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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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glad to be back
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it feels good to be among the living once agin there is no more roomate or extra DRAMA here to confine me to my fears i am moving in 11 days and counting i am very grateful for it although its not very far away this has been home since 2004 and yet to many issues to stay in order to rid myself i must cahnge home whi...
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JFT June 9 Old dreams needn't die
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Lost dreams awaken and new possibilities arise.Basic Text, p. 91=Most of us had dreams when we were young. Whether we dreamed of a dynamic career, a large and loving family, or travels abroad, our dreams died when our addiction took hold. Anything we ever wanted for ourselves was cast away in our...
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JFT June 8 The only requirement
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This program offers hope. All you have to bring with you is the desire to stop using and the willingness to try this new way of life.IP No. 16, For the Newcomer=From time to time we wonder if were doing it right in Narcotics Anonymous. Are we attending enough meetings? Are we using our sponsor, or wo...
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I read this great piece on detachment,,, a Great Meditation !
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When I gain detachment from my own thinking process, I am able to be separate from my own obsessive and neurotic thinking. I can watch my thoughts in a dispassionate manner. I can be a witness to my own emotional and mental processes. When I cultivate this habit of mind, I am provided with a wonderful opp...
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Ouote for the day
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no weapon formed against me shall prosper, the devil is a liar. You may be going through a tough time right now but the God of your understanding is getting ready to bless you in a way that only he can. God's love is like the ocean, you can see it's beginging but not it's end. Keep the faith and keep on strivi...
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JFT June 7 Someone who believes in me
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Just for today, I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery.Basic Text, p. 100=Not all of us arrive in NA and automatically stay clean. But if we keep coming back, we find in Narcotics Anonymous the support we need for our recovery. Staying clean is easier w...
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COMING BACK FROM A RELAPSE
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COMING BACK IS WHAT i DID, i AM NOT PROUD OF THE RELAPSE BUT i AM PROUD OF MYSELF, i DID NOT LET IT BECOME MY DESTINY. AND THE GOD OF MY UNDERSTANDING WAS RIGHT THERE TO WALK WITH ME. I AM GRATEFUL IT WAS A TRULY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE ONE.
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in God we trust.
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Let God choose for you, it will be the right decision. Let God guide you, it will be the right direction. Let God plan for you, it will be in the right timing. Let God measure for you, it will be the right portion. Let God help you, it will be the right care. Let God instruct you, it will be the right teaching. L...
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JFT June 6 Recovery doesn't happen overnight
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The Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous are a progressive recovery process established in our daily living.Basic Text, p. 99=After some time in recovery, we may find we are faced with what seem like overwhelming personal problems, angry feelings, and despair. When we realize whats going on, w...
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Just an update
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I want to make sure I am sharing the solution as well. I have spoken to my friend. She is sooo not the same and obviously caught up in the grip of the disease. I on the other hand have become more diligent with my program. I have been making my usual regualr meetings but making a point to reach out more to other...
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JFT June 5 Honest prayer
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Although honesty is difficult to practice, it is most rewarding.Basic Text, p. 96=How difficult we find it to be honest! Many of us come to NA so confused about what really happened in our lives that it sometimes takes months and years to sort it all out. The truth of our history is not always as we ha...
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not good with room mates
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for the past 3 months i have been a nervous wreck and cut everything outta my life trying to stay outta her way she was living off me and my disability 45 years old still acts like a child it was really hard trying to put principles before personalityies the Drama she brought into the home was unreal her a...
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started with no recovery
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Boy am I disappointed in myself this morning..woke up hoping to have me time..didn't happen that way..got into a arguement with my partner..which is rare..and I said it ..Wedding is Off...so she left..I acted as if nothing happen..then Recovery kicked in..called my support..read some literatur...
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Would any of the regular posters be interested in being an Administrator for the board?
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So heres the deal I think its time if anyone is interested to find a new admin for the board. My feeling is that I am alot more involved in AA these days, no i dont post on the AA board because this is my online home and I am an addict but I just feel that i'm doing a diservice to you all by not putting 100% into thi...
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WISDOM OF THE ROOMS =)
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I was the blacksheep of the family. Then I came to Narcotics Anonymous and found the rest of my herd =)
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JFT June 4 Build, don't destroy
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June 4Build, dont destroyOur negative sense of self has been replaced by a positive concern for others.Basic Text, p. 16=Spreading gossip feeds a dark hunger in us. Sometimes we think the only way we can feel good about ourselves is to make someone else look bad by comparison. But the kind of self-e...
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TODAYS ADVENTURE!!!
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7:40,God has allowed me another opening of my eyes!! Myself and 2 recovering addicts off to a Mens breakfast and speaker at my house of worship,then we are back at a 12;00 CELEBRATION(3 YEARS) for another recovering addict,take the kids to Walmart(kids 25 /24??):) AFTER THAT, and then ready for a 3 da...
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Character assasination prior to investigation!
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-- Edited by BigV on Thursday 2nd of June 2011 10:27:05 AM
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Have you read the "Living Clean" draft ?
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An NA member must read this latest of literature. It is still in approval draft form but is fab.... All the things Im feeling and cant put into words are there well as many new insights and Guidances ! If you cannot download it at na.org, then I could send it to you by email. my address is sramani...
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JFT June 3 Direct and indirect amends
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We make our amends to the best of our ability.Basic Text, p. 40=The Ninth Step tells us to make direct amends wherever possible. Our experience tells us to follow up those direct amends with long-lasting changes in our attitudes and our behaviorthat is, with indirect amends.For example, say wev...
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I DID IT!!!! I WENT!!!!
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I went to my first meeting today! I was scared as hell too. But when I got there I got hugs and my welcome token and everybody was so excited that I was there. It was really neat. I have tried to go for three days now and the first one wasnt at the address it was supposed to be at and yesterday was a holiday, but to...
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JFT June 1 Keep coming back
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June 1Keep coming backWe dont have to be clean when we get here but, after the first meeting, we suggest that newcomers keep coming back and come back clean. We dont have to wait for an overdose or a jail sentence to get help from Narcotics Anonymous.Basic Text, pp. 10-11=Very few of us arrive in NA brim...
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UPDATE
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HEY THERE EVERYONE...ALL IS WELL WITH ME..LIVING LIFE AND TRULY GRATEFUL..I HAVEN'T BEEN ON HERE FOR A MINUTE..EVEN THOUGH..I STILL REMAIN IN THE ROOMS OF NA, STILL CONNECTED WITH MY SPONSOR, STILL WORKING STEPS AND STILL DOING SERVICE AND PRACTICING GIVING IT AWAY..AND BECAUSE OF THAT I STAY CLEA...
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