.Basic Text, p. 89=From time to time, we hear speakers share that they dont really understand spiritual principles yet. They tell us th...
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JFT July 8 The "G" word
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July 8The "G" wordIt is important for you to know that you will hear God mentioned at NA meetings. What we are referring to is a Power greater than ourselves that makes possible what seems impossible.IP No. 22, Welcome to NA=Most of us come to Narcotics Anonymous with a variety of preconce...
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God does for me what i can't do for myself
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for 5 years now, 1825 days at a time . I turn my will and life over each and ever day and i get to stay free one day at a time. Theres a little miracle though that happens when you work the steps, something special, I didnt work thoughs steps until about 1-1/2 years ago and thats when I began to grow a little mo...
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25 days left
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I have been blessed with a beautiful partner and in 25 days..we are having a commitment ceremony..invited over 400 folks..all who have been amazing gifts to our lives..and 98% NA family..I feel blessed..overwhelmed with gratitude..now..on the flip side..I'm nervous, anxious, scared and also d...
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hello I am addicit Ravinder .My Cleen time is 11 month .now i feel good Today
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my email id id broken _heart7190@yahoo.com
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JFT July 7 God in each other
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July 7God in each otherOne aspect of our spiritual awakening comes through the new understanding of our Higher Power that we develop by sharing another addicts recovery.Basic Text, p. 52=Weve heard it said that we often see God most clearly in one another. We see the truth of this when we practice ou...
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a little to close to home
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my 15 year old cousin has killed himself gunshot to the head..having tried my self i can empathize the pain they must have felt them i look at it thru my mommy side i would b devesteted to see the after math so please keep my family in prayer i am not doing well at all atm mixed emotions wondering why it worked...
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Feeling Drained
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Been going to meetings daily but don't feel like I am getting fed. Talked to a NA member today who also feel unfed. After the conversation I feel so drained. Sometimes I feel better skipping a meeting till I get centered again. They told me to never stop going to meeting but I got to tell you, lately it...
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Need help.....
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I am from a small town that is over run with prescription drug addicts. The closest N/A meeting is about 15 miles outside of town. I feel that the Lord has put it upon my heart to start some meetings in the town. I already have a couple of places that would donate their buildings for the meetings but I'm not f...
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Male and female NA groups. Are they against the old school mentality of NA.
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I have heard that NA from the beginning did not believe in separate meetings for men and woman. Is this true?
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JFT July 5 Exploring spiritual options
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The nature of our belief will determine the manner of our prayers and meditation.Basic Text, p. 44=How do we pray? For each NA member, this is a deeply personal matter. Many of us find that, over time, we develop a manner of prayer and meditation based on what we learn from others and what we are comf...
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