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JFT April 14 A new vision
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Do we really want to be rid of our resentments, our anger, our fear?Basic Text, p. 34=Why do we call them shortcomings? Perhaps they should be called long-goings, because thats often what it takes for them to fade from our lives. Some of us feel that our shortcomings are the very characteristics t...
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JFT March 31 Insides and outsides
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JFT April 13 People-pleasing
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...approval-seeking behavior carried us further into our addiction....Basic Text, p. 14=When others approve of what we do or say, we feel good; when they disapprove, we feel bad. Their opinions of us, and how those opinions make us feel, can have positive value. By making us feel good about ste...
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Being of Service
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Here's something kinda cool for you service junkies. Currently our area covers a good portion of the southwest corner of our state. It's pretty big, actually... but what I've seen recently is that the smaller groups in the itty bitty towns in the western part of the area (near where I live) never ha...
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Narcotics Anonymous petition
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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hands-off-Narcotics...
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Government shut down?
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I am experiencing some anxiety/fear over the looming federal government shutdown. I am a federal employee and I will be sent on unpaid furlough if this happens. The threat of shutdown has been a major distraction at work and makes planning difficult. I need to continue praying about this and tru...
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JFT April 11 A closed mind
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A new idea cannot be grafted onto a closed mind.... Open-mindedness leads us to the very insights that have eluded us during our lives.Basic Text, p. 96=We arrived in NA at the lowest point in our lives. Wed just about run out of ideas. What we needed most when we got here were new ideas, new ways of l...
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JFT April 12 The big picture
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All spiritual awakenings have some things in common. Common elements include an end to loneliness and a sense of direction in our lives.Basic Text, p. 50=Some kinds of spiritual experiences take place when we confront something larger than we are. We suspect that forces beyond our understand...
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JFT April 10 Too busy
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We must use what we learn or we will lose it, no matter how long we have been clean.Basic Text, p. 85=After putting some clean time together, some of us have a tendency to forget what our most important priority is. Once a week or less we say, Ive gotta get to a meeting tonight. Its been... Weve been ca...
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Giving back and taking part in my own recovery!
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A blessed saturday after a torturous week at work..Started at 10;00 a.m. meeting at a Salvation Army hall where we come in to carry message and last minute tonight(6:30) asked to speak at an H&I spot(only 4 miles from my home) another recovering addict couln't make at St Frances Hospital Rehab!...
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New to NA, need a little help =/
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im 23 and new to all of this. im a waiting list for rehabs in tn that are state funded and was wondering if anyone knew of any state funded rehab centers nearby states. ive been on narcotics for almost 6 years and sick of it all. ive tried numerous times trying to get off and i just find myself back on them at an...
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JFT April 8 Happiness
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We come to know happiness, joy, and freedom.Basic Text, p. 91=If someone stopped you on the street today and asked if you were happy, what would you say? Well, gee, lets see... I have a place to live, food in the refrigerator, a job, my car is running... Well, yes, I guess Im happy, you might respond...
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advice for the wife of an addict
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i'm an addict and have been clean for eight months today, but its not me I'm concerned about, my friends(29) husband(44) has been battling with addiction, on and off, since the age of 12, he has already been institutionalised and jailed and after suffering a stroke last year. He still went back to ol...
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Falling back into negative patterns of behaviour
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Hi guys, it's been a while since I shared what's goin on for me, so I thought it was time I did something " different " to try and get out of this funk I've been in. I have been slowly slipping back into isolating myself from the world. I live in a small country town, where we only have one meeting a w...
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Birmingham Alabama
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Anyone on here from that city. I know of a good meeting at Mountainbrook Independent that meets on Friday and Sat. Does anyone here have some recommendations for a good meetings in that area? thanks
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JFT April 7 The value of the past
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This firsthand experience in all phases of illness and recovery is of unparalleled therapeutic value. We are here to share it freely with any addict who wants to recover.Basic Text, p. 10=Most of us came into the program with some serious regrets. We had never finished high school, or we had misse...
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the pathway to sobriety recovery problem
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the pathway to sobriety recovery problemReply Quote this is something that i have to read in the hospital. this is just something that i thought you guys could give me insight on it. THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWAY TO SOBRIETY RECOVERY PROGRAM 1.) first principle-admitting to the problem-we ad...
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JFT April 5 Identification
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Someone finally knew the crazy thoughts that I had and the crazy things Id done. =Addicts often feel terminally unique. Were sure that no one used drugs like we did or had to do the things that we did to get them. Feeling that no one really understands us can keep us from recovery for many years.But o...
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JFT April 6 Growing honesty
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On a practical level, changes occur because whats appropriate to one phase of recovery may not be for another.Basic Text, p. 105=When we first came to Narcotics Anonymous, many of us had no legitimate occupation. Not all of us suddenly decide were going to become honest and productive model citi...
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A simple "CoDA" Thank you
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Hello Everyone, As the founder and webmaster of Miracles In Progress I want to extent a personal "Thank You" to each of you for valuing and utilizing the CoDA portion of our site. As we grow in our recoveries from alcoholism, addiction, or being a family member of a loved one who suffers from this di...
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these lyrics are something I can realte to as is the video
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Rax2PXiWA I friend I have known since I started posting here in 05' posted this on facebook and I felt like someone could and might understand the deepest parts of me thru this so here it is I hope you can understand what kinda world I live in...
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JFT April 4 Guarding our recovery
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Remember that we... are ultimately responsible for our recovery and our decisions.Basic Text, p. 103=Most of us will face choices that challenge our recovery. If we find ourselves in extreme physical pain, for example, we will have to decide whether or not we will take medication. We will have...
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From one of the lurkers.....
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I come here daily in the am to read the JFT post, also read any others that are new. I haven't posted myself in a bit. I am working on my 90 in 90, first found this site before my 1st f2f meeting. Learning to live my life clean and sober, one day at a time. With the support of meetings, my sponsor, and the ESH I...
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living life on it's own terms
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sux at times but if my HP brings me to it he will bring me thru it depression is starting to sink in once again overwhelmed by all the doctors appointments I have all the tests they have to run but i am trying to be strong thru all thiss when all I wanna do is avoid it by sleeping and what not hiding in my room alot...
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WE DO RECOVER!
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From a seemingless hopless state of of body ,mind and spirit,based on a fit spiritual condition and application of our spiritual principles taught through our program of Narcotics Anonymous.We are given a daily reprieve and as we apply these principles in all areas of our lives and remain centere...
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JFT April 3 For you alone
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Does the message board really work?
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Hi, I'm Christie and I am an addict. This is my first time on the NA message board or to this site. I'm just wondering if people use the message board and respond to others posts. Your responses would be very appreciated. Thanks
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JFT April 2 Attraction
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JFT April 1 Love and addiction
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Hormones
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I'm 34 days clean and wondering if it's normal to have ranging hormones? I feel like I've almost replaced my drug of choice with a new addiction. I haven't acted on it, but I seem to be falling in love with every man I see at meetings. I go home and fantasize about them. When is it safe 2 begin having physical...
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