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Crap! Missed my Home Group
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Just look at my watched and realized my Home Group meeting is just ending. Busy bagging coffee I roasted earlier and forgot to set an alarm to remind me to leave and come back later if work still to be done. Small business owners aren't clock watchers like employees can be! Good thing I read from our Basic...
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Building Faith
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Hi All.... I have been in NA a while now..... I work in a recovery center and have been neglecting my personal recovery work lately....... I have been thinking a lot about having the courage to change recently and would really appreciate some input form you guys..... I believe that courage springs fro...
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What are the lyrics to your favorite song about addiction or your experience? post them. please :)
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What are the top 5 songs that remind you about addiction.. your experience, whatever? I have like thirty, so here are my top 5 in no particular order.... Blind Melon - No Rain lyrics All I can say is that my life is pretty plain I like watchin' the puddles gather rain And all I can do is just pour some tea for t...
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Frozen by fear
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It's been awhile since I shared with you guy's about what's been goin on for me, cause life's been cruisey. Up till now. For those of you who don't know my story I lost my first husband to an overdose on the 21st of December 1996 and on some level I still feel responsible for his death. Logically I know that I...
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JFT December 28 Depression
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December 28DepressionWe are no longer fighting fear, anger, guilt, self-pity, or depression.Basic Text, p. 27=As addicts, many of us experience depression from time to time. When we feel depressed, we may be tempted to isolate ourselves. However, if we do this, our depression may turn to despa...
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Old is going out New is coming in
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Ponder this: First don't use no matter what For me I check my motives behind the plans I might have and see if three is gonna be consequences for my actions or what my intetion might be I actually drove a little today got outta the house and for christmas went to my familys house ans spent the holidaze with t...
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JFT December 27 God could restore us to sanity
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December 27God could restore us to sanityThe process of coming to believe restores us to sanity. The strength to move into action comes from this belief.Basic Text, p. 25=Now that weve finally admitted our insanity and seen examples of it in all its manifestations, we might be tempted to believe th...
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AA or NA?
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Okay. When I left rehab I entered the rooms of AA. In rehab I introduced myself as an alcoholic and an addict but when I started going to my AA meetings I was discourage from using both terms. I recently went to my first NA meeting and asked some of the old-timers their thoughts on this. They told me tha...
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Anger in my relationship...
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This is insane,, we are makin the same mistake; over and over again... Start arguing and then believe it will not hurt us this time.... Clean and serene or is this plain and simple clean and crazy ??? Why am I doin what Im doin ? Is it that this is the first time really,,, in clean time, that Ive actually fac...
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JFT December 26 Never-failing power
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December 26Never-failing PowerAs we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life.Basic Text, p. 25=We are people accustomed to placing all our eggs in one basket. Many of us had one particular drug of choice that was our favorite. We relied on it to get us through each day and make l...
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Getting lazy and losing my enthusiasm...
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I am quite sure I am not the only one this has happened to but here goes. I left rehab on October 7th. I relapsed a few times since then, then worked real hard for a 30 day chip. The day after I got that chip, I relapsed. While I was really working the program before that chip, I felt God everywhere in my lif...
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Just Curious
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Just curious, anyone active on the forum with more than 30 years Clean? Yeah I know Clean time does not necessarily equal quality of recovery. Just could be good for my ego to know so I could ask them to beat me into submission now and then. Don't think for a second I'm kinding! If the answer is no, I hereby...
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A different meaning for all!
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This day brings many different emotions to many different people.Through faith and trust in our individual Higher Power's grace and mercy for us we can share the love God has for us with others even when it is "very dark".I wish everyone peace and serenity,that you can find,by placing yo...
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Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas to all and may we keep and share the gift of N\A we are so blessed with.
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JFT December 25 Anonymity and self-will
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December 25Anonymity and self-willThe drive for personal gain... which brought so much pain in the past falls by the wayside if we adhere to the principle of anonymity.Basic Text, p. 76=The word anonymity itself means namelessness, but theres a larger principle at work in the anonymity of the...
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well it's Christmas eve
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its almost over and hopefully the traffic by my apt will let up some soon I have been in this apt too much I am starting to get cabin fever as soon as they slow down out there I can get around more comfy like anyway hoping this msg finds you b;lessed have a happy holiday whatever you might call it since this is a...
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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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