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JFT November 10 Fear or faith
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November 10 Fear or faith?No matter how far we ran, we always carried fear with us. Basic Text, p. 14 = For many of us, fear was a constant factor in our lives before we came to Narcotics Anonymous. We used because we were afraid to feel emotional or physical pain. Our fear of people and situations gave...
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JFT November 7 Feeling God's will
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November 7 Feeling Gods willI sincerely believed that a Higher Power could restore my sanity and that I would stop trying to figure out what Gods will was, just accept things for what they were, and be grateful. = The longer we stay clean, the less surely we know what our Higher Powers will for us isand th...
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JFT November 8 Freed from insanity
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November 8 Freed from insanityDo I believe it would be insane to walk up to someone and say, May I please have a heart attack or a fatal accident? Basic Text, p. 24 = Weve heard it said that unless were in love, we cant remember what love feels like. The same could be said of insanity: Once were freed of it,...
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JFT November 9 The best-laid plans
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November 9 The best-laid plansIt is our actions that are important. We leave the results to our Higher Power. Basic Text, p. 91 = Theres an old saying we sometimes hear in our meetings: If you want to make God laugh, make plans. When we hear this we usually laugh, too, but theres a nervous edge to our la...
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feeling a bit stupid
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I was using and driving killed nmot only a tire but bent the rim and know nothing about that stuff I have always been rough on tires but Iam really beating myself up right now over a damn rim!!!!!!!!!!!! I took too many pills and then took my boyfriend back to his house well...............there is unman...
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checking in
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not doind well ok I am powerless yes much of my life is umanagable it was pointed out to me that I could be confusion weakness with powerless which is prolly better that I heard that I have not heard any one put it to me that way b4 thanx family for being there for the good and the bad I just can't seem to get a str...
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One year today
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Getting my medallion and cake at my home group.One year since my relapse.It's all good.
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JFT November 6 Understanding humility
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November 6 Understanding humilityHumility is a result of getting honest with ourselves. Basic Text, p. 36 = Humility was an idea so foreign to most of us that we ignored it as long as we could. When we first saw the word humbly ahead in Step Seven, we may have figured it meant we had quite a bit of humiliat...
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yesterday was hard
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i have just lost my house i have until monday to leave. im going to be staying at a hotel with my son maybe or my sister will be watch him for now. the funny thing about this whole thing is that im not even taking any drugs. but ill be fine....... just want to keep you up dated i probally won't be on for awhile but...
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Deaf recovery, our voices are not silent.
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Link between deaf and the hearing. Asl class in vancouver wa for hearing peeps in recovery. Wanna pull them to help deaf so they can sponsor us!!
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JFT November 5 God's guidance
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November 5 Gods guidanceOur Higher Power is accessible to us at all times. We receive guidance when we ask for knowledge of Gods will for us. Basic Text, p. 95 = Its not always easy to make the right decision. This is especially true for addicts learning to live by spiritual principles for the first ti...
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JFT November 4 Exchanging love
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November 4 Exchanging love...we give love because it was given so freely to us. New frontiers are open to us as we learn how to love. Love can be the flow of life energy from one person to another. Basic Text, p. 105 = Love given, and love received, is the essence of life itself. It is the universal commo...
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JFT November 3 No matter what
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November 3 No matter whatWe eventually have to stand on our own feet and face life on its own terms, so why not from the start? Basic Text, p. 85 = Some of us feel that we should protect newcomers by telling them that, while everything used to be horrible, now that were in recovery its all wonderful. We fee...
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Having another surgery on the 2nd
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Just had a major one on my knee last January now I have to have my stomach hernia done again, had it done in 2002 and its torn back open and this time its a lot worse and there doing the inscision across my belly rather then vertically, so yeah i'm nervous but hey Gods will be done you guys might start consider...
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first time sharing my story
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I have been asked to speak at a meeting for the first time and I am really nervous. I would really appreciate some pointers and I am very anxious and I get anxiety speaking in front of a group. I am speaking on Sunday, November 7 and I could use some feedback before then. I just want to be confident but I have l...
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JFT November 2 Living with unresolved problems
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November 2 Living with unresolved problemsIt makes a difference to have friends who care if we hurt. Basic Text, p. 54 = For most of our problems, the solution is simple. We call our sponsor, pray, work the steps, or go to a meeting. But what about those situations where the burden is ongoing and there...
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A LAUGH FOR THE DAY
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My resume 1. My first job was working in an Orange Juice factory, but I got canned. Couldn't concentrate! 2. Then I worked in the woods as a Lumberjack, but just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe. 3. After that, I tried being a Tailor, but wasn't suited for it -- mainly bec...
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Duality of my life
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things are going really well on the mental health part of my life as well I am not so deppressed not worried don't feel like I have to look over my shoulder all the time I must say the meds they have me on just might be working I forgot what it was l ike to not be that way It has been rough with what I have gone thru i...
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Living in the Twelve Steps of Recovery
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Happy Sober Sunday, all. I just received my copy of a new book, written by "one of us" under the name A. Messenger. It is in the process for consideration as Conference Approved literature from AA. It is a daily guide to the steps and traditions, written in a style like the early writers, but f...
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Time to take a stand!
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Just wanted to share where I am at at the moment.Briefly,I have managed a facility for 'people with disabilities"a sheltered workshop,for last 15 years of my 32 year employment with this agency.About 7 years ago ,a new director hired on with a backround also in "production sub contract w...
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JFT October 31 Our relationship with a higher power
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October 31 Our relationship with a Higher Power Ongoing recovery is dependent on our relationship with a loving God who cares for us and will do for us what we find impossible to do for ourselves. Basic Text, p. 99 = Working the Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous gives us a fresh start in life and some gu...
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JFT November 1 Awakening
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November 1 AwakeningGod helps us as we help each other. Basic Text, p. 51 = Our addiction caused us to think almost exclusively of ourselves. Even our prayersif we prayed at allwere self-centered. We asked God to fix things for us or get us out of trouble. Why? Because we didnt want to live with the p...
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need to get a grip
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ever since my last oops i am having trouble fighting temptation I am sure I have a reservation the "powerless" part seems weak and I am not a weak person so I am really struggling with step one and until I get it done and actually surrender I am stuck I don't like that feeling surrendering to an...
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Letting Go
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As children bring thier broken toy's with tears for us to mend, I took my broken dreams to God because he was my friend, But instead of leaving him, in peace to work alone, I hung around and tried to help with way's that were my own, At last I snatched them back and cried, how could you be so slow, My child he sa...
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can't complain
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things are going well as I follow suggestions from my sponsor glad to be actually active not staying in my room all the time get out even so things are good hope you all find this blessed
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JFT October 30 Courage
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October 30 CourageOur newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future. Basic Text, p. 96 = Narcotics Anonymous is no place for the faint of heart! Facing life on lifes terms without the use of drugs isnt always easy. Recovery requires more than hard work; it requires a liberal...
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Here comes the colds and flu's
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How you gonna handle that LOL I shook a guys hand last night then he coughs and sputters, he's always sick I knew better, this morning guess what, yup i'm pretty sure im sick I HAVE A RESENTMENT no more hand shakes everyone gets a knuckle punch from now on and they can forget a hug LOL. Have a nice day damnit...
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JFT October 29 Living in the now
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October 29 Living in the now Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of the future. Basic Text, pp. 94 = Thoughts of how bad it wasor could becan consume our hopes for recovery. Fantasies of how wonderful it wasor could becan divert us from taking action in the real world. That...
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JFT October 28 Attitudes
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October 28 AttitudesWe can also use the steps to improve our attitudes. Basic Text, p. 55 = Ever have a day when everything seems to be working against you? Do you go through periods when you are so busy taking peoples inventories you can barely stand yourself? What about when you find yourself snapp...
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tolerence
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i find these days that i have no sympathy or empathy for others and their problems i know this is a big short comming in me and i see no way around it i find that i can't even listen to people and their stories anymore my bs meterr starts dinging and i can't turn it off i don't feel like using but i don't seem to f...
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