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JFT January 10 Gratitude
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January 10GratitudeIm very grateful to have come to believe.IP No. 21, The Loner=Belief in a Higher Power can make all the difference when the going gets tough! When things dont go our way in recovery, our sponsor may direct us to make a gratitude list. When we do, we should include our faith in a Pow...
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Sob story from a sob,,,,
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Hi all, here is sad-sack again,, with another woeful moanin............ Hellfire and havoc,, Gods sake, what an addict like me can land in..... a fab woman, great shows, a fantastic holiday place to be in,,,Utopian,, and everythin goes to dogs because of perceptions. My distorted thinking.........
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Faith
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I am new to the program and am working on recovery...one day at a time. I have seen subtle changes come about already. My husband got laid off from his job yesterday. I have been unemployed since early July. We are being swallowed by debt. I pray for faith, courage and strength. I spoke with my spon...
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The Steps are Optional!
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The Steps are suggested only, I don't have to work the Steps if I don't want to. The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop using. What a relief, thought I might have to put some effort into this recovery thing! I can just keep doing the things I've always done, behave the way I've always beh...
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My Magic Chair
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I have a Chair, a very special magical Chair. For years I seached for this Chair looking many places many ways to find this Chair. I finally found this Chair back in 1980 in a room of addicts. It's my Chair, you can't have it. I paid a high price for this Chair, it's mine, nobody can take my Magic Chair from me...
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Finally found my way back!
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Hi everyone, so glad I found this board. I have been a pill addict for 25 years, and have had clean time, sponsors, done step work, etc. I don't mean etc. lightly. I lost one career that I had for 25 years, and was lucky enough to go back to school and start a new one. I am going to be 50, have a beautiful grandau...
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Triggers
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After almost 4yrs of being clean and sober events that i have no control over concerning family have trigger withdrawl symptoms and the compulsion to use after all this time.please pray for me and my family.thank you
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Meeting attendance
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How do I attend the meeting?
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JFT January 9 Returning our sponsor's kindness
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January 9Returning our sponsors kindnessOur earliest involvements with others often begin with our sponsor.Basic Text, p. 57=Our sponsors can be abundant sources of recovery information, wisdom, and loving words. Theyve done so much for us. From the late night telephone calls to the hours sp...
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JFT January 8 Growing up
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January 8Growing upOur spiritual condition is the basis for a successful recovery that offers unlimited growth.Basic Text, p. 44=When our members celebrate their recovery anniversaries, they often say that theyve grown up in NA. Well, then, we think, what does that mean? We start to wonder...
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Living life in a new and improved way
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I am new at working a program for real. I have a sponsor and am beginning step work. Something I haven't tried before. Goal: To never repeat my past errors in judgement related to drugs. I am having surgery tomorrow and my challenge will be to use my pain meds as prescribed.
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2011 HAPPY NEW YEAR
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things I hope are going to be alot better than the last hopefuly I will be approved for this new apt I really ready to go somewhere newI have been in this prperty complexes for over 8 year I am so ready to start fresh and no one will have to know where it is exect very few friends from this complex I don't wanna g...
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Clonidine!
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I am an opiate addict. Was taking 20 or more oxy's a day before treatment. I stayed in treatment 7 days, going home with a script of seboxone. Had been on seboxone for 4 months. I have been off suboxone now for 6 days with the help of clonidine. I am paranoid about what I am able to take along with clonidine....
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Truly a journey of self-discovery
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It's getting a little easier.....finally. I've been doing lots of recovery reading and find myself highlighting just about every paragraph because it seems as if every single one of them was written for me. Control issues? YES....have always had them. I rebel. I hate authority. I will listen...
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JFT January 7 Recovery
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January 7 Recovery "Narcotics Anonymous offers addicts a program of recovery that is more than just a life without drugs. Not only is this way of life better than the hell we lived, it is better than any life that we have ever known."Basic Text p. 103 Few of us have any interest in "reco...
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A moment of reflection!
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This morning,we bury a friend I have worked with for over 30 years and I spend time in reflection knowing that life is a precious gift,given by the grace and mercy of our Higher Power and that we who share the common illness of addiction are truly blessed to even one more day as the only thing we really earn...
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JFT January 6 How does it work?
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January 6How does it work?I used to think that I had all the answers, but today I am glad that I dont. =What are the two favorite words of most addicts? I know! Unfortunately, many of us arrive in NA thinking we have all the answers. We have a lot of knowledge about whats wrong with us. But in and of it...
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Sick and Tired
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Sometimes God has to smack me in the head to get my attention and I hate it. I found this board only yesterday and while I can honestly say that I haven't abused any drugs in 20 years, I can't say that I haven't taken any or that I've even had a program. I find myself having the strangest thoughts today. Th...
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This disease does not discriminate...
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It's been 18 days since my relapse - 18 days that have felt full and meaningful. My first NA meeting began with reading from the literature - I can't be bothered to move right now, so I'll give you the gist of it... Basically addiction can lead to two big things - jail time, and death... I know there's a thi...
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agrravated.
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I was on my facebook and one of my friends posted a status saying that my old high school needs a rehab class. which i agree because 90% of the people that go to that school are on drugs. mostly weed but anyways, there was this huge argument and as i was reading it, it just made me so angry! of course there was m...
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WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD
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Our 24 year old son, a recovering Heroin addict,was not sent to jail last night.As a father and a parent, I am relieved. As an addict, I pray that the impact of his taking personal responsibility is being ingrained in his process.He was able to work out some kind of agreement with probation(not get...
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JFT January 5 Recovery at home
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January 5Recovery at homeWe can enjoy our families in a new way and may become a credit to them instead of an embarrassment or a burden.Basic Text, p. 104=Were doing great in recovery, arent we? We go to a meeting every day, we spend every evening with our friends in the fellowship, and every weekend we...
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JFT January 4 The love of the fellowship
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January 4The love of the fellowshipToday, secure in the love of the fellowship, we can finally look another human being in the eye and be grateful for who we are.Basic Text, p. 92=When we were using, few of us could tolerate looking someone in the eyewe were ashamed of who we were. Our minds were not occu...
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Finding online sponser
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I am 44yrs male,1month dry 1month into recovery.I travel a lot mainly in Europe.I would like to find an online sponsor from feb 2011.I attend meetings in uk at the moment but do have issues with 12 steps but believe in the fellowship and the fact that i need the support it offers .if anyone is out there who...
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Meaning what we say!
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Morning everyone,1st day of New Year ,back to work business of the holidays are over and time to settle back in and move forward.Please sit we me for a minute as I reflect on a friend of 30 years,I worked with,passed on New Years eve,heartattack at 59(boss called me at home)...Tonight we also find out i...
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Glad I'm an addict!?
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Seriously, sometimes I'm glad I'm an addict. Might seem like a strange thing to say. Sometimes in my interactions with normies discussing or sniveling about this and that and then not having a clue what to about handling their life challenges I find myself glad I'm an addict with a roadmap, our St...
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Doing the Steps and doing it now
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I came to N.A. for the last time i started my steps and worked thoroughly and accurately with the steps. You have to be willing to do these and if not willing than do them anyway as this is a life and death program and I choose life. When it came time to do my 4th I went over the hurt and anger and feelings and sex...
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JFT January 3 Our greatest need
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January 3Our greatest needWe eventually redefine our beliefs and understanding to the point where we see that our greatest need is for knowledge of Gods will for us and the strength to carry that out.Basic Text, p. 48=When we first arrived in NA, we had all kinds of ideas of what we needed. Some of us se...
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JFT January 2 Take a deep breath and talk to God
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January 2Take a deep breath and talk to GodSometimes when we pray, a remarkable thing happens: We find the means, ways, and energies to perform tasks far beyond our capacities.Basic Text, p. 46=Coping successfully with lifes minor annoyances and frustrations is sometimes the most difficult ski...
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Rockin' in the New Year!
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Joys of not only another day clean and working God centered and in the solution but feeling excitement for New Year ,if so graced by God,beyond this day...I say "being Powered by God, with the "soldiers of life"and thousands s of addicts to the right of me and thousands of addicts to th...
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