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New here and looking for advice.
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Think its time to admit I cant do this alone. I have been semi clean now for 6yrs, and no have come to terms that I cannot continue to be a user anymore. I am married with 2 kids and have a wonderful home life. I have been through counceling, hypnosis, ect. ect. But I still cannot live llife with out drugs. W...
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Relapse
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Hello, I am new to this board, but have been around the rooms for awhile. I am a chronic relapser, and seem to lack the self - esteem to really put in the work needed to recover. I started seeing a psycologist, as well as making meetings this time. Any suggestions? 1 day clean
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this town sucks
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well i guess im just tired of living in this small ass town every body knows every body and people still judge me on my past history yea ive been to prison yea i lost my kids for drug use but fuck look at me now im clean sober my kids are coming home im trying to change my life for the better stop talking shit im tr...
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San Valentino
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valentines day is the stupidest holiday ever created. it started off great of course. i got out of work early. i took a nap. i went to class and did ABSOLUTELY nothing. no joke. my boyfriend got me roses. he took me to texas roadhouse which was delicious. we came home and watched anger management. then he...
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did drug test
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well i went to do my drug test today im glad everything is almost done and my kids will be back home where they belong.
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How simple does this sound?
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If you keep falling in the same hole, go down a different road. For me, I often kept falling in the same hole over and over, wondering why. Now I know. It was the road I was on. LOL Have a good one. Peace
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Valentine's Day
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Well, it is Valentine's Day. I don't really get into this commercial holiday, although it is nice to get flowers from my hubby and watch my children smile when they get their Valentine's gift from us. For me, though, today is extremely important. It is Day 1. Day 1 of recovery. I am beginning this recove...
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JFT February 14 Honesty and spirituality
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February 14Honesty and spiritualityThe right to a God of your understanding is total and without any catches. Because we have this right, it is necessary to be honest about our belief if we are to grow spiritually.Basic Text, pp. 25-26=In meetings, over refreshments, in talks with our sponsor, we...
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Gosh dang i get tired of being spiritual
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it just totally goes against my nature, i like being mean and in charge Been doing a lot of work lately, everything HAS to be on a schedule i'm painting peoples homes and they want EXACT times schedules , especially finish dates. So I use my intuitions, years of experience to figure a date and time, lite...
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my valentines day
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Well today seems like a regular day, Holidays just aint the same anymore we are broke so we cant buy for eachother but we have eachother so that means more to me than anything else does. We dont need material things to make us happy even though they can make you feel good in side when someone buys you someth...
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My Dirty Apartment
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Hello Friends. I have had this problem for a long time........I am a terrible, terrible housekeeper !! I used to use my drug of choice to try to help me clean up and it did help me only at the very beginning, but it quickly turned on me and it hindered me even worse. I have ADHD also, but I cannot take the m...
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Have a heartfelt day....
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Good Morning to all. Hope those of you snowed in are starting to thaw out!!! Found this on a site I go to for daily readings. One of my favorite quotes is by Helen Keller "The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even heard. They must be felt with the heart" (At least that's how I rem...
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Just saying Hello!!!
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Just saying Hello and thanks to all for sharing your experience, strength and hope, as well as your struggles along this road called recovery. Coming here and reading posts, adding my two cents every once in a while, reading the JFT each morning is all an important part of my recovery, helping me to sta...
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today
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today has been an ok day this heartburn is getting to me.But other than that it has been ok.Im taking it day buy day thats all i can do im gland i havent beenthinking of drugs days go by it is finally out of my life and that is thanks to me for wanting to stay clean, my kids i love them so much and i dont want to loos...
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having trouble making simple decions
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ok half of this apt is packed as I begin to realize just how long I have been here my rent here actually decreased roomie is gone which would make rent incease not a good choice on my part the other apt has more pros then cons one of the cons is payment of rent I don't know that Ican pull it off so I am at a stand sti...
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Day Two
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I have two days sober today. If i cannot get to a meeting right away, does anyone have any suggestions for me ?
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still alive
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just thought I would check in and let all know I am still kickin just have not been in the computer relm much lately taking a mental break from it all
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JFT February 13 The ties that bind
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February 13The ties that bindAs long as the ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart, all will be well.Basic Text, p. 60=Many of us feel that without NA we would surely have died from our disease. Hence, its existence is our very lifeline. However, disunity is an occ...
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Bangalore Area (India Region) campout.
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Hi all, the camp out was this past weekend. Attended by 100... All sessions were well attended. I was Program chair and am greatful for having served....................
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new here need help...
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oh man where do i start??my name is Joe and i have been addicted to opiates for over 2 years {this time}before that i was doing good for 4 yrs. thanks to a 2 yrs stint on methadone.i have decided i have had enough, dope is ruining my life and I'm about to lose everything again.this past mo. i obtained 15 strip...
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my day
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well today i have another day clean and i fill great,Eventhough i coul not sleep last night my leg was hurting and i had hartburn all night. I took me a nap so im alot better now. Well i my apartment still wont be ready untill the 25th of feb. Im really fustrated cause my kids will be home on march 7th and i wont...
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More snow!!!
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upstate New York,getting some more.If your looking out your window,from a nice warm place,maybe having a cup of coffee and being fortunate to have off from work cause everythings closed, and you still even get paid!!! count your blessings.We remember ,even in the storm ,looking how to get the next...
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Thank You
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I appreciate all of the encouragement. Has anyone had success with just making meetings online? This might be my disease talking here, but has anyone had success in recovering by just participating in online meetings? I am not guilty or ashamed to go back to meetings in person, but I do not really get t...
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me and my family
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today is been a good day i guess Still clean and still going, I seen my babies yesterday i miss them so so much that it hurts but i look at them and i see them haveing a wonderfull life now that me and my wife are clean and sober we could of never givin them all the love and attention they need when we were usei...
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a laugh to lighten my mind
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I was driving when I saw the flash of a traffic camera. I figured that my picture had been taken for exceeding theLimit even thoughI knew that I was not speeding. Just to be sure, I went around the block and passed theSame spot, driving even more slowly, but again the cameraFlashed.Now I began to think...
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JFT February 12 Living in the moment
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February 12Living in the momentWe regretted the past, dreaded the future, and werent too thrilled about the present.Basic Text, p. 7=Until we experience the healing that happens when we work the Twelve Steps, it is doubtful that we can find a statement more true than the quote above. Most of us come...
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me and my family!!!
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-- Edited by dpdiamond on Friday 11th of February 2011 08:44:22 PM
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im going nuts!!!
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well as my wife said another two weeks before we get into the apartment so we are stressing my brother in laws dad is driving me nuts he wakes up at 5 in the morning blares the tv and sings some crazy songs really loud. what do i do. maybe i can stick it out maybe not.
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JFT February 11 A curse into a blessing
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February 11A curse into a blessingWe have become very grateful in the course of our recovery.... We have a disease, but we do recover.Basic Text, p. 8=Active addiction was no picnic; many of us barely came out of it alive. But ranting against the disease, lamenting what it has done to us, pitying our...
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Gratefull
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My higher power has lead me down the right path again. When I became clean over 3 years ago, I decided to give back and took a class to be an EMT. Our village is a volunteer service. I have volunteered for over 3 years now. You always learn alot of skills that you hardly ever use. My higher power put me in...
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