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JFT December 24 The group
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December 24The groupThe Twelfth Step of our personal program also says that we carry the message to the addict who still suffers. The group is the most powerful vehicle we have for carrying the message.Basic Text, p. 68=When we first come to Narcotics Anonymous meetings, we meet recovering addicts...
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE
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I PRAY THAT ALL WHO SEEK RECOVERY - GETS IT - I PRAY THAT NO ADDICT HAS TO SUFFER WHO IS TRYING TO FIND A NEW WAY OF LIFE..THIS SEASON WE MAY LOSE MANY TO THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION. BUT I ALSO KNOW MANY WILL GET CLEAN THIS SEASON. I BELIEVE THAT ANY ADDICT CAN GET CLEAN - I AM TRULY PROOF THAT THIS PROGRAM WORKS -...
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Since LindsC brought up music...
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I wanted to share something with you guys and gals. I've always despised religious groups for their preaching, so I'm kinda worried about what I'm saying here... However, spirituality, for me, is not religion - it's a way of life, not just somewhere to be on Sunday mornings (and please, I'm not knock...
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Does everything happen (choice or not) for a reason?
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Good morning, friends! I've been thinking about this for a few days now... It's been 11 days since my return to recovery. And I feel amazing. I didn't feel amazing right after my relapse, but I got a sponsor, went back to meetings, and I have an entirely new perspective on the program and how it fits into m...
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young recovering addict;needs advice
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im a young addict. i been aressted twice as a result of my drug usuage. i just recently quit a rehab treament center because the girls in there had snuck drugs in. i really do want to stop. but i need support from people who have been through it. any advice?
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not sure how to feel
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I guess when you lack social skills every day tasks seem to be a little more overwhelming I spent most my time as a teen in a behavioral health centers so I do lack in common sense in many areas I get frustrated at my mom cause lack of understanding she thinks I am stupid Iremind her I am not stupid just Crazy...
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JFT December 23 New ideas
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December 23New ideasWe reevaluate our old ideas so we can become acquainted with the new ideas that lead to a new way of life.Basic Text, p. 94=Learning to live a new way of life can be difficult. Sometimes, when the going gets especially hard, were tempted to follow the path of least resistance and li...
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Too difficult to attend NA Meeting
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I usually have no problems on basic computer stuff but thought I should report that I belive there is something wrong with the link to the meeting. I have been fooling around over an hour and got only gibberish even after downloading against my computer's advice out of shear desperation to come to a mee...
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Rapid Detox or anyway to stop pills
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Has anyone heard of the rapid detox progran in Fla.? I found it the same day I found this site. It has been on Dr. Phil, Rickie Lake and lots of news programs. The idea is to detox while you are under and then the Dr. does brainscans to see chemical problems in your brain. They tell me they have a huge sucess r...
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JFT December 22 A new way to live
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December 22A new way to liveWhen at the end of the road we find that we can no longer function as a human being, either with or without drugs, we all face the same dilemma.... Either go on as best we can to the bitter endsjails, institutions, or deathor find a new way to live.Basic Text, p. 87=What was the w...
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So things are going great...................
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Hi everyone. I haven't been on this site much in quite a while. But i do check it out periodically to see what people are up to. Me: i haven't been to a meeting in a long time, I dont have a sponsor & therefore don't work the steps.....never really have. Over the summer i had my 10 year anniversary. My lif...
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World keeps turning!
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Tonight we find out if my 24 year old son goes back to jail for probation violation,my wife is very sick with a stomach virus and passing out which we will have to go back to doctors, and by God's mercy I am just regaining my strength from a tick born virus I contacted during hunting season.Today I am free a...
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Letting go of the "I can't"s
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Went to a meeting yesterday and finally realized that listening isn't the same as understanding. As a disclosure, I've been sober exactly 16 days. 16 days I have to admit I spent being confused, angry, and frustrated rather than grateful. Since attending meetings, I have been fixated on all of what...
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JFT December 21 Acceptance and change
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December 21Acceptance and changeFreedom to change seems to come after acceptance of ourselves.Basic Text, p. 58=Fear and denial are the opposites of acceptance. None of us are perfect, even in our own eyes; all of us have certain traits that, given the chance, we would like to change. We sometime...
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JFT December 20 Overcoming self-obsession
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December 20Overcoming self-obsessionIn living the steps, we begin to let go of our self-obsession.Basic Text, p. 97=Many of us came to the program convinced that our feelings, our wants, and our needs were of the utmost importance to everyone. We had practiced a lifetime of self-seeking, self-c...
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IM STUCK ON MY THIRD STEP
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I HAVE BEN ON MY THIRD STEP SINCE MY FIRST YR CLEAN. DURING THAT TIME I HAD SOME TRUST ISSUES WITH MY SPONSOR WE HAVE DISCONNECTED BUT LATER WE WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS OUR ISSUE BUT THE RELATIONSHIP IS NOT THE SAME. I HAV GONE THRU A LOT OF GROWING WITHOUT SHARING IT WITH HER AND FEEL LIKE IM LIVIN IN MY THIRD STEP...
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JFT December 19 Walking the way we talk
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December 19Walking the way we talkWords mean nothing until we put them into action.Basic Text, p. 58=The Twelfth Step reminds us to practice these principles in all our affairs. In NA, we see living examples of this suggestion all around us. The more experienced members, who seem to have an aura of...
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for what it is worth !!!
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Dont Take It PersonallyI am not a victim of the world I see. A Course in MiraclesWhen I walked into my aviary to feed the parrots one morning, Yogi made mean faces at me and tried to bite me. My heart sank; my first reaction was, I must have done something wrong to make him dislike me. Yogi kept up this behavi...
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scared of everything
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this agoraphobia is biting me in the ass evre since I have come to terms with reality of the situations in my life over the past 2 years fearinbg everything and wanting to run but afraid to move away cause my family is all I got support wise I have a guy in my life we have been off and on since the summer he is hel...
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Food choices...
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Was conversin with my lady-love about food and she says "we are what we eat" and I dont know where this came from but i said "Yes, but first we eat what we are." When she expressed shock and puzzlement (so was I), I explained how food addiction thrived on thouhts that tell the addic...
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The devil keeps playing...the ear plugs stay on !
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30 Days that should have been closer to 90 but with a couple of relapses im still in the starting steps. A slow but definite recovery is in sight. The daily struggles continue without the need to use. Nick Toronto Canada
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JFT December 18 The message of our meetings
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December 18The message of our meetingsThe fact that we, each and every group, focus on carrying the message provides consistency; addicts can count on us.Basic Text, p. 68=Tales of our antics in active addiction may be funny. Stories of our old bizarre reactions to life when using may be interesti...
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JFT December 17 Service motives
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December 17Service motivesEverything that occurs in the course of NA service must be motivated by the desire to more successfully carry the message of recovery to the addict who still suffers.Basic Text, p. xxvi=Our motives are often a surprise to us. In our early days of recovery, they were almos...
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22 years clean and I feel empty.
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Hi Im Jim and im an addict. I live far away from any meetings and have just been staying clean for a long time, that is to say, I havnt been working a program. I feel so very empty and worthless and really feel like I need someone to say" I love you". just staying clean isnt working, so I guess I n...
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PLEASE HELP ABOUT MEETING1
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Is the mrc download for the online meeting safe? My computer keeps rejecting it and I really wanted to get into the meeting. Can somebody please help me?
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today is a great day 2 b clean
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MY NAME IS DEE AN IM AN ADDICT. THANKN MY HIGHER POWER FOR THIS SLENDID DAY I FEEL REALLY GOOD 2DAY, NO WORRIES I JUS WANTED TO GIVE SOME HOPE FOR THE DAY ENJOY IT. YOU WONT PASS THIS DAY AGAIN. AND IF NOBODY TOLD U I DO LOVE YOU!
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Blah,blah,blah and din-don-bell !
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Im amazed at what an idiot I have been.... I didnt get it,, why was I aruguin and opinionatin and ruining a good thing ??? Then suddenly, I stopped, looked at it all and listened..... Silence is Golden.... Silence is a Power Greater than myself !!!
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okay, here goes...
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Hi all. I don't really know where to begin. I entered detox and then moved into rehab on 9/22/10. I left rehab, relapsed with alcohol and psychedelics....stayed clean for 3 weeks. I relapsed again with suboxone and alcohol on 11/5....celebrated 30 days clean and relapsed again last Monday, 1...
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The Big Book
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I have sooooo much AA recovery literature; however, I am not denying it anymore, I need NA so much more than AA.....who was I kidding? Drugs have more of a grip on me than alcohol ever has.....I guess I was more ashamed to walk into an NA meeting than an AA meeting.....f_cked up logic, i know. How much di...
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JFT December 16 Where there's smoke
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December 16Where theres smoke...Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases.Basic Text, p. 84=Recognizing complacency in our recovery is like seeing smoke in a room. The smoke thickens when our meeting attend...
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