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JFT March 21 A treatable illness
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"Addiction is a disease that involves more than the use of drugs." NA Basic Text, p. 3. -- Edited by Dave R on Monday 21st of March 2011 05:49:13 AM
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Thoughts on 13th Steppers?
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We have a member (female) that is continually preying on halfway house clients... typically sleeping with a different guy every night. It's bothering some other newer members and they came to me for some experience, strength, and hope. It's escalated recently (without going into too many deta...
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JFT March 20 Higher power
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"Most of us have trouble admitting that addiction has become a destructive force in our lives. Our best efforts resulted in even greater destruction and despair. At some point, we realized that we needed the help from some power greater than our addiction." NA Basic Text, p. 24. -- Edit...
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count down begins
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at midnight I will have 30 days the most time I have had in quite some time I am grateful for a God that gives me refuge day to day breathe by breath if needed I am so grateful for the spiratual gifts I am recieving I talked to my shrink cause I though tI might be paranoid he says it's not paranoia it is anxiety wh...
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JFT March 19 Something valuable to share
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I am having trouble pasting the JFT reading into this message, so it will be brief: "A simple, honest message of recovery rings true." NA Basic test, p. 51. Our sharing doesn't have to be fancy or funny to ring true. Every addict working an honest program that brings meaningful recovery ha...
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JFT March 18 The full message
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March 18The full messageThere is a special feeling for addicts when they discover that there are other people who share their difficulties, past and present.Basic Text, pp. 55-56=The wealth of our recovery is too good to keep to ourselves. Some of us believe that when we talk in meetings, we should...
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JFT March 17 True courage
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March 17True courageThose who make it through these times show a courage not their own.Basic Text, p. 86=Before coming to NA, many of us thought we were brave simply because we had never experienced fear. We had drugged all our feelings, fear among them, until we had convinced ourselves that we were...
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scared but more stable
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I have been talking to doctors all week long to find out how many are gonna be in tthe operating room for the first of a series of surgeries that are necassary a bit scared always am when I go under almost lost my Nana that way. I have had so many i shouldn't b scared but I guess I am a cry baby in that department...
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*Primal Scream*
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*insert primal scream here* Man, it's one of those days... I'm getting a case of the "hates." (I hate my job, I hate my coworkers, I hate my boss, I hate the fact that I'm a f***ing receptionist when I have a degree in music...) This is another part of my addiction... entitlement, control, an...
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Is this website still active?
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Hi Im Tina, and I've been trying to log on to the meeting for 2 days now, because it's time I make my way back to meetings, and my abuser is in the local rooms. I've been outta the rooms for 3 years or so. If anyone knows when to be here, Ill check back, because 10pm doesn't seem to be working. Or maybe it's me....
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JFT March 16 Inventory
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March 16InventoryThe purpose of a searching and fearless moral inventory is to sort through the confusion and the contradiction of our lives so that we can find out who we really are.Basic Text, p. 27=Using addicts are a confused and confusing bunch of people. Its hard to tell from one minute to the...
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Surrender to win
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Hi family, my name is Melva R. and I'm definitely an addict, and just for today I am able to accept that fact for what it is. I'm no longer trying to look for loopholes in the program of NA. I've come to know that acceptance is a part of surrender for me which took as long as it took. I'm simply making that stat...
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despondent
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for lack of a better word I chose thatI am kinda in a weird state of mind I really just don't care I am really rethinking the roomate deal but I go to pre op for a series of sureies that I have managed to put off for sometime and will need around the clock care. My shrink is also saying I need that as well for now bu...
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JFT March 15 Feeling "a part of"
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March 15Feeling a part ofThe get-togethers after our meetings are good opportunities to share things that we didnt get to discuss during the meeting.Basic Text, p. 98=Active addiction set us apart from society, isolating us. Fear was at the core of that alienation. We believed that if we let othe...
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Finding my way back
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I had 2 years of clean time and i relapsed recently. I don't know how to go back to a meeting and admit my mistake. I want to get clean and stay clean, but I am unsure of myself. i remember how I walked into the door previously and i don't want to have to reach that bottom again. I feal like i am keeping a dirty lit...
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Story of a friend.............
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The man was 78 when he died peacefully surrounded by his family day before....I didnt know he would, otherwise Id have simply cancelled the music practice and gone there instead..... Anyways, here is his story, which he wanted me to share with other addicts...... Y joined the navy when young and went...
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Loving What Is
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Hi everybody. By seeking a better way to live we are improving the world. I hope you are finding recovery in YOUR life. I haven't been active on this brd, and just felt like sharing where I've been at. Approaching 4 years clean... basically I stopped all forms of mind altering substances the day she said...
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Codependents Anonymous Group started on MIP Today!
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Hello Everyone, At the request of numerous members of MIP I have started to put together all the web site related fixin's of a Codependents Anonymous Group on the MIP 12 Step Recovery Forums site. You can access the CODA home page from our main home page at http://www.12stepforums.net or directly at...
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aggitation levels
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AS they are tapering off my anxiety meds I am finding myself a bit "froggy" just ready to fight over everything I hate it tentsion is high I came in so pissed from running errands my roommate thought I was gonna take itout on her she jumped back like there was glass everywhere I guess my past sti...
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JFT March 14 Relationships
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March 14RelationshipsAlso, our inventories usually include material on relationships.Basic Text, p. 29=What an understatement this is! Especially in later recovery, entire inventories may focus on our relationships with others. Our lives have been filled with relationships with lovers...
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the weight has been lifted.
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from my shoulders. yesterday was a rough day. just because of the cravings at work. i got home got on my knees and cried out in despairation. pulling myself together a friend of mine asked what i was doing later that day. i said nothing. she invited me to an event called XLT. i had no idea what it was. for all...
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JFT March 13 That one special person
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March 13That one special personA sponsor is not necessarily a friend, but may be someone in whom we confide. We can share things with our sponsor that we might not be comfortable sharing in a meeting.IP No. 11, Sponsorship, Revised=Weve asked someone to sponsor us, and the reasons we have for aski...
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life sucks sometimes
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well as you know i moved into my apartment, im getting a divorce with my husband,because he choose to do drugs instead of having a family. i guess everyone makes the choices they make for a reason i dont understand why he did what he did but i will move on from it.my kids are to important to me to let him stop m...
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just an update.......................
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I just wanted to give you all the update on my kids being home everything is going well so far. Just alot of work keeping up this house I kno its an everyday job but I just want to make sure that everything is perfect for the cps so that they cant find a reason to come out and take my kids again. my youngest child...
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emotions
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I feel alone. but im not. My boyfriend knows im an addict but we dont talk about it. i dont talk about when im having cravings or a bad day or when i just want to cry. people perseve me as a strong person and i am. i cant admit that im weak. he doesnt understand what its like to be an addict and i dont expect him to...
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I need help
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I am a crack head and don't know how to stop.I stopped before and still keep f---- up.
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pissed off and confused
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well i got my test results back and guess what it came back positive for weed they said it was low but the fucked up thing is i never even smoked weed that bothers me very much cuz now i have a dirty i was in a room with someone smoking weed i dont know it just gets to me cuz i knew i had nothing to worry about i haven...
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And this too has passed!
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Morning and welcome to another day of "life"! Its been a few weeks now since the pain, drama and trials of my wife's sister trying to commit suicide has passed .She has been released from ICU and is now getting outpatient counselling and drug treatment. My 14 year old nephew was taken from...
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Struggling daily to resist
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I'm, I dunno, a few weeks clean. It's been pretty annoying. Definitely the hardest thing I've ever done before. I'm just kinda doing it day by day, though that seldom feels like it's enough. I've only explained the situation to a few people. My wife, since she reads me like a book, and one or two close fri...
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JFT March 12 Getting out of the rut
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March 12Getting out of the rutMany times in our recovery, the old bugaboos will haunt us. Life may again become meaningless, monotonous, and boring.Basic Text, p. 78=Sometimes it seems as though nothing changes. We get up and go to the same job every day. We eat dinner at the same time every night....
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