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JFT April 16 "Acting as if"
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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...
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Interesting Scenario!
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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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husband on meth
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My husband began using a yr ago almost to the day. About once every 2 months that I know of. I though he stopped in Dec, after a huge heart to heart and crying fest on both our parts. I found a glass pipe hidden in our house, I'm super paranoid, so the last time I looked in that specific spot (looked like a good h...
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Question
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I'm looking for a message board to support the spouse of an addict. Any suggestions?
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cant get in meeting any ideas??
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Hi everyone. I am wanting to start a new meeting in my area, can i get some advice.
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So in my area there are no late night meetings. I do know from talking to others in the fellowship around here that a late night meeting would be helpful to many of us addicts. I really was wondering the best/right way to do this. I appreciate any input anyone might be able to give me. On a side note: if yo...
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JFT April 15 Keep coming back
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We have come to enjoy living clean and want more of the good things that the NA Fellowship holds for us.Basic Text, p. 27=Can you remember a time when you looked at the addicts recovering in NA and wondered, If they arent using drugs, what on earth do they have to laugh about? Did you believe that the fu...
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letting go of costly mistakes
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I guess that most of us have made mistakes during our active addiction that we clung to for a long time. Letting go of those of mistakes is a sure sign of spiritual fitness and growth in recovery. But how does one do that? What step addresses that? What activity can one engage in to finally be able to ac...
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Sponser and the 12 steps
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In your opinions, how long should a person be attending meetings before they get a sponser? Also, so you think the first 12 steps can be completed in the first year? Thanks! Joyce
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Let's hear from the lurkers
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The activity on the board has been a little quiet lately. There are always a number of people who check out the forums but don't post. No problem with that, but from time to time I like to invite those of you visiting us to just say a quick hello, give some feedback, or simply introduce yourself. So if yo...
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an update
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went tpo the kidney doc and found out my right kidney is failing nothing they can do about it and I have to see a surgeon about something they found on my thyroid other than that we are still waitng for housing to help us get outta this apt into a bigger one no major drama still adjusting t having a rrommate a b...
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tried of excuses
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Silvermoonshadow just sent me a text but I cannot find him Angelique 8/28/91
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Silvermoonshadow just sent me a text but I cannot find him Angelique 8/28/91 Hey, I cannot figure this thing out, "and" I'm in grad school (not a computer science major, obviously). Angelique 8/28/91 Morongo Basin Area California Inland Region Narcotics Anonymous
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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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