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OK, I surrender
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I think I am going to go to my first meeting tomorrow. I am freaking out. It says it is a closed meeting and has a T I think--for like topic. I don't know. I am so nervous. I am nervous I will see someone I know (I know, I know. They are there too, blah blah blah), but, and this is going to sound arrogant, but this i...
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JFT January 26 Self-centeredness
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January 26Self-centerednessThe spiritual part of our disease is our total self-centeredness.Basic Text, p. 20=What is self-centeredness? It is our belief that the world revolves around us. Our wishes, our demands are the only ones worth consideration. Our self-centered minds believe the...
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just when I thought things went well
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just found out today that my son pysical therapist has confined him to a scooter he will only be 18 in sept life isn't fair isn't it enough that I suffer not my child too~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What Now?
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I am new to this idea of online meeting. I am in tas and there is only a couple of meetings a week. Today was my first day with $ in my pocket I didn't score speed. I am on done too but I cant just stop taking that and I cant go to rehab with my kids. I have always been scared to start going to NA cause I am on the progr...
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Sort of struggling with things...
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As far as staying clean goes - i am doing that. I feel the best i have felt in a LOOONG time right now. Thank you to my HP! My struggle comes when i think of being in this program for life...as in, going to meetings every week, etc. I really can't see myself doing that. I tend to think i can stay clean on my o...
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Triggers
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OK, so I am just now realizing what my "triggers" are. How weird is this. I can feel a slight beginning of a migraine creeping up on the right side of my head (where I always get migraines when I have them) and this sense of euphoria comes over me. The slightest bit of pain that I feel used to signa...
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interesting turn of events
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well my mom lashed out at m son and he called last night in hyterics so now he says he wants to live with mommy yea I know AN 17 year old that still calls mom mommy I love it so atm he is here with me as well as my roomie and me kinda crowded in this one bedroom apt the other apt is bigger but if this emains permananen...
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JFT January 25 An added gift
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January 25An added giftWe see it happening among us every day. This miraculous turnabout is evidence of a spiritual awakening.Basic Text, p. 51=We watch them walk in to their first meeting defeated, their spirits broken. Their suffering is obvious, and their desire for help even more apparent. ...
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new to NA
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Hi my name is Jay and I am 30 yrs old. I have been using drugs and alcohol for the past 12 years on a daily basis. I was addicted to oxycontin for a long time but that got too $$ so I turned to heroin. I went to a treatment center this past july/ august and was so happy to have 45 days of clean time. Unfortunately, o...
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making friends
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so i am posting for the first time ive been clean for two years now and it seems that everyone has their own lil groups of people and they go places and do stuff outside of the meetings im very shy and have a hard time doing that plus i dont work full time and dont have a car either so sometimes i feel left out. i a...
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JFT January 23 Serenity check
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January 23 Serenity checkLack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways. Basic Text, p. 95 = Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply It stinks? When this happens, we are probably suffering from a lack of daily maintenance in our program. In recovery, life c...
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night terrors
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I woke up in tears and screaming this morning night terrors are back glad the room mate was with his girl he has been most of the weekend so my mind of course feels like a race track I am trying to tell it "slow down turbo" but nothin avails I was doing great had hope some faith with the move which no...
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JFT January 24 From isolation to connection
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January 24From isolation to connectionOur disease isolated us... Hostile, resentful, self-centered, and self-seeking, we cut ourselves off from the outside world.Basic Text, p. 4=Addiction is an isolating disease, closing us off from society, family, and self. We hid. We lied. We scorne...
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We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us.
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We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us. If we honestly try to do God's will to the best of our ability, we can handle the results of anything that happens. Seeking our Higher Power's will is a spiritual principle found in the steps. Working the steps and practicing the principles simplifi...
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Reflecting back,can make the difference!
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Morning! Woke again this morning ,house was 52 degrees,pipes gelled up again.We moved into this house in August after we sold our home where we lived for about 25 years.lOVE OUR RENTED HOUSE FOR NOW,BUT BACK TO OIL HEAT(HAD NATURAL GAS,EXPENSIVE,BUT NEVER RAN OUT!)Anyway,when I think back to the ti...
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Group conscience at home group business meeting--a possible change in. .
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Anyone with any expereince(strength and hope I KNOW I need. . !?# )in dealing with a home group re: a group conscience vote which now possibly appears unwise(re: changing the format of a meeting). The concern was that the meeting wasn't growing and therore not attracting new home group mem...
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I am no longer a victim.
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Morning!! As I was going thru some spiritual readings this morning the increased realization that today I no longer am a victim of my disease but through the mercy and grace of the God of my understanding I am an active agent of change.My life is shaped by the choices I make and by remaining God centere...
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NA Basic Text...gratefully engrossed
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Hi, I'm an addict and my drug of choice is whatever gets me off. For 18 months I have been going to AA (no NA in my area) and have been clean/sober for oh hey...7 months yesterday! Anyway, after attending outpatient group I saw the HUGE need for NA in my area and am starting a group. Our first meeting is Feb 1s...
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Indian snake scenes !!!
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Hi all, Thats a cobra, instant killer poison snake Im holdin. This happened on the full moon nite of 19 Jan/11. I was with someone special,,,, (pics are not very clear because it was taken with a 5mp cell phone camera)
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New here...wanted to introduce myself
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I'm Annie, 27 years old. I was using roxies and xanax for 4 years daily. I'd also use meth or coke whenever i got my hands on it. I'm recently out of jail(first time and hopefully last). I've been sober since Aug 19th 2010, the day I was arrested. Doing okay with cravings but having a hard time confron...
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JFT January 16 Make that call!
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January 16Make that call!We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected.... [But] our fellow members do understand us.Basic Text, p. 32=We need our fellow NA memberstheir experience, their friendship, their laughter, their guidance, and much, much more. Y...
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Need a little advice
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Ok, here it is. In addition to anxiety and addiction issues, my psych has diagnosed me with add. It is a pretty obvious diagnoses and apparently could be the cause of my anxiety and a cause of the addiction stuff. Anyway, a few months ago I was put on meds for it--stimulants. I quit taking them a month ago,...
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JFT January 20 One promise, many gifts
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January 20One promise, many giftsNarcotics Anonymous offers only one promise, and that is freedom from active addiction...Basic Text, p. 106=Imagine how it might be if we had arrived at the doors of Narcotics Anonymous, desperate, wanting to stop using drugs, only to be met by a sales pitch: If yo...
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JFT January 22 The school of recovery
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January 22The school of recoveryThis is a program for learning.Basic Text, p. 16=Learning in recovery is hard work. The things we most need to know are often the hardest to learn. We study recovery to prepare ourselves for the experiences life will give us. As we listen to others share in meetings...
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Intro.
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Hello everyone, I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Jeff, I am 39 years old, and almost lost everything to my addiction. I have 4 kids, two which my wife and I adopted a couple years ago, and almost graduating from college. I used T3/T4 for 6-8 months, before my wife realized her pain meds. were alway...
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Morning!
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Hello everyone,been off line for few days,life been fast and furious!Today found out my granddaughter in Texas(21) is going through a divorce(Trinity my great grandchild(1 yr and some) is in jeopardy of the trauma's that divorce can bring and we pray and talk fervantly of giving this to the God of...
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checking in
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just thought I would send a quick note to let ya'll know my life seems to finally coming back to normal what ever that is ;) the past 2 days have not been hard on my mental issues deppression seem to be lifting which Ihope to continue in this path as I am preparing to move for the first time in a really long tim...
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JFT January 21 Unity and uniformity
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January 21Unity and uniformityUnity is a must in Narcotics Anonymous.Basic Text, p. 63=Unity is not uniformity. Unity springs from the fact that we have unity of purposeto recover, and to help others stay clean. Even so, we often find that while we strive to fulfill the same purpose, our means and...
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Never done this before
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Ok, wow. This is my first time ever posting on a message board, about anything. I am a stay-at-home mother of 3 and while I would like to say that narcotics are the only substance I abuse, the truth is, I have an issue with alcohol, narcotics, excedrin migraine for crying out loud. Am I alone in this?? I fee...
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Getting a sponsor??
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I think...no, i KNOW it is time for me to get a sponsor. How do i go about this? i have an idea of who i would like it to be from my meetings...just ask after the meeting?
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