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Dave R · Dave R

"We learn new ways to live. We are no longer limited to our old ideas."Basic Text, p. 56=We may or may not have been taught right from wrong and other basics of life as children. No matter, by the time we found recovery, most of us had only the vaguest idea of how to live. Our isolation from t...

Dave R · Dave R

"The spiritual part of our disease is our total self-centeredness."Basic Text, p. 20=What is self-centeredness? It is our belief that the world revolves around us. Our wishes, our demands are the only ones worth consideration. Our self-centered minds believe they are capable of...

Dave R · Dave R

"We see it happening among us every day. This miraculous turnabout is evidence of a spiritual awakening."Basic Text, p. 51=We watch them walk in to their first meeting defeated, their spirits broken. Their suffering is obvious, and their desire for help even more apparent. They coll...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our disease isolated us...Hostile, resentful, self-centered, and self-seeking, we cut ourselves off from the outside world."Basic Text, p. 4=Addiction is an isolating disease, closing us off from society, family, and self. We hid. We lied. We scorned the lives we saw others living, surel...

Dave R · Dave R

"Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways."Basic Text, p. 95=Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply "It stinks"? When this happens, we are probably suffering from a lack of daily maintenance in our program.In recovery, life can get pretty hectic....

Dave R · Dave R

January 23Serenity check"Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways."Basic Text, p. 95=Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply "It stinks"? When this happens, we are probably suffering from a lack of daily maintenance in our...

Dave R · Dave R

"This is a program for learning."Basic Text, p. 16=Learning in recovery is hard work. The things we most need to know are often the hardest to learn. We study recovery to prepare ourselves for the experiences life will give us. As we listen to others share in meetings, we take mental notes we can ref...

Dave R · Dave R

"Narcotics Anonymous offers only one promise, and that is freedom from active addiction..."Basic Text, p. 106=Imagine how it might be if we had arrived at the doors of Narcotics Anonymous, desperate, wanting to stop using drugs, only to be met by a sales pitch: "If you just work the steps and don't u...

Dave R · Dave R

"When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably."Basic Text, p. 99=Some of us seem to make mountains out of molehills with our problems. Even those of us who've found some measure of serenity have probably blown a problem far out of proportion at some time in our r...

Dave R · Dave R

"Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, our attitudes, and our relationships on a regular basis."Basic Text, p. 42=The daily inventory is a tool we can use to simplify our lives. The most complicated part of taking a regul...

Dave R · Dave R

"As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving. At least we know that we are no longer intentionally making life miserable for people."Basic Text, pp. 39-40=In our addiction we often treated others badly, sometimes deliberately finding ways to make their lives mis...

Dave R · Dave R

"We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected...[But] our fellow members do understand us."Basic Text, p. 32=We need our fellow NA members--their experience, their friendship, their laughter, their guidance, and much, much more. Yet many of us hesitate to...

Dave R · Dave R

"We grow to feel comfortable with our Higher Power as a source of strength. As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life."Basic Text, p. 25=Powerless as we are, living on self-will is a frightening, unmanageable experience. In recovery, we have turned our will and our lives...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us...The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves."Basic Text, p. 24=We've been told that we can believe in any kind of Higher Power we want as long as it is loving and, of course, greater than ourselves. ...

Dave R · Dave R

"Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat."Basic Text, p. 22=Complete defeat--what a concept! That must mean surrender. Surrender--to give up absolutely. To quit with no reservations. To put up our hands and quit fighting. Maybe to put up our hand at our first...

Dave R · Dave R

"Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps..."Step Twelve="How will I know when I have had a spiritual awakening?" For many of us, a spiritual awakening comes gradually. Perhaps our first spiritual awareness is as simple as a new appreciation for life. Maybe one day we'll sudden...

Dave R · Dave R

"As we develop faith in our daily lives, we find that our Higher Power supplies us with the strength and guidance that we need."Basic Text, p. 94=Some of us come into recovery very frightened and insecure. We feel weak and alone. We are uncertain of our direction and don't know where to go for answe...

Dave R · Dave R

"I'm very grateful to have come to believe."IP No. 21, The Loner=Belief in a Higher Power can make all the difference when the going gets tough! When things don't go our way in recovery, our sponsor may direct us to make a gratitude list. When we do, we should include our faith in a Power greater than o...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our earliest involvements with others often begin with our sponsor."Basic Text, p. 57=Our sponsors can be abundant sources of recovery information, wisdom, and loving words. They've done so much for us. From the late night telephone calls to the hours spent listening to our recovery writing...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our spiritual condition is the basis for a successful recovery that offers unlimited growth."Basic Text, p. 44=When our members celebrate their recovery anniversaries, they often say that they've "grown up" in NA. Well, then, we think, what does that mean? We start to wonder if were grownu...

Dave R · Dave R

"Narcotics Anonymous offers addicts a program of recovery that is more than just a life without drugs. Not only is this way of life better than the hell we lived, it is better than any life that we have ever known."Basic Text, p. 107=Few of us have any interest in "recovering" what we had before we start...

Dave R · Dave R

"I used to think that I had all the answers, but today I am glad that I don't." =What are the two favorite words of most addicts? "I know!" Unfortunately, many of us arrive in NA thinking we have all the answers. We have a lot of knowledge about whats wrong with us. But in and of itself, knowledge neve...

Dave R · Dave R

"We can enjoy our families in a new way and may become a credit to them instead of an embarrassment or a burden."Basic Text, p. 104=We're doing great in recovery, aren't we? We go to a meeting every day, we spend every evening with our friends in the fellowship, and every weekend we dash off to a service w...

Davethewave · Davethewave

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Dave R · Dave R

"Today, secure in the love of the fellowship, we can finally look another human being in the eye and be grateful for who we are."Basic Text, p. 92=When we were using, few of us could tolerate looking someone in the eye--we were ashamed of who we were. Our minds were not occupied with anything decent or he...

Dave R · Dave R

"We eventually redefine our beliefs and understanding to the point where we see that our greatest need is for knowledge of God's will for us and the strength to carry that out."Basic Text, p. 48=When we first arrived in NA, we had all kinds of ideas of what we needed. Some of us set our sight...

Dave R · Dave R

January 2Take a deep breath and talk to GodSometimes when we pray, a remarkable thing happens: We find the means, ways, and energies to perform tasks far beyond our capacities.Basic Text, p. 46=Coping successfully with lifes minor annoyances and frustrations is sometimes the most difficult ski...

Dave R · Dave R

We keep what we have only with vigilance... Basic Text, p. 60 = How do we remain vigilant about our recovery? First, by realizing that we have a disease we will always have. No matter how long weve been clean, no matter how much better our lives have become, no matter what the extent of our spiritual h...

Dave R · Dave R

"Working with others is only the beginning of service work."Basic Text, p. 59=We're in recovery now. Through living the program, we've attained some stability in our lives. Our faith in a Higher Power has grown. Our individual spiritual awakening is progressing comfortably. So now what? Do...

Dave R · Dave R

"..growth is not the result of wishing but of action and prayer."Basic Text, p. 37=Sometimes it seems as if our recovery is growing much too slowly. We struggle with the steps; we wrestle with the same problems; we labor under the same uncomfortable feelings day after day. We wish that recovery wou...

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	JFT January 27 Learning how to live again (Preview) "We learn new ways to live. We are no longer limited to our old ideas."Basic Text, p. 56=We may or may not have been taught right from wrong and other basics of life as children. No matter, by the time we found recovery, most of us had only the vaguest idea of how to live. Our isolation from t...	Dave R	1	454	Jan 27, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 26 Self-centeredness (Preview) "The spiritual part of our disease is our total self-centeredness."Basic Text, p. 20=What is self-centeredness? It is our belief that the world revolves around us. Our wishes, our demands are the only ones worth consideration. Our self-centered minds believe they are capable of...	Dave R	1	561	Jan 26, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 25 An added gift (Preview) "We see it happening among us every day. This miraculous turnabout is evidence of a spiritual awakening."Basic Text, p. 51=We watch them walk in to their first meeting defeated, their spirits broken. Their suffering is obvious, and their desire for help even more apparent. They coll...	Dave R	2	480	Jan 25, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 24 From isolation to connection (Preview) "Our disease isolated us...Hostile, resentful, self-centered, and self-seeking, we cut ourselves off from the outside world."Basic Text, p. 4=Addiction is an isolating disease, closing us off from society, family, and self. We hid. We lied. We scorned the lives we saw others living, surel...	Dave R	1	2242	Jan 24, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 23 Serenity check (Preview) "Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways."Basic Text, p. 95=Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply "It stinks"? When this happens, we are probably suffering from a lack of daily maintenance in our program.In recovery, life can get pretty hectic....	Dave R	1	2225	Jan 23, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 23 Serenity check (Preview) January 23Serenity check"Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways."Basic Text, p. 95=Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply "It stinks"? When this happens, we are probably suffering from a lack of daily maintenance in our...	Dave R	1	1957	Jan 22, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 22 The school of recovery (Preview) "This is a program for learning."Basic Text, p. 16=Learning in recovery is hard work. The things we most need to know are often the hardest to learn. We study recovery to prepare ourselves for the experiences life will give us. As we listen to others share in meetings, we take mental notes we can ref...	Dave R	1	1959	Jan 21, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 20 One promise, many gifts (Preview) "Narcotics Anonymous offers only one promise, and that is freedom from active addiction..."Basic Text, p. 106=Imagine how it might be if we had arrived at the doors of Narcotics Anonymous, desperate, wanting to stop using drugs, only to be met by a sales pitch: "If you just work the steps and don't u...	Dave R	1	2782	Jan 20, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 19 Making molehills into mountains (Preview) "When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably."Basic Text, p. 99=Some of us seem to make mountains out of molehills with our problems. Even those of us who've found some measure of serenity have probably blown a problem far out of proportion at some time in our r...	Dave R	1	387	Jan 19, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 18 The simple inventory (Preview) "Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, our attitudes, and our relationships on a regular basis."Basic Text, p. 42=The daily inventory is a tool we can use to simplify our lives. The most complicated part of taking a regul...	Dave R	1	2866	Jan 18, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 17 Forgiveness (Preview) "As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving. At least we know that we are no longer intentionally making life miserable for people."Basic Text, pp. 39-40=In our addiction we often treated others badly, sometimes deliberately finding ways to make their lives mis...	Dave R	1	2654	Jan 17, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 16 Make that call (Preview) "We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected...[But] our fellow members do understand us."Basic Text, p. 32=We need our fellow NA members--their experience, their friendship, their laughter, their guidance, and much, much more. Yet many of us hesitate to...	Dave R	1	1584	Jan 16, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 15 Fear (Preview) "We grow to feel comfortable with our Higher Power as a source of strength. As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life."Basic Text, p. 25=Powerless as we are, living on self-will is a frightening, unmanageable experience. In recovery, we have turned our will and our lives...	Dave R	1	2103	Jan 15, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 14 A loving God (Preview) "Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us...The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves."Basic Text, p. 24=We've been told that we can believe in any kind of Higher Power we want as long as it is loving and, of course, greater than ourselves. ...	Dave R	1	2294	Jan 14, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 13 Surrender to win (Preview) "Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat."Basic Text, p. 22=Complete defeat--what a concept! That must mean surrender. Surrender--to give up absolutely. To quit with no reservations. To put up our hands and quit fighting. Maybe to put up our hand at our first...	Dave R	1	2107	Jan 13, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 12 Spiritual awakenings (Preview) "Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps..."Step Twelve="How will I know when I have had a spiritual awakening?" For many of us, a spiritual awakening comes gradually. Perhaps our first spiritual awareness is as simple as a new appreciation for life. Maybe one day we'll sudden...	Dave R	1	348	Jan 12, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 11 Faith (Preview) "As we develop faith in our daily lives, we find that our Higher Power supplies us with the strength and guidance that we need."Basic Text, p. 94=Some of us come into recovery very frightened and insecure. We feel weak and alone. We are uncertain of our direction and don't know where to go for answe...	Dave R	1	382	Jan 11, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 10 Gratitude (Preview) "I'm very grateful to have come to believe."IP No. 21, The Loner=Belief in a Higher Power can make all the difference when the going gets tough! When things don't go our way in recovery, our sponsor may direct us to make a gratitude list. When we do, we should include our faith in a Power greater than o...	Dave R	1	2559	Jan 10, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 9 Returning our sponsor's kindness (Preview) "Our earliest involvements with others often begin with our sponsor."Basic Text, p. 57=Our sponsors can be abundant sources of recovery information, wisdom, and loving words. They've done so much for us. From the late night telephone calls to the hours spent listening to our recovery writing...	Dave R	1	369	Jan 9, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 8 Growing up (Preview) "Our spiritual condition is the basis for a successful recovery that offers unlimited growth."Basic Text, p. 44=When our members celebrate their recovery anniversaries, they often say that they've "grown up" in NA. Well, then, we think, what does that mean? We start to wonder if were grownu...	Dave R	1	374	Jan 8, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 7 Recovery (Preview) "Narcotics Anonymous offers addicts a program of recovery that is more than just a life without drugs. Not only is this way of life better than the hell we lived, it is better than any life that we have ever known."Basic Text, p. 107=Few of us have any interest in "recovering" what we had before we start...	Dave R	1	339	Jan 7, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 6 "How does it work?" (Preview) "I used to think that I had all the answers, but today I am glad that I don't." =What are the two favorite words of most addicts? "I know!" Unfortunately, many of us arrive in NA thinking we have all the answers. We have a lot of knowledge about whats wrong with us. But in and of itself, knowledge neve...	Dave R	1	351	Jan 6, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 5 Recovery at home (Preview) "We can enjoy our families in a new way and may become a credit to them instead of an embarrassment or a burden."Basic Text, p. 104=We're doing great in recovery, aren't we? We go to a meeting every day, we spend every evening with our friends in the fellowship, and every weekend we dash off to a service w...	Dave R	2	355	Jan 5, 2018 by Davethewave
	Cleaned up? (Preview) So I guess someone lost posting privileges?	Davethewave	2	236	Jan 4, 2018 by Davethewave
	JFT January 4 The love of the fellowship (Preview) "Today, secure in the love of the fellowship, we can finally look another human being in the eye and be grateful for who we are."Basic Text, p. 92=When we were using, few of us could tolerate looking someone in the eye--we were ashamed of who we were. Our minds were not occupied with anything decent or he...	Dave R	1	347	Jan 4, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 3 Our greatest need (Preview) "We eventually redefine our beliefs and understanding to the point where we see that our greatest need is for knowledge of God's will for us and the strength to carry that out."Basic Text, p. 48=When we first arrived in NA, we had all kinds of ideas of what we needed. Some of us set our sight...	Dave R	1	552	Jan 3, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 2 Take a deep breath and talk to God (Preview) January 2Take a deep breath and talk to GodSometimes when we pray, a remarkable thing happens: We find the means, ways, and energies to perform tasks far beyond our capacities.Basic Text, p. 46=Coping successfully with lifes minor annoyances and frustrations is sometimes the most difficult ski...	Dave R	2	558	Jan 2, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT January 1 Vigilance (Preview) We keep what we have only with vigilance... Basic Text, p. 60 = How do we remain vigilant about our recovery? First, by realizing that we have a disease we will always have. No matter how long weve been clean, no matter how much better our lives have become, no matter what the extent of our spiritual h...	Dave R	2	510	Jan 1, 2018 by Dave R
	JFT December 31 Being or service (Preview) "Working with others is only the beginning of service work."Basic Text, p. 59=We're in recovery now. Through living the program, we've attained some stability in our lives. Our faith in a Higher Power has grown. Our individual spiritual awakening is progressing comfortably. So now what? Do...	Dave R	1	325	Dec 31, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 30 Action and prayer (Preview) "..growth is not the result of wishing but of action and prayer."Basic Text, p. 37=Sometimes it seems as if our recovery is growing much too slowly. We struggle with the steps; we wrestle with the same problems; we labor under the same uncomfortable feelings day after day. We wish that recovery wou...	Dave R	1	310	Dec 30, 2017 by Dave R
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