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hello family
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greetings from a windchill of -47 today...yikes and i still managed to make it to school :) i am having a cake and will graciously accept my 2 year medallion tonight i know that for me at 2 years now i must really get into the "work" of the program not that i haven't already but i must be vigilan...
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na contacts in china
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are there any addicts on this site in china .i,ll be in shanghai in july and am trying to make some connections and meetings .cheers dale
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January 23, 2009
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Serenity check Page 23 "Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways" Basic Text, p. 95 Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply "It stinks"? When this happens, we are probably suffering from a lack of daily maintenance in our p...
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5th step
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I'm struggling with the difference between the exact nature of my wrongs and my actions. Is the exact nature what causes my actions and the ensuing patterns, ie habitually hooking up with the wrong crowd, and my thinking pattern behind it? I'm doing the writing in the stepworking guide before i do m...
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trust is earned not given
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this girl I had befriended that I met in the hospital I had been letting her hangout at my house this weekend thought I could trust her come to find out she was stealing medicine from me both for pain control and for mental health I busted her for it thank god or I would be in a world of hurt my first instinct wa...
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Help!!
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im three days in of being clean and my own mom cant even help me!! she instead tries to bait me and trys to anger me and accuse me of using.....when i know deepdown im doing right.why??? isnt she supposed to be happy for me? she asked me to get clean and i did. im trying to not be so angry and not lash out...
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Wondering how to deal with being hurt recoverying addicts
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hey everyone so heres my situation and i'm not too sure how to deal with the hurt of it all. I had a friend in recovery who i used to call him my uncle. He helped me get adjusted in the rooms, introduced me to solid females in the program. The problem is that I love the chanting, and the area i originally cam...
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Do we think are superior to those who have never used?
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I know this might be a controversial topic, but I was thinking today that sometimes I and others I know have commented- in the midst of using- that other people don't know what they are missing- that high from using. Once I said I can't believe people live their entire lives and never feel that way. No...
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New member intro
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Hi, I am not sure how much to introduce myself so please ask if you need to know anything about me. Name's Andy & I am basically trying to figure out if I belong in NA and/or AA. I know I have something of a self-medication problem, but I don't know how much is booze and how much is other stuff. I started to...
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Loved Ones...What about us?
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My boyfriend started going to NA meetings last Tuesday. I feel so stupid because I had no idea he was having such a problem. 7 years ago he was a Meth addict. He was incarcerated and "kicked" the addiction. He was loacked up for 5 years. We have been together for 1 1/2 years. Now he has bee...
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hope
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i returned from a six 6 day break. my husband informed me that he will try to stop smoking pot at home. he has brought some nicobate, to help with his withdrawals. im very happy. for the past two days he hasnt smoked. i know that time ahead wont be easy and i KNOW that its not the end. but it has showed me that h...
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Son being released from rehab end of week
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Just came home from a meeting w/my son and his counsler today. Everything went great until the end. My 22 yr. old son has been in jail for over two months and rehab for about 2.5 weeks(can 't understand that one)?? He was addicted to Oxycontin for two years ( and I never knew it). His life took a bad turn...
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Step 3 decision taking?
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I have been bothered for sometime now on the action that I need to make on step 3... How is it that I am asked to take a decision when I admited that I have an unmanageable life and that am powerless on the first two steps? Can someone give me an easier explanation on working the third step?
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New Day
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So.....i took a big step today. I acknowledged my problem. I also cleared my side of the street with someone that I was way over due on amends even tho they had passed from their addiction. Not to mention I tossed my pipe... the drugs i had... asked for help because i was tired of running. Tired of th...
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Not allowing contamination into my life anymore!
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Hey family, Shannon an addict that needs to keep coming back cause she doesn't know enough just yet! You know I have been on and off again with my sponsor she fired me, rehired me, fired me last Sunday, then yesterday got a phone call from her and she rehired me again. I am like ok What is going on here. I m...
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does anyone know where I can get some speakers from the net and burn it to a cd?
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Hi family shannon an addict, been coming around for a while and know that I don't know enough, but that I need to keep coming back. Does anyone know of any websites for na that have a good amount of speaker tapes that you can burn to a cd?? If so let me know ok.
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Howdy!
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Wanted to introduce myself to the boards. Name's Eric and I heard about this from someone at my IOP sessions talking about "online meetings." It sounded perfect for me, as I used to spend free time at work browsing a bunch of drug using message boards :/ So now I can still spend time on a messag...
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I suspect my son is using drugs
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First of all, I know that my son has used marijuana in the past. I was in his room today on is computer and found in his google history all these questions on where to find pain pills, DXM and how much to use to make you high. Where to find drug kits, etc. I know I have to confront him about this and will. I kno...
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Been Away a Couple Days
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Hi, Everyone, Been a couple days since I visited the Board, so this is my check in. Got a phone call Thursday from a guy I sponsor but haven't heard from for a few weeks. OK, many weeks. He suffers from depression and mental issues, in addition to addiction. I have tried to keep the door open by calling him o...
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January 18, 2009
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The simple inventory Page 18 "Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, our attitudes, and our relationships on a regular basis" Basic Text, p. 42 The daily inventory is a tool we can use to simplify our lives. The most com...
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Drugs over life
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Had a conversation tonight with an addict who admitted that he knows using will kill him, but that it is something he has accepted and uses anyway. He said that he was never happy with or without drugs, but that using was worth the consequences- even death. I was never in that frame of mind, but wondered...
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So, how do we liven this board up?
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I recently decided to leave a debate message board I was posting on for nearly a decade. It brought out a lot of my character defects and I made a decision to remove toxic stuff from my life, a piece at a time... It was, however, a HUGE time suck for me and I miss messaging with people and the time I spent doin...
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Meditation
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Do you do it? How? What do you do? I went to a convention in League City, TX over the weekend and heard a speaker, he has THIRTY-SEVEN years clean! His story is told in the basic text. Anyway, he was talking about meditation and I was SO grateful to hear him say that it's NOT about getting your mind to go b...
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Meetings aggravate cravings - help?
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Hi, I'm new here. Trying to get clean but the harder I try, the worse the cravings get. Anything 12 step related makes me fiend like a demon. I get home from a meeting & feel like my chest is going to explode and implode at the same time. So, I thought I would check out this forum to see if anyone else has be...
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feeling fear
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im a 50 year old mom of a very angry 14 year old, i feel like im living with an addict....his behaviours and mood swings trigger a lot of old memories. i hate being at home....ive been in recovery for decades and come from abuse ect. so making my home a safe place was one of my proudest achievments in recover...
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Check in 1/16/09
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Well, not a wonderful day for me but I'm amazingly OK. I mentioned yesterday that it was a tenuous day for my S/O with getting paid and his history of relapse. Sadly, he didn't make it through. He left to go to a meeting at around 7 last night... Didn't see him again until around 4 AM when he came and pick...
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disturbing update
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I went back to the doctor today the one that was helping me with a kidney disease I have to have something removed that was supposed to relieve the pain. The doctor said I don't think that it helped having the surgery in the first place I am to return in 3 months for a follow up so health wise I am discouraged...
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Check In Thursday 1-15-09
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Good morning! I'm in the process of getting the kids to school but will check in shortly.
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Sharing where I am currently at in my process!
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Hi family, This is where I am at today. My old sponsor fired me. Yes it hurt like hell but I lived through it without using. I had a friend of mine that is a guy I hung with him he is a meeting maker. He is awesome in this program of NA. He has excellent recovery right now. He has kept me up on the upbeat latel...
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Hi, New to the board
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Glad to be here! My name is Jana, my clean date is 4-05-03. I live in Houston, TX. I hope that here I will be able help someone by sharing my experience, strength and hope as well as to be helped by the shared ES&H of others!
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