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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How to forgive
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Hi, I just logged on to this site, at the suggestion of my new counselor. I found myself bawling big tears while reading about the topic of forgivness, so obviously this is a big issue for me. On one hand, I want to forgive, but on the other, It seems like justification, even though it has torn my life apar...
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i am a fuck up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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my son went back to my mother today he threatened to hurt me and the police got involved as well as a mental health team so mom decied he needed to be back at here house she seemed more relaxed I am wore out I am emotionally drained I feel like I failed I am afraid it is gonna drive me bacxk into my bedroom to hide...
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A Mother
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Hello, I am a Mother of a 24 year old and he has been stuggling with addiciton. He wants help he know he is slipping but I inable him. How much is to much and how little is to little. I can't make him move out he would be living out of his car. I just need a little guidence. I'm raising his 9 month old Son. P...
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CELEBRATION OF LIFE!
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Finally after missing my anniversary date on December 2nd due to a tick borne illness I celebrated life at my homegroup NEW DAZE, 26 years ,59 days,free from active drug addiction.(still working on rest of disease day at a time)Sharing with other addicts really stirred up the feeling of hope and the...
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JFT February 3 We need each other
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February 3We need each otherAnyone may join us, regardless of age, race, sexual identity, creed, religion, or lack of religion.Basic Text, p. 9=Addiction closed our minds to anything new or different. We didnt need anyone or anything, we thought. There was nothing of value to be found in anyone f...
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Doing alot Better
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Well i finally got my kids to come home for the weekend and it was great. Waking up to them is the best feeling ever they get to come home really soon and i cant wait.Im still clean and my kids are keeping me that way if i ever us again i loose them for ever and thats not going to happen.Thank you to allowing me to...
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Stay put Manon, I'm gone. Best wishes to all.
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JFT February 2 Goodwill
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February 2GoodwillGoodwill is best exemplified in service; proper service is Doing the right thing for the right reason.Basic Text, p. xv=The spiritual core of our disease is self-centeredness. In dealing with others, the only motive our addiction taught us was selfishnesswe wanted what we wa...
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looking for deedee
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im new to this and cannot figure out how to get it
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JFT February 1 Hardships
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February 1HardshipsWe felt different.... Only after surrender are we able to overcome the alienation of addiction.Basic Text, p. 22=But you dont understand! we spluttered, trying to cover up. Im different! Ive really got it rough! We used these lines over and over in our active addiction,...
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Staying strong
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Well im still doing good havent sliped up, I know what i will loose if i get back in to my old habits.My wife and i got our own place so i think that will make it better give us time to ourselves i cant wait till my kids come home March 5th is around the corner.
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