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Call your sponsor
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The life you save may be his/hers. I've got almost 22 years clean(6/16/87) and I'm having a tough time right now with just some life stuff. I've got 5 sponsorees right now,all of whom call regularly and all of whom are working steps. I'd be nuts right now if not for those guys.
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FORTY-EIGHT MUSTS IN NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS as found in the Basic Text
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1. "Everything that occurs in the course of N.A. service MUST be motivated by the desire to more successfully carry the message of recovery to the addict who. still suffers. - pg. XVI 2. "We MUST always remember that as individual members, groups, and service committees we are not and shou...
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feeling very confused....
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My mind ismessing with me pretty bad right now, Im unsure about alot of things, almost unsure of what is reality and what is just in my head....lucid dreams nightmares mix with my days and nights....im just very restless and feel close to somekind of a breakdown.....my wd symptoms are still pretty bad...
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Lil Sumthin !
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Just a tidbit I picked up from an Addict named jscott . I really dug it. Thought you guys might too. "Here is gone." --Goo Goo Dolls In my spiritual discipline I am taught to do what I am doing. When typing I should just type. When eating I should just eat. Just. Four letters that slice my "...
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AnthonyG
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sad about partner
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I am a recovering addict with 21 months clean. My partner still uses. He used to have a bad meth problem and got off of that. Now he smokes weed and pops pills. He is respectful when he does this but I keep having horrible dreams. I dream that someday Im going to find him dead at home. Some days its like...
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waiting for this too shall pass
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so I'm hurting from the loss of my friend, and he keeps coming to me in my dreams and leaving messages for me...........That's one thing in my mind, the other is the fact that my other friend who used with him his last day, is choosing to use a lot more and I'm watching her die.......... I am helpless in this...
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WHAT ?
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I have a birthday coming up. Im anxious , Im scared. I dont want to do it. IVe been asked who I want to speak for me..I said nobody. I dont want to go to meetings. I want to isolate. Im not talking relapse mode. I worked for a year off dope. I aint giving it up. But I wish that day would just come and go. I Wa...
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AnthonyG
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Help Please
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OK, I don't even know where to begin, but I know that I need help. I guess I should start from the beginning. When I was a child I grew up around drugs. My Mother and Father were both drug addicts, More my Father than my Mother. When I was about 3 my mother divorced my Father because of said usage. Crack...
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364 days 12 hours ago
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Hi family Short post because its early and I just feel the need. On this day 1 year ago I had no idea that the world I thought I had so much control over would come crashing to my feet. My will running wild , and me justifying it all because I was in such control. Shooting dope multi times a day , every day...
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AnthonyG
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Something new...
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Hey all, Im new to this whole computer thing but ive tried everything else so why not.....long story short, im a heroin addict ( plus anything else that was in my grasp at the time), im on my 2nd day/night clean, spent most of the first night,last night, reading all the different posts up on here, so fo...
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next step.
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Well the next chapter of my life is coming up soon. Last Day of high school is tomorrow. and then i leave for treatment on Wed. im scared. but its going to happen whether i let it or not. so here's to the Future.
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Move away from Drama
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One thing that will wreck your day, week, month, and clean time is Drama. Whether it's yours, someone that you know's, or someone that you don't even know (friend of a friend, TV ect...). Just say NO! to drama. I have a stuffed Llama that I call my "no drama Llama". And I suggest that you s...
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Spiritually Dry
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Jason is in VA and sends out all kinds of 12 step & meditation stuff on a daily basis. This one just really hit me today so I am sharing it. The thing about psychological congestion , in particular, set off the light bulb. I've had a rough few weeks...personnel crudola at work...poison......
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well here i am.
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The FIRST thing i would like to say is thank you. for all your prayers. and i would like to thank my sister for even coming on here and letting all of you know. i am truely sorry for making all of you worry or hurting you. i don't really remember anything but i do know how i got to be here sitting in this hosptial...
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Coca leaves in Peru?
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I'm going to Peru in June. The tour guide provides coca tea and leaves to chew to ease altitude sickness. Does anyone have experience with this?
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not sure what the topic should be
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hey so after my last topic, i was left with the feelings of being attacked... and really my feelings were hurt. I am reminded that sometimes intent and perception are on two different way lenghts.....after a long discussion with my sponsor she pointed out the lession that i needed to learn. After a...
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HOW DOES THIS PROGRAM KEEP ME CLEAN
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IT GIVES ME HOPE IT GIVES ME TOOLS TO WORK THROUGH MY TROUBLED UNMANAGEABLE LIFE, without that I would be getting loaded. Today with tears rolling down my face once again failing acting out running my stoopid mouth and hurting others, I'm so pissed at myself for continuously hurting other people in tu...
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My name is Stevi & and I am crying as I write this.
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Let me start off by saying I do not do drugs. I have experimented, but I have never had a drug problem. The man I fell in love with though, does. When we met he was using heroin, methadone (110mg a day) and permathazine. For all I know, that wasnt it. The beginning of our relationship was rocky, we always ma...
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Here Goes Nuthin...
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Might as well. I mean, it can't hurt, can it?? I'm not a regular at posting about me on any type of message board, recovery or not. My snarky personality usually rears its ugly head and... well, it sure don't get too pretty. I've watched many addicts in my area relapse anywheres from 10 to 16 years of clean...
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What's the difference...
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Between and alcoholic and an addict? I can't find one.
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HELPPP
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yo wuddup ery1 my name is lexuz i have been on suboxones for like 10 months maybe, i startd them to get off oxycontins and perks, but now i want to get off of them , and it pisses me off that its just as hard to get of this shit than it is real opiates, anyway wen i was gettin off the oxys my doc gave me clonidines a y...
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addiction stole another member from us
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hi, so i'm writting this to help with my grief. One week ago Ian h decided to pick up dope. This is a man who had many years before, and had come back and just got over 18months. I met Ian on my first day in narcotics annoymous, and he helped save my life. When i had no where to live, he found me a home. When i n...
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defeatedgirl
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My name is Sarah. I am her sister. I don't know if any of you have heard the news but she overdosed a lot and attempted to kill herself 3 days ago. She was almost successful but is now in the hospital. She's been in a coma and they aren't sure if she will come out of it. I was snooping on her laptop and came to thi...
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A BIG SUCCESS!!!!
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SO the convention Started out FANTASTIC!!!Then I have a break down !!I Wanted to get drunk!! (Go figure I'm at an NA convention, I am an addict!!!!) a bunch of people in the fellowship picked me back up and helped me out!!!! I learned what the Love of NA is Truely all about!!! Thank you all So much fo...
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i feel horrible.
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i caved. i used today. there was just too much stress and anger and i just couldnt stay strong. i read my letter i wrote to myself and i just said to myself, i don't give a f***. i feel horrible. i almost got kicked out of treatment. and if that happened i don't know where i would go or what i would do. i hate myse...
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Oh,,, those feelings !
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When these feelings come, they come in a torrent. Im reffering to my feelings in context of the opportunities I missed in the past. I was reading a book written by a photographer whose speciality it was to click celebrities, especially in music. All those big stars, did their drugs and partying and wo...
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Wheres the Honor ?
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This will not be the first Memorial day Ive spent clean. I believe it will however be the first Ive felt any guilt over my service time. I spent from 78 to 82 in the USN (navy) I actually remember some of it. It was 4 years spent in a cloud of blurry thoughts and memories that began while still in boot camp. I ha...
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We need your prayers for Liz "Defeatedgirl"
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Liz, according to her sister's thread, is fighting for her life right now. Please take some time today and pray for her to pull through.
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DeanC
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Back from Texas!
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hey family,mikef here! my son(23 yr old recovering heroin addict) and I just got back in saturday night from katy texas where i went after 30 years to renew my relationship with my first set of children.son 41 (was there for his birthday,daughter 23,tell you bout that in a minute.)what a blessing m...
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Ian H
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A class act all the way, Ian H. was a loving and caring man in life who will be dearly missed by all who new him and got the chance to be graced by his good character and kindness. I was one of the lucky ones who was blessed to know him and I will be forever better for it. His unique way of sharing his experience a...
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