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Raman · Raman

Our Basic Text carries a clue when searching for a Higher Power. It says that service is a power greater than ourselves. Id like to share a bit about what this has meant to me and my hard won experience. I suppose that the theory that Higher Power can be experienced by doing service in NA is a result of the ol...

K_Cambridge · K_Cambridge

Hi guys. I'm from Cambridge, MA. Just got laid off, which really sucks 'cause I'm to my neck in addiction to Percocet. Really any kind of pain killer though it's easier for me to get the percs. Can someone tell me of a good group I can go to so I don't go out of my mind? It's been three days and I'm doing ok so fa...

marigoldhead · marigoldhead

i am a medic for a volunteer service. We had a attemped suicide OD yesterday that just about broke me. This young man was 17. He is known to have many drug problems and trouble with the law. (I live in a town of 2000 so we know everyone) We got to the house and he had taken 260 different pills that had just b...

kristen_the_b · kristen_the_b

ok i have come to face tha facts the i have n control over my drinking, smoking and i dont know what to do i am so lost my boyfriend and i are both using weed i am 18 he is 17 i am also smoking weed at this pont we both relize how hard it is to stop we have the saport of his family and all but not of our friend who are als...

WasteOfPaint · WasteOfPaint

I just got a call from my girlfriend, right now she is 150 miles away from me, she just informed me that our good friend sean will die within the next 24 hours. Sean is a recovering addict as well, I first met him a couple years ago while I was in a thick mist. I was homeless at the time and had a good $100-200 a da...

bd87na · bd87na

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.

BigV · BigV

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...

WasteOfPaint · WasteOfPaint

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...

AnthonyG · AnthonyG

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 "...

marigoldhead · marigoldhead

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...

drugfree · drugfree

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...

AnthonyG · AnthonyG

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...

jjcnss · jjcnss

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...

AnthonyG · AnthonyG

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...

WasteOfPaint · WasteOfPaint

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...

defeatedgirl123 · defeatedgirl123

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.

DeanC · DeanC

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...

LeeU · LeeU

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......

defeatedgirl123 · defeatedgirl123

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...

gr8ful · gr8ful

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?

drugfree · drugfree

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...

BigV · BigV

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...

SteviWonderful · SteviWonderful

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...

cleanNOTsober · cleanNOTsober

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...

Jana40503 · Jana40503

Between and alcoholic and an addict? I can't find one.

LExmATik1 · LExmATik1

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...

addiction stole another member from us · drugfree

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...

Sarah86 · Sarah86

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...

Damaris · Damaris

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...

defeatedgirl123 · defeatedgirl123

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...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	"Service is a power greater than ourselves". (Preview) Our Basic Text carries a clue when searching for a Higher Power. It says that service is a power greater than ourselves. Id like to share a bit about what this has meant to me and my hard won experience. I suppose that the theory that Higher Power can be experienced by doing service in NA is a result of the ol...	Raman	9	1031	Jun 12, 2009 by Raman
	Anyone in the Cambridge, Mass. area know of a group that can help with pain killer addiction? (Preview) Hi guys. I'm from Cambridge, MA. Just got laid off, which really sucks 'cause I'm to my neck in addiction to Percocet. Really any kind of pain killer though it's easier for me to get the percs. Can someone tell me of a good group I can go to so I don't go out of my mind? It's been three days and I'm doing ok so fa...	K_Cambridge	3	579	Jun 10, 2009 by LeeU
	very sad feeling (Preview) i am a medic for a volunteer service. We had a attemped suicide OD yesterday that just about broke me. This young man was 17. He is known to have many drug problems and trouble with the law. (I live in a town of 2000 so we know everyone) We got to the house and he had taken 260 different pills that had just b...	marigoldhead	11	657	Jun 10, 2009 by BigV
	help (Preview) ok i have come to face tha facts the i have n control over my drinking, smoking and i dont know what to do i am so lost my boyfriend and i are both using weed i am 18 he is 17 i am also smoking weed at this pont we both relize how hard it is to stop we have the saport of his family and all but not of our friend who are als...	kristen_the_b	1	420	Jun 9, 2009 by marigoldhead
	sad for a selfish reason.. (Preview) I just got a call from my girlfriend, right now she is 150 miles away from me, she just informed me that our good friend sean will die within the next 24 hours. Sean is a recovering addict as well, I first met him a couple years ago while I was in a thick mist. I was homeless at the time and had a good $100-200 a da...	WasteOfPaint	3	539	Jun 9, 2009 by ANNY
	Call your sponsor (Preview) 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.	bd87na	3	496	Jun 8, 2009 by bd87na
	FORTY-EIGHT MUSTS IN NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS as found in the Basic Text (Preview) 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...	BigV	8	1291	Jun 8, 2009 by BigV
	feeling very confused.... (Preview) 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...	WasteOfPaint	4	536	Jun 7, 2009 by LeeU
	Lil Sumthin ! (Preview) 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 "...	AnthonyG	8	610	Jun 7, 2009 by Raman
	sad about partner (Preview) 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...	marigoldhead	5	442	Jun 7, 2009 by marigoldhead
	waiting for this too shall pass (Preview) 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...	drugfree	6	641	Jun 7, 2009 by DeanC
	WHAT ? (Preview) 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...	AnthonyG	8	624	Jun 5, 2009 by MIKEF
	Help Please (Preview) 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...	jjcnss	6	621	Jun 5, 2009 by MIKEF
	364 days 12 hours ago (Preview) 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...	AnthonyG	13	669	Jun 4, 2009 by alyqat4
	Something new... (Preview) 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...	WasteOfPaint	8	553	Jun 4, 2009 by Krikit
	next step. (Preview) 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.	defeatedgirl123	11	529	Jun 4, 2009 by jjcnss
	Move away from Drama (Preview) 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...	DeanC	3	554	Jun 3, 2009 by BigV
	Spiritually Dry (Preview) 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......	LeeU	3	609	Jun 1, 2009 by PhilEMack
	well here i am. (Preview) 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...	defeatedgirl123	33	858	May 31, 2009 by AnthonyG
	Coca leaves in Peru? (Preview) 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?	gr8ful	7	633	May 31, 2009 by kk1987
	not sure what the topic should be (Preview) 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...	drugfree	6	591	May 29, 2009 by Raman
	HOW DOES THIS PROGRAM KEEP ME CLEAN (Preview) 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...	BigV	8	664	May 28, 2009 by LeeU
	My name is Stevi & and I am crying as I write this. (Preview) 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...	SteviWonderful	11	649	May 28, 2009 by DeanC
	Here Goes Nuthin... Relapse Emotional Physical (Preview) 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...	cleanNOTsober	11	7486	May 27, 2009 by lanem
	What's the difference... (Preview) Between and alcoholic and an addict? I can't find one.	Jana40503	17	671	May 27, 2009 by Raman
	HELPPP (Preview) 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...	LExmATik1	78	1087	May 27, 2009 by alyqat4
	addiction stole another member from us (Preview) 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...	drugfree	16	730	May 27, 2009 by alyqat4
	defeatedgirl (Preview) 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...	Sarah86	22	693	May 27, 2009 by AnthonyG
	A BIG SUCCESS!!!! (Preview) 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...	Damaris	3	543	May 27, 2009 by BigV
	i feel horrible. (Preview) 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...	defeatedgirl123	6	636	May 27, 2009 by claire
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