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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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Got a sponser
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I think I may have a sponser. She said she would but I have not heared from her yet. I am so excited & nervous that I love the way I feel. I guess I just love to be feeling again. Thank you all for sharing with me, but please as a new comer lets not get caught up in any thing but teaching each other how to live. F...
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Some good advice from a prior member
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Hey All Sober Members of NA. I guess I can't really share here because only people who have been clean and sober for at least 24 hours are allowed to share. Still, I might be able to help you in what you should try to avoid. I use to be in AA and NA and was clean and sober for just about 5 years. I have now bee...
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a bad day for me today
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been over doing it a little lately picking up things i should leave alone my pain levels are on the roof and the things i use are not working it is days like this i come the closest to going to the doc and getting something else as a chronic pain sufferer i have to deal with this all the time i was finally able to...
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June 09, 2010 Old dreams needn't die
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June 09, 2010Old dreams needn't diePage 167 "Lost dreams awaken and new possibilities arise." Basic Text, p. 91 Most of us had dreams when we were young. Whether we dreamed of a dynamic career, a large and loving family, or travels abroad, our dreams died when our addiction took hold. Anyt...
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What does MIP mean to you?
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Just a general discussion question. What does Miracles In Progress mean to you? How has it helped you start or add to your program of recovery? How often do you use the MIP site? Just reply with your ideas, feelings, thoughts, and give us an idea of how you are benefiting from having MIP as a part of y...
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suggestion
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It seems to me that this message board has reached a point where one forum is clearly not enough.It pains me to think that a newcomer looking for help may come here and seeing the arguments decide not to post.I've seen some message boards that are overly cluttered with forums which is not good, but perha...
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Wow I think its been over a year
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I am just happy to know that there are more and more new members.. And I want all of you to know I'm gonna Love you until You love yourself, then I know I will Love you even more. Hang in there , I PROMISE, IT WILL PASS! send me a email I will mail you back. skydove@myself.com
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June 08, 2010 The only requirement
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June 08, 2010The only requirementPage 166 "This program offers hope. All you have to bring with you is the desire to stop using and the willingness to try this new way of life." IP No. 16, For the Newcomer From time to time we wonder if we're "doing it right" in Narcotics Anonymou...
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Get it over with Bruce.
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The end of that act Bruce. Youve seen the whole of this forum, to a man/ woman disagree with you. Yes I dis-agree to,,, with the ways you adopt to address issues. "Every addict in the world has the chance to experience our message in his or her own language and culture and find the opportunity for a ne...
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OK, the email worked - Shame and guilt have brought me back!
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Life gets away from you sometimes... That and a new computer and losing all my favorites! Celebrated 7 years on 4/5 and this week I begin a new job at a treatment center as the Alumni Coordinator. I couldn't be more excited. My passion, changing society's perception of addicts and addiction, is now...
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Paying attention to my inner condition.
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Thanks to you people in NA I have been clean since April 3, 1989. Since that time I've received more stuff that resulted from the simple ability to hold a job. A fine education, credit, savings, a home, a retirement plan, things I would have never accomplished without making regular meetings, a s...
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Lotsa new faces!!
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Wow.....Seems like alot of people have found, or re-discovered our little oasis of recovery.I love it.Please y'allKEEP COMING BACK.................YeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaa
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Sponsering Me
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any one who is straght up, does not pussy foot around& can see throught my own bullshit(even when i cant). anyone who is not scared to push me or make me find it when need be PLEASE SPONSER ME!!!!!!!!!! I need someone trueful and female. I have 2 boys & 2 girls. One is married & no longer living...
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Wonderful Weekend and Very Clear
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Hello my NA Family - thought I share some of my experiences with you - Last weekend I had the most restful, peaceful time with close friend and their kids. First of all I was very skeptical about going camping - in the woods - in a tent by the lake - Ok - But I did it - wasn't to successful about overnight tenti...
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It's been a while
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Hello All,It's been a loong time since I've been back here. I am very sorry to see such insanity being posted on the site.It seems like you guys are having yourself a little war. I do not care who is right and who is wrong.Anger and resentment well send me right back out there. I choose not to participate.I...
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Respect in Meetings.
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I would like members views on what they feel is a respect based meeting, and conversely, what they feel is disrespectful behaviour in meetings. I personally find people who laugh and chat as a member is sharing to be disrespectful and disruptive but I accept others may view it differently. Should a Ch...
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Hello Family!!
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Have you ever seen the movie"Groundhog's Day!!!!
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