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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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been a while...
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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...
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I can't keep what I have without giving it away!
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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...
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That Hopeless Feeling
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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...
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Can't share this crap with anyone!!!
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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." ...
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I'm new here...
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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...
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New Here, New to the Program...
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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...
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