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forgetting who i am
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I caught myself going along thinking everything is fine and in most ways forgetting that i am an addict i was not getting to meetings i was not posting on the board or in the chat room i wasn't sharing with my sponsor then i told myself hey man you got this life shit down pat all the while forgetting that i am...
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february 9 just for today
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February 9 Self-acceptance "When we accept ourselves, we can accept others into our lives, unconditionally probably for the first time."IP No. 19, "Self-Acceptance" From our earliest memories, many of us felt like we never belonged. No matter how big the gathering, we alw...
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february 8 just for today
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February 8 What Is A Sponsor? "an NA sponsor is a member of Narcotics Anonymous, living our program of recovery, who is willing to build a special, supportive, one-on-one relationship with us."IP No. 11, "Sponsorship, Revised" What is a sponsor? You know: That nice person wi...
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this weekend
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It's been a bit since I stopped by... life shows up, Internet doesn't work, homework overload... I'm finding myself incredibly grateful for all the experiences of my life, big and small. Whether it's my earth daughter smiling and giving me a kiss when I walk in, or whether it's me being in the room on...
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I'd like to introduce my not so new Avatar
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Far too lazy to create a new one, so this is from my football message board. It's classic Homer Simpson, on the beach (hey somebody has to live there lol) with his surfboard, sporting a Redskins Jersey (Marcus Washington) and a rasta headgear . So there you have it, still innappropriate after all th...
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Paging "Its All Golden", "Kitizzy", and "Imikens"
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Haven't seen you regular posters in awhile, what's up? If you're lurking, post up.
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How to deal with people you used with that come to a meeting!!!
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I dont know if anyone else has had this problem, but I recently have had it. I feel really unconfortable around them. I know im no better than they are but, it is still unconforable. It even kept me from sharing at one meeting. I am waiting for my advice from my higher power. I hope this comes soon! I...
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challenged by God
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I feel like I need to kind of check in on what's going on right now. I'm getting ready to start some big transitions in life, and I have a feeling the God of my understanding is stepping in. I've been in treatment for the past seven months, and I'm getting ready to go back to school(taking 6 classes), go ba...
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New to this Board
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Hi my name is Faith and I am a recovering heroin addict. I have been clean since Feb 14, 1995. I left NA in 1997. I met a man at a meeting I started attending and we started seeing one another. The folks in that group made it known to us that they didn't approve. I had two years of clean time and the gu...
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First timer
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Hi this is my first time doing any kind of online chatting but recently i finally admitted to myself that I do need the extra support. I have heard such great things about NA online so I am excited to be a part of it. I have 6 months under belt and I am working hard to make it 7 months and so on. If anyone has any wo...
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february 5 just for today
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February 5 Keep Coming Back! "We are grateful that we were made so welcome at meetings that we felt comfortable." Basic Text p. 80 Remember how scared we were when we walked into our first NA meeting? Even if we walked in with a friend, most of us recall how difficult it was to attend that first...
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What to do?
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Hi I am new here. I am a step parent to a 24 year old, and its been very trying for me since I met his dad in 2003. I am at a loss, I have been born with tough love with my family and find it so hard to believe that my husband nor his family will hear me. My step son, since I have been in the picture has not really held a j...
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please read today been clean
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this is for everyone even if you been just clean just for this minute. GOOD FOR YOU THATS A START. we have all been there. just remember we support you even when you think we don't. believe me thats when we do most. we have all been there. we all started out like you. if you want to email me anytime at martiala...
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To all the newcomers
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What matters is keeping the desire to stay clean no matter how tough it gets, just get past each episode and don't use. The program gives suggestion on how to start living life with a set of tools we're given. Imagine an empty tool box what good is that if you have a job to do, start filling that tool box with...
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what to do????
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hi thanks for the advice on the other chat room. i tried to log in but because my email address is already in use, with this chat room, it didnt allow me to go any further. i dont know what im doing wrong. anyway, i hope that i can still get some advice here too.... my husband is still going strong. other than f...
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spiraling downward
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I am so overwhelmed with life it is getting harder to keep on keeping on I hate feeling like I am a burden to my family and I found out they are looking into surgery on my rotater cuff on my right arm which the recovery time is over a year I feel like I cannot win for losing that no matter what I do it is wrong. I am i...
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Just when you think you're doing well...
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Hi! It's been a while since I posted anything. I have 21 months of recovery time and thought my life was going well. I had everything I wanted - a job, a husband, security, love, a great sponsor, friends in the program... then another side of my addiction came to the surface. Last Monday, despite the f...
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january 30 just for today
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January 30 Giving It Away " We must give freely and gratefully that which has been freely and gratefully given to us." Basic Text p. 47 In recovery, we receive many gifts. Perhaps one of the greatest of these gifts is the spiritual awakening that begins when we stop using, growing stronger e...
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looking in from the outside
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ever feel like you are looking in someplace where you know you should be and all you can do is unfog the window enough to see what is happening in your families life wondering if you will ever belong? I feel like that all the time. The one place I should belong no matter what I can't even be there. Then I get t...
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A morning meeting
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I have a hard time staying straight for very long, is there a morning meetng on-line. I have a hard time staying clean until the 10 pm meeting. If not that is cool cause no matter what using will not be one of my options anymore and if i gotta wait till 10:00 pm then so be it. Looking forward to seeing you all a...
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just for today january 29
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January 29 The First Step - An Action Step " Do we understand that we have no real control over drugs?" Basic Text p. 18 At first, many of us may have thought the First Step required no action-we just surrender and go on to Step Two. But Step One does require action! The action we take in the First...
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Learning How to live again
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January 27 Learning how to live again" We learn new ways to live. We are no longer limited to our old ideas." Basic Text p. 54 We may or may not have been taught right from wrong and other basics of life as children. No matter, by the time we found recovery, most of us had only the vaguest idea of ho...
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I think he admitted himself to a treatment ctr
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I think. Anybody who has been keeping up with me knows that my SO has been on a downward spiral with his addiction since Nov. I threw him out and hadn't really seen him since Thurs morning when he left for work... Other than finding him sleeping on a lawn chair in my back yard Sat morning and then a stop by to...
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Man, I am so unmanageable and insane right now!
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Jeez, I can't stand me right now! I'll try to be concise... I don't think I can listen to another human voice right now so maybe writing and reading some replies will help me come to some kind of clarity and surrender. I've already posted that my SO is a chronic relapser. He was clean 8 months until the end...
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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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