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Nagging problem.
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I have this problem which keeps re-occuring to me, and it burns me up every time it does, last night I went to a Hispanic NA convention on Hollywood Beach Florida, as I entered the main ball room where the main meeting was under way, I ran face to face into this lady member of the area where I attend n/a m...
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Be not anxious!
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Its amazing even when things are going well how we can wake up any given day,feel unsettled,anxious,wired! or just plain out of sorts.Welcome to the day huh!But one of my many favorite spiritual writings tell me"Do not be anxious about anything,but in everything,by prayer and petition,wit...
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Just for today
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We give thanks to god for he alone tried his best to show us how to share our varied experience at na gatherings through the many editions of the na texts over the years,. We thank god for tying to teach us edition after edition. Our higher power kept showing us the na way even thow we refused to admit,we giv...
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June 25, 2010 Not just lucky
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June 25, 2010Not just luckyPage 183 "The process of coming to believe restores us to sanity. The strength to move into action comes from this belief." Basic Text, p. 25 Coming to believe is a process that stems from personal experience. Each of us has this experience; all addicts who find r...
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Just for today
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June 26, 2010 Surrendering self-will
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June 26, 2010Surrendering self-willPage 184 "Our fears are lessened and faith begins to grow as we learn the true meaning of surrender. We are no longer fighting fear, anger, guilt, self-pity, or depression." Basic Text, p. 27 Surrender is the beginning of a new way of life. When driven p...
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STANDING GUARD AT THE DOOR OF MY MIND!
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Things that happen,even if it was meant to hurt,cannot reach me if I stand guard at the door of my mind! Some of your hurts you have cured And the sharpest ,you even survived But what torments of grief you've endured From evils that never arrived! Emerson! HOW MANY TIMES HA...
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selflessness
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Heres what i've learned in the last 10 month. If i'm selfless I cant be hurt and I wont hurt others. Thats it from me for now
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Just for today
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We give thanks to god for allowing na as a whole to tolerate our miss givings. We give thanks to god for putting alcoholics and addicts in our lives that help show us the way,clean and sober the na way.
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June 24, 2010 Tolerance
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June 24, 2010TolerancePage 182 "...ever reminding us to place principles before personalities." Tradition Twelve Sometimes it's hard to accept others' character defects. As we recover together, we not only listen to others talk in meetings, we also watch how they walk through their...
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another look inside my head
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Dissociative identity disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities or personalities (known as alter egos or alters), each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. In the International St...
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WHEW!!!!!!!!!!
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OK guys - talk about darkness - It showed up in my life and truly has been for a few weeks - but I keep plugging - encouraging and seeking to tell the truth about me - Father's Day was tough - both my real father and my stepfather have passed - I really never felt true sadness for me losing them - (yes sadness for...
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letting go
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as most know I have been dealing with extreme drama in my life the past year a little over I wanted to say thanx to all that supported me thru the hell Iam still going thru due to after affects... Cool thing is I showed up at my shrink (the good one) with everyword the man that tore my life apart and shreddde...
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Saying the Serenity 108 times,,,
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Took a cue from old Indian texts and decided to recite the Serenity prayer 108 times, in order to deal with a very long time resentment that surfaced again. I began the chant in the "I" context,,,like God grant me the serenity,,,,,,,,,,,,etc. And know what ? By the time I got to 48 recitation...
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I have come to believe...
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I have to have a power greater than my self that can and will restore me to sanity and could and would if he were sought I know there is some AA ion there not by fault just that was my gateway drug therefore that is where Iatarted my hands are shaking sot=rry for the typos I journaled today something stuck out...
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Away from internet for a while
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Not 2 worry-out of town w/out access for several days.
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New to site. and im scared
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Hi, Im new to this site but im very interested in what it has to offer. Heres my story. I started using pills at 18. my boyfriend at the time got me hooked on first mainly benzos but it quickly turned to opiates the year i started college. oxycontin was the first one i ever had and after that night i remember t...
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Just for today
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Just for today We will learn to accept the NA Traditions. Pg 208, Each of us has our own life, our own words, and our own story, all adding dimension and color to the message of our fellowship. Just for today we will encourage all na members to feel free to use their own words at an na gathering. Just for toda...
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June 23, 2010 Surrender
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June 23, 2010SurrenderPage 181 "We didn't stumble into this fellowship brimming with love, honesty, open-mindedness, or willingness...When we were beaten, we became willing." Basic Text, p.20 Surrender may be the necessary foundation for recovery, but sometimes we fight it. Most...
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Blessings, Blessings, Blessings !!!
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My God,, you folks can work miracles on a shy addict like me. Your sharings have given me confidence.. That's why I keep coming back !!! There I was,, playing at this paty of page 3 folks and in walks our movie hero. Now Im shy,, self concious and all. Then this guy wishes the host, hostess and few other and t...
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Happy 20th Birthday to my home group
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My home group had our 20th anniversary Broohaha last weekend and it was well attended. We have an anniversary committee that meets most of the year and we spend alot of time planning the anniversary and discussing it in GC. Many arguments over having it in a hotel, like a convention and the ego that must...
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" You can't handle the truth"
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went to the shrink yesterday hoping to get some answers on why Iam the way I am and what do we do to fix it well the doc basically said you are not ready for the truth but I am getting there he expressed that I am not ready but getting closer to being able to process the process in which my life has turned for a lit...
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one last post and this is gonna be hard
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I am saying goodbye to MIP it has been suggested by ppl in my life I needed to leave as soon as I was being stalked I said "NO MIP IS MY HOME" I was taught no one should run you away from like home group as this is mine. But this person has had control a little over a year of my life and I must at least go a...
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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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