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March 24, 2010 Letting go of the past
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March 24, 2010Letting go of the pastPage 86 "It is not where we were that counts, but where we are going." Basic Text, p. 23 When we first find recovery, some of us feel shame or despair at calling ourselves "addicts" In the early days, we may be filled with both fear and hope as we st...
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another Og Quote
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"Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.&quo...
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a great way to start the day things to ponder
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"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time." Og Mandino
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new quote gramps Ilike this og guy too
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"I will smile at friend and foe alike and make every effort to find, in him or her, a quality to praise, now that I realize the deepest yearning of human nature is the craving to be appreciated." Og Mandino
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new quote
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"Welcome every morning with a smile .Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, Another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through...
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Anonimity
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What should you do if your anonimity has been broken? I had a person go to my sig. other and tell them everything I have been saying about us and myself. I am very angry but dont want to leash out. What to do?
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March 21, 2010 A treatable illness
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March 21, 2010A treatable illnessPage 83 "Addiction is a disease that involves more than the use of drugs." Basic Text, p. 3 At our first meeting, we may have been taken aback at the way members shared about how the disease of addiction had affected their lives. We thought to ourselves, &qu...
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March 23, 2010 God's gifts
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March 23, 2010God's giftsPage 85 "We do the footwork and accept what's being given to us freely on a daily basis." Basic Text, p. 47 Our relationship with our Higher Power is a two-way street. In prayer, we speak and God listens. When we meditate, we do our best to listen for the will of our Hig...
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MorningDon!
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meant to tell way to go on your second step.Coming to believe,man its the joint!Our literature tells us in our 3rd step that as important as it is to figure out what our Higher Power may mean to us( sometimes a changing process),it is more important to develop a relationship with whatever we understa...
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Family Ties after sobriety
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After being clean for one year it's a whole new life and feeling. After a love/hate relationship with my mother for most of my life we are just recently getting close. It's such a different feeling. And now I sit next to my son whom I havent seen in 17 years. It's like getting to know him all over again. I am a...
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An Eventful Week
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Haven't been around forum for a few days,life has been running rapidly.I absolutely feel blessed to be part of this forum ,the caring fellowship here and in the rooms.Welcome back Manon,I prayed diligently for your safe return if that was to be God's will.Congrats on your engagement that is exciti...
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March 22, 2010 The principle of self-support
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March 22, 2010The principle of self-supportPage 84 "In our addiction, we were dependent upon people, places, and things. We looked to them to support us and supply the things we found lacking in ourselves." Basic Text, pp. 70-71 In the animal kingdom, there is a creature that thrives on o...
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Quote for the 22nd of March
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"can sand flow upward in the hour glass? Will the sun rise where it sets, and sets where it rises? Can I relieve the errors of yesterday and right them? Can I call backyounger than yesterday? Can I take back the Evil that was spoken the blows that were struck, the pain that was caused? NO! Yesterday...
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So here it is my most recent aquisition
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It represents me, just hanging on most of my life, being swept away by lifes current. The barbed wire which the hand is snagged on was an idea from my tattooist that I really liked, the sketch is one I found many years ago, that is a Michael Angelo sketch it was simply one of many sketchs he did and it may be...
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where do they go?
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I have been active on this board for several months and have seen a pattern repeat itself several times.Newcomers arrive, and are very active for a month or so, then they disappear.I know it's common for message boards to have visitors come and go, but the people I'm referring to are not just occassion...
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Another laugh to start finish your day
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A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway. Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting!Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled, 'P...
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" I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All these things,sorrow,misfortune,& suffering are outside my door. I am in the house & I have the key" Charles Fletcher Lummis
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home and grateful to be alive
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ty liz for informing that all was taken care ofI am grateful for your friendship ty Family for your concern the past year or so has been a rough one but I do hab=ve things to look forward to I was asked by my boyfriend that I have been dating for 3 months but known for 7 years he asked me to marry him as Igot outta...
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borrowed this from a good friend
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A married couple was asleep when the phone rang at 2 in the morning. The wife (undoubtedly blonde), picked up the phone, listened a moment and said, "How should I know, that's 200 miles from here!" and hung up. The husband said, "Who was that?"The wife said, "I don't know!...
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QOD 3/19/10
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What was the last miracle you witnessed in your recovery ?
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March 19, 2010 Something valuable to share
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March 19, 2010Something valuable to sharePage 81 "A simple, honest message of recovery from addiction rings true." Basic Text, p. 51 You're in a meeting. The sharing has been going on for some time. One or two members have described their spiritual experiences in an especially meaningf...
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thoughts on euthenasia
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I know that one doc who I cannot spell for the life of me was inprisoned for such act. But lets me look at the pros and cons like I do everything I do it sounds like if someone is even thinking of this is prolly in a lot of pain or have just had ebnough as for me shit just keeps piling on one thing after another my pa...
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March 18, 2010 The full messag
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March 18, 2010The full messagePage 80 "There is a special feeling for addicts when they discover that there are other people who share their difficulties, past and present." Basic Text, pp. 55-56 The wealth of our recovery is too good to keep to ourselves. Some of us believe that when we ta...
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March 17, 2010 True courage
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March 17, 2010True couragePage 79 "Those who make it through these times show a courage not their own." Basic Text, p. 86 Before coming to NA, many of us thought we were brave simply because we had never experienced fear. We had drugged all our feelings, fear among them, until we had convinc...
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March 16, 2010 Inventory
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March 16, 2010InventoryPage 78 "The purpose of a searching and fearless moral inventory is to sort through the confusion and the contradiction of our lives so that we can find out who we really are." Basic Text, p. 27 Using addicts are a confused and confusing bunch of people. It's hard to t...
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March 15, 2010 Feeling a "part of"
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March 15, 2010Feeling a "part of"Page 77 "The get-togethers after our meetings are good opportunities to share things that we didn't get to discuss during the meeting." Basic Text, p. 98 Active addiction set us apart from society, isolating us. Fear was at the core of that ali...
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QOD 3/12/10
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God's plan on a Saturday morning!
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Morning family! On Saturday we have a "new" meeting that just started up bout a month ago.Its called New Beginnings and it is an NA meeting but a lot of the men that live there are from another fellowship or attend both fellowships.So anyway,I wasn;t planning on making this meeting this wee...
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And now about sex !!!
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Hi everybody,, I have a request = Please share honestly about how you stay sane during sexual unmanageability !
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March 13, 2010 That one special person
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March 13, 2010That one special personPage 75 "A sponsor is not necessarily a friend, but may be someone in whom we confide. We can share things with our sponsor that we might not be comfortable sharing in a meeting." IP No. 11, Sponsorship Revised We've asked someone to sponsor us, and the...
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