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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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JFT April 06, 2018 Growing honestly
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Growing honestlyPage 100 "On a practical level, changes occur because what's appropriate to one phase of recovery may not be for another." Basic Text, p. 105 When we first came to Narcotics Anonymous, many of us had no legitimate occupation. Not all of us suddenly decide we're going to become honest...
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JFT April 05, 2018 Identification
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IdentificationPage 99 "Someone finally knew the crazy thoughts that I had and the crazy things I'd done." Addicts often feel terminally unique. We're sure that no one used drugs like we did or had to do the things that we did to get them. Feeling that no one really understands us can keep us from recover...
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JFT April 04, 2018 Guarding our recovery
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Guarding our recoveryPage 98 "Remember that we... are ultimately responsible for our recovery and our decisions." Basic Text, p. 103 Most of us will face choices that challenge our recovery. If we find ourselves in extreme physical pain, for example, we will have to decide whether or not we will tak...
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JFT April 03, 2018 For you alone
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For you alonePage 97 "The idea of a spiritual awakening takes many different forms in the different personalities that we find in the fellowship." Basic Text, p. 49 Though we all work the same steps, each of us experiences the spiritual awakening resulting from them in our own way. The shape that spir...
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JFT April 02, 2018 Attraction
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AttractionPage 96 "Our public image consists of what we have to offer: a successful, proven way of maintaining a drug-free lifestyle." Basic Text, p. 75 Yes, we are attracting new members. More and more addicts are finding Narcotics Anonymous. But how do we treat our newest members when they arrive...
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JFT April 01, 2018 Love and addiction
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Love and addictionPage 95 "Some of us first saw the effects of addiction on the people closest to us. We were very dependent on them to carry us through life. We felt angry disappointed, and hurt when they found other interests, friends, and loved ones." Basic Text, p. 7 Addiction affected every area o...
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JFT March 31, 2018 Insides and outsides
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Insides and outsidesPage 93 "Our real value is in being ourselves." Basic Text, p. 105 As we work the steps, we're bound to discover some basic truths about ourselves. The process of uncovering our secrets, exposing them, and searching our characters reveals our true nature. As we become acquainte...
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JFT March 30, 2018 God-centeredness
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God-centerednessPage 92 "Gradually as we become more God-centered than self-centered, our despair turns to hope." Basic Text, p. 95 What a glorious thing to have hope! Before coming to Narcotics Anonymous, many of us lived lives of utter hopelessness. We believed we were destined to die from our d...
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JFT March 29, 2018 Our own true will
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Our own true willPage 91 "God's will for us consists of the very things we most value. God's will... becomes our own true will for ourselves." Basic Text, p. 48 It's human nature to want something for nothing. We may be ecstatic when a store cashier gives us back change for a twenty though we only paid wit...
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JFT March 28, 2018 Facing feelings
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Facing feelingsPage 90 "We may fear that being in touch with our feelings will trigger an overwhelming chain reaction of pain and panic." Basic Text, p. 30 While we were using, many of us were unable or unwilling to feel many emotions. If we were happy, we used to make us happier. If we were angry or depre...
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JFT March 27, 2018 Looking for the assets
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Looking for the assetsPage 89 "In accordance with the principles of recovery we try not to judge, stereotype, or moralize with each other." Basic Text, p. 11 How many times in our recovery have we misunderstood the behavior of another, immediately formed a judgment, applied a label, and neatly tuck...
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JFT March 26, 2018 Trusting a sponsor - worth the risk
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Trusting a sponsor - worth the riskPage 88 "In seeking a sponsor, most members look for someone they feel they can learn to trust, someone who seems compassionate ..." IP No. 11, Sponsorship, Revised The idea of sponsorship may be new to us. We have spent many years without direction, relying only on...
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JFT March 25, 2018 I can't, but we can
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I can't, but we canPage 87 "From the isolation of our addiction, we find a fellowship of people with a common bond... Our faith, strength, and hope come from people sharing their recovery..." Basic Text, p. 98 Admit no weakness, conceal all shortcomings, deny every failure, go it alone-that was the c...
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JFT March 24, 2018 Letting go of the past
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Letting 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 struggle to find new meaning in our lives...
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Just for Today March 23, 2018 God's gifts
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God'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 Higher Power. We know that we a...
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Just for today March 22 The principle of self-support
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The 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 others. It is called a leech...
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JFT 3.21.2018
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March 21, 2018A 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, "Disease? I've...
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JFT 3.20 Higher Power
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March 20, 2018Higher PowerPage 82 "Most of us have no trouble admitting that addiction had become a destructive force in our lives. Our best efforts resulted in ever greater destruction and despair. At some point, we realized that we needed the help of some Power greater than our addiction." Basic T...
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Looking for online sponsor
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Hey all, I'm new to this message board. I'm looking for a sponsor who can guide me through the steps. I have been to NA here and there but recently have been doing bad. Hopefully we can talk via email. Please let me know if anyone can help.
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JFT February 27 Pure motives
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"We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that weve been doing better than weve been feeling."Basic Text, p. 43=Imagine a daily meditation book with this kind of message: "When you wake up in the morning, before you rise from your bed, take a moment for reflection. Lie back, g...
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JFT February 24 A new influence
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"Personality change was what we really needed. Change from self-destructive patterns of life became necessary."Basic Text, p. 15=In early life, most of us were capable of joy and wonder, of giving and receiving unconditional love. When we started using, we introduced an influence into our li...
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JFT February 23 Messages and messengers
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"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."Tradition Twelve=The Twelfth Tradition reminds us of the importance of putting principles before personalities. In recovery meetings, this might be paraphrased, "do...
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JFT February 21 Self-pity or recovery, it's our choice
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"Self-pity is one of the most destructive of defects; it will drain us of all positive energy."Basic Text, p. 80=In active addiction, many of us used self-pity as a survival mechanism. We didn't believe there was an alternative to living in our disease--or perhaps we didn't want to beli...
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JFT February 19 Reservations
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"Relapse is never an accident. Relapse is a sign that we have a reservation in our program."Basic Text, p. 79=A reservation is something we set aside for future use. In our case, a reservation is the expectation that, if such-and-such happens, we will surely relapse. What event do we expect will b...
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JFT February 18 The recovery partnership
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"As long as I take it easy and make a commitment with my Higher Power to do the best I can, I know I will be taken care of today." Many of us feel that our fundamental commitment in recovery is to our Higher Power. Knowing that we lack the power to stay clean and find recovery on our own, we enter into a partne...
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