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JFT May 07, 2018 Turning turmoil into peace
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Turning turmoil into peacePage 133 "With the world in such a turmoil, I feel I have been blessed to be where I am." Basic Text, p. 145 Some days it doesn't pay to turn on the news, we hear so many stories about violence and mayhem. When we used, many of us grew accustomed to violence. Through the fog of our ad...
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JFT May 06, 2018 Are we having fun yet?
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Are we having fun yet?Page 132 "In time, we can relax and enjoy the atmosphere of recovery." Basic Text, p. 56 Imagine what would happen if a newcomer walked into one of our meetings and was met by a group of grim-faced people gripping the arms of their chairs with white knuckles. That newcomer would pro...
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JFT May 04, 2018 "What about the newcomer?"
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"What about the newcomer?"Page 130 "Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry the message to the addict who still suffers." Tradition Five Our home group means a lot to us. After all, where would we be without our favorite NA meeting? Our group sometimes sponsors picnics or other activities. O...
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MIP Funding drive
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KennyFenderjazz Hi everyone the bills to cover the operations of the MIP Boards are again due I have established a pay pal account to receive funds for the Go Daddy bill of: $187.05 and urge all to contribute . Remember a contribution of as little as $5.-- helps. Please note MIP contribution...
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JFT May 03, 2018 Sharing our gratitude
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Sharing our gratitudePage 129 "My gratitude speaks when I care and when I share with others the NA way." Gratitude Prayer The longer we stay clean, the more we experience feelings of gratitude for our recovery. These feelings of gratitude aren't limited to particular gifts like new friends or the ab...
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JFT May 02, 2018 "Just maybe...."
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"Just maybe...."Page 128 "There is one thing more than anything else that will defeat us in our recovery; this is an attitude of indifference or intolerance toward spiritual principles." Basic Text, p. 18 When we first came to NA, many of us had great difficulty accepting the spiritual principles u...
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JFT April 30, 2018 God does for us
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God does for usPage 124 "Ongoing recovery is dependent on our relationship with a loving God who cares for us and will do for us what we find impossible to do for ourselves." Basic Text, p. 99 How often have we heard it said in meetings that "God does for us what we cannot do for ourselves"? At times we may ge...
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Jft April 29th what if
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"What if...."Page 123 "Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of the future. We learned to take whatever actions are necessary and to leave the results in the hands of our Higher Power." Basic Text, p. 94 In our active addiction, fear of the future and what might happen was a re...
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JFT April 27, 2018 Recognizing and releasing resentments
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Recognizing and releasing resentmentsPage 121 "We want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today." Basic Text, p. 29 Many of us had trouble identifying our resentments when we were new in recovery. There we sat with our Fourth Step in front of us, think...
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JFT April 26, 2018 Self-acceptance
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Self-acceptancePage 120 "The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery." IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance Most of us came to Narcotics Anonymous without much self-acceptance. We looked at the havoc we had wreaked in our active addiction, and...
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JFT April 25, 2018 Embracing reality
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Embracing realityPage 119 "Recovery is a reality for us today." Basic Text, p. 101 Pain and misery were realities in our using lives. We were unwilling either to accept our living situation or to change what was unacceptable in our lives. We attempted to escape life's pain by taking drugs, but using o...
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JFT April 24, 2018 Twelve steps of life
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Twelve steps of lifePage 118 "Through abstinence and through working the Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous, our lives have become useful." Basic Text, p. 8 Before coming to Narcotics Anonymous, our lives were centered around using. For the most part, we had very little energy left over for jobs,...
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JFT April 23, 2018 A God of our own understanding
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A God of our own understanding Page 117"Many of us understand God to be simply whatever force keeps us clean."Basic Text, p. 25Some of us enter recovery with a working understanding of a Higher Power For a lot of us, however, "God" is a troublesome word. We may doubt the existence of any sort of Power g...
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JFT April 22, 2018 Traveling the open road
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Traveling the open roadPage 116 "This is our road to spiritual growth." Basic Text, p. 37 When we arrived at our first NA meeting, it looked like the end of the road to many of us. We weren't going to be able to use anymore. We were spiritually bankrupt. Most of us were totally isolated and didn't think we h...
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JFT April 21st Fear
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FearWe have found that we had no choice except to completely change our old ways of thinking or go back to using.Basic Text, p. 22=Many of us find that our old ways of thinking were dominated by fear. We were afraid that we wouldnt be able to get our drugs or that there wouldnt be enough. We feared disco...
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JFT April 20, 2018 Detachment
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DetachmentPage 114 "Addiction is a family disease, but we could only change ourselves." Many of us come from severely damaged families. At times, the insanity that reigns among our relatives feels overwhelming. Sometimes we feel like packing our bags and moving far, far away. We pray that our fam...
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JFT April 19, 2018 Footwork
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FootworkPage 113 "So many times, addicts have sought the rewards of hard work without the labor." Basic Text, p. 34 When we first came to NA, some of us wanted everything, and right away. We wanted the serenity, the cars, the happy relationships, the friends, the closeness with our sponsor-all the th...
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Should I keep posting Just For Todays?
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Well the views per post are way down. They use to be a daily occurrence here and had 175 to 200 views per day/post. We are now done to 5-10 views. I was hoping to get the #'s up, but there was like a month lapse and most must be getting link directly? Any opinions??
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Big V where art thou?
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What's up Brother? did you strike the motherlode yet? 2 ski trips to Tahoe this year, thought about you. Still painting?
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JFT April 18, 2018 "I understand"
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"I understand"Page 112 "We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." Step Seven Once we are entirely ready to have our character defects removed, many of us are entirely ready! Ironically, that's when the trouble really starts. The more we struggle to rid ourselves of a particular defect, the s...
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JFT April 17, 2018 Priority: meetings
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Priority: meetingsPage 111 "I initially felt that it would be impossible to attend more than one or two meetings a week. It just wouldn't fit in with my busy schedule. I later learned that my priorities were [180] degrees reversed. It was the everything else that would have to fit into my meeting sched...
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JFT April 16, 2018 "Acting as if"
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"Acting as if"Page 110 "Today, we seek solutions, not problems. We try what we have learned on an experimental basis." Basic Text, p. 58 The first time we heard that we should "act as if," many of us exclaimed, "But that's not honest! I thought we were always supposed to be honest about our feelings in Na...
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JFT April 15, 2018 Keep coming back
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Keep coming backPage 109 "We have come to enjoy living clean and want more of the good things that the NA Fellowship holds for us." Basic Text, p. 27 Can you remember a time when you looked at the addicts recovering in NA and wondered, "If they aren't using drugs, what on earth do they have to laugh about?"...
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HUMOR IN RECOVERY SOCK PUPPET PLAY
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I'm curious what you guys think about this dark comedy sock puppet play about an addict sock named Romeo who attends High Socks Anonymous meetings? Like it says, "The thing about socks is they can always GET clean, but usually don't STAY clean" [video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbQT3-_qg...
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JFT April 13, 2018 People-pleasing
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People-pleasing Page 107"approval-seeking behavior carried us further into our addiction..."Basic Text. p. 14When others approve of what we do or say, we feel good; when they disapprove, we feel bad. Their opinions of us, and how those opinions make us feel, can have positive value. By making us f...
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JFT April 12, 2018 The big picture
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The big picturePage 106 "All spiritual awakenings have some things in common. Common elements include an end to loneliness and a sense of direction in our lives." Basic Text, p. 50 Some kinds of spiritual experiences take place when we confront something larger than we are. We suspect that forces be...
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JFT April 11, 2018 A closed mind
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A closed mindPage 105 "A new idea cannot be grafted onto a closed mind Open-mindedness leads us to the very insights that have eluded us during our lives." Basic Text, p. 96 We arrived in NA at the lowest point in our lives. We'd just about run out of ideas. What we needed most when we got here were new ideas...
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JFT April 10, 2018 Too busy
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Too busyPage 104 "We must use what we learn or we will lose it, no matter how long we have been clean." Basic Text, p. 85 After putting some clean time together, some of us have a tendency to forget what our most important priority is. Once a week or less we say, "I've gotta get to a meeting tonight. It's been...
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JFT April 09, 2018 Acting out
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Acting outPage 103 "We learn to experience feelings and realize they can do us no harm unless we act on them." IP No. 16, For the Newcomer Many of us came to Narcotics Anonymous with something less than an overwhelming desire to stop using. Sure, the drugs were causing us problems, and we wanted to be ri...
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JFT April 08, 2018 Happiness
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HappinessPage 102 "We come to know happiness, joy and freedom." Basic Text, p. 91 If someone stopped you on the street today and asked if you were happy, what would you say? "Well, gee, let's see... I have a place to live, food in the refrigerator, a job, my car is running... Well, yes, I guess I'm happy,"...
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