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June 22, 2010 Acepting life as it is
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June 22, 2010Acepting life as it isPage 180 "In our recovery, we find it essential to accept reality. Once we can do this, we do not find it necessary to use drugs in an attempt to change our perceptions." Basic Text, p. 90 Drugs used to buffer us from the full force of life. When we stop using dr...
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June 21, 2010 New levels of honesty
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June 21, 2010New levels of honestyPage 179 "We have been experts at self-deception and rationalization." Basic Text, p. 28 When we come to our first meeting and hear that we must be honest, we may think, "Well now, that shouldn't be too difficult. All I have to do is stop lying."...
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June 20, 2010 Meditation for beginners
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June 20, 2010Meditation for beginnersPage 178 "For some, prayer is asking for God's help; meditation is listening for God's answer...Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us." Basic Text, pp. 46-47 "Be patient...
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Happy Fathers Day!
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My dad left on May 4th 1983, one and a half years before I got clean.I miss him dearly and today I will write him a letter and bring it to the grave site,tell him some jokes,tell him I love him and remember all the good times we had.I will not regret the years I was "out on the tiles' and purposely lost con...
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Rigidity.....
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In my home group, actually an AA group, we as a home group have made a commitment to the "open" in "open meeting". That of course is not the case in all AA meetings. I've been to open meetings where any discussion other than alcohol is shut down quickly. Almost hostile fashion i...
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WHAT WOULD MY HIGHER SELF SAY?
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I have been thinking and doing this myself - whenever stuck in my head or with people, places or things - I have to revert to something higher than me - Not only do I go to my HP but I have to really convince myself their is a Higher Self within me - (which is my HP) but sometimes I have to get on mind level (ration...
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Client Picnic
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Every year where I work(going on 32 years) Abilities First,we put on a christmas party and a summer picnic for our consumers(I still use the word clients cause I serve them and work for them) more "language stuff,anyway today is the day.We have our usual band memebers,a guitarist I played in ma...
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June 19, 2010 A sense of humor
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June 19, 2010A sense of humorPage 177 "We find that when we lose self-obsession, we are able to understand what it means to be happy, joyous, and free." Basic Text, p. 107 The laughter in our meetings often surprises the newcomer. As a group, we appreciate the healing that healthy laughter...
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June 18, 2010 Indirect amends
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June 18, 2010Indirect amendsPage 176 "Indirect amends may be necessary where direct ones would be unsafe or endanger other people." Basic Text, p. 41 When we used, we allowed nothing to stand in the way of that next high. As a result, many of us didn't always know precisely whom we had injur...
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taking responsibility for my part
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as some know this has been one hell of a year I am sorry once again for my probs will continue to post after my head clears i am confused atm don't know who is who nemore I love ya'll see ya when the clouds clear RAYNE ty gramps your words helped -- Edited by Manon on Friday 18th of June 2010 09:53:18 AM
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How About a Sunday Meeting here at MIP Chatroom?
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Dear family, how about starting the Sunday NA meetings at least, here at the MIP Chatroom? Is one on already? Can we go about this and see what happens? We can share the responsibility, we can have 2 members taking up Chairing the meeting, taking turns every alternate week. We can have a greeter who will...
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All inclusive,,addicts from all religious backgrounds (or none at all)
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"Anyone may join us, regardless of religion (or lack of religion)"
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Recovery in the Old Testament
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In the interest of rigorous honesty I am a Christian and my higher power is the Lord Jesus Christ. Was going into and through my addiction. Learned that in many ways I was "working" my relationship with Christ as an addict. Well at least tried to do so.... Your higher power is of course yo...
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Growing an NA area
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Hi! I've been talking to people in my area for about a year about how to grow our area. NA in our state has not grown in over ten years, and in fact seems to have diminished somewhat. Fewer people stand as GSRs and ASC members in the last five years than ever. Before I ask for ideas on how to grow NA in my area, le...
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Wherever I go,,, there I am !!!
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There You AreWherever you go, there you are. -AnonymousMy friend left his lucrative practice as an electrician to move to a remote jungle section where he rents a tiny ramshackle cabin for a hundred dollars a month and collects unemployment. He did some electrical work for me because he needed t...
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Please help me come with ideas! How can the Area Service Committee be of service to the NA Groups?
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Hi! I'm in my local Area Service Committee as an admin committee member, and most of the groups are apathetic about the ASC. I want them to know what the ASC is there to serve and service their needs and help NA grow in the area. I was wondering if you guys, especially the OCMs, can give me three to six sugges...
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June 17, 2010 Walls
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June 17, 2010WallsPage 175 "Reaching out is the beginning of the struggle that will set us free. It will break down the walls that imprison us." Basic Text, p. 83 Many of us came to NA emotionally shattered. Years of using people and allowing them to use us had taken their toll on our ability t...
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Breaking news !!!( or is it really ????)
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This is an exact copy of the mail I got from a friend at WSO/NAWS,,,, "Hello Raman. Thank you for contacting NA World Services. The clarity statement or identity statement, as it is sometimes called, has many variations. Most can be tied to a World Service Board of Trustees bulletin titled Som...
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Somebody near you today!!!
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Morning readings say to me"Look at what the God of your understanding has given you ,take from it what you need and know that others will need the remainder!..As usual as I am feeling a little unsettled with a lot of 'life on life terms situations popping, I am reminded that my God has the plan and r...
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June 16, 2010 Accepting life
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June 16, 2010Accepting lifePage 174 "Some things we must accept, others we can change. The wisdom to know the difference comes with growth in our spiritual program." Basic Text, p. 95 It's relatively easy to accept the things we like - it's the things we don't like that are hard to accept....
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Got me today!!
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Spiritual principle,honesty Spiritual message Thou shall not steal Human failing....stealing time at work,on internet,few minutes late,leave few minutes early,work harder when boss is around,extended lunches, we on average get paid for 5 days ,do we really work 4?? Photo copying personal st...
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June 15, 2010 Resistance to change
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June 15, 2010Resistance to changePage 173 "Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing, or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace we we know than to let go of it for the unknown." Basic Text, p. 34 We have often heard it said t...
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Got in a real bad place few days ago
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I let someone own me, she told me she wanted nothing to do with me and the day before we had a decent talk and then the next day she slams me hard and cold , so the guy renting a room from me starts on my ass about talking to her and why this and why that and i picked a dinning room chair up and almost slammed his head...
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Watching others EXPLODE
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Big ol disagreement in a meeting I was in last night over someones opinion of God or his lack of belief and a few guys just couldn't hold there emotions, came out of there seats hollering/yelling at the person sharing it was quite something to witness LOL but in the end after a half hour of cooling down eve...
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gratitude even in the dark
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I am so grateful I can always start my day over I am grateful I am willing to let go of the past I am grateful for being a member of something greater than myself I am grateful I will and know how to express my mind without bein enigmatic I am grateful for the support on this board sincve 2005 under many names bu...
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Did you view alcohol separately as compared to other drugs?
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Greetings my dear MIP family, I would really appreciate if each of you could share about your experiences with alcohol and how you came to terms with the fact that 'alcohol is a drug'. I have a friend/NA member who relapsed after many years clean, by picking up a drink. He was even sharing today that he ne...
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Suggestions For Recovering Using the Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text
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I'd like to share and learn some tips for working with the NA Basic Text (NABT). For the main text:- Turn every statement into a question and ask yourself if it is true in your experience.- The NABT is made of suggestions, actions, and reflections. Take each suggestion, do each action, and reflect if ev...
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Relapsing; may I ask for some encouragement
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I'm fiending really bad. If descriptions of usage threaten your ability to stay clean, then please read no further. This is really long because I am in a weird space, but in short I just hit the tough realization that my use doesn't just harm me, but by destroying myself I am also harming the people that I...
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ANDDDDDDDDDD the negativity is back.
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i am so pissed off today. and its not even about anything big. its one of those things that really bugs you but you ignore it and it keeps happening over and over and over again and you cant ignore it anymore and you just fucking explode. yeah well thats what i did today. at work. i am so pissed off i want to thr...
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a little lesson into parts of my life
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Agoraphobia (from Greek a, "marketplace"; and /, -phobia) is an anxiety disorder, traditionally thought to involve a fear of public places and open spaces. However, it is now believed that agoraphobia develops as a complication of panic attacks.[1] But there is evidence that the impl...
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