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Dave R · Dave R

This is our road to spiritual growth.Basic Text, p. 37=When we arrived at our first NA meeting, it looked like the end of the road to many of us. We werent going to be able to use anymore. We were spiritually bankrupt. Most of us were totally isolated and didnt think we had much to live for. Little di...

Warren · Warren

Hi really going through tough times right now cant seem to find a glimmor of light. i am in constant conflict with my spirituality and in struggles with fatherhood, manhood, and being a good and responsible husband. all seems lost, back at home with mom and jobless. HELP!!!!

MIKEF · MIKEF

Thanks for prayers and thoughts for our family.Last night at 10:00 oclock ,God has brought us Jaelyn Amiah McNeil(she said I could break her anonymity :)),(our little JAM!), into the world. Baby was 5lbs and 12 ounces of shimmering light and we are all truly blessed.My daughter is okay ,has to stay ex...

Manon · Manon

was prolly the most effective thing I have read whenI started dealing with all htese health issues. Due to these health issues my roomate is regulating my pills atm due tho the fact that all I wanna do is hide from the real world and sleep. So my docs are setting up safety plans so that another acciedal ove...

Manon · Manon

just thought I would check in Depression seems to be taking hold as I am going thru alot ofhealth issues trying my best to keep my chin up I am still clean I struggle with desires of bsing numb other than that I am ok to apoint but didn't want neone to worry so I thought to update my status

Proud Mommy · Proud Mommy

Growing up My life wasnt so fair, my dad was always drunk and my mom was in and out of my life and always on drugs and never kept her promises I swore I never was gonna be like my parents, we always moved from home to home and sometimes lived under the bridge, all I knew was drinking and drugs I grew up around it,...

nezyb · nezyb

Get the book. Check. Read the book. Check. Go to meetings. Check. Get a sponsor. Check. Work the steps. Not so much. Then I look at todays JFT and it talks about footwork, like actually doing the steps. Just what I needed to read today, as it has been a struggle this past week. I would have 90 days tomorrow,...

Dave R · Dave R

Addiction is a family disease, but we could only change ourselves.=Many of us come from severely damaged families. At times, the insanity that reigns among our relatives feels overwhelming. Sometimes we feel like packing our bags and moving far, far away.We pray that our family members will j...

FreedomDove · FreedomDove

Hello Everybody. As of yesterday, I have 6 months clean and sober. I have mostly just done it by being on this message board and reading literature and the NA Books. I have been to about 5 or 6 in person meetings. I don't have a sponsor yet so i have not formally worked the steps yet. I do have a higher po...

Dave R · Dave R

We have found that we had no choice except to completely change our old ways of thinking or go back to using.Basic Text, p. 22=Many of us find that our old ways of thinking were dominated by fear. We were afraid that we wouldnt be able to get our drugs or that there wouldnt be enough. We feared discover...

MIKEF · MIKEF

Please join us todayin thought and prayer as my 23 year old daughter is in hospital because of something similar to Toxsemia(swelling etc).Doctors are going to induce labor and baby will be born couple weeks early.God's plan is in place,my wife at hospital,slept overnite,my son is in a Rehab ,rathe...

Ruthy · Ruthy

Ok day seven with out the ciggies and I'm ready to rip heads off shoulders. Thank God for the serenity prayer.......

avid · avid

There has been alot of newcomers visiting us recently asking about on line meetings. This is troubling to me. Isolation is a fundamental symptom of our diesease. I can see how online meetings can support the disease rather than recovery. I know there are those who are housebound or live hundreds of m...

kelly1889 · kelly1889

Hello to all. I'm new to this website and 59 days clean. I'm trying to attend meetings and would like to take advantage of the online meetings here. When I try to access the chat site or meeting site I get an active X control on my computer. Is this why I can't access it? I'm not good with computers so I need so...

Dave R · Dave R

So many times, addicts have sought the rewards of hard work without the labor.Basic Text, p. 34=When we first came to NA, some of us wanted everything, and right away. We wanted the serenity, the cars, the happy relationships, the friends, the closeness with our sponsorall the things other peopl...

avid · avid

I have a decent measure of peace about the ammends i needed to make to others. But I have harmed myself too. How does one go about making ammends to themselves?

Dianab · Dianab

Hi, I have been off of percocet for two weeks and and still withdrawing hard. I was on 20mg per day. Does that make sense? Also does anyone know if there are any negative aspects of clonidine??? Thanks SO MUCH. I feel like I'm losing my mind and have considered giving up!

jcd aka jayson cole · jcd aka jayson cole

People don't understand the shit that I've been though......... they've taken away everything from me.. So I taking to many pills to ease the pain. It's been hard for me to find myself again. I was so angery at the world. for me that was a dangerous place to be. for months i was caught in the middle and half...

Fiesty · Fiesty

hello my NA family - I have been off this site for a while - All has been well. staying clean and living life - Well I quit my job and started out in another venture - which I am totally ok with. I held onto a job way to long..talk about loyalty to a fault..that would be me..but thru working steps, working wi...

Dave R · Dave R

I initially felt that it would be impossible to attend more than one or two meetings a week. It just wouldnt fit in with my busy schedule. I later learned that my priorities were [180] degrees reversed. It was the everything else that would have to fit into my meeting schedule.=Some of us attended me...

SeanK_VancouverWA · SeanK_VancouverWA

I want to thank everyone for their input. I've gotten feedback from a lot of people in my community and i think this will be a well supported and much needed meeting for recovery. Again, thank you for the support.

Dave R · Dave R

We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.Step Seven=Once we are entirely ready to have our character defects removed, many of us are entirely ready! Ironically, thats when the trouble really starts. The more we struggle to rid ourselves of a particular defect, the stronger that shortco...

amanda56258 · amanda56258

This is gonna get long-winded... We had a "meeting of the minds" last night with 10 women at Perkins. We are starting a women's NA meeting in our town next week and did some finalizing of details. This was fantastic. Then someone made the comment about wanting to use the group instead of get...

Nu2steps · Nu2steps

Hello to all..this is my first time on this site. I do love it. I am a 52 year old grandmother who has been in recovery for 13 years. I have had one rerlapse which was March of 2008 and ofcourse returned to where I belonged and got back into recovery. I have never utilized a sponsor and have never done all th...

EricC · EricC

I've been clean a little over 2 years and its taken that long to get our message into the local high schools around my area. Alot of our litature will be in the librarys and couclers offices. It is very exciting for me, and holds a special place in my heart being as all the friends i've had that could not find...

Mike M · Mike M

Just woke up a bit ago from the first dope dream (that I remembered, may have been others) in over a decade. Last night we watched a couple dvr'd episodes of Justified. If not familiar it's focused on a US Marshall based in coal country of Kentucky. One of the plot lines involves the Bennets who control th...

HavingTrouble · HavingTrouble

Hi Everyone, I hope I'm posting in the right place...I know how message board etiquette can be! To give a little background, I'm a female in my late 20s, married to a wonderful man and I have the best life anyone could ask for. I've suffered from depression and anxiety since the age of 12 and have been on e...

Mike M · Mike M

Yup, I'm dealing H. Damn right, I'm the Pusher Man, pushing only the highest quality products. But god damn the pusher man ain't what it was 30+ years ago! I'm here in my coffee Roastery back stocking some tubs of coffee I roasted earlier today. One of them was Ethiopia Harrar Boldgrain. I'd labeled it s...

Dave R · Dave R

Today, we seek solutions, not problems. We try what we have learned on an experimental basis.Basic Text, p. 58=The first time we heard that we should act as if, many of us exclaimed, But thats not honest! I thought we were always supposed to be honest about our feelings in Narcotics Anonymous.Per...

MIKEF · MIKEF

Think I mentioned awhile ago ,my son,(24) recovering heroin addicted since 17,is on 5 years probation for crime and drug related issues as of July oF 2010.In August of that year ,he relapsed, committed another robbery with his girlfriend and did a stint of going to court etc. We were not aware for mont...

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	JFT April 22 Traveling the open road (Preview) This is our road to spiritual growth.Basic Text, p. 37=When we arrived at our first NA meeting, it looked like the end of the road to many of us. We werent going to be able to use anymore. We were spiritually bankrupt. Most of us were totally isolated and didnt think we had much to live for. Little di...	Dave R	1	573	Apr 22, 2011 by Mike M
	HELP!!! (Preview) Hi really going through tough times right now cant seem to find a glimmor of light. i am in constant conflict with my spirituality and in struggles with fatherhood, manhood, and being a good and responsible husband. all seems lost, back at home with mom and jobless. HELP!!!!	Warren	5	634	Apr 22, 2011 by Mike M
	God's miracle of life! (Preview) Thanks for prayers and thoughts for our family.Last night at 10:00 oclock ,God has brought us Jaelyn Amiah McNeil(she said I could break her anonymity :)),(our little JAM!), into the world. Baby was 5lbs and 12 ounces of shimmering light and we are all truly blessed.My daughter is okay ,has to stay ex...	MIKEF	4	641	Apr 22, 2011 by Ruthy
	in times of illness (Preview) was prolly the most effective thing I have read whenI started dealing with all htese health issues. Due to these health issues my roomate is regulating my pills atm due tho the fact that all I wanna do is hide from the real world and sleep. So my docs are setting up safety plans so that another acciedal ove...	Manon	4	808	Apr 22, 2011 by cdbuckberry
	update (Preview) just thought I would check in Depression seems to be taking hold as I am going thru alot ofhealth issues trying my best to keep my chin up I am still clean I struggle with desires of bsing numb other than that I am ok to apoint but didn't want neone to worry so I thought to update my status	Manon	4	574	Apr 22, 2011 by cdbuckberry
	My Past, Present & Future. (Preview) Growing up My life wasnt so fair, my dad was always drunk and my mom was in and out of my life and always on drugs and never kept her promises I swore I never was gonna be like my parents, we always moved from home to home and sometimes lived under the bridge, all I knew was drinking and drugs I grew up around it,...	Proud Mommy	5	862	Apr 21, 2011 by StarsandTrees
	"It works if you work it" (Preview) Get the book. Check. Read the book. Check. Go to meetings. Check. Get a sponsor. Check. Work the steps. Not so much. Then I look at todays JFT and it talks about footwork, like actually doing the steps. Just what I needed to read today, as it has been a struggle this past week. I would have 90 days tomorrow,...	nezyb	3	711	Apr 21, 2011 by MIKEF
	JFT April 20 Detachment (Preview) Addiction is a family disease, but we could only change ourselves.=Many of us come from severely damaged families. At times, the insanity that reigns among our relatives feels overwhelming. Sometimes we feel like packing our bags and moving far, far away.We pray that our family members will j...	Dave R	4	700	Apr 21, 2011 by avid
	Six Months Clean and Sober (Preview) Hello Everybody. As of yesterday, I have 6 months clean and sober. I have mostly just done it by being on this message board and reading literature and the NA Books. I have been to about 5 or 6 in person meetings. I don't have a sponsor yet so i have not formally worked the steps yet. I do have a higher po...	FreedomDove	4	2056	Apr 21, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT April 21 Fear (Preview) We have found that we had no choice except to completely change our old ways of thinking or go back to using.Basic Text, p. 22=Many of us find that our old ways of thinking were dominated by fear. We were afraid that we wouldnt be able to get our drugs or that there wouldnt be enough. We feared discover...	Dave R	0	726	Apr 21, 2011 by Dave R
	Jaelyn Imminent! (Preview) Please join us todayin thought and prayer as my 23 year old daughter is in hospital because of something similar to Toxsemia(swelling etc).Doctors are going to induce labor and baby will be born couple weeks early.God's plan is in place,my wife at hospital,slept overnite,my son is in a Rehab ,rathe...	MIKEF	4	555	Apr 20, 2011 by Ruthy
	Goodbye to the Fags (Preview) Ok day seven with out the ciggies and I'm ready to rip heads off shoulders. Thank God for the serenity prayer.......	Ruthy	7	884	Apr 20, 2011 by Ruthy
	On line meetings (Preview) There has been alot of newcomers visiting us recently asking about on line meetings. This is troubling to me. Isolation is a fundamental symptom of our diesease. I can see how online meetings can support the disease rather than recovery. I know there are those who are housebound or live hundreds of m...	avid	2	474	Apr 19, 2011 by BigV
	Question about online meetings from a newbie (Preview) Hello to all. I'm new to this website and 59 days clean. I'm trying to attend meetings and would like to take advantage of the online meetings here. When I try to access the chat site or meeting site I get an active X control on my computer. Is this why I can't access it? I'm not good with computers so I need so...	kelly1889	5	596	Apr 19, 2011 by kelly1889
	JFt April 19 Footwork (Preview) So many times, addicts have sought the rewards of hard work without the labor.Basic Text, p. 34=When we first came to NA, some of us wanted everything, and right away. We wanted the serenity, the cars, the happy relationships, the friends, the closeness with our sponsorall the things other peopl...	Dave R	2	441	Apr 19, 2011 by SeanK_VancouverWA
	How do you make ammends to yourself? (Preview) I have a decent measure of peace about the ammends i needed to make to others. But I have harmed myself too. How does one go about making ammends to themselves?	avid	8	3642	Apr 19, 2011 by avid
	Clonidine (Preview) Hi, I have been off of percocet for two weeks and and still withdrawing hard. I was on 20mg per day. Does that make sense? Also does anyone know if there are any negative aspects of clonidine??? Thanks SO MUCH. I feel like I'm losing my mind and have considered giving up!	Dianab	7	560	Apr 19, 2011 by avid
	one man's will to survive (Preview) People don't understand the shit that I've been though......... they've taken away everything from me.. So I taking to many pills to ease the pain. It's been hard for me to find myself again. I was so angery at the world. for me that was a dangerous place to be. for months i was caught in the middle and half...	jcd aka jayson cole	7	748	Apr 19, 2011 by avid
	loving me (Preview) hello my NA family - I have been off this site for a while - All has been well. staying clean and living life - Well I quit my job and started out in another venture - which I am totally ok with. I held onto a job way to long..talk about loyalty to a fault..that would be me..but thru working steps, working wi...	Fiesty	6	489	Apr 19, 2011 by avid
	JFT April 17 Priority: meetings (Preview) I initially felt that it would be impossible to attend more than one or two meetings a week. It just wouldnt fit in with my busy schedule. I later learned that my priorities were [180] degrees reversed. It was the everything else that would have to fit into my meeting schedule.=Some of us attended me...	Dave R	4	620	Apr 18, 2011 by avid
	Thank You (Preview) I want to thank everyone for their input. I've gotten feedback from a lot of people in my community and i think this will be a well supported and much needed meeting for recovery. Again, thank you for the support.	SeanK_VancouverWA	1	410	Apr 18, 2011 by avid
	JFT April 18 "I understand" (Preview) We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.Step Seven=Once we are entirely ready to have our character defects removed, many of us are entirely ready! Ironically, thats when the trouble really starts. The more we struggle to rid ourselves of a particular defect, the stronger that shortco...	Dave R	1	572	Apr 18, 2011 by MIKEF
	I think I pissed some people off last night... (Preview) This is gonna get long-winded... We had a "meeting of the minds" last night with 10 women at Perkins. We are starting a women's NA meeting in our town next week and did some finalizing of details. This was fantastic. Then someone made the comment about wanting to use the group instead of get...	amanda56258	6	815	Apr 17, 2011 by Davethewave
	In need of wisdom (Preview) Hello to all..this is my first time on this site. I do love it. I am a 52 year old grandmother who has been in recovery for 13 years. I have had one rerlapse which was March of 2008 and ofcourse returned to where I belonged and got back into recovery. I have never utilized a sponsor and have never done all th...	Nu2steps	5	785	Apr 17, 2011 by Davethewave
	NA in High schools (Preview) I've been clean a little over 2 years and its taken that long to get our message into the local high schools around my area. Alot of our litature will be in the librarys and couclers offices. It is very exciting for me, and holds a special place in my heart being as all the friends i've had that could not find...	EricC	2	426	Apr 17, 2011 by cdbuckberry
	Dreamin' Dealin' Herb (Preview) Just woke up a bit ago from the first dope dream (that I remembered, may have been others) in over a decade. Last night we watched a couple dvr'd episodes of Justified. If not familiar it's focused on a US Marshall based in coal country of Kentucky. One of the plot lines involves the Bennets who control th...	Mike M	4	1119	Apr 17, 2011 by Mike M
	New and Scared (Preview) Hi Everyone, I hope I'm posting in the right place...I know how message board etiquette can be! To give a little background, I'm a female in my late 20s, married to a wonderful man and I have the best life anyone could ask for. I've suffered from depression and anxiety since the age of 12 and have been on e...	HavingTrouble	8	607	Apr 17, 2011 by proudmommy08
	Dealing "H" (Preview) Yup, I'm dealing H. Damn right, I'm the *Pusher Man,* pushing only the highest quality products. But god damn the pusher man ain't what it was 30+ years ago! I'm here in my coffee Roastery back stocking some tubs of coffee I roasted earlier today. One of them was Ethiopia Harrar Boldgrain. I'd labeled it s...	Mike M	1	830	Apr 17, 2011 by Dave R
	JFT April 16 "Acting as if" (Preview) Today, we seek solutions, not problems. We try what we have learned on an experimental basis.Basic Text, p. 58=The first time we heard that we should act as if, many of us exclaimed, But thats not honest! I thought we were always supposed to be honest about our feelings in Narcotics Anonymous.Per...	Dave R	2	450	Apr 16, 2011 by Mike M
	Interesting Scenario! (Preview) Think I mentioned awhile ago ,my son,(24) recovering heroin addicted since 17,is on 5 years probation for crime and drug related issues as of July oF 2010.In August of that year ,he relapsed, committed another robbery with his girlfriend and did a stint of going to court etc. We were not aware for mont...	MIKEF	3	474	Apr 16, 2011 by Dave R
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