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JFT November 14 Not just surviving
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November 14 Not just survivingWhen we were using, our lives became an exercise in survival. Now we are doing much more living than surviving. Basic Text, p. 52 = Id be better off dead! A familiar refrain to a practicing addict, and with good reason. All we had to look forward to was more of the same mise...
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new here; help needed
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hi everyone. i am new here.am also new to 12 steps program.my nephew has a problem with heroin.my cousin his mum is struggling to cope with what is going on.i don't really know how best i can help her or him.so i thought i would come here and ask!thanks.meg
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Saturday Morning!
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6:00 A.M. ,on the way to sit in my tree and watch the world come alive.Today I will reflect on the very simple things in life,get off the whirlwind for a moment,get with God and have a good time and watch the squirrels play.Another day to be grateful to be alive and seek the knowlege to do the work my Higher...
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Aging is exciting
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Well - guys I got a belly button birthday on Nov. 14th -I'm so excited - I still can't believe I am pushing 49 hard. Who would have ever thought that I would get to write / and share my story - I should be dead! But my GOD had great plans for me. I am so grateful. I love my life today - Not only am I clean - but I hav...
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The Archway,,,,
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Seems like greed is the most apparent manifestation of my dis-ease in this phase of recovery !!! The craziness for "more" is sure to fukk up an otherwise great day.. Konwing that after the incident dosent help at all,,,but yes, ets me to do the 10th at least !!! Forlon and frustrated,,cursi...
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JFT November 13 Not perfect
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November 13 Not perfectWe are not going to be perfect. If we were perfect, we would not be human. Basic Text, p. 31 = All of us had expectations about life in recovery. Some of us thought recovery would suddenly make us employable or able to do anything in the world we wanted to do. Or maybe we imagined p...
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help?
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hello all, i'm new at this, but figured since i don't know of anyone in my situation, this would be the best way to get advice/help/support/strength. i've been married 3 1/2 years to the most amazing man i've ever met, and truly can see us living the rest of our lives together. he's been sober about a year...
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A new destination,,, for Meditation !
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My newfound ladylove and i headed for this wonderful place.... Im not religious but this place was a good choice because; 1. not too many hippie westerners or Indian tourists 2. mainly focussed on Meditation. 3. I felt like the people of this place,, refuees from their land, tryin to make good in these...
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JFT November 12 Our own story
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November 12 Our own storyWhen we honestly tell our own story, someone else may identify with us. Basic Text, p. 98 = Many of us have heard truly captivating speakers at Narcotics Anonymous conventions. We remember the audience alternating between tears of identification and joyous hilarity. So...
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When Pride is Real OK
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I spend a fair amount of energy trying to attain and maintain humility...being humble just does not seem to come naturally...some people have it as a personal quality, an aura, almost, and I recognize that in them, but it ain't me. So I find myself even taking pride in being humble...like if I wasn't...
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New to NA
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Hello, I am new to NA and think this could be exactly the support I have been looking for. Everyone here seems to be so caring and helpfull. I have come to realize that this is not something that I can, or want to do alone. I have been clean for a couple months now and this is it, no turning back.
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JFT November 11 From surrender to acceptance
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November 11 From surrender to acceptanceWe surrender quietly and let the God of our understanding take care of us. Basic Text, p. 26 = Surrender and acceptance are like infatuation and love. Infatuation begins when we encounter someone special. Infatuation requires nothing but the acknowledg...
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Sharing my travel experiences !!!
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Been on the road from 12th october and only just got back home this 2nd November. First there was the regional meeting and then a plirimage place. Then onto a Convention and some music events. The final phase was an Outreach to a developing area......... Travels, trails and tribulations, capped with...
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apeople place and things
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How do i avoid my old user friends
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THANKS FOR SUPPORT!
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Morning! Hope all are well!Been fast and furious in my side of town last couple weeks ,but all is well!Wanted to tke time to thank everyone for their support and suggestions in a situation I was working on.Last Tuesday ,after 10 days of prayer,reflection and a real deep look inside, I sat with my direc...
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analizing the tire thing
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I was mistaken was under the influence yes but had not taken anything not perscribed was on the medsI was supposed to take as perscribed but one of the meds is new and I fell asleep behind the wheel long enough to end up in the other lane ove rthe median I hate the thought of driving even thought of giving th...
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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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