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my son
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Hi -- I have never been involved with this before, but I wasn't sure who to turn to or what I should do. My 24-year-old son is living with my husband and I since graduating from college. He has a great job and is trying to save money to buy his own place. In the last few months we have noticed a change in him...
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Seeking some perspective
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Hello, I am searching for some insight and perspective, and not knowing who I could talk to about this, I've come here. I would deeply appreciate any thoughts and advice on my situation you might have. I have been in a relationship with a wonderful man I care about deeply for 7 months. He has been sober fo...
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Prayers needed
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This may sound kind of silly but I just had to admit my dog to the vet for emergency surgery due to a blockage in his intestine from some christmas paper he decided to eat. Im kind of a mess today and could use some extra prayers for him so that everything turns out okay. Talk about a trigger and wanting to us...
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Thanksgiving Gratitude list
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Hi guys n gals 1 Im grateful im clean today 2 Im grateful this thanksgiving finds myself and my family relatively healthy 3 Im grateful I can drive to meetings 4 When i get there Im greatful I can walk in 5 Im greateful for this fellowship 6 Im greatful for MIP. without your E S and H I doubt I would ha...
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judgment
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I hope all that are reading this realize if we are pointing fingers realize how many of those fingers are pointing at you. I might not have the "ideal" life but it is mine to live and for My God to judge not any human should cast judgment on each other. I have realized by judging ppl we could be shu...
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Depression in early recovery
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We show up to a meeting, beaten up broken down and spiritually DEAD! Some how, some way, god speaks through someone in that meeting and we hear just what we needed to hear to get us to the next meeting. Some are fortunate enough to get this right away. Others are not so lucky. For some of us it takes years of...
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a week clean
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yea I made the decision to finally take the first step I have been in relapse since Febuary but still posted because NA is all I have ever know for the past 20 years my life has been disrupted by me smoking pot and I don't do drama so I am not suprised at the repercussions of my actions I lost visitations of my s...
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JUST FOR TODAY
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December 05, 2008 Those who want to recover Page 355 "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! Beca...
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Trouble
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Trouble Oh trouble set me free I have seen your face And it's too much too much for me Trouble Oh trouble can't you see You're eating my heart away And there's nothing much left of me I've drunk your wine You have made your world mine So won't you...
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New and scared
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Hi, I am new to this forumn - I am a 37 year old opiate addict...have been on htem for years. This is day one for me, with no pills. It is scary, and my head is pounding, but I want this - I can't live my life addicted any longer, keeping it secret from my family, my husband, my child. I want to live, to be aroun...
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There I go to see myself in another suffering addict.
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I took my dad to work ok. He asked for me to get gas in his car okay. this is at 4:00am. I get to the gas station at 4:30am ok. I go and pay for the gas. I start pumping ok this guy out of no where comes up to me and he says hi my name is blah blah and I am homeless, hiv+ and so is my girl we are really really hungry c...
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Moment of Grace
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Hey guys, just wanted to share a little something that happened to me this morning. Like every week day I took my girls to school. I always walk them in because its something I like to do. As I was walking out the long covered walk way, a young girl (about 6 or 7 years old) was aproaching me. For some rea...
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Need a Sponsor
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Hello I am new to this site. I need to find a sponsor and have no idea how to go about doing this? Could someone help. Thanks Kelly
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faith with out works is dead !!!!!!!!!!!
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hi i am new to this site! and have been checking out the other posts and think this site is great!!!! and really need to drop some stuff of my shoulders.... so if anyone can relate or id
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!!!!!!!!! i am at this moment in time allmost 6 years clean im 37 years old i have been through s...
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A chilling reminder
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Florida teen commits suicide in front of webcam http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081121/D94JIDEG2.html
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Alaska was born!
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On Nov. 8th i gave birth to a blessing, Alaska was born weighing 9.1 lbs and 22in long. I have this blesssing and opportunity in my life thanks to the program and the love and support that comes from each and every one of you. This is not w/o trial, I needed to leave the home that I was in in order to keep phys...
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Thank you Narcotics Anonymous
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thanks NA soooo soooo much for giving me HOPe.....STRENGTH.......FREEDOM FROM ACTIVE ADDICTION.....AND most of all.....MIRACLES.....each and everyday....ONE DAY AT A TIME!!! GOD BLESS EVERYONE WHO READS THIS!!!!!
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today was a good day
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I started my day like usual get my son up and off to school then meditated or prayed for an other day clean and serene and i noticed that i have been getting more good than bad lately things are getting better i have a few health issues i have to deal with but that is a small thing compared to the fact that i have...
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MEDS , MEDS , MEDS
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.Im getting really frustrated , Ive gotta vent because if i blow my top in a f2f it wont be pretty. I understand meds for heart conditions. Meds for blood pressure , Meds that keep epilepsy under control. And that whole genre of meds to keep us healthy and in some cases alive. But I'm running into more an...
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Alcohol in foods
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Hi my name is Harry and I'm an addict. Yesterday I visited a classmate (I'm doing apprenticeship at the moment). She invited me for dinner and a walk with her dogs. (sausage dogs) And because I'm new in the town, where I pass the apprenticeship and i also like dogs a lot I've been very happy about the in...
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where do you draw the line???
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okay it is probaly safe to say I came from a very malfunctioned dysfunctional f'd up family I would share my story but that is not the poijnt of this post. Point bieng if your life becomes unmanagable in other areas of our lives that is just how that goes but when you figure out that the family that raised yo...
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replacing one addiction for another now.
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Hello all I am shannon and an addict, I have found myself replacing the dope now with a gamesite I belong to online. I don't think of it as gambling but my sponsor does. she told me to go to a gamblers anonymous meetings now. I won't go to any na meetings anymore I have been using the computer to deal with...
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A day of rememberance and embracing the pain without sabotaging myself and my recovery.
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Hello all I am Shannon and an addict, Yesterday I went to Church and as I walked into the sanctuary all I saw were white carnations all over the place. I looked at the board and realized it was All Saints Sunday. I took my spot as usual all the way in the back in the pew. I sat there and I started to feel some f...
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New and fairly lost...
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Hi.... I just discovered this forum, so I thought it would be a good place to start. Start, that is, since I'm on day 2 of being clean after being on opiates for about 4 years. I've lost so much...thousands and thousands of dollars, my self-esteem, my trust with my husband. (He had no idea) Yesterday I...
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Quiet but not missing
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I have been "absent" from the board for awhile. I have been here I have just been lurking. I am now 90 days clean, and for now I still have no desire to use again. I have been challenged over the past month. Whenever I am challenged, my energy goes inward, and I become quiet. A little background a...
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" NA FOR QUITERS......Hmmmm I geuss it is........"
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I dropped my husband off at work this morning at 4:30 am He is a fleet manager for a major super market chain. He sends all the trucks out and he works mad hours like 14 hours and then he comes home and works on his MASTERS degree for addiction and he makes his meetings too. I stopped at our local gas statio...
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I was thinking this morning ( UH OH TROUBLE )
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Naw no trouble here today only gratitude. I woke this morning from a strange dream not going into details but it was weird LOL but I also had some thoughts mostly gratitude I thought about where my life had been going just a few years back and where I could be today if something hadn't changed. Next though...
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Charles Schultz (Peanuts) Philosophy
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The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read the e-mail straight through, and you'll get the point. 1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2. Name the last five Heisman tr...
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ALL I HAVE FOR ANYONE TODAY IS THIS, THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED TOO ( have a nice day )
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November 17, 2008 Walking through the pain Page 335 "We never have to use again, no matter how we feel. All feelings will eventually pass." Basic Text p. 79 It hurts like never before. You get out of bed after a sleepless night, talk to God, and still don't feel any better. "It will...
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Just an update
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Hey, sorry i don't post much, i don't really have internet consistantly, im "borrowing" it from my neighbors wireless router right now.. so much for a program of honesty lol, well i moved outta the sober living home i was at for the last 8 months, got my own place now, about to get my CNA (Certi...
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