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higher power...checking in.....
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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...
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recovery and relapse
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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...
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finally got the balls to talk
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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...
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benzos,dex,morph hints help!!!!!!
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i need an old mate to help with benzos,dex,morph etc!!! please help
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Lost
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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??
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do you consider a suicide attempt with narcotics a relapse?
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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...
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Us guys should probably have our own forum to talk about
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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...
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Literature Writings of our Fellowship...
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"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...
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Relapse after time
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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...
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New Boy
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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...
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its like myspace for recovery
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ryrym
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Newcomer?
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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...
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you think your a victim
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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...
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finally got the straight answer
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went and got this test at the dr today now they seem to have finally figured what is wrong with me my cartoid arteries a plugged up 1 is at 90% the other is at 85% so they are going to roter rooter it out in a couple of weeks and i should be fine i hate how they have to make you jump through all these hoops though i...
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rocky
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sick and tired of being sick
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well it has taken a week of being sick but I have finally started losing weight again I had stayed around 160 for 2 months and now the weight is coming off again hopefully when I recover I will still keep losing the docs want me @ 136 pounds. So I am not very far from my goal I will be hearing from my surgeon 2mo...
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New to Group
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Hi All, I'm new here and this is my first post. I'm an opiate addict and I want, need, desire to stop using. I need help. Thanks, Raven
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What can you say when a love affair is over !!!
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Left a 60000 dollar a year career back home,, left my daughter, mom, fine house two cars and two dogs,, left a whole network of work and leisure contacts, left a load of professional contacts and associates, left a warm country, warm sun and a warm circle of fellows,, just so I can be with lady that shaer...
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this is a update on jayson cole
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I'm sorry that I haven't been at the meetings lately!!! I have been in the hospital a month now had another stroke and having problems breathing alot. But so far cancer free. i will be back at the meetings soon. My son is now in school and is reading he's grown-up so fast. I have been clean 15 months now. but...
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ready to come back
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I had a few short releapses. Then I dranked a beer with dinner. The demon did not come out like yall said it would. I was like "shit, I am not an addict" Then the downward spiral began. The wife and I communicate more over a bottle of wine that we do in a month. I found out my dad is in stage 4 cancer a...
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I'm being sucked in by the undertow.....
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Hi. I am new here. I am struggling with my 15 year old son's drug and alcohol use. He was busted in April by the police for being out past cerfew and drinking. He went to court and all that super fun stuff. (total sarcasm) I accidentally stumbled upon information last Monday that he is using drugs. ...
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THANKS TO MY SPONSOR...AND HIGHER POWER...I GOT IT
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For those of you wondering I am due any day now. I am excited for Alaskas arrival, she is an Angel, after nine months I am ready. The first Saturday of every month my husband and I are picked up by my sponsor and given a ride to a speaker meeting. On the way home from the meeting I was talking to my sponsor a...
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Just For Today
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Tell yourself:
JUST FOR TODAY my thoughts will be on my recovery, living and enjoying life without the use of Drugs.
JUST FOR TODAY I will have faith in someone in Narcotics Anonymous who believes in me and wants to help me to recovery.
JUST FOR TODAY I will have a program. I will try to follow it to t...
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4th editon basic text and some history.
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Where is the spell check?? smiles..
In 1986 the WSO asked the fellowship if they could correct bad punctuation and fix some poorly written sentences in the 3rd edition revised. Done through the proper channels (CAR) this was approved and WSO hired some professionals to fix the text. When it was put...
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maybe a low awareness of site?
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any time i go on to the chat room there is noone there! is it always like that or am i just unlucky with the times i choose to go online??!!
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Depression in recovery
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While I admit I am not the greatest in recovery I am certainly not the worst example. I don't like doing these posts, but sometimes to get some insight one has to do what isn't always easy.
I am writing this post because I am suffering the most severe depression I have ever encountered sober. Yes...
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I'm an Addict Trying to Recover
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I would like to here how others work and apply the steps into their daily reprieve..... How about the traditions? How do we work them into our daily adventures? Please help....thanking each and everyone of you in advance!
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How aout a slightly anonymous picture of yourself
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Heres mine, I was out fishing DUH  yes i'm a weight lifter, it's one of my hobbies fishing is another .
So we can get to know you better ( now where have i heard that before )
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Coke
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Hi, I'm new and have been thinking about attending NA but think this is better for me as I can remain anonymous. I've been using coke for almost a year everyday, all day. I do it at work, in the car, while I'm at the store, etc.......I won't leave the house without enough to last me for the day....
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Jenna
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Went to NA birthday meeting tonight
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4 guys 30 years of recovery. A lady spoke after the Bday people shared she had 31 years by herself of recovery and is a traveling speaker, 15,000 miles traveling last year to speaker meetings and conventions she even went to Japan top speak 2 people understood engilsh in the meeting LOL They had a transl...
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Checking in
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Hi everyone,
It's been a while since I've done a check-in. Then my account was deleted?!? So I wasn't even posting or reading here too much. (Thanks, V, for helping with that.)
Nonetheless, life goes on, as you all know.
My husband recently celebrated 21 years clean. I was able to pass along my 21...
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