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New here...
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Hi all, I'm thrilled that I came across the link to this place! I was doing a Google search for some Second Step stuff, and ended up here. I live in the San Fernando Valley, smack dab in the heart of "Where it all Began" for Narcotics Anonymous...literally within 2 miles of the World Service O...
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elizabeth
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I love when I read something and go AH HAH, now I understand.
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March 17, 2009True couragePage 79 "Those who make it through these times show a courage not their own." Basic Text p. 86 Before coming to NA, many of us thought we were brave simply because we had never experienced fear. We had drugged all our feelings, fear among them, until we had convince...
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last nights dream
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let me start with a little basic info. i have been clean since jan. 2, 2006. i haven't been to a meeting in about two years. in the past when i had using dreams, i would either not use or if i did i felt a tremendous amount of guilt and disappointment. last night i had a using dream asnd did not feel any of that an...
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3 weeks clean!
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when i first tried to quit it was a bitch. after almost getting busted by the poilce again a few weeks ago i smacked myself in the face and made myself realize what i was doing. 3 weeks thats a long time. of course im still depressed and have anger issues but a few of my friends have come up with some money to se...
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happy saint patricks day just a funny joke to lighten the load
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Flynn staggered home very late after another evening with his drinking buddy, Paddy. He took off his shoes to avoid waking his wife, Mary. He tiptoed as quietly as he could toward the stairs leading to their upstairs bedroom, but misjudged the bottom step. As he caught himself by grabbing the baniste...
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birthday yesterday 13-3-1988
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Hello NA....I was 21 years clean yesterday. I only discovered this site yesterday as well so they can't tell us drug use doesn't affect brain function.. From memory was about 18 months before I could read a street directory.Didn't sleep properly for 9 months or so. Still remember my first good sleep....
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how to recover?
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I have been under the impression that since I got sober 7 months ago I have been recovering and making progress. But then something happens and it makes me think other wise. Is there anyway to measure my progress? Maybe I am not recovering. After all I am not going to face meetings or working the steps. An...
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Almost done
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As always I have some good things going on in my life and some bad things. Slowly the bad has been growing and it is now to the point where I can not even be happy about anything. What little good I have is completely swallowed by all the bad stuff. I am getting all those old feelings of being overwhelmed, sa...
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the last 4 weeks
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I have learned alot being in the Intensive outpatient treatment I had to undergo before my visitation right with my son could be unsupervised I reach that goal on thursday and my son will be with me all day Saturday alone for the first time since before thanksgiving. He and I are very excited to see each o...
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JAVA Link you need this to get into the chat meeting room through this board
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http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp Just got to the site in the link and follow the instructions save the file on your computer and you will then have access to that room.
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BigV
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The real power of forgiving yourself and others! What I have learned in my recovery process!
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I had an awesome day yesterday, I didn't sleep at all very well. I had some feelings. Well if you want to hear something on forgiveness and learn how to do it. I was just taught something very important in my faith journey and in my recovery journey as of last night! I went to lenten service ok. The per...
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To Surrender - Congrats on Two Weeks!
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Hey, I got your message on my 2 week post. Believe me I can sympathize with the difficulty, but now on my third week I find there are more good days than bad, and sleep is getting much better. Even though I am irritable sometimes I don't think going backwards would help. Not sure what would but know I don't w...
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emily
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Two Weeks Down!
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Hi everyone, today is my two week anniversary! lol, it sounds so little, but it felt like eternity! I love being able to breathe again and think. The very best part, my son. I never thought he knew or felt a thing about my addiction until I stopped, he has FLOURISHED. He is only 5, somehow he is celebrating...
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emily
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New to Reaching out
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Hi im new at reaching out to stay clean. I have been clean for a length of time then i get scared and use again. I have no support system around me, I have very bad anxiety attacks so that stops me from going to meetings around where i live. I thought this was a good way to start. I have been through the rehab and...
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finding it sooo hard 2 get clean,help...........
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hi its my first tim in this forum,iv just been reading everyones msgs and the suport seems great here. im a 28yr old girl from dublin ireland,i dont no if i can talk bout wat drugs im on here but here goes,im on methadone at the moment,but i am still smoking heroin everyday i cant even seem 2 b able 2 get stabl...
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Anniversery
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I have 19 months clean now! I cant believe it. It seems like just yesterday that I took the step to get help. Im still a learning recovering addict but I am well on my way. Guess how I did it? One day and sometimes one hour at a time!
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Dog spelt backwards= GOD !!!
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I know ya like dogs Dog Logic The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Anonymous There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. The average dog is a nicer person tha...
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When do the nightmares let up?
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Hi there, I know nightmares after quitting is normal but it seems like every single night for 16 nights I have had the most vivid and weird dreams, sometimes nightmares, and user dreams. Last night all night was a nightmare of using and users and paying money and not really wanting to but being in the mi...
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emily
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guilt and shame
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Hello, Recovery is all up and down! Going on my third week I am heavily into guilt and shame. I can't seem to stop thinking "what have I done?" and "how could I have done this for so long knowing how wrong it was?" and how i wasted my life and my son's life and how could I have been in such...
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Today is my first day
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Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life, but in the middle of it all, losing my job, yet again, due to drugs, that I finally came to the realization that I don't want to do this anymore...I sat down and told both my husband, and my daughter, about all of the lies I have been living and told them that I am t...
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thought I would share something I found
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SCARS OF LIFE Some years ago, on a hot summer day in South Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he...
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MY honesty
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Hi everyone, I'm back! I now have 4 days (assuming I stay sober for the rest of the day ) TOTALLY, completely sober. I have spent the last 4 going thru fairly mild W/D from stopping the medication I began using to detox off the opiates, and very quickly began abusing. After the first day or two, maybe it was...
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90 clean today woo hoo!
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Hey everyone, just wanted to touch base and let you all know that I am 90 days clean today and very excited. Never thought I'd make it, NEVER thought I'd want to be 90 days clean lol, but now I can't imagine EVER going back to that life again. I hope you all are doing well, my depression fight is "bett...
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march 7 2009 just for today
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March 7 Priorities "The good times can also be a trap; the danger is that we may forget that our first priority is to stay clean."Basic Text, p. 42 Things can get really good in our recovery. Perhaps we've found our "soul mate" built a rewarding career, started a family. Maybe our...
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oh what a beautiful day
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it's so nice outside, finally. well i've been pretty good lately. no trouble. this weekend im going on a church retreat and i get to give a witness about my drug use and how im recovering and what is giving me the motivation to quit. so im pretty excited about that. so how is everyone else doing?
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newly out of rehab~very depressed?
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Hi everyone, I am new to the board & group. I'm hoping to catch a meeting as well. I am 43 days clean now (my first time in 8 1/2 years), it's actually the first time that I've wanted to be clean, or even thought I should be clean. I suffered from depression before I started taking the narcotics, and when...
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situation as of now
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Hello ppl,I`m new to this whole thing so ill just give it a try.I`ve been struggling since my early teens to live an acceptable or different life .Not saying that my upbringing was bad but I felt that in my youth I didn`t have any attention being that I have 7 sisters and I`m the youngest of three broth...
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things are looking up
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can't complain just thought I would say little by little I am getting better I have been referred to a pain specialist and I am getiing my med for my psyc prob under wraps on monday so thngs are more hopefull
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how its going in my world
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hey all, i have been busy doing tons of footwork type stuff to get help for my sons issues, got a little part time work and staying focused on the moment when i feel the panic over where all this is going...im pretty tired which means for me not to make any big decisions, my biggest fear is i will try to come up...
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The Step Group.
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On those days I was very eager to work the 4th Step. I had written a 4th of sorts when I was in a treatment centre. Once on the outside, having experienced a clean life and loving it,I wanted more of what teh NA Program had to offer me. When I read the Basic Text the implications rang true; either I reinforce m...
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