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jftna.org/JFT - october 20, 2018
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October 20, 2018Freedom to choosePage 306 "Enforced morality lacks the power that comes to us when we choose to live a spiritual life." Basic Text, p.45 In our active addiction, many of us lived our lives by default. We were unwilling or unable to make choices about how we wanted to act, what we prefer...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 19 - 2018
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October 19, 2018Standing for somethingPage 305 "...we could feel time, touch reality, and recognize spiritual values long lost to many of us." Basic Text, p.88 In our active addiction, we were prepared to compromise everything we believed in just to get our hands on more drugs. Whether we stole fro...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 17 - 2018
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October 18, 2018We all belongPage 304 "Although 'politics makes strange bedfellows,' as the old saying goes, addiction makes us one of a kind." Basic Text, p.87 What a mixture of folks we have in Narcotics Anonymous! In any given meeting on any given night, we'll find a variety of people that probabl...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 16 - 2018
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October 16, 2018The simplest prayerPage 302 "...praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." Step Eleven How do we pray? With little experience, many of us don't even know how to begin. The process, however, is neither difficult nor complicated. We came to Narcotic...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 15 - 2018
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October 15, 2018ChoicesPage 301 "We did not choose to become addicts." Basic Text, p. 3 When we were growing up, all of us had dreams. Every child has heard a relative or neighbor ask, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Even if some of us didn't have elaborate dreams of success, most of us dreamed...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 13 - 2018
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October 13, 2018Making a differencePage 299 "Words cannot describe the sense of spiritual awareness that we receive when we have given something, no matter how small, to another person." Basic Text, p. 104 Sometimes it seems as though there is so much wrong with the world that we might as well forget...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 12 - 2018
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October 12, 2018Being rightPage 298 "When we admit that our lives have become unmanageable, we don't have to argue our point of view... We no longer have to be right all the time." Basic Text, p. 58 Nothing isolates us more quickly from the warmth and camaraderie of our fellow NA members than having to b...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 11 - 2018
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October 11, 2018Eyeglasses and attitudesPage 297 "Our best thinking got us into trouble...Recovery is an active change in our ideas and attitudes." Basic Text, p.55 In active addiction, the world probably looked like a horrible place. Using helped us tolerate the world we saw. Today, however, we...
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jftna.org/jft - 10/10/2018
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October 10, 2018ConsequencesPage 296 "Before we got clean, most of our actions were guided by impulse. Today, we are not locked into this type of thinking." Basic Text, p. 90 Ever been tempted to do something even when you knew the results would be disastrous? Ever thought about how much it was going...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 09 - 2018
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October 09, 2018OrderPage 295 "We emphasize setting our house in order because it brings us relief." Basic Text p. 97 Focusing on what others are doing can provide momentary relief from having to take a look at ourselves. But one of the secrets of success in Narcotics Anonymous is making sure our own h...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 08 - 2018
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October 08, 2018A new pattern of livingPage 294 "We suspect that if we do not use what we have, we will lose what we have." Basic Text p. 78 Addiction gave a pattern to our lives, and with it a meaning-a dark, diseased meaning, to be sure, but a meaning nonetheless. The Narcotics Anonymous recovery progr...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 07 - 2018
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October 07, 2018Depending on our Higher PowerPage 293 "As recovering addicts, we find that we are still dependent, but our dependence has shifted from the things around us to a loving God and the inner strength we get in our relationship with Him." Basic Text, p.71 For many addicts, rebelliousness i...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 06 - 2018
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October 06, 2018Amends without expectationsPage 292 "Projections about actually making amends can be a major obstacle both in making the list and in becoming willing." Basic Text, p.39 The Eighth Step asks us to become willing to make amends to all persons we have harmed. As we approach this step, w...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 05 - 2018
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October 05, 2018Ask for mercy, not justicePage 291 "Many of us have difficulty admitting that we caused harm for others... We cut away our justifications and our ideas of being a victim." Basic Text, p.38 Our lives are progressing nicely. Things are going good, and each year in recovery brings more m...
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Jftna.org/JFT oct. 04 - 2018
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October 04, 2018Thirty-day wonderPage 290 "When we first begin to enjoy relief from our addiction, we run the risk of assuming control of our lives again. We forget the agony and pain that we have known." Basic Text, p.50 Many of us have been "thirty-day wonders." We were desperate and dying when we sh...
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Jftna.org/jft - 10' 03' 2018
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October 03, 2018Losing self-willPage 289 "Our egos, once so large and dominant, now take a back seat because we are in harmony with a loving God. We find that we lead richer, happier, and much fuller lives when we lose self-will." Basic Text, p.105 Addiction and self-will go hand in hand. The unmanage...
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Jftna.org/JFT - 10' 02' 2018
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October 02, 2018Keeping faithPage 288 "We grasp the limitless strength provided for us through our daily prayer and surrender as long as we keep faith and renew it." Basic Text, p.46 There are two parts to recovery: getting clean, and staying clean. Getting clean is comparatively easy because we on...
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Jftna.org/jft - 10' 01' 2018
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October 01, 2018Not just a motivation for growthPage 287 "We learn that pain can be a motivating factor in recovery." Basic Text, p.30 "Pain-who needs it!" we think whenever we're in it. We see no good purpose for pain. It seems to be a pointless exercise in suffering. If someone happens to mention spi...
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Jftna.org/jft - 09' 29' 2018
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September 29, 2018Just for today Page 283 "When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably." Basic Text, p.99 "Just for today" - it's a comforting thought. If we try to live in the past, we may find ourselves torn by painful, disquieting memories. The lessons of our...
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Jftna.org/jft - 27' 09' 2018'
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September 27, 2018Right back upPage 281 "There is something in our self-destructive personalities that cries for failure." Basic Text, p.80 "Poor me; woe is me; look at me, my life is such a mess! I've fallen, and no matter how hard I try, I continue to fail." Many of us came to NA singing this sad refrai...
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http://jftna.org/JFT - 26' 09' 2018
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September 26, 2018Seeing ourselves in othersPage 280 "It will not make us better people to judge the faults of another." Basic Text, p.38 How easy it is to point out the faults of others! There's a reason for this: The defects we identify most easily in others are often the defects we are most familiar...
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Jftna.org/jft - September 25, 2018
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September 25, 2018The Fourth Step - fearing our feelingsPage 279 "We may fear that being in touch with our feelings will trigger an overwhelming chain reaction of pain and panic." Basic Text, p.30 A common complaint about the Fourth Step is that it makes us painfully conscious of our defects of chara...
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Jftna.org/JFT - September 24, 2018
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September 24, 2018A growing concept of God Page 278 "The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves. We don't have to be religious to accept this idea. The point is that we open our minds to believe." Basic Text, p.24 In a lifelong process of coming to be...
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Jftna.org/jft - September 22, 2018
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September 22, 2018Keeping the giftPage 276 "Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift." Basic Text, p.107 Neglecting our recovery is like neglecting any other gift we've been given. Suppose someone gave you a new car. Would you let it sit in the driveway until the tires rotted? W...
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Jftna.org/jft - September 20, 2018
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September 20, 2018Courage to changePage 274 "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." Serenity Prayer Recovery involves change, and change means doing things differently. The problem is, many o...
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Jftna.org/jft - September 18, 2018
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September 18, 2018Honest relationshipsPage 272 "One of the most profound changes in our lives is in the realm of personal relationships." Basic Text, p.57 Recovery gives many of us relationships that are closer and more intimate than any we've had before. As time passes, we find ourselves gravita...
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jftna.org/JFT - september 15, 2018
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September 15, 2018Filling the emptinessPage 269 "...we think that if we can just get enough food, enough sex, or enough money, we'll be satisfied and everything will be alright." Basic Text, p.80 In our addiction, we could never get enough drugs, or money, or sex, or anything else. Even too much was...
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Jftna.org/jft - September 14, 2018
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September 14, 2018Secrets are reservations Page 268 "Eventually we are shown that we must get honest, or we will use again." Basic Text, p.85 Everyone has secrets, right? Some of us have little secrets, items that would cause only minor embarrassment if found out. Some of us have big secrets, whole a...
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Jftna.org/jft - September 13, 2018
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September 13, 2018Something different Page 267 "We had to have something different, and we thought we had found it in drugs. " Basic Text, p.13 Many of us have always felt different from other people. We know we're not unique in feeling that way; we hear many addicts share the same thing. We searched a...
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Jftna.org/jft - September 12, 2018
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September 12, 2018New horizonsPage 266 "My life is well-rounded and I am becoming a more comfortable version of myself, not the neurotic, boring person that I thought I'd be without drugs." Is there really life without drugs? Newcomers are sure that they are destined to lead a humdrum existence o...
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