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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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Dave R
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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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jamardmurrill
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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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rocky
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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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dpdiamond
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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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Manon
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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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Joy_G
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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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Manon
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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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jcd aka jayson cole
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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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Sprout73
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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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Aquaman
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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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Dave R
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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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Dave R
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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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dpdiamond
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Best way to deal with resentment
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Write about it?
Pray on it?
Confront the resentment?
Take inventory of the resentment and see MY side of it?( liabilitys).
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BigV
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Thought for the day....
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We need to remember what got us well. The Twelve Steps heal us. The meetings we attend heal us. Reading and listening to program tapes heals us. Talking with our sponsors heals us. The time we spend with program friends heals us. Sometimes we're pressed for time. As a result, we have to make choices abou...
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nezyb
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What to expect after we get clean.
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Hi, I do not know what is expected after my body and brain are clean from the drugs. The long term opiates have induced high blood pressure. The doctor puts me on blood pressure medicine (clonidine) to get me off the opiates,and so everything slows down and instantly I put on the weight. I am clean, but h...
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metermaid
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Todays Meetings are a joke!
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Ive got an attitude . there i said it. back in the 90's our city was chock ful of incredible meetings. especially friday and saturday nite. i went on and off so many times. but it just 'didnt take'. I just wasnt 'there' yet. But I never put it out of my mind knowing that those incredible places had a seat!! w...
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gettingbackup
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snowed in
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well we have over 14 inches of the stuff for Oklahoma that is alot and there is more coming the roomie is getting a job shoveling snow and he jus uncovered the car and to the store to get smokes thank god is is a very swwet man his girlfriend is cool to i kinda like having ppl aourd where b4 I didn't want anyone n...
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Manon
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me
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I feel like a big fat cow im seven months pregnate and getting so big.I eat all the time and the wic office told me that i should only gain 25lbs the whole pregnacy and i have already gained that. I dont know if its cause im not useing anymore or if it is the baby just growing.At least i know i will have a healthy...
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dpdiamond
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i need answers please...
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Well im sick and dont feel good my head is pounding and i cant breath at all. But i wanted to ask anyone if they would know why my son has been blinking his eyes over and over about every fifteen minutes. I was thinking its cause he might need to wear glasses But the social worker said its cause he is getting an...
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49erman
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about me!!!
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Well im new to this but i thought i might share a little about my addiction and what i have been through so here it goes!!! My name is Amanda and im 25 years old and i have three boys and one girl they are six, five, almost three, and almost one and i am six and a half months pregnate now with another little girl....
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dpdiamond
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lifes too short
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this past november at my church we had a retreat for all the women. it was called the womens renewal. it was a time for us to come and renew our faith and our selves. i was a part of the planning team. there were 13 of us. i was the youngest by far. and they were more of my mothers than my sisters of christ. well to...
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LizC
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Been having weird dreams...
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Back when I first detoxed in August I had dreams every night for two weeks. Those dreams always entailed me trying to find pills and if I did find the pills in the dream, even if I pulled them up into the needle, I would always wake up before I got the needle in my arm. Well, I was five months clean on the 20th...
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plaguewind83
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Blah
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Where do I begin? Where do I end? My brain is a jumbled mess. It is chaotic and questioning. I am amazed at how "put-together" my life is. The external circumstances in no way represent the internal struggle. I have three wonderful children, an amazing husband, a beautiful home. I am respec...
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apbbowers
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ICED UP!!
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Work closed again today(manage a facility for people with disabilities)total ice storm on top of our snow and roads are very bad.Looking out the big bay window of our rented 'little house on the prarie"(sold our home in August last year)watching the horses play in the snow alongside the sheep,...
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JFT February 4 Feeling good isn't the point
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February 4Feeling good isnt the pointFor us, recovery is more than just pleasure.Basic Text, p. 43=In our active addiction, most of us knew exactly how we were going to feel from one day to the next. All we had to do was read the label on the bottle or know what was in the bag. We planned our feelings, and...
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Dave R
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Our First Meeting...
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One plus me. No complaints. Two bucks in the basket...that'll pay the photocopy bill. Two cool things (other than having an NA in Decorah, Iowa now). 1) Two addicts came together to keep each other straight for one more day. 2) We brought our Higher Power. Thanks NA's everywhere. Tonight, for the firs...
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