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June 14, 2010 Maintaining our faith
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June 14, 2010Maintaining our faithPage 172 "If we maintain our spiritual condition daily, we find it easier to deal with the pain and confusion." Basic Text, p. 95 When we first began searching for a Power greater than ourselves, many of us got stuck in old beliefs or ideas. These ranged fr...
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Back to the action!!!
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Morning everyone! weekends sure zoom by.Time for this addict to get back to the job.Blessed that I got somewhere to go.Today in New York state they are voting whether to shut down the government because lack of funds for programming etc.Reach out today for the positive things happening in your lif...
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June 13, 2010 A full life
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June 13, 2010A full lifePage 171 "The programs works a miracle in our lives...We become free to live." Basic Text, p. 11 Most of us - if we've been in recovery for any length of time at all - have heard some member complaining in a meeting about being terribly overworked, too busy for meetings...
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How to forgive yourself?
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Hi all.. it's been a long time since I've been back here! BUT I have been clean for over 4 months (YAY). It's been great and I'm so excited and happier than I've been in years. But sometimes I accidentally think of a memory from when I was still using (try and forget about those times as much as I can) and I...
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gratitude toward the ones that left thier seat so I could have mine
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being a member of something bigger than myself (my NA Family) Iused to saY I would never belong then all year last year my Family stuck beside me to help me thru the worst part (or so it seems) of my life I am grateful for MIP and it's members. I am grateful I am not dispondent for once I am grateful I am not lett...
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June 11, 2010 Living clean
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June 11, 2010Living cleanPage 169 "As we recover, we gain a new outlook on being clean...Life can become a new adventure for us." Basic Text, p. 91 The using life is not a clean one - no one knows this better than we do. Some of us lived in physical squalor, caring neither for our surroundings n...
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June 12, 2010 A vision of hope
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June 12, 2010A vision of hopePage 170 "Yes, we are a vision of hope..." Basic Text, p. 53 By the time we reached the end of our road, many of us had lost all hope for a life without the use of drugs. We believed we were destined to die from our disease. What an inspiration it was, then, coming to our...
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New to the internet boards
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I am a gratful recovering alcoholic and addict and am happy to be here sober and clean just for today.Thank you all for being here so this na member has another place to help me stay sober and clean.
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What do we have to be grateful for today?
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1. I am alive!2. I am clean!3. I saw the most amazing rainbow4. I am privileged to have a career.5. I have a warm place to sleep.6. I ate today and have food to eat tomorrow. 7. My biggest stress right now is making the down payment on my first house. (Luxury problem caused by getting clean!) Gratitude...
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Parenoia and night terrors
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I woke up screeaming and crying this morning as therapy goes by I am sure this will worsen...and It's not like i can quit my mom has power of attorney since all the legal stuff is over concerning this issue I freak out and I don't know if you guys are him trying to bait me again trying to get back inmy life all...
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backin away
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will still be reading but till the caois in my mind slows down doctor says it is not paranoia if i have just cause to feel these feelings after what has happened all this is normal but for now this is best call it a mini vac I won't have acess to internet on my mini vacation but i will read soon as i can
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The Inner Master
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This came today for me from my Master please accept if you hear: Go toward this person inside you. Hold to Him. Like a child holds the hand of a mother when walking it is safety, security, guidance. Now, if you are trying to hold to a condition, it is not possible, because conditions change. If you are tryi...
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Reaching out!
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Chair from my home group asked me if I would share at the thrusday H&I meeting at a Rehab center tonight..What a blessing.I talked briefly of where my decent ino oblivion started,where I ended up and where I am today preceding by talking about "a simple mesage of recovery from addiction alwa...
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Today I Said NO!
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On Monday I picked up my 1 year anniversary token in Al-Anon. Today, I had to tell my husband of 13 years that he would not be able to come to our home after he completes treatment. We have been separated for a year, I asked him to leave our home after he refused to go into treatment. My husband was in jail for...
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Salvation Army
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A blessed way to start the day at a 10:00-11:30 meeting with folks who really were at the end of the road coming to get help thru this program.Sharing from the heart,no big I's or little U's,addicts reaching out for each other and glimmers of hope for those who have surrendered and had somewhere to reach...
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What God feels like!
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During my spiritual readings this morning I came across this,you may have read it before but reflect on the thought.......Sachi......soon after her new born baby brother was born Sachi ,asked her parents if she could be left alone with her new baby brother.Of course parents were worried that a lit...
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survivor vrs victum
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Looking For A Sponsor
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My name is Dirk and I am an addict,I live in Pennsylvania, my clean date is 11/25/2009 Since that day I have not had even the slightest urge to use,in fact I'm having a harder time quitting smoking cigarettes than I did quitting my drug of choice. I try to get to meetings when I can but with my new work sc...
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Bouncing Back Yet Again
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I like the fact that this board is available to me all day and I can get into my work and take care of business and also get out of myself long enough to read the posts. The more things go well in my life, the more my disease sends the message to my brain that I don't have a disease. I can easily get into complaice...
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June 10, 2010 Changing motives
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June 10, 2010Changing motivesPage 168 "When we finally get our own selfish motives out of the way, we begin to find a peace that we never imagined possible." Basic Text, p. 45 As we examine our beliefs, our actions, and our motives in recovery, we'll find that sometimes we do things for the w...
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My Husband Wants to Come Home
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Hello All; My husband will be getting out of treatment next month and would like to come home.My daughter (not his child) is currently living with me and refuses to live with my husband.My daughter took a semester out of college last year and helped me save my home from foreclosure.Today because of Al-...
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Understanding
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My childs father is an addict & chronic re-lapser. We are no longer together in the sense of a relationship but live together for financial reasons. He has been convicted twice for drug possession. He rarely manages to stay clean averaging two months between using at best. In Nov he took off w...
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went to therapy for the first time thye rescheduled mon but in today
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therapy wasn't as bad as I thought it would be wee are starting slow so things won't be so intense when we talk about the past year and its secrets that come with that. Soon sureal won't fit anymore it will be real that is the part I feaer hte most the reality of what happen between me nd this other proffesion...
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Meeting Quotes
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No Matter What Club
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There's some things I have to remember not to do today. One of them is not use no matter what. Every time I do that successfully, even when I screw something up or hurt someone I love, I can start over alot more easily if I haven't thrown dope and all that goes with it on top of my shortcomings. Today, no matte...
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WHOA
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i havent been on for a while and by the looks of it i missed out on a WHOLEEEEEEE lotta drama. damn i wish i could have been here to argue ;) but oh well. ANDDD im soo glad to see so many old faces come back! you have been missed. but for me. im just fine. actually im doing great. i am 46 days clean. WOO HOO ha but ive...
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History of NA
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Greetings to all,
I have been collecting and forming my own NA archive lately, collecting all stuff NA, out of sheer personal interest and also as a research project being a historian by hobby...
I was wondering if anyone could help me out with procuring a particular book called "History of NA" by...
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Recall Notice (Humor)
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The Maker of all Human Beings is recalling all units manufactured, regardless of make or year, due to a serious defect in the primary and central component of the mind and body. This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units code named Addiction, resulting in the reproduction of the same...
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Tradition One
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TRADITION ONE "Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends on NA unity." Narcotics Anonymous is more than just the first meeting we attend or the other NA meetings in our neighborhood. We are part of a much greater whole. Addicts apply the principles of Narcotics Ano...
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Step Work at MIP
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Hi Family, Please join us at the Step Work Board at Miracles In Progress and share your experience, strength and hope. The link is http://stepwork.activeboard.com Currently we are on Step Three there, you're free and welcome to share your experiences with the third step, we need you all... Hugs, Lo...
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