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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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Introducing myself... my story (part of it). My opiate love/hate story.
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I have been clean since November 7th, 2006! Getting by, one day at a time. I got drunk for the first time when I was 13 on pina colodas when I was supposed to be babysitting my neice and nephew [they were asleep] (I can no longer eat pinapple or coconut as a result of this experience)... my dystfunctional fa...
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How long until I feel even just OK?
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This is my 10th day of not using. I got over the physical hell in 3-4 days. But I feel like a limp rag doll. I have ZERO energy and it is so tempting to get refills (Norco and oxy) so I can at least get through Christmas (no gifts bought or any preparations at all for lots of upcoming events). BTW, no one has a...
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No Naranon here....
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My bf is an addict. DOC is heroin, but he will go to alcohol, or coke if he doesn't have that. He has gone to percocets and had an oxy problem a few years ago. When we first got together I thought it was only the alcohol. I am really not writing about him though. I am using MIP for me, I go to the alanon page a...
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JFT December 15 The joy of sharing
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December 15The joy of sharingThere is a spiritual principle of giving away what we have been given in Narcotics Anonymous in order to keep it. By helping others to stay clean, we enjoy the benefit of the spiritual wealth that we have found.Basic Text, p. 49=Time and again in our recovery, others have...
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Serving Creatively
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I will continue to ask my Higher Power to open my heart to the needs around me,to open my eyes to different ways I can serve and open my hands so I may reach out and demonstrate God's love. This can be a rough time of the year for many of us,by being grateful for just"life itself' is a blessing ,but reach...
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what/ who is your new favorite NA speaker tape available online?
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what/ who is your new favorite NA speaker tape available online? I need some inspiration today. I am going to start a new set of steps. So, to get myself in the right mindset I am going to do the Christmas card thing and listen to someone (read and pray) and then.. on we go. Who do you like? Anyone funny? AA al...
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getting lost in na
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-- Edited by tripleC on Tuesday 14th of December 2010 11:04:16 PM
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Bah Humbug
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yeatr after ytear my mnother tyrie to get me to decorAte for the holidays and it is just me here in the apt i see no need to promate SANTA nowI do celebratem my reason for the season for a savior was born a reaon to be able to have the peace I so desperatly look for health wise ok other than a migrane that hasn't g...
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Feeling like I failed myself...
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starting over... again... 284 days, gone... all because I rationalized using a drug to ease the cravings - because that's what it's meant to do when taken properly. And my friends agreed with me... all of them... I can't blame them though... I mean, how would they understand that my thoughts weren't...
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I need a temporary female (long distance) sponsor because I am restarting my steps today!
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I need a temporary female (long distance) sponsor because I am restarting my steps today! We can talk on the phone (I can call for free.. so don't worry about the long distance charges) or skype? But I need someone, because I am in the Dubai and in the midst of changing sponsors here (long story). Plus, I c...
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hoping your holidays are better than mine
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to all here at mip happy holidays to those all around that might be hurting this seasob but realize it is not an excuse to use you might be powerless but you are old enough to make a choice CHOSSE NOT TO USE lonely these days ppl come into thought as reality is finally setting in I have realized that what i th...
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JFT December 14 Addiction, drugs, and recovery
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December 14Addiction, drugs, and recoveryAddiction is a physical, mental, and spiritual disease that affects every area of our lives.Basic Text, p. 20=Before we started using, most of us had a stereotype, a mental image of what addicts were supposed to look like. Some of us pictured a junkie robb...
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-- Edited by Linds C on Tuesday 14th of December 2010 04:28:30 PM
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Annual Holiday Card Request
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Hello Everyone, Each year at this time, I send out a simple request to all MIP members to consider sending holiday cards to the residents of Miracles In Progress Aftercare Recovery Homes. As many of us already know from our own experience, the holidays during early recovery can be very hard on newco...
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