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Dave R · Dave R

As we grow, we learn to overcome the tendency to run and hide from ourselves and our feelings.Basic Text, p. 85=Rather than risk vulnerability, many of us have developed habits that keep others at a safe distance. These patterns of emotional isolation can give us the feeling we are hopelessly loc...

Dave R · Dave R

We want to be free of our guilt, but we dont wish to do so at the expense of anyone else.Basic Text, p. 40=Lets face it: Most of us left trails of destruction in our wakes and harmed anyone who got in our way. Some of the people we hurt most in our addiction were the people we loved most. In an effort to pur...

Dave R · Dave R

The steps lead to an awakening of a spiritual nature. This awakening is evidenced by changes in our lives.Basic Text, p. 48=We know how to recognize the disease of addiction. Its symptoms are indisputable. Besides an uncontrollable appetite for drugs, those suffering exhibit self-centere...

Dave R · Dave R

Meetings keep us in touch with where weve been, but more importantly, with where we could go in our recovery.Basic Text, p. 54=In many ways, addicts are different. When we came to Narcotics Anonymous we found others like ourselves, people who understood us and whom we could understand. No longe...

BigV · BigV

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest...

Mom2CorbnMarlee · Mom2CorbnMarlee

Hi all, I'm new here. And I joined because I honestly have no where else to go. Here's a little of my story. I have been with my husband for 6 years now. When we first started dating he smoked pot, pretty regularly. I didn't, but it wasn't a big deal to me in the beginning because I just didn't know how ou...

Dave R · Dave R

We find ourselves doing and enjoying things that we never thought we would be doing.Basic Text, p. 98=Active addiction kept us isolated for many reasons. In the beginning, we avoided family and friends so they wouldnt find out we were using. Some of us avoided all nonaddicts, fearing moral back...

Brandi65 · Brandi65

Keep the lesson but throw away the experience. Sometimes when I go through a situation..I will replay everyones part over and over in my head without looking at mine. Then I remember to learn the lesson of the experience I have to look at myself and my part... YIKES! =)

avid · avid

Heard any good ones lately?

Cyrodiil · Cyrodiil

I've been going to meetings and I'm really struggling with this whole higher power thing. I like everything about this program, but this is the one thing I can't seem to swallow. For the time being I've made NA my higher power, and people have told me that it's fine, but I'm already seeing problems with t...

holdingon · holdingon

Thank all of you who responded to my first post....I haven't been back til now due to health issues. My drug of choice is Hydrocodone, but I realized yesterday....I'll take anything to forget sometimes. I was sweeping my floors the other day and found a little pink pill in the dustpan....Having no id...

goose · goose

opiate user off and on 20 years.46yr old male.Have about as much will power as any human I know.But for the life of me nothing has tested my survival ,or will to survive like opiates.Never have done the things associated with addiction,Stealing,missing work,ect,.Been shot,stabbed,have artifici...

MIKEF · MIKEF

For today I know I will come across someone who could use a sincere word of appreciation or just the need to be "lifted up".I do have it in my power to increase happiness in the area I am in ,so I will share a kind word to those who are discouraged and lonely. The joy I will be given will be the knowle...

Dave R · Dave R

We review our past performance and our present behavior to see what we want to keep and what we want to discard.Basic Text, p. 29=As each day winds to a close, many of us reflect on the past twenty-four hours and consider how we can live differently in the future. Its easy for our thoughts to remain tra...

LizC · LizC

hey all. i havent been on for quite some time. ive been isolating a lot. today i have yet to get out of bed. still in it. i havent been this depressed in a while. my boyfriend is mad at me (wouldnt you know its about drugs) so ive been sleeping and crying and crying myself to sleep. whats the point in getting up...

Brandi65 · Brandi65

I woke up from a dream this morning in tears..literally. The dream was of my son, who is now 27 and an addict, but in my dream he was 5ish or so, he had broken his arm and he was sitting on my lap in the car as we were on our way to the hospital. I just held him and began to cry, unsure of whether he knew how muc...

Dave R · Dave R

We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.Step Nine=In every relationship, we dont always handle things the way we would have hoped. But friendships dont have to end when we make mistakes; instead, we can make amends. If we are sincer...

jcd aka jayson cole · jcd aka jayson cole

i just had my whole family walk out on me during mother's day. yes that day is hard on me and the rest of my family and they found out that i had the same cancer my mother dead with. so i got emotional upset and they told me that i was bipolar and need to start taking meds ok so i started taking the meds and been up f...

SeanK_VancouverWA · SeanK_VancouverWA

So prepare, this is gonna be a long one. I'm in a court program to get one of my children back. I opted in to the program right out of detox, before I found NA. Since I've found NA and have been given the tools and the gift of a higher power that I have true unreserved faith in and have accepted his will for me, I h...

Dave R · Dave R

"As we approach this step, most of us are afraid that there is a monster inside of us that, if released, will destroy us." Basic Text, p. 27 Most of us are terrified to look at ourselves, to probe our insides. We're afraid that if we examine our actions and motives, we'll find a bottomless blac...

holdingon · holdingon

Hi everyone...I'm new here, and not even sure if I should be here... For the past two years, due to many health issues, I have been on many medications. The past six months being the worst. I was hospitalized several weeks ago and after being off hydrocodone for a short bit, was back on it, the problem bei...

ryanlitwiller · ryanlitwiller

Hey guys I'm from a small area and I always love when someone comes from out of town to do the clean time ceremony to hear some good catchy phrases, just wonder if you would care to share any. Thanks This seems to be about the standard in my area: white- int color of surrender orange - orange you glad your he...

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...

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	JFT May 24 Risking vulnerability (Preview) As we grow, we learn to overcome the tendency to run and hide from ourselves and our feelings.Basic Text, p. 85=Rather than risk vulnerability, many of us have developed habits that keep others at a safe distance. These patterns of emotional isolation can give us the feeling we are hopelessly loc...	Dave R	0	678	May 24, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT May 23 Amends and sponsors (Preview) We want to be free of our guilt, but we dont wish to do so at the expense of anyone else.Basic Text, p. 40=Lets face it: Most of us left trails of destruction in our wakes and harmed anyone who got in our way. Some of the people we hurt most in our addiction were the people we loved most. In an effort to pur...	Dave R	0	798	May 23, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT May 22 Symptoms of a spiritual awakening (Preview) The steps lead to an awakening of a spiritual nature. This awakening is evidenced by changes in our lives.Basic Text, p. 48=We know how to recognize the disease of addiction. Its symptoms are indisputable. Besides an uncontrollable appetite for drugs, those suffering exhibit self-centere...	Dave R	1	1113	May 23, 2011 by Ruthy
	JFT May 21 Keep coming back! (Preview) Meetings keep us in touch with where weve been, but more importantly, with where we could go in our recovery.Basic Text, p. 54=In many ways, addicts are different. When we came to Narcotics Anonymous we found others like ourselves, people who understood us and whom we could understand. No longe...	Dave R	1	943	May 21, 2011 by Ruthy
	The invitation ( a poem) (Preview) It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest...	BigV	4	966	May 21, 2011 by Ruthy
	New Here and Frustrated (Preview) Hi all, I'm new here. And I joined because I honestly have no where else to go. Here's a little of my story. I have been with my husband for 6 years now. When we first started dating he smoked pot, pretty regularly. I didn't, but it wasn't a big deal to me in the beginning because I just didn't know how ou...	Mom2CorbnMarlee	5	868	May 21, 2011 by goose
	JFT May 20 Coming out of isolation (Preview) We find ourselves doing and enjoying things that we never thought we would be doing.Basic Text, p. 98=Active addiction kept us isolated for many reasons. In the beginning, we avoided family and friends so they wouldnt find out we were using. Some of us avoided all nonaddicts, fearing moral back...	Dave R	2	1429	May 20, 2011 by Dave R
	WISDOM OF THE ROOMS =) (Preview) Keep the lesson but throw away the experience. Sometimes when I go through a situation..I will replay everyones part over and over in my head without looking at mine. Then I remember to learn the lesson of the experience I have to look at myself and my part... YIKES! =)	Brandi65	2	1375	May 20, 2011 by avid
	Hey Manon (Preview) Heard any good ones lately?	avid	2	1368	May 20, 2011 by Manon
	REALLY need help with the higher power thing (Preview) I've been going to meetings and I'm really struggling with this whole higher power thing. I like everything about this program, but this is the one thing I can't seem to swallow. For the time being I've made NA my higher power, and people have told me that it's fine, but I'm already seeing problems with t...	Cyrodiil	8	2028	May 19, 2011 by bionic
	Alanoner struggling with RX drug addiction (Preview) Thank all of you who responded to my first post....I haven't been back til now due to health issues. My drug of choice is Hydrocodone, but I realized yesterday....I'll take anything to forget sometimes. I was sweeping my floors the other day and found a little pink pill in the dustpan....Having no id...	holdingon	6	1452	May 19, 2011 by goose
	New guy (Preview) opiate user off and on 20 years.46yr old male.Have about as much will power as any human I know.But for the life of me nothing has tested my survival ,or will to survive like opiates.Never have done the things associated with addiction,Stealing,missing work,ect,.Been shot,stabbed,have artifici...	goose	18	2572	May 19, 2011 by goose
	Store up good things inside! (Preview) For today I know I will come across someone who could use a sincere word of appreciation or just the need to be "lifted up".I do have it in my power to increase happiness in the area I am in ,so I will share a kind word to those who are discouraged and lonely. The joy I will be given will be the knowle...	MIKEF	1	1351	May 19, 2011 by avid
	JFT May 19 A growth inventory (Preview) We review our past performance and our present behavior to see what we want to keep and what we want to discard.Basic Text, p. 29=As each day winds to a close, many of us reflect on the past twenty-four hours and consider how we can live differently in the future. Its easy for our thoughts to remain tra...	Dave R	1	906	May 19, 2011 by Ruthy
	oh its just me (Preview) hey all. i havent been on for quite some time. ive been isolating a lot. today i have yet to get out of bed. still in it. i havent been this depressed in a while. my boyfriend is mad at me (wouldnt you know its about drugs) so ive been sleeping and crying and crying myself to sleep. whats the point in getting up...	LizC	7	1481	May 18, 2011 by Dave R
	The Onion (Preview) I woke up from a dream this morning in tears..literally. The dream was of my son, who is now 27 and an addict, but in my dream he was 5ish or so, he had broken his arm and he was sitting on my lap in the car as we were on our way to the hospital. I just held him and began to cry, unsure of whether he knew how muc...	Brandi65	9	1286	May 18, 2011 by Brandi65
	JFT May 18 Friends and amends--keeping it simple (Preview) We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.Step Nine=In every relationship, we dont always handle things the way we would have hoped. But friendships dont have to end when we make mistakes; instead, we can make amends. If we are sincer...	Dave R	0	1284	May 18, 2011 by Dave R
	having a rough time (Preview) i just had my whole family walk out on me during mother's day. yes that day is hard on me and the rest of my family and they found out that i had the same cancer my mother dead with. so i got emotional upset and they told me that i was bipolar and need to start taking meds ok so i started taking the meds and been up f...	jcd aka jayson cole	2	1297	May 17, 2011 by LizC
	Need some advice... (Preview) So prepare, this is gonna be a long one. I'm in a court program to get one of my children back. I opted in to the program right out of detox, before I found NA. Since I've found NA and have been given the tools and the gift of a higher power that I have true unreserved faith in and have accepted his will for me, I h...	SeanK_VancouverWA	10	1082	May 17, 2011 by BigBob
	JFT May 15 Fear of the fourth step (Preview) "As we approach this step, most of us are afraid that there is a monster inside of us that, if released, will destroy us." Basic Text, p. 27 Most of us are terrified to look at ourselves, to probe our insides. We're afraid that if we examine our actions and motives, we'll find a bottomless blac...	Dave R	2	1393	May 17, 2011 by BigBob
	Do I belong here? Newbie.... (Preview) Hi everyone...I'm new here, and not even sure if I should be here... For the past two years, due to many health issues, I have been on many medications. The past six months being the worst. I was hospitalized several weeks ago and after being off hydrocodone for a short bit, was back on it, the problem bei...	holdingon	5	1803	May 17, 2011 by BigBob
	Clean Time Ceremony Catchy Phrases (Preview) Hey guys I'm from a small area and I always love when someone comes from out of town to do the clean time ceremony to hear some good catchy phrases, just wonder if you would care to share any. Thanks This seems to be about the standard in my area: white- int color of surrender orange - orange you glad your he...	ryanlitwiller	3	7118	May 17, 2011 by ryanlitwiller
	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	1206	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	1015	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	1101	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	1354	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	1495	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	1348	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	1196	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	1283	May 14, 2011 by Dave R
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