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It dosent make sense.
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Just like i was hateful of people when I was using and then in clean time till I worked the Steps,,I see the reverse happening now. No matter how much we may try and be good and kind and loving , some people will still be monsters. Like now in my study group,I have a bunch of students from a dictatorship, who a...
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New Student in Masters Addiction Counseling Program
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I am a new student with limited sobriety and have only "officially" worked the first five steps with a sponsor but work all 12 in my daily life. The school does not have a counseling center to work through issues and I live isolated on a farm with no transportation and no way to get to meetings....
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Our Group Celebrated 6th Anniversary last week...
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It's been 6 years of carrying the message for my homegroup. We call it Jyothi Group, 'Jyothi' in Hindi meaning 'Light'. Since we never got to celebrate our group anniversary every year, this time, the homegroup members decided we would do so now. It was an awesome meeting, and I felt so grateful that I w...
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25 YEARS RECOVERY,14 MONTHS IN PROCESS
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hello everyone i am mikef. i wanted to run something by you all.i am 61 years and i spent from 1959 until 1984(dec.2nd) in addiction. i surrendered then after a life of devastion(we all here know without me going into "my story')but anyway after spending 2 years in NARANON because my son (22 year o...
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Greetings from a new Member from New Zealand
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Hello all, I am a 38 year old opiate addict from New Zealand. I am currently in the process of tapering off the methadone programme which enabled me to stop using and stabalise my life, get a job etc. However it has been too long and it's time to get real and get clean. I have been in and out of recovery for s...
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Nurse searching for work
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I am currently completing Intensive Outpatient Therapy. My days are soon to be free, and I need work. Any suggestions for East Central Florida/Cocoa area jobs?
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my HP never seises to amaze me
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I was having a bad day yesterday with solutions(mental health group) and all I was at wal mart getting a dose of caffeine ( diet coke) lol and this lady before me in check out could see I was struggling with the events of the day came up to me after I had checked out said "God said you were having a hard da...
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Opiate Addict Having Surgery Soon
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I am relatively new in recovery and I'm in a master's degree counseling program. I am scheduled to have two surgeries before August 18th, when my health insurance expires. Pain pills were definitely my thing. Now, I have been told that having surgery at this time would be very dangerous. However, the...
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Looking for study subjects: ex-heroin addict/ now in 12-step
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Looking for ex-heroin addicts who are currently in a 12-step program (Note: this means a 12-step program only, ie. not in addition to MMT or Suboxone) to participate in a short (approximately one hour) interview about various forms of opiate treatment. Participants must have been in a 12-step prog...
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Dumping it on MIP
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Recently Ive had my butt chewed for not writing enough. I love my excuses and relish the opportunity to exploit them whenever I can. But I did after my last Whine session and contemplate WTF is holding me back ? The best I can come up with is some of the bad stuff. Im remembering things that have gone down an...
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For Vicky ( myredfairy)
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Hi vicky , Im an addict. My names Anthony. I saw your response to an earlier thread and thought I would share a bit of my limited ES&H . Im 49 years old . started using regularly at 12 . Got clean from about 25 to 32. and went back out. I was 48 before I came back in the rooms. Yesterday on the 3rd of may...
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cool
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borrowed this from cherylc off another site. Thought you might enjoy. REMEMBER: "Love does not exist, unless it is shared" Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly...
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Is it OK Not To Believe in Sobriety Dates?
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I have been sober for a short while and I really do not think sobriety dates are helpful. My expeience in the past has been that they gave me a false sense of security in my recovery and on every birthday I was extremely temped to drink and have thinking "It's ok, I am not an alcoholic." So, I l...
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My name is Jenn and I am an Addict
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It all started during my pregnancy when I used Benedryl through my PICC line for nausea and started abusing it. I had syringes and all sorts of stuff left over from home health care and started shooting it up after my pregnancy was over. I took the IV fluids I had and oral benadryl capsules I opened and sh...
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hello!
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i'm newyoungsober date 2/24 this is my second shot at recovery, i relapsed. hard and long.so two years later, i'm feeling stronger and more dedicatedand i really need this but being young, it's hard to find people to connect with...not enough of us are serious about recovery, nor can i find those who m...
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My Name is Blake C and I am an Addict...
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First of all thank you for having me here. As I said, My name is Blake and I am an addict. I have never been to an NA meeting because of where I live and my transportation or lack thereof, however I was introduced to AA through my treatment program and have been attending five meetings a week. I did have some...
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OK we need a fun thread let's see what you can come up with
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you need speakers to hear this http://www.slinkycity.com/audio/thinking.wav
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I missed a meeting tonight .
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Ive shared awhile back about an accident my sons best friend was in Christmas day last. For those that dont know my sons friend wrecked his car about 9 Christmas night and survival looked very slim. I shared about the traumatic effect that wreck had on me because of the actions of my son compared to the ac...
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Holidays,,
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This morning I was crazy with tying to finish off an asignment. HP works thru the tutors here and this assignemnet will be marked by a very learned tutor,,with many books to her credit. She guided me thru with patience. However there iwas,, feeling doubtful like,,thinking,,, "is this for real...
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HOW to be a sponsor?
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A young guy with a few months under his belt asked me to be his sponsor. Of course I said yes it'd be my honor to help him. My sponsor said be available and honest...and lead him based upon his receptiveness to the steps. I found myself fearful that I won't be good enough. Then it dawned on me to ask my higher p...
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april 28 just for today
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April 28 Who Really Gets Better? "We can also use the steps to improve our attitudes. Our best thinking got us into trouble. We recognize the need for change."Basic Text, p. 53 When new in recovery, most of us had at least one person we just couldn't stand. We thought that person was the rudes...
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april 27 just for today
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April 27 Recognizing And Releasing Resentments "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. 28 Many of us had trouble identifying our resentments when we were new in recovery. There we sat with our Fourth Step in front o...
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It works,,if I work it.
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Hi all, Heres some good news I need to share. I went back to class after vacation. I see that the tutor has the corrected assignments in fron of him. In the seminar he indicates that the marks range has been from 27 to 73. Im wondering whwre I am but have to wait two hours before he gives us the evaluation. By t...
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How, Why, What
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So I went to Detox for 4 days, then I went to my first outpaitent meeting which I didnt really want to go to. My drug of choice was Vicodin, so I found a pill and I used today I know they are going to ua me I wonder if I will get kicked out of outpaitent I am kinda scared because I knew what I did was wrong. But, I d...
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What is addiction without reference to drugs ?
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Friends and fellows,, I want to participate in a share on basics= how does my disease manifest in clean time ? In other words,what is addiction without th use of drugs or in reference to drugs ? Ive had a spiritual awakening of sorts last week. Ive had incidents happen that have altered my thinking and tu...
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MBM...sad to see it go...
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I just opened my meeting by mail only to learn that it will no longer be published. I am sad to see it go..I love that publication... I celebrated 13 years clean on 04/19/2009 matto
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Day 3 of being clean!
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Today is day 3... I haven't had a pill since Friday night. I get cravings like crazy and I had a dream the night before last about stealing pills from someone. I'm staying strong and getting through this the best that I can. JUST FOR TODAY :) I keep thinking about how great things will be not depending on...
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one man's will to survive even years later
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ONE MAN'S WILL TO SURVIVE BY Jayson Cole People don't understand the shit that I've been though...........They've taken away everything from me. So I taking to many pills to ease the pain. It's been hard for me to find myself again. I was so angery at the world. For me that was a dangerous place to be. For...
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NA and AA may merge into one fellowship
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For the first time ever, an emergency meeting has been called between the world service boards of both Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous to be held on July 4th, 2009 in a neutral, undisclosed location in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the possible impact of merging the 2 fellowships in...
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VINI!
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Today i was having a really crappy day. last night i went out with a friend got stoned. got in a bar fight with some chick. i got a concussion and a few broken ribs. i woke up in the hospital this morning. so i think that may have had a part in my decision. haha. I FINALLY GET! GOD DAMN I GOT IT! you told me one day i...
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