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One more chance
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Let go of that wheel let the higher power drive you for a change. Step one powerless and unmanageable, step 2 believing in a power that can help us with our powerlessness, uselessness, and helplessness. Step 3 turning it over to that help. It's a simple decision as that, each day brings new life, trust,...
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Six years ago...
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I was sitting in a jail holding cell, pregnant, tired, scared and wondering how I'd ended up there again. The day before was the last day I used. Today I celebrate six years clean. I am a miracle!
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don't know how to react or what to say...
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I visited my daughter today in the mental health unit of our local hospital. She was unable to get a bed in a detox unit so the rehab facility she plans to go to suggested the emergency room. She told them she didn't want to hurt herself but if they didn't help her she would have no choice but to overdose. S...
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Al-anon type meetings for children of narcotics abusers
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Hi. I am a nursing student and a child of a former user. I am writing a paper on meth use and part of my paper is resources for the addict and the family. I thought I remembered attending meetings as a child somewhat like Al-anon. Does that exist in this situation? Does anyone know? Any help would be greatly...
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anniversery
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I had a 20 month anniversery yesterday. Im like the other guy... I forgot. Im very blessed to have another day clean. The system works if you work it. I have felt better than ive felt for years...... Todd
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Some kind of introduction...
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Hello everybody. Been looking for a place like this for a while and now I hope Ive found it. I live in Eastern Europe - Bulgaria and perhaps I am the only one here from the balkan region. I know probably its a bit unusual for me to register here, but believe me there are no such places and comunities where I co...
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short update
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things are kinda strange these days i ffind my self getting agitated easily not knowing the reasons behind it thought patterns a little scattered they are finally treating the ADHD seems to be going okay I have a diagnosis I am not to happy with borderline personality disorder I am in a class that lasts...
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More Sober Than I Even Knew! (But still crazy after all these years!)
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4/6/09 Lee can't count. I was rather distracted last year before and on my anniversary and didn't really "celebrate". So I decided to put more into it this year. Just one miscalculation. My clean & sober date is 4/6/83. For weeks now Ive been sharing, posting & blogging on my &quo...
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Please help me, I feel like I am dying
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The docs had me on script narcotcs for over 3 months. I am on day 4 of withdrawals and I am so depressed and feel so alone. My husband is in the military and says i dont need the hosiptal to get of these meds. I am so depressed and my heart is racing constantly. When will this ever end. I cannot functiona and all...
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UPDATE on "don't know how to react...."
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As I said before, my daughter went to the emergency room and was admitted to the mental health unit. Yesterday was a rough visit. They said she would be discharged on Friday night at 8:50pm. The rehab facility she planned to go to said that was fine. They can do late admits. I get a call at about 9am thi...
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Meetings in Heaven? ROFL
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Two addicts were talking about recovery in the "afterlife". They were wondering if there were meetings in Heaven. They made a pact... Whoever went first would come back and let the other know. Sadly, a year later, one of the friends passed away. Several weeks later, as promised, he cam...
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pregnant druggie
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well im pregnant and im trying to stop using. i'm 3mo. pregnant by the way. just recently got out of an inpatient program ; which was 8 weeks and i stayed 3. i just had to go, it was too religious. so ofcourse... i used again. i have made the decision that i wont use crack anymore, or drink. while im preg...
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i am newly in recovery and struggling
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i am still very new in sobriety> i was in an inpatient rehab faclity and was released 1/9/2009. i am currently in an intensive outpatiebt drug and alcohol program and am majorly struggling in maintainng sobriety. please any suggestions would be greatly welcomed
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YOu know what
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It took a lot to get here and it takes a lot to stay. Is it worth it you might ask ? DAMN RIGHT IT IS my life is so much better now then then . It aint easy, well hell no its not, it goes against a lot of what's inside of me ( self destructive ) but what was and is still there was killing me today I am living and growing...
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Sometimes I question my 12th step but today I got my answer
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Which is why I keep reading the " Just for Today" thoughts they help me to see where I am.April 03, 2009For 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...
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taken the next step....
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hey everyone, Today i feel like a newcomer. It's been a while since i've had the desire to use drugs due to working the tweleve steps. I felt stable and ready for the next task to be done. I quit smoking, today is day 5 and wow who would of thought it is like stopping drugs except so many things are trigger...
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self-obsession much?
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So I haven't posted in a long while.... No reason just haven't. Still working the program, keeping my service commitments, blahbitty. I keep wanting to post but I think i'm embarrassed cuz I haven't posted! what?! My whole deal with this forum brings me back to my first 6 months of recovery when I would...
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help, my husband is an addict, any advice?
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Hi, I am new to this forum. I have been married for about 3 months now. I knew my husband had a drug problem in the past and when we hooked up he quit. He has relapsed twice, for one day each, since we met. The most recent was last night. He says that he can kick the habit totatlly, but something triggers i...
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I cannot understand my confusion,,,
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I wanted to go to the Liverpool convetion over the wekend but finally talked myself out of it, Im going to try and list the day and my thoughts on that day about actually getting there !! Thursday nite,,"too early to get there", "the conventions starts only tomorow", "i...
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RELATIONSHIPZ CAN BE INSANITY
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Man I hate having the kind of relationship with my kids dad. He seems very careless about everyone aroung him as for me I'm grateful for the people who walk in my life. I have two kids with this guy and he was my first love and i still cant shake my feelings toward him I just want him to love me back and be the fa...
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Feeling a little...stuck
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Hey everyone, I've been clean for about 68 days now, the first 30 days I was on top of the world, I was so proud of myself for completeing a 2 week detox program, and attending NA meetings, and making some new "clean" friends. But lately, I've been feeling a little down. I'm missing some of my ol...
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Not Approaching Normal Update (the Anniversary, now 'til then)
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3/27/09: Good for me! I havent given it a thought in almost a week. I am disappointed, tho, that I cant pick up my medallion this weekend, LOL. (My homegroup is Sat AM and sobriety date falls on Monday the 6th.) Oh well, perfect lesson in keeping it in today! I was going through some old notes and such on a...
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hey Anthony
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this message was too long for your white board...ha right on!!! i consider cigarettes a mind / mood altering substance.. um for me it was 9 months since i had a smoke on march 16 th. and as for fat its taken me till now to even start thinking about taking a step one on food, i think it will be the hardest one cau...
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Six months clean today.....bitter sweet
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My name is Kathleen, and I am an addict. Today I have reached a milestone and that is being drug free for six months. I have remained clean for the past six months, and am in a whole new place in my life now. I am very successful at school. I made the Dean's List last semester, and I am going to receive an academ...
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sometimes I wonder
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sometimes I wonder Current mood: confused Category: Life some ppl would say I have it good some would say damn how does she do it I say does it ever stop when do the good things start to happen in my life why am I still alone is it by choice.... I wonder... I keep ppl at distance for a reason no real relationsh...
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IPN & Job Interviews
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Hi. I am new to the message board. I have been a RN for 13 years. Last year, after going through a difficult divorce & financial struggles, I became addicted to narcotics during a long battle with undiagnosed severe clinical depression. I began diverting drugs from the hospital and was caught b...
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Best way to help my son???? Feedback
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My son is trying to stay clean. He is recently out of a short detox/rehab facility and has returned to his fiance' and his child who is about a year old. He is now back to work and faced with the demands of returning to the job and responsibilities he has. He is fearful as I hear it in his voice when I speak t...
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Things Im learning while quitting smoking .
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1 ) Everything in life is a trigger. This starts when I wake up. My first though is getting a smoke. After I eat, When I get in the car , If I perform any task whatsoever , Before I go anywhere, After I get home from anywhere ect ect ect. This is scary stuff. I am powerless over my life . Things have to be done but I...
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POSTING A FRIENDS POEM
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WHERE HAVE I BEEN? WHERE AM I GOING? BY LEA MC CABE Where have I been? I been hiding. Living in hell, the world spinning past me. No one to tell. Locked away. A cavern in my mind, Tears from my heart, Hope I could not find. Where have I been? In a deep, dark sea, Winking my emotion, drowning to rock bottom, Thi...
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KEEP SHARING
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I have not shared for about a month. I know that if I do not share and give it away I will not stay sober. I have 10 months...of not picking up. I feel that I have not been sober for 10 months, in many ways I was still very toxic and still am. I am learning through listening to others and accepting suggestio...
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