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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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49erman
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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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Dave R
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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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feeling a bit lonely
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I have not been alone since the fair was over herre in Tulsa have had company for the most part I didn't realize just how nice it is to JUST cuddle sure I ain't gonna lie I have had more than that (not really anyone's biz) but to have someone sleep next to it makes me want the simple things in life but I don't thi...
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Manon
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JFT February 10 Fun!
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February 10Fun!In recovery, our ideas of fun change.Basic Text, p. 107=In retrospect, many of us realize that when we used, our ideas of fun were rather bizarre. Some of us would get dressed up and head for the local club. We would dance, drink, and do drugs until the sun rose. On more than one occasi...
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my day
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well i went to merced to take my sisters son to the foot doctor cause his foot turns out and the doctor said that it is fine and it will go straght all on its own so that is a blessing!! My husband went and bought me some new shoes and a outfit since all my clothes have gottin to small for me so i feel a little bette...
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dpdiamond
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Feeling s
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My name is David I am an addict.N A has allowed me to stop using lose the desire to use and I am learning to live a new way of life,Wright Know it hurt s alot,My brown eyed girl left me about 4 months ago,that still hurt s alot,I m getting laid of at work in the new year,and I have a hard time at Christmas because...
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Fat
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Hello Everybody. I have 42 days today and I am happy about that, but now I have another problem...I am fat !!! My even periodic addiction kept me kindof at this one certain weight that was manageable and comfortable, but now I am like a snowman !! Has anyone else gone through this ?? That post that sai...
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Poetry
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Just wanted to share a few poems with you guys... (You may have seen or read these already though). I don't know the title of the first poem below but I think it can be referring to just about any type of drug out there. The second poem is obviously about cocaine (and I think it's a rather popular...
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my day
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Well I went to the doctor and they told me i was denied for my medical, as everyone knows im seven months pregnate and this is driving me nuts i filled out all the papers i was supposed to and they are taking to long to process it. I need to have blood work done. i cant untill they get it my medical up and running...
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dpdiamond
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JFT February 9 Self-acceptance
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February 9Self-acceptanceWhen we accept ourselves, we can accept others into our lives, unconditionally, probably for the first time.IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance=From our earliest memories, many of us felt like we never belonged. No matter how big the gathering, we always felt apart from the c...
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today
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today was alright another day clean and im thankfull for that. Still worried about my son but i just keep praying for him.well my my wife went to the doctor today and her medical is all messed up so she is stressed out but it will all work out in the end. thats all for today
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49erman
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JFT February 8 What is a sponsor?
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February 8What is a sponsor?an NA sponsor is a member of Narcotics Anonymous, living our program of recovery, who is willing to build a special, supportive, one-on-one relationship with us.IP No. 11, Sponsorship, Revised=What is a sponsor? You know: That nice person with whom you had coffee...
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Dave R
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Thank God for today.
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Thank God for another day clean. Do you have any experience with dealing with recovering addicts who believe that it's cool to consume energy drinks with caffiene/alcohol in lethal dosages as a form of excitement ? And being a longtime member of this fellowship (approaching 24 yrs. in recovery) I'v...
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lost a friend
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a good friend of mine just passed they say accidental over dose but i think he meant to do it he was using everything but his socks i tried to talk to him but he was having none of it i had to walk away from him lest he trigger me and i don't quite know how to feel about that he leaves behind to young sons but for the...
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this sucks
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were doing great!! they said two more weeks before our apartment is ready so it is fustrating cause im staying at my sisters and its her and her boyfrind his parents and un cl and two other kids so it is so packed. I think i might just go to a motal un till it is ready. but that will cost alot so im not sure what to...
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update?
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I gotta outta the house for a bit to go to the docs pick up meds from 3 different places moms work owed money took roomie and mom out to lunch left at 10 am this morning just getting back about 4 30 pm I am wore out other thant that things are looking okay i really can't complain I have walking pnemonia and deali...
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Day 3 and staying strong....
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Sorry I haven't been checking in but I am ok. I have stayed clean since Tuesday and have been goign to whatever meetings are available to me. Even took a newbie with me tuesday night. I actually felt pretty good yesterday. Today i woke up with a bad headache and possibly a cold? not sure. still goig...
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letting ppl know
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I am doin okay things are really busy as I pack for my new home I am so excited I will have a roomie till we both get on our feet I looking forward to a fresh start although its less than half a mile from here lol anyway I am excited really wish it was like tomorrow but I am doin alright
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having a bad day
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this is a bad day from hell. my lilttle angel was taking away from everybody today and foster care im going nuts and want to go do my drugs again. what good does it do to quite if they still take your baby away from you tell me that . all because i live in the some building as my ass brother in law and sister the...
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New in Recovery
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I am clean for 31 days now, woo hoo! I have so many questions....I am having so many emotions and I just can't seem to get a handle on them. Things that I experienced in the past and would take pills to feel numb, its like they are all flooding me at once! I am angry and hurt all over again. Is this normal and wil...
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Buhhda Sez...
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From The Dhammapada 103. If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors. Peace, Rob
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JFT February 5 Keep coming back!
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February 5Keep coming back!We are grateful that we were made so welcome at meetings that we felt comfortable.Basic Text, p. 83=Remember how scared we were when we walked into our first NA meeting? Even if we walked in with a friend, most of us recall how difficult it was to attend that first meeting. ...
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JFT February 6 I can't--we can
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February 6I cantwe canWe had convinced ourselves that we could make it alone and proceeded to live life on that basis. The results were disastrous and, in the end, each of us had to admit that self-sufficiency was a lie.Basic Text, p. 62=I cant, but we can. This simple but profound truth applies init...
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Dave R
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JFT February 7 This is not a test
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February 7This is not a test...we have found a loving, personal God to whom we can turn.Basic Text, p. 27=Some of us come into recovery with the impression that lifes hardships are a series of cosmic tests designed to teach us something. This belief is readily apparent when something traumatic happ...
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update
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Well i feel pretty good today its superbowl so me and my sister are going to bbq and have a clean superbowl this year no meth, no pot,and no beer I think this will be the best superbowl ever.Well my dad likes the greenbay packers so i guess thats who ill go for. I have nothing against either team i hope its jus...
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