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Brett thomas · Brett thomas

I miss wilmington and the people there. No contact with them since greg died, I haven't been the same either, depression hastaken over and I have pretty much given up, I went and drank, did a little crack, and smoked some weed, but that didn't help either, so I haven't done nothing in god knows how long n...

trueakitalover · trueakitalover

Hi shannon addict, I am sorry I know you guys are sick of hearing about my Pastor and his retirement well today was the day. Last sermon was really a great one of the best he has done. He stood up on the pulpit in Authentic Lutheransim way and said: I am your Pastor, and I am human and if I have caused anyone...

Just2Day · Just2Day

I know that I am still very new to this all and maybe that is my problem but, I go through these ups and downs that are really hard to handle. One minute I am excited and ready to live clean and sober and the next minute I feel like it is a hopeless battle field and I am leading the losing side. Is this normal? If i...

needanswers · needanswers

I just can't bring my self to share this dark hidden sexual crap with another person. I know it is hindering my growth, spritual relationship with Higher Power etc. Why is this so difficult. Would rather crawl under a rock then take chance of rejection..."That's some sick shit dude." ...

eternalwaste · eternalwaste

Hey everyone. I'm new here, and not sure what to write. But, I am dying to talk to people with the same problems as me, well, my boyfriend has the same problems, but I need to talk to somebody who can help me get through this disease I have. It all started like this.. I grew up with a normal family, was never ab...

Just2Day · Just2Day

I am a new NA member trying to get a feel for things. I am really enjoying the meetings and support that comes along with it. However, I am having a really difficult time with sobriety. I am 19 years old and I have been using for 5 years. The only life that I know is drugs, heroin in particular. I have 6 days cl...

BigV · BigV

"We eventually have to stand on our own feet and face life on its own terms, so why not from the start." Basic Text p.85 Some of us feel that we should protect newcomers by telling them that, while everything used to be horrible, now we're in recovery it's all wonderful. We feel that we might...

Tahir · Tahir

I'm grateful to have gotten a lot of inspiration, strength and hope from reading the recent posts here by many of you. It's great stuff, just what I need, as if my Higher Power has chosen to speak to me through MIP, as it has so often happened in my recovery for a long time now. Thank you so much for sharing an...

steveo · steveo

Hi there, My name is Steve. I've been recovering for four years now on my own. I had a bad addiction to meth. My solution was to pick up and move hundreds of miles from my home town. I wound up volunterring my time. This all worked out good for me. The problem I'm haveing now and could use some advice on is this...

Manon · Manon

well my morning will start @ 8 am with housing authority then to a renal scan then to the specialist about this blockage I am really worried to find everything out I seem to be being hit by a double whammy but I am still trucking on or trying my best without falling apart. I will post an update as I return from...

Raman · Raman

What a day that was,,, drove 100 miles to a PI meeting. Then took a walk on the coast. In the meanwhile i was getting bad vibes form the newer member from UK and an NA who was a refugee. They didnt want to walk,, so instead of going with the so called majority off i went for a 3 mile walk. Glad I did,,glad I decide...

dan h · dan h

Hi Family, I'm Dan, an addict in recovery. Been a while since I posted so I wanted to check in. I was thinking about all those "lost week-ends" today as mine winds down. (I work Saturday thru Wednesday, off Thurs and Fri) I came back to work tonight (3rd shift) and I'm pretty tired but I have a n...

ItsAllGolden · ItsAllGolden

I am not looking for pity, nor am I sitting around boo-hoo'ing (at the moment)...I just need to go off on a blind rant. I'm really sick and tired at the moment of all this shit that life has been throwing at me. I moved to Georgia filled with a hope that I have not had since very early on in recovery. A hope of a b...

nialluth · nialluth

Well it started when i was about 8 years old i started smoking and drinking and never really stopped and by the time i was 13 i was locked up in a juvenile justice centre for people under 16 because of my durg and alcohol use i would steal to buy drugs and alcohol and i would burgle houses and even started to mu...

razzberry · razzberry

Anyone out there know the pain of a mother whose son has lost his way to drugs and alcohol? My son has been through the ip/op process, residential treatment, halfway house, meetings and more meetings. All by age 22. Now "he's on his own" - living with another addict in recovery but who has...

ItsAllGolden · ItsAllGolden

I have a beautiful friend that always says her Higher Power is the God of her Misunderstanding...mostly due to the fact that she's always tried to figure out the whole God concept, something concrete and understandable, and was always left empty-handed since there's so much that remains a mystery i...

Raman · Raman

Hi Dean,Vin,Tahir,Dan,Anrthony,Blithe and all you lovely folks. I really am seeing a difference here in meetings from the way we do it in India and presumably in US. Here they refer to each other freely in sharings. An example when X is sharing he /she amy well say "You said in your sharing tha etc...

justtina · justtina

just checking in to say hi while i have access to computer! 12 days clean by the way...had good treatment/therapy in the great white north eh? lotsa love too..amazing what being off those damn pills can do in a short while! hard work but good things already happening! found out what i realized all along...

galeon · galeon

today i am so grateful for the love and honesty of my circle of trusted friends in recovery, when my addict takes over and i isolate or whatever they call or i call them and the gift of recovery is magic when one addict talks to another sharing experiance strength and hope, god bless u all and i will take ano...

justtina · justtina

first time posting...opiate addict in 1st week of sobriety for over 8 yrs...just had the biggest scare of my life as almost lost professional licensure...did lose job though as an end result of long term addiction and all the lying bullshit that goes with it...3rd one in less than 2 years becuz of add...

TALKING · TALKING

i need an old mate to help with benzos,dex,morph etc!!! please help

Dave m · Dave m

I am an addict my name is dave m. i could kick my self in the head. Why can't I get it right?? I just don't know what to do?? I am not lying to myself but I am to ....... I fea lthe helplessness. I am afraid. What do I do now??

robyngirl · robyngirl

December 1st a friend of mine took a bottle of narcotics and a bottle of sleeping pills. He is still alive and is doing well. Last night his sponsor announced that this same person who tried to commit suicide, is celebrating his first year clean on January 18. Did this person relapse? Should he be pic...

BigV · BigV

WOMEN lol Ok those of you with wives or girlfriends know how DIFFICULT they can be, hey them girls were born on venus thats a lot further out there in space then Mars AHHHHHH HAHAHHAH So anyhow how much spirituality do you have to practice on a daily basis with them to keep life peaceful in the house? and w...

Tahir · Tahir

"Traditions characterize a spiritually fit group of recovering addicts who find recovery in Narcotics Anonymous. When Traditions are violated, we have learned that fear has in some way gained a foothold. These fears justify wrongdoings. The only other possibility is simple ignorance. Vi...

ANJ · ANJ

Hey guys, addict named jay. Got a chance to share tonight about surrender. It got me thinkin about that faitful night when I made the desicion to use after 8 years clean. I stuggled for 10 years just to get to the start of that 8. I was a broken shell of a humanbeing when I finialy surrendered to this progra...

BillyB · BillyB

Hello to you all. I have recently found this forum as i know i have to change the pattern in my life. I am 30 years old and currently living in Wiltshire. I am originally from London and after several years of drug misuse ( weed, coke, E , MDMA) i feel i have to change and having read some of the posts on here, i f...

ryrym · ryrym

www.intherooms.com

NeedsHumility · NeedsHumility

Newcomer to this message board here. I relapsed last year after 8 years and currently have about 22 hours clean and sober. I know it sounds stupid, but in all honesty I'm not even sure if I want to stop. But I am 100% sure that I want my life to stop spiraling downward. When I chose to pick up I was in an INSANE r...

keri-lee · keri-lee

You are not a victim. How deeply ingrained our self-image as a victim can be! How habitual our feelings of misery and helplessness! Victimization can be like a gray cloak that surrounds us, both attracting that which will victimize us and causing us to generate the feelings of victimization. Victim...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	been a while... (Preview) I miss wilmington and the people there. No contact with them since greg died, I haven't been the same either, depression hastaken over and I have pretty much given up, I went and drank, did a little crack, and smoked some weed, but that didn't help either, so I haven't done nothing in god knows how long n...	Brett thomas	10	522	Nov 17, 2008 by Manon
	I can't keep what I have without giving it away! (Preview) Hi shannon addict, I am sorry I know you guys are sick of hearing about my Pastor and his retirement well today was the day. Last sermon was really a great one of the best he has done. He stood up on the pulpit in Authentic Lutheransim way and said: I am your Pastor, and I am human and if I have caused anyone...	trueakitalover	5	641	Nov 16, 2008 by trueakitalover
	That Hopeless Feeling (Preview) I know that I am still very new to this all and maybe that is my problem but, I go through these ups and downs that are really hard to handle. One minute I am excited and ready to live clean and sober and the next minute I feel like it is a hopeless battle field and I am leading the losing side. Is this normal? If i...	Just2Day	8	509	Nov 16, 2008 by Raman
	Can't share this crap with anyone!!! (Preview) I just can't bring my self to share this dark hidden sexual crap with another person. I know it is hindering my growth, spritual relationship with Higher Power etc. Why is this so difficult. Would rather crawl under a rock then take chance of rejection..."That's some sick shit dude." ...	needanswers	29	839	Nov 16, 2008 by amyj
	I'm new here... (Preview) Hey everyone. I'm new here, and not sure what to write. But, I am dying to talk to people with the same problems as me, well, my boyfriend has the same problems, but I need to talk to somebody who can help me get through this disease I have. It all started like this.. I grew up with a normal family, was never ab...	eternalwaste	11	1037	Nov 16, 2008 by dan h
	New Here, New to the Program... (Preview) I am a new NA member trying to get a feel for things. I am really enjoying the meetings and support that comes along with it. However, I am having a really difficult time with sobriety. I am 19 years old and I have been using for 5 years. The only life that I know is drugs, heroin in particular. I have 6 days cl...	Just2Day	14	562	Nov 15, 2008 by trueakitalover
	No matter what (Preview) "We eventually have to stand on our own feet and face life on its own terms, so why not from the start." Basic Text p.85 Some of us feel that we should protect newcomers by telling them that, while everything used to be horrible, now we're in recovery it's all wonderful. We feel that we might...	BigV	4	504	Nov 14, 2008 by Just2Day
	Gratitude List Just For Today... (Preview) I'm grateful to have gotten a lot of inspiration, strength and hope from reading the recent posts here by many of you. It's great stuff, just what I need, as if my Higher Power has chosen to speak to me through MIP, as it has so often happened in my recovery for a long time now. Thank you so much for sharing an...	Tahir	4	1238	Nov 14, 2008 by Nov1969
	New guy (Preview) Hi there, My name is Steve. I've been recovering for four years now on my own. I had a bad addiction to meth. My solution was to pick up and move hundreds of miles from my home town. I wound up volunterring my time. This all worked out good for me. The problem I'm haveing now and could use some advice on is this...	steveo	9	504	Nov 13, 2008 by steveo
	SCARED (Preview) well my morning will start @ 8 am with housing authority then to a renal scan then to the specialist about this blockage I am really worried to find everything out I seem to be being hit by a double whammy but I am still trucking on or trying my best without falling apart. I will post an update as I return from...	Manon	8	644	Nov 13, 2008 by Manon
	Touch base with nature,,, (Preview) What a day that was,,, drove 100 miles to a PI meeting. Then took a walk on the coast. In the meanwhile i was getting bad vibes form the newer member from UK and an NA who was a refugee. They didnt want to walk,, so instead of going with the so called majority off i went for a 3 mile walk. Glad I did,,glad I decide...	Raman	2	592	Nov 11, 2008 by Raman
	A Busy Life (Preview) Hi Family, I'm Dan, an addict in recovery. Been a while since I posted so I wanted to check in. I was thinking about all those "lost week-ends" today as mine winds down. (I work Saturday thru Wednesday, off Thurs and Fri) I came back to work tonight (3rd shift) and I'm pretty tired but I have a n...	dan h	3	418	Nov 11, 2008 by ANJ
	I need a tangent... (Preview) I am not looking for pity, nor am I sitting around boo-hoo'ing (at the moment)...I just need to go off on a blind rant. I'm really sick and tired at the moment of all this shit that life has been throwing at me. I moved to Georgia filled with a hope that I have not had since very early on in recovery. A hope of a b...	ItsAllGolden	11	478	Nov 11, 2008 by Tahir
	Here is my story. (Preview) Well it started when i was about 8 years old i started smoking and drinking and never really stopped and by the time i was 13 i was locked up in a juvenile justice centre for people under 16 because of my durg and alcohol use i would steal to buy drugs and alcohol and i would burgle houses and even started to mu...	nialluth	10	418	Nov 11, 2008 by ryrym
	New to the board, not so new to to heartache of a mother (Preview) Anyone out there know the pain of a mother whose son has lost his way to drugs and alcohol? My son has been through the ip/op process, residential treatment, halfway house, meetings and more meetings. All by age 22. Now "he's on his own" - living with another addict in recovery but who has...	razzberry	8	534	Nov 10, 2008 by ItsAllGolden
	God of My Mis-Understanding (Preview) I have a beautiful friend that always says her Higher Power is the God of her Misunderstanding...mostly due to the fact that she's always tried to figure out the whole God concept, something concrete and understandable, and was always left empty-handed since there's so much that remains a mystery i...	ItsAllGolden	4	481	Nov 10, 2008 by BigV
	Meetings here in UK !! (Preview) Hi Dean,Vin,Tahir,Dan,Anrthony,Blithe and all you lovely folks. I really am seeing a difference here in meetings from the way we do it in India and presumably in US. Here they refer to each other freely in sharings. An example when X is sharing he /she amy well say "You said in your sharing tha etc...	Raman	16	641	Nov 10, 2008 by Raman
	higher power...checking in..... (Preview) just checking in to say hi while i have access to computer! 12 days clean by the way...had good treatment/therapy in the great white north eh? lotsa love too..amazing what being off those damn pills can do in a short while! hard work but good things already happening! found out what i realized all along...	justtina	3	387	Nov 10, 2008 by Tahir
	recovery and relapse (Preview) today i am so grateful for the love and honesty of my circle of trusted friends in recovery, when my addict takes over and i isolate or whatever they call or i call them and the gift of recovery is magic when one addict talks to another sharing experiance strength and hope, god bless u all and i will take ano...	galeon	3	381	Nov 8, 2008 by Tahir
	finally got the balls to talk (Preview) first time posting...opiate addict in 1st week of sobriety for over 8 yrs...just had the biggest scare of my life as almost lost professional licensure...did lose job though as an end result of long term addiction and all the lying bullshit that goes with it...3rd one in less than 2 years becuz of add...	justtina	6	513	Nov 7, 2008 by ItsAllGolden
	benzos,dex,morph hints help!!!!!! juggle (Preview) i need an old mate to help with benzos,dex,morph etc!!! please help	TALKING	2	623	Nov 7, 2008 by BigV
	Lost (Preview) I am an addict my name is dave m. i could kick my self in the head. Why can't I get it right?? I just don't know what to do?? I am not lying to myself but I am to ....... I fea lthe helplessness. I am afraid. What do I do now??	Dave m	5	398	Nov 5, 2008 by Tahir
	do you consider a suicide attempt with narcotics a relapse? Relapse white chip (Preview) December 1st a friend of mine took a bottle of narcotics and a bottle of sleeping pills. He is still alive and is doing well. Last night his sponsor announced that this same person who tried to commit suicide, is celebrating his first year clean on January 18. Did this person relapse? Should he be pic...	robyngirl	22	6744	Nov 4, 2008 by needanswers
	Us guys should probably have our own forum to talk about (Preview) WOMEN lol Ok those of you with wives or girlfriends know how DIFFICULT they can be, hey them girls were born on venus thats a lot further out there in space then Mars AHHHHHH HAHAHHAH So anyhow how much spirituality do you have to practice on a daily basis with them to keep life peaceful in the house? and w...	BigV	14	828	Nov 3, 2008 by Tahir
	Literature Writings of our Fellowship... (Preview) "Traditions characterize a spiritually fit group of recovering addicts who find recovery in Narcotics Anonymous. When Traditions are violated, we have learned that fear has in some way gained a foothold. These fears justify wrongdoings. The only other possibility is simple ignorance. Vi...	Tahir	4	396	Nov 2, 2008 by Tahir
	Relapse after time (Preview) Hey guys, addict named jay. Got a chance to share tonight about surrender. It got me thinkin about that faitful night when I made the desicion to use after 8 years clean. I stuggled for 10 years just to get to the start of that 8. I was a broken shell of a humanbeing when I finialy surrendered to this progra...	ANJ	5	568	Nov 2, 2008 by Tahir
	New Boy (Preview) Hello to you all. I have recently found this forum as i know i have to change the pattern in my life. I am 30 years old and currently living in Wiltshire. I am originally from London and after several years of drug misuse ( weed, coke, E , MDMA) i feel i have to change and having read some of the posts on here, i f...	BillyB	6	424	Nov 2, 2008 by Tahir
	its like myspace for recovery (Preview) www.intherooms.com	ryrym	5	554	Nov 2, 2008 by Tahir
	Newcomer? relapse (Preview) Newcomer to this message board here. I relapsed last year after 8 years and currently have about 22 hours clean and sober. I know it sounds stupid, but in all honesty I'm not even sure if I want to stop. But I am 100% sure that I want my life to stop spiraling downward. When I chose to pick up I was in an INSANE r...	NeedsHumility	2	4339	Nov 1, 2008 by DeanC
	you think your a victim (Preview) You are not a victim. How deeply ingrained our self-image as a victim can be! How habitual our feelings of misery and helplessness! Victimization can be like a gray cloak that surrounds us, both attracting that which will victimize us and causing us to generate the feelings of victimization. Victim...	keri-lee	6	558	Oct 31, 2008 by spookyone
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