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Dave R · Dave R

May 17"Defects"We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.Step Six=After taking the Fifth Step, many of us spend some time considering the exact nature of our wrongs and the part theyd played in making us who we were. What would our lives be like without, say...

MIKEF · MIKEF

My wifes family up from Florida ,staying with us for 3 days.Truly a blessing to see my wife alive with joy and busying herself with selfless service to her sister and neice ,cooking and baking and just sharing her love.Today I will continue to listen for my Higher Powers direction,take joy in the small...

candycane13 · candycane13

I happened upon this site looking for ways to help me/myself. It's taken a LONG time to really admit to myself that I'm addicted to (legal) Rx's. I had done SOOOO well and been really sober for almost 2.5 yrs. Then in Dec '10 I fell and broke my ankle in 3 major places, had reconstructive surgery w/8 scr...

Dave R · Dave R

Gods will for us becomes our own true will for ourselves.Basic Text, p. 48=The Twelve Steps are a path to spiritual awakening. This awakening takes the form of a developing relationship with a loving Higher Power. Each succeeding step strengthens that relationship. As we continue to work the...

angriv · angriv

Hi Everyone, this month I made 14 months clean. I got back with my ex-husband (getting high partner) believing he had changed only to get slap in the face. He continues to relapse on a regular. He goes in and out of Day Top so he will not violate his parole. I left him a couple of days ago and finally told hi...

GARY · GARY

WOW SURROUNDED BY WATER FROM TWO RIVERS/Not looking so good down here near Vicksburg,Ms

rick2day · rick2day

My name is Rick and I am an addict. My drug of choice is meth which I have been injecting almost daily for 10 years. It has destroyed my life. Even though I am grateful the situation is not worse, if you compare my life the day before I used meth for the first time to today, the difference is shocking. I don'...

Dave R · Dave R

Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.Basic Text, p. 23=Mistakes! We all know how it feels to make them. Many of us feel that our entire lives have been a mistake. We often regard our mistakes with shame or guiltat the very least, with frustration and impatien...

DVDME · DVDME

My 22 year old daughter got out of a treatment center in April, had 90 days sober and slipped, much more than once in the past month or so. Now she tells me she is pregnant and I am terrified for her. Does anyone have any experience with this topic? I know her baby can be born with birth defects, and aside fro...

Dave R · Dave R

The progression of recovery is a continuous uphill journey.Basic Text, p. 83=The longer we stay clean, the steeper and narrower our path seems to become. But God doesn't give us more than we can handle. No matter how difficult the road becomes, no matter how narrow, how winding the turns, there i...

Manon · Manon

I have been really depresed lately despondent left out and lonely...but there is good news to we found a 2 bedroom apt for us to live it i am excited bout that just thought Iwould check in and to my really good friends (LIZ) I am isolating alot atm I hope every one is ok and that this finds you blessed

Davethewave · Davethewave

So this week we are celebrating 4 years clean. The gifts bestowed upon me through this program, by my higher power, are beyond my greatest expectations. Thanks NA!!

Dave R · Dave R

For meditation to be of value, the results must show in our daily lives.Basic Text, p. 47=In working our program, we are given many indirect indications of a Higher Powers presence in our lives: the clean feeling that comes to so many of us in taking our Fifth Step; the sense that we are finally on the r...

jayburn84 · jayburn84

Over a month ago I was sent to rehab and learned a lot about the disease of addiction, what I considered just letting loose and rewarding myself for years of success and forward progress in life had all caught up to me. I met many individuals like myself, similar lives, stories, experiences, yet still f...

Dave R · Dave R

A lot of our chief concerns and major difficulties come from our inexperience with living without drugs. Often when we ask an oldtimer what to do, we are amazed at the simplicity of the answer.Basic Text, p. 43=Finding balance in recovery is quite a bit like sitting down with a set of scales and a pil...

murcia · murcia

Hey, Can anyone share experiance how affects treatment for hepatitis C physical health and staying clean?As I heard it`s very difficult treatment specially for addicts?How to get by that period?Is there any recomendations? I`m at this monent clean year and 8 days, and must say that it`s one of the...

Dave R · Dave R

We... get a good look at what these defects are doing to our lives. We begin to long for freedom from these defects.Basic Text, p. 34=Becoming entirely ready to have our defects of character removed can be a long process, often taking place over the course of a lifetime. Our state of readiness grow...

krisjun · krisjun

Hey everyone --- Im trying to get some help from my fellow recovering friends. Im looking for people in recovery who own a dog to complete a brief survey on how their dogs have influenced their recoveries. It only takes a few minutes and I would REALLY appreciate your help.Also if you know anyone in reco...

avid · avid

a recent post made me think about this. So, what is your purpose in life?

Fenderstrato68 · Fenderstrato68

I met a girl a so called normal girl, that s not in program Chated on the phone with her shared a good part of my storey with her met her for Tea shared more it went well realy well,I ve been c lean coming up on five year s I ve been out a relation ship for almost ten month s .Any way know she want s to know more abo...

Dave R · Dave R

May 9Write about it!"We sit down with a notebook, ask for guidance, pick up our pen, and start writing."Basic Text, p. 30=When we're confused or in pain, our sponsor sometimes tells us to "write about it." Though we may groan as we drag out the notebook, we know that it will help...

Dave R · Dave R

We have learned that it is okay to not know all the answers, for then we are teachable and can learn to live our new life successfully.Basic Text, p. 96=In a way, addiction is a great teacher. And if addiction teaches us nothing else, it will teach us humility. We hear it said that it took our very best...

Nancy44 · Nancy44

She's young and beautiful, but hooked. I'm not related but concerned and compassionate.

HollyBJolly814 · HollyBJolly814

Alright, i'm new to this message chat thing for NA so bare with me. My sponser told me that before I start writing on step 4, read read read the literature and talk to other people and see what advice they have on step 4....so here I am please fellow recovering addicts, share with me your wisdom

Raman · Raman

Hi folks,, sorry I havent been sharin recently, though I was regular viewer... I did try and upload pics of my visit to the Regional Conference in March Maybe this site is not allowing uploads of pics any more..but couldnt. Im a believer in letting facts and figures speak for themselves and what bette...

amanda56258 · amanda56258

Last night at the "meeting before the meeting" at our local coffee shop, a friend of mine from out of town stopped in. Boy did he shock the hell out of me. His roommate, who was his "recovery brother," had 8 years clean and decided earlier this month that he was going to start drin...

Dave R · Dave R

With the world in such a turmoil, I feel I have been blessed to be where I am.Basic Text, p. 145=Some days it doesnt pay to turn on the news, we hear so many stories about violence and mayhem. When we used, many of us grew accustomed to violence. Through the fog of our addiction, we rarely got too distur...

Dave R · Dave R

In time, we can relax and enjoy the atmosphere of recovery.Basic Text, p. 56=Imagine what would happen if a newcomer walked into one of our meetings and was met by a group of grim-faced people gripping the arms of their chairs with white knuckles. That newcomer would probably bolt, perhaps mutter...

Dave R · Dave R

We learn to experience feelings and realize they can do us no harm unless we act on them.IP No. 16, For the Newcomer=Many of us came to Narcotics Anonymous with something less than an overwhelming desire to stop using. Sure, the drugs were causing us problems, and we wanted to be rid of the problems...

Dave R · Dave R

...I was ready to go to any lengths to stay clean.Basic Text, p. 132=Any lengths? newcomers ask. What do you mean, any lengths? Looking back at our active addiction and the lengths we were willing to go to in order to stay high can help to explain. Were we willing to drive many miles to get drugs? Ye...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	JFT May 17 "Defects" (Preview) May 17"Defects"We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.Step Six=After taking the Fifth Step, many of us spend some time considering the exact nature of our wrongs and the part theyd played in making us who we were. What would our lives be like without, say...	Dave R	2	1196	May 17, 2011 by MIKEF
	A real good look at love in action!! (Preview) My wifes family up from Florida ,staying with us for 3 days.Truly a blessing to see my wife alive with joy and busying herself with selfless service to her sister and neice ,cooking and baking and just sharing her love.Today I will continue to listen for my Higher Powers direction,take joy in the small...	MIKEF	0	1003	May 17, 2011 by MIKEF
	Hi to all.........am a newbie (pls be gentle, lol!) (Preview) I happened upon this site looking for ways to help me/myself. It's taken a LONG time to really admit to myself that I'm addicted to (legal) Rx's. I had done SOOOO well and been really sober for almost 2.5 yrs. Then in Dec '10 I fell and broke my ankle in 3 major places, had reconstructive surgery w/8 scr...	candycane13	5	1093	May 17, 2011 by ElaineC
	JFT May 16 Our higher power's will (Preview) Gods will for us becomes our own true will for ourselves.Basic Text, p. 48=The Twelve Steps are a path to spiritual awakening. This awakening takes the form of a developing relationship with a loving Higher Power. Each succeeding step strengthens that relationship. As we continue to work the...	Dave R	2	1344	May 16, 2011 by avid
	Hard To Let Go - Hurt : ( (Preview) Hi Everyone, this month I made 14 months clean. I got back with my ex-husband (getting high partner) believing he had changed only to get slap in the face. He continues to relapse on a regular. He goes in and out of Day Top so he will not violate his parole. I left him a couple of days ago and finally told hi...	angriv	6	1485	May 15, 2011 by angriv
	GLUB GLUB (Preview) WOW SURROUNDED BY WATER FROM TWO RIVERS/Not looking so good down here near Vicksburg,Ms	GARY	3	1337	May 15, 2011 by MIKEF
	Being new Day 2 (Preview) My name is Rick and I am an addict. My drug of choice is meth which I have been injecting almost daily for 10 years. It has destroyed my life. Even though I am grateful the situation is not worse, if you compare my life the day before I used meth for the first time to today, the difference is shocking. I don'...	rick2day	4	1188	May 14, 2011 by avid
	JFT May Oops! (Preview) Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.Basic Text, p. 23=Mistakes! We all know how it feels to make them. Many of us feel that our entire lives have been a mistake. We often regard our mistakes with shame or guiltat the very least, with frustration and impatien...	Dave R	0	1273	May 14, 2011 by Dave R
	Pregnancy and Opiod use (Preview) My 22 year old daughter got out of a treatment center in April, had 90 days sober and slipped, much more than once in the past month or so. Now she tells me she is pregnant and I am terrified for her. Does anyone have any experience with this topic? I know her baby can be born with birth defects, and aside fro...	DVDME	5	1337	May 13, 2011 by DVDME
	JFT May 13 Onward on the journey (Preview) The progression of recovery is a continuous uphill journey.Basic Text, p. 83=The longer we stay clean, the steeper and narrower our path seems to become. But God doesn't give us more than we can handle. No matter how difficult the road becomes, no matter how narrow, how winding the turns, there i...	Dave R	0	1107	May 13, 2011 by Dave R
	Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr (Preview) I have been really depresed lately despondent left out and lonely...but there is good news to we found a 2 bedroom apt for us to live it i am excited bout that just thought Iwould check in and to my really good friends (LIZ) I am isolating alot atm I hope every one is ok and that this finds you blessed	Manon	4	1237	May 12, 2011 by cdbuckberry
	4 years! (Preview) So this week we are celebrating 4 years clean. The gifts bestowed upon me through this program, by my higher power, are beyond my greatest expectations. Thanks NA!!	Davethewave	6	1103	May 12, 2011 by Davethewave
	JFT May 12 Living with spiritual experiences (Preview) For meditation to be of value, the results must show in our daily lives.Basic Text, p. 47=In working our program, we are given many indirect indications of a Higher Powers presence in our lives: the clean feeling that comes to so many of us in taking our Fifth Step; the sense that we are finally on the r...	Dave R	0	1335	May 12, 2011 by Dave R
	So much anxiety... a troubled year (Preview) Over a month ago I was sent to rehab and learned a lot about the disease of addiction, what I considered just letting loose and rewarding myself for years of success and forward progress in life had all caught up to me. I met many individuals like myself, similar lives, stories, experiences, yet still f...	jayburn84	5	1346	May 11, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT May 11 Balancing the scales (Preview) A lot of our chief concerns and major difficulties come from our inexperience with living without drugs. Often when we ask an oldtimer what to do, we are amazed at the simplicity of the answer.Basic Text, p. 43=Finding balance in recovery is quite a bit like sitting down with a set of scales and a pil...	Dave R	2	1137	May 11, 2011 by MIKEF
	recovery and treatment for hepatitis C (Preview) Hey, Can anyone share experiance how affects treatment for hepatitis C physical health and staying clean?As I heard it`s very difficult treatment specially for addicts?How to get by that period?Is there any recomendations? I`m at this monent clean year and 8 days, and must say that it`s one of the...	murcia	10	1270	May 11, 2011 by murcia
	JFT May 10 Becoming entirely ready (Preview) We... get a good look at what these defects are doing to our lives. We begin to long for freedom from these defects.Basic Text, p. 34=Becoming entirely ready to have our defects of character removed can be a long process, often taking place over the course of a lifetime. Our state of readiness grow...	Dave R	4	1364	May 11, 2011 by Brandi65
	If you're in recovery and have a dog, please check this out!! (Preview) Hey everyone --- Im trying to get some help from my fellow recovering friends. Im looking for people in recovery who own a dog to complete a brief survey on how their dogs have influenced their recoveries. It only takes a few minutes and I would REALLY appreciate your help.Also if you know anyone in reco...	krisjun	1	936	May 10, 2011 by Davethewave
	What is your purpose in Life? (Preview) a recent post made me think about this. So, what is your purpose in life?	avid	7	1704	May 10, 2011 by Mike M
	Romantic relationship s (Preview) I met a girl a so called normal girl, that s not in program Chated on the phone with her shared a good part of my storey with her met her for Tea shared more it went well realy well,I ve been c lean coming up on five year s I ve been out a relation ship for almost ten month s .Any way know she want s to know more abo...	Fenderstrato68	5	1818	May 10, 2011 by Mike M
	JFT May 9 Write about it! (Preview) May 9Write about it!"We sit down with a notebook, ask for guidance, pick up our pen, and start writing."Basic Text, p. 30=When we're confused or in pain, our sponsor sometimes tells us to "write about it." Though we may groan as we drag out the notebook, we know that it will help...	Dave R	0	1348	May 9, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT May 8 Teachable (Preview) We have learned that it is okay to not know all the answers, for then we are teachable and can learn to live our new life successfully.Basic Text, p. 96=In a way, addiction is a great teacher. And if addiction teaches us nothing else, it will teach us humility. We hear it said that it took our very best...	Dave R	2	1537	May 8, 2011 by avid
	Is it possible to help a cocaine addict? (Preview) She's young and beautiful, but hooked. I'm not related but concerned and compassionate.	Nancy44	2	2074	May 7, 2011 by avid
	Step 4 (Preview) Alright, i'm new to this message chat thing for NA so bare with me. My sponser told me that before I start writing on step 4, read read read the literature and talk to other people and see what advice they have on step 4....so here I am please fellow recovering addicts, share with me your wisdom	HollyBJolly814	10	1410	May 7, 2011 by HollyBJolly814
	Hi all. (Preview) Hi folks,, sorry I havent been sharin recently, though I was regular viewer... I did try and upload pics of my visit to the Regional Conference in March Maybe this site is not allowing uploads of pics any more..but couldnt. Im a believer in letting facts and figures speak for themselves and what bette...	Raman	5	991	May 7, 2011 by avid
	Kinda bummed out (Preview) Last night at the "meeting before the meeting" at our local coffee shop, a friend of mine from out of town stopped in. Boy did he shock the hell out of me. His roommate, who was his "recovery brother," had 8 years clean and decided earlier this month that he was going to start drin...	amanda56258	3	928	May 7, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT May 7 Turning turmoil into peace (Preview) With the world in such a turmoil, I feel I have been blessed to be where I am.Basic Text, p. 145=Some days it doesnt pay to turn on the news, we hear so many stories about violence and mayhem. When we used, many of us grew accustomed to violence. Through the fog of our addiction, we rarely got too distur...	Dave R	0	1170	May 7, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT May 6 Are we having fun yet? (Preview) In time, we can relax and enjoy the atmosphere of recovery.Basic Text, p. 56=Imagine what would happen if a newcomer walked into one of our meetings and was met by a group of grim-faced people gripping the arms of their chairs with white knuckles. That newcomer would probably bolt, perhaps mutter...	Dave R	0	869	May 6, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT April 9 Acting out (Preview) We learn to experience feelings and realize they can do us no harm unless we act on them.IP No. 16, For the Newcomer=Many of us came to Narcotics Anonymous with something less than an overwhelming desire to stop using. Sure, the drugs were causing us problems, and we wanted to be rid of the problems...	Dave R	1	580	May 5, 2011 by peachz
	JFT May 5 Any lengths (Preview) ...I was ready to go to any lengths to stay clean.Basic Text, p. 132=Any lengths? newcomers ask. What do you mean, any lengths? Looking back at our active addiction and the lengths we were willing to go to in order to stay high can help to explain. Were we willing to drive many miles to get drugs? Ye...	Dave R	1	627	May 5, 2011 by FreedomDove
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