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Dave R · Dave R

"Everything that occurs in the course of NA service must be motivated by the desire to more successfully carry the message of recovery to the addict who still suffers."Basic Text, p. xxvi=Our motives are often a surprise to us. In our early days of recovery, they were almost always a surprise! We...

Dave R · Dave R

"Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases."Basic Text, p. 84=Recognizing complacency in our recovery is like seeing smoke in a room. The smoke thickens when our meeting attendance drops, contact with newco...

Dave R · Dave R

"There is a spiritual principle of giving away what we have been given in Narcotics Anonymous in order to keep it. By helping others to stay clean, we enjoy the benefit of the spiritual wealth that we have found."Basic Text, p. 49=Time and again in our recovery, others have freely shared with us what w...

Dave R · Dave R

"Addiction is a physical, mental, and spiritual disease that affects every area of our lives."Basic Text, p. 20=Before we started using, most of us had a stereotype, a mental image of what addicts were supposed to look like. Some of us pictured a junkie robbing convenience markets for d...

Dave R · Dave R

"There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using."Basic Text, p. 9=We all know people who could benefit from Narcotics Anonymous. Many people we encounter from all walks of life--our family members, old friends, and coworkers--could really use a program of recovery in the...

Dave R · Dave R

"By working the steps, we come to accept a Higher Power's will.... We lose our fear of the unknown. We are set free."Basic Text, p. 16=Life is a series of changes, both large and small. Although we may know and accept this fact intellectually, chances are that our initial emotional rea...

Dave R · Dave R

No one is forcing us to give up our misery. Basic Text, p. 29 = It's funny to remember how reluctant we once were to surrender to recovery. We seemed to think we had wonderful, fulfilling lives as using addicts and that giving up our drugs would be worse than serving a life sentence at hard labor. In r...

Dave R · Dave R

"I started to imitate some of the things the winners were doing. I got caught up in NA. I felt good..."Basic Text, p. 153=We often hear it said in meetings that we should "stick with the winners." Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Winners are easily identified. T...

Marijuana User · Eschia

This is my first time posting here. I hope it is helpful. I'm sure it will be. I am addicted to marijuana. I use it as a catalyst to get me into the mood to drink & socialize. I haven't attended many NA meetings, mostly AA meetings because I thought alcohol was my problem. It turns out it is pot. I c...

Dave R · Dave R

This ability to listen is a gift and grows as we grow spiritually. Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift. Basic Text pg. 102 Have you ever watched two small children carry on a conversation? One will be talking about purple dragons while the other carries on about the discomfor...

GMuhammad · GMuhammad

Can anyone tell me where to find cunning, baffling, and powerful in the basic text ?

Dave R · Dave R

"When we see how our defects exist in our lives and accept them, we can let go of them and get on with our new life."Basic Text, p. 35=Sometimes our readiness to have our character defects removed depends on what we call them. If misnaming our defects makes them seem less defective, we may be unable to se...

Dave R · Dave R

"We use the tools available to us and develop the ability to survive our emotions."Basic Text, p. 31="Survive my emotions?" some of us say. "You've got to be kidding!" When we were using, we never gave ourselves the chance to learn how to survive them. You don't survive your feelings, we thought-...

Dave R · Dave R

Relationships can be a terribly painful area. Basic Text, p. 82 = Love is like an elixir for some of us. The excitement of a new lover, the intrigue of exploring intimacy, the sense of release we get from allowing ourselves to become vulnerable--these are all powerful emotions. But we cant forge...

Dave R · Dave R

We have seen the program work for any addict who honestly and sincerely wants to stop [using drugs]. Basic Text, p. 10 = How do we know when someone honestly and sincerely wants to stop using drugs? The truth is that we don't know! Because we cannot read minds or know another's motives and desires, w...

Dave R · Dave R

We know that if we pray for God's will we will receive what is best for us, regardless of what we think. Basic Text, p. 46 = By the time we came to NA, our inner voices had become unreliable and self-destructive. Addiction had warped our desires, our interests, our sense of what was best for ourselves...

MIKEF · MIKEF

I repost this short focus every year to remind myself of the grace and mercy I have received(God's unmerited favor for me)and the daily work I do to remain free of active drug addiction)I reflect on my sponsor ,my sponsees and above all the God of my own understanding.The message is Hope and the promise...

Dave R · Dave R

Perhaps for the first time, we see a vision of our new life. Basic Text, p. 35In our addiction, our vision of ourselves was very limited. Each day, we went through the same routine: getting, using, and finding ways and means to get more. And thats all we could reasonably expect for the duration of our...

Dave R · Dave R

We have to keep our recovery first and our priorities in order. Basic Text, p. 82 = Before coming to NA, we used many excuses to justify our use of drugs: He yelled at me. She said this. My partner left. I got fired. We used these same excuses for not seeking help for our drug problem. We had to real...

Dave R · Dave R

"We begin to pray only for God's will for us. That way, we get only what we are capable of handling."Basic Text, p. 49=Imagine what might happen if God gave us everything we wanted. A fabulous new car, straight As, a triple salary raise--all ours without effort, just for the asking.Now imagine the pr...

Dave R · Dave R

"Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone."Basic Text, p. 85=Intimacy is the sharing of our innermost thoughts and feelings with another human being. Many of us long for the warmth and companionship intimacy brings, but those things dont come without effort. In our addictio...

Dave R · Dave R

"We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us."Basic Text, p. 58=Our program is based on the idea that the application of simple principles can produce profound effects in our lives. One such principle is that, if we ask, our Higher Power will care for us. Because this principle is so basic,...

Dave R · Dave R

"To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves."Basic Text, p. 36=Humility is a puzzling concept. We know a lot about humiliation, but humility is a new idea. It sounds suspiciously like groveling, bowing, and scraping. But thats not what humility is at all. True humilit...

Dave R · Dave R

"At times during our recovery, the decision to ask for God's help is our greatest source of strength and courage."Basic Text, p. 26=When we take the Third Step, we decide to allow a loving Higher Power to guide us and care for us in our daily lives. We make the decision to allow this guidance and care int...

Dave R · Dave R

"A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take the time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow."IP No. 8, Just for Today=Responsibility, responsibility--the responsibilities of life are everywhere. We're supposed to wear seat belts....

Dave R · Dave R

"Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us."Basic Text, pp. 46-47=As our recovery progresses, we often reflect on what brought us to Narcotics Anonymous in the first place and are able to appreciate how much the quality of our lives...

Dave R · Dave R

"We entertained the thought that staying clean was not paying off, and the old thinking stirred up self-pity, resentment, and anger."Basic Text, p. 102=There are days when some of us wallow in self-pity. It's easy to do. We may have expectations about how our lives should be in recovery, expectat...

Dave R · Dave R

"The relief of 'letting go and letting God' helps us develop a life that is worth living."Basic Text, p. 26=In our addiction, we were afraid of what might happen if we didn't control everything around us. Many of us made up elaborate lies to protect our use of drugs. Some of us manipulated everyone a...

Dave R · Dave R

"As we begin to function in society, our creative freedom helps us sort our priorities and do the basic things first."Basic Text, p. 86=No sooner do we get clean than some of us begin putting other priorities ahead of our recovery. Careers, families, relationships--all these are part of the life we...

Dave R · Dave R

"If [character defects] contributed to our health and happiness, we would not have come to such a state of desperation."Basic Text, p. 34=Getting started on the Sixth and Seventh Steps isn't always easy. We may feel as though we have so much wrong with us that we are totally defective....

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	JFT December 17 Service motives (Preview) "Everything that occurs in the course of NA service must be motivated by the desire to more successfully carry the message of recovery to the addict who still suffers."Basic Text, p. xxvi=Our motives are often a surprise to us. In our early days of recovery, they were almost always a surprise! We...	Dave R	1	479	Dec 17, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 16 Where there's smoke (Preview) "Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases."Basic Text, p. 84=Recognizing complacency in our recovery is like seeing smoke in a room. The smoke thickens when our meeting attendance drops, contact with newco...	Dave R	1	428	Dec 16, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 15 The joy of sharing (Preview) "There is a spiritual principle of giving away what we have been given in Narcotics Anonymous in order to keep it. By helping others to stay clean, we enjoy the benefit of the spiritual wealth that we have found."Basic Text, p. 49=Time and again in our recovery, others have freely shared with us what w...	Dave R	1	497	Dec 15, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 14 Addiction, drugs, and recovery (Preview) "Addiction is a physical, mental, and spiritual disease that affects every area of our lives."Basic Text, p. 20=Before we started using, most of us had a stereotype, a mental image of what addicts were supposed to look like. Some of us pictured a junkie robbing convenience markets for d...	Dave R	1	498	Dec 14, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 13 Membership (Preview) "There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using."Basic Text, p. 9=We all know people who could benefit from Narcotics Anonymous. Many people we encounter from all walks of life--our family members, old friends, and coworkers--could really use a program of recovery in the...	Dave R	1	405	Dec 13, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 12 Fear of change (Preview) "By working the steps, we come to accept a Higher Power's will.... We lose our fear of the unknown. We are set free."Basic Text, p. 16=Life is a series of changes, both large and small. Although we may know and accept this fact intellectually, chances are that our initial emotional rea...	Dave R	1	447	Dec 12, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 11 Misery is optional (Preview) No one is forcing us to give up our misery. Basic Text, p. 29 = It's funny to remember how reluctant we once were to surrender to recovery. We seemed to think we had wonderful, fulfilling lives as using addicts and that giving up our drugs would be worse than serving a life sentence at hard labor. In r...	Dave R	2	551	Dec 11, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 10 Winners (Preview) "I started to imitate some of the things the winners were doing. I got caught up in NA. I felt good..."Basic Text, p. 153=We often hear it said in meetings that we should "stick with the winners." Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Winners are easily identified. T...	Dave R	1	483	Dec 10, 2017 by Dave R
	Marijuana User (Preview) This is my first time posting here. I hope it is helpful. I'm sure it will be. I am addicted to marijuana. I use it as a catalyst to get me into the mood to drink & socialize. I haven't attended many NA meetings, mostly AA meetings because I thought alcohol was my problem. It turns out it is pot. I c...	Eschia	4	483	Dec 9, 2017 by Davethewave
	JFT December 9 Listening (Preview) This ability to listen is a gift and grows as we grow spiritually. Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift. Basic Text pg. 102 Have you ever watched two small children carry on a conversation? One will be talking about purple dragons while the other carries on about the discomfor...	Dave R	1	492	Dec 9, 2017 by Dave R
	Cunning, baffling, powerful (Preview) Can anyone tell me where to find cunning, baffling, and powerful in the basic text ?	GMuhammad	1	369	Dec 8, 2017 by Davethewave
	JFT December 8 Calling a defect a defect (Preview) "When we see how our defects exist in our lives and accept them, we can let go of them and get on with our new life."Basic Text, p. 35=Sometimes our readiness to have our character defects removed depends on what we call them. If misnaming our defects makes them seem less defective, we may be unable to se...	Dave R	1	453	Dec 8, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 7 Surviving our emotions (Preview) "We use the tools available to us and develop the ability to survive our emotions."Basic Text, p. 31="Survive my emotions?" some of us say. "You've got to be kidding!" When we were using, we never gave ourselves the chance to learn how to survive them. You don't survive your feelings, we thought-...	Dave R	1	511	Dec 7, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 6 Romance and recovery (Preview) Relationships can be a terribly painful area. Basic Text, p. 82 = Love is like an elixir for some of us. The excitement of a new lover, the intrigue of exploring intimacy, the sense of release we get from allowing ourselves to become vulnerable--these are all powerful emotions. But we cant forge...	Dave R	2	614	Dec 6, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 5 Those who want to recover (Preview) We have seen the program work for any addict who honestly and sincerely wants to stop [using drugs]. Basic Text, p. 10 = How do we know when someone honestly and sincerely wants to stop using drugs? The truth is that we don't know! Because we cannot read minds or know another's motives and desires, w...	Dave R	3	671	Dec 5, 2017 by Eschia
	JFT December 4 God's will, not ours (Preview) We know that if we pray for God's will we will receive what is best for us, regardless of what we think. Basic Text, p. 46 = By the time we came to NA, our inner voices had become unreliable and self-destructive. Addiction had warped our desires, our interests, our sense of what was best for ourselves...	Dave R	2	1241	Dec 4, 2017 by Dave R
	In God's grace and mercy ,33 years freedom from active drug addiction (Preview) I repost this short focus every year to remind myself of the grace and mercy I have received(God's unmerited favor for me)and the daily work I do to remain free of active drug addiction)I reflect on my sponsor ,my sponsees and above all the God of my own understanding.The message is Hope and the promise...	MIKEF	2	426	Dec 3, 2017 by Davethewave
	JFT December 3 Vision without limits (Preview) Perhaps for the first time, we see a vision of our new life. Basic Text, p. 35In our addiction, our vision of ourselves was very limited. Each day, we went through the same routine: getting, using, and finding ways and means to get more. And thats all we could reasonably expect for the duration of our...	Dave R	2	707	Dec 3, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 2 Recovery: our first priority (Preview) We have to keep our recovery first and our priorities in order. Basic Text, p. 82 = Before coming to NA, we used many excuses to justify our use of drugs: He yelled at me. She said this. My partner left. I got fired. We used these same excuses for not seeking help for our drug problem. We had to real...	Dave R	2	646	Dec 2, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT December 1 Life's rewards (Preview) "We begin to pray only for God's will for us. That way, we get only what we are capable of handling."Basic Text, p. 49=Imagine what might happen if God gave us everything we wanted. A fabulous new car, straight As, a triple salary raise--all ours without effort, just for the asking.Now imagine the pr...	Dave R	1	500	Dec 1, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT November 30 Sharing the real me (Preview) "Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone."Basic Text, p. 85=Intimacy is the sharing of our innermost thoughts and feelings with another human being. Many of us long for the warmth and companionship intimacy brings, but those things dont come without effort. In our addictio...	Dave R	1	515	Nov 30, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT November 29 Our higher power's care (Preview) "We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us."Basic Text, p. 58=Our program is based on the idea that the application of simple principles can produce profound effects in our lives. One such principle is that, if we ask, our Higher Power will care for us. Because this principle is so basic,...	Dave R	1	482	Nov 29, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT November 28 Being ourselves (Preview) "To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves."Basic Text, p. 36=Humility is a puzzling concept. We know a lot about humiliation, but humility is a new idea. It sounds suspiciously like groveling, bowing, and scraping. But thats not what humility is at all. True humilit...	Dave R	1	522	Nov 28, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT November 27 Seeking God's help (Preview) "At times during our recovery, the decision to ask for God's help is our greatest source of strength and courage."Basic Text, p. 26=When we take the Third Step, we decide to allow a loving Higher Power to guide us and care for us in our daily lives. We make the decision to allow this guidance and care int...	Dave R	1	520	Nov 27, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT November 26 Responsibility (Preview) "A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take the time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow."IP No. 8, Just for Today=Responsibility, responsibility--the responsibilities of life are everywhere. We're supposed to wear seat belts....	Dave R	1	495	Nov 26, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT November 25 Meditation (Preview) "Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us."Basic Text, pp. 46-47=As our recovery progresses, we often reflect on what brought us to Narcotics Anonymous in the first place and are able to appreciate how much the quality of our lives...	Dave R	1	2332	Nov 25, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT November 24 Gratefully recovering (Preview) "We entertained the thought that staying clean was not paying off, and the old thinking stirred up self-pity, resentment, and anger."Basic Text, p. 102=There are days when some of us wallow in self-pity. It's easy to do. We may have expectations about how our lives should be in recovery, expectat...	Dave R	1	517	Nov 24, 2017 by Dave R
	November 23 God's will (Preview) "The relief of 'letting go and letting God' helps us develop a life that is worth living."Basic Text, p. 26=In our addiction, we were afraid of what might happen if we didn't control everything around us. Many of us made up elaborate lies to protect our use of drugs. Some of us manipulated everyone a...	Dave R	1	483	Nov 23, 2017 by Dave R
	JFt November 22 Foundation first (Preview) "As we begin to function in society, our creative freedom helps us sort our priorities and do the basic things first."Basic Text, p. 86=No sooner do we get clean than some of us begin putting other priorities ahead of our recovery. Careers, families, relationships--all these are part of the life we...	Dave R	1	493	Nov 22, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT November 21 Letting our defects go (Preview) "If [character defects] contributed to our health and happiness, we would not have come to such a state of desperation."Basic Text, p. 34=Getting started on the Sixth and Seventh Steps isn't always easy. We may feel as though we have so much wrong with us that we are totally defective....	Dave R	2	695	Nov 21, 2017 by Davethewave
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