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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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feeling better about life
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yes still struggling but I no longer live in fear I have been getting iut which is amazing it feels great to feel like me again
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Has anyone thought much about Perception ?
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I have lately due to becoming aware of the fact that my PERCEPTION of things can really get pretty F'd up at times. How i perceive something seems to come from an intuition or a belief I can even imagine whats meant or being said , and it can be wrong and I act on what I THINK and FEEL and often that action...
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JFT October 27 Living in the present
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October 27 Living in the presentWe want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today. Basic Text, p. 29 = For many of us, the past is like a bad dream.Our lives arent the same any more, but we still have fleeting, highly charged emotional memories of a really u...
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JFT October 25 Principles before personalities
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October 25 Principles before personalitiesAnonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. Tradition Twelve = Principles before personalities. Many of us chant these words along with the reader whenever the Twelve Tra...
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( Just for today October 26 ) The path to self-acceptance
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"The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery." IP No.19, "Self-Acceptance" Our addiction has been a source of shame to many of us. We have hidden ourselves from others, sure that if anyone got to know who we really we...
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JFT October 26 The path to self acceptance
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October 26 The path to self-acceptanceThe most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery. IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance = Our addiction has been a source of shame to many of us. We have hidden ourselves from others, sure that if anyone got to know wh...
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What am i to expect?
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I have just made a conscious decision to stop taking my hydrocodone tomorrow. I have been thinking about it for a long long time but as soon as I feel even the slightest bit of anxiety I take them .I have been fortunate enough to have them prescribed to me so I haven't had to buy them on the street. I have had a...
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DAMN
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OK he pissed his boss off by asking for money to spend and get back home his boss said no so now it will be a longer stay but he is going to work like it or not I can't take much more he has to go and soon I enjoy the company at times but I also enjoy my silence which is hard to get when the tv is constantly on??? well s...
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Central Area & Mission Peak Area (Bay Area, Northern California)
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Good evening family, I am looking to meet up with folks from the bay area (womens meetings preferrably) i dont drive so im kinda at the mercy of public transportation...but there are some meetings that i just cant get to by bus...would anyone be open to picking me up for a meeting?
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in need of encouragement, advice, and direction
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My license was suspended in 2006 after failure to comply with rnp. I was convicted of a felony drug charge while in rnp. I am going before the board October 20, 2010 to recieve my new rnp packet for reentry into the rnp. I have been clean and actively working a 12 step program for 16 months. I've been scopin...
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hey everyone
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Hey guys..... you know i'm not very good at posting often, but i definitely read most of the threads..... My life is going on with a lot of bumps lately and I have had to make some tough decisions......There is also a lot of great things occurring in my life... my whole year of college is covered in scholar...
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wow
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i havent posted in a while. but i thought i would check in. im doing ok. i used a month ago but have been clean since. i twisted a muscle in my back yesterday at work so im in a lot of pain. and i twisted my knee too at work yesterday and thats killing me. i might have to have surgury. its killing me. but there ya go...
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peace at last
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remind me to never do that again way too much stress but they are on thier way home I am not sure how I feel about it but I know I am not walking on egg shells anymore he is glad to be going home he was supposed to leave at 3 am this morning but too drunk would not let him travel so I took him today his bus arrive 6 some...
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checking in
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thought I would let you know I am still clean once again willbe working step one soon I can't get over being powerless i guess that is where Ialways get stuck but if nothing changes nothing changes I am stressed out ready for my company to leave and just trying to take things breath by breath anxiety anf ap...
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