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Codependent · Codependent

Do you have to give up all the friends you have used with in order to get clean? I have a small group that I think really care about me but that struggle with addiction as well. I am struggling with if I can want sobriety more than I want their companionship...

Bill G · Bill G

I not a stranger to NA. I been in and out of NA since 3/94. The first attempt at recovery I stayed clean 1 day shy of three years. Since then I've haven't been able to put together any real substantial amount of time. Everytime I went out the relapse got progressively worst. This time however I'm at...

DeanC · DeanC

Grateful for a life filled with many blessings year after year, too many to count. I'd have been dead a long time ago if not for the intervention of a higher power. I owe all that I have to HP and the people in these 12 step programs. Thanks to all of you. Dean

Codependent · Codependent

I am a "binge" addict who is just now recognizing how my using effects my life. I am scared of never being able to do different and feeling terrible about myself as a person and a Christian. I picture future weekends and my friends and wonder how I will ever do different...then feel bad abou...

BigV · BigV

And this is why i read these or try to each day, I NEED to be reminded, I need a little shoulder shake once in awhile because i get complacent and lazy in my recovery, heres the thought for today ; "If, after a period of time, we find ourselves in trouble with our recovery, we have probably stopped doin...

BigV · BigV

I just smashed the bottom side of my truck today prospecting and it cost me over $500 to get a tow truck to come way back there and pull me out it was F'd up what I did to put it mildly, they charged me $175 per hour and it was 3 hours total but I had no choice I would have had to leave my truck full of gear and my dre...

buff87 · buff87

Hi i'm Bethany/Addict! I've been clean for 18 months! I've acomplished so much in those 18 months that i should be proud of but i have one fear. When i go to meetings i freeze up. I pass without sharing, my mind is full of thoughts but i'm afraid they will sound stupid comming out. I go to this awesome...

Raman · Raman

The guy who lives music !! My name is Raman and I am an addict, I came into NA as a coincidence,which being me reading the "Basic Text" while I was in a treatment center.I had a long run with all sort of drugs and was really sick and tired of it all.I had many good times with drugs but...

oxysurvivor2 · oxysurvivor2

Day 40 and I know recovery is new. But today was HARD. Got out of rehab and now my whole life is in transition. I'm still fighting my body to regain my energy, I'm back working full time, I've got kids (my oldest leaves for college next week), I've got money problems (I know...who doesn't) so I have to sell...

Raman · Raman

I drove down 200 miles to a coastal town for their 1 ywar anniversary of NA. Im glad I went,, I was there last year too. This year there were 5 members and last year there was only one. There were also five of us from out of town. The look of joy on one mothers face as her son shared about his recovery was g...

spidermama · spidermama

Yesterday, my fiancee admitted that he had an addiction to Percocet. He has been swallowing and snorting 10+ pills per day. This information came to light because I was planning on leaving him. He has been emotionally and verbally abusive. He has a snap temper. I gave birth five months ago to our beaut...

Manon · Manon

Ia m in recovery as well as having a mental illness I often find myself backed into a corner not knowing what to say anymore my depression has taken hold and it hurts my heart to realize where Iam in my life I feel like Ishould be doing more but I do what I can by sharing how I feel to hopefully save an addict ab...

mrwinkie · mrwinkie

just want to keep you guys up to speed, when i woke today i had 60 days clean, 61 days ago i felt doomed to a life of using . i thought after 37 years of use there was no point in quitting now. when my third child in a row got busted for dope, FINALLY my HP decided to let me have a bottom. i threw out my stuff. my first...

south249 · south249

I am so happy I found your group. I just got out of rehab on tuesday. I was in a wonderful place, I was abusing prescribtion pain meds, Vicodin and percocet. I am currently clean for 24 days. While I was in treatment I gained alot of weight. Well I got some adipex-p from the doctor to help me lose weight. My qu...

kinkiebelladonna08 · kinkiebelladonna08

With it being the 4th of July and all there is alot of people out still actively suffering and today is a very big "party" day. I received this letter at an NA meeting the day before I planned to kill myself. When this letter was handed out it hit home, the light bulb came on, whistles blew thee...

gillyboy · gillyboy

Anyone interested in a meeting at three a.m. kelowna b.c. please reply asap

mamalanersof2 · mamalanersof2

Hey gang! Had another let down of a meeting tonight. Was glad to be there b/c there were some new people who needed guidance but I got there a bit late and there wasn't a chairperson present so even when I tried to redirect the meeting and get it on the right track...it went down the tubes. It gets old. We...

Raman · Raman

So says a line from the I.P. Am I an addict ? ''WE CAN NO LONGER BLAME PEOPLE PLACES AND THINGS FOR OUR ADDICTION, WE HAVE TO FACE OUR FEELINGS AND OUR PROBLEMS" How liberating form emotional pain and insanity that is,,,, We were searching for an answer when we reached out and found Narcotics Anonym...

Raman · Raman

Hello ,, my name is Raman and I am an addict,,, The TEXT says that we recovering addicts are most vauleable in being ourselves. Here are a few thoughts i read today I want to share with yall= Be Yourself Be strong enough to face the world each day. Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything. Be generous...

lovdogs20 · lovdogs20

Good morning everyone I found this sight by doing a google search, to one of my other online groups . Thought I would come check you all out. Looks good and I fit in. My name is Pam and I am a addict. I was reading about someone looking for the sayings to the key tags so I did a google on that too and this is what I...

mjrnyc · mjrnyc

My boyfriend has been abusing pain killers. The things he has done while using are heartbreaking to me. I have kicked him out a few times, but always let himback in after he promises that the drug abuse is over. He just left for a detox/rehab today. Are there any groups that family or loved can go to?

tip · tip

Hi I am new to this whole thing. Not to being an addict. I have had a problem for 25 yrs. My family just called me on 3 yrs. ago. I never in a millon yrs did I think that it would be this hard to get off them. I love pain pills. I have been to rehab 2 times. I get all the 12 steps ect, but I am human. My husband is one to be...

Manda22 · Manda22

It's kinda funny I've been on a methadone program for a little over 2 yrs. The first year everytime the asked fpr a urine test i knew it would atleast test positive for 1 substance if not more. For ever 3 months you have clean urines (1 a month) you earn a take home. So u could say i wasn't very interested or ex...

Raman · Raman

Hi all,,Raman an addict This last weeks been good all round. There were few angry incidents,,,so,,,I realize,,, most of all I have to stop being involved in other people instabilities and insanity. I believe I have to rely more on my Free mind and let go of the me mind.. thats the differenace tween reco...

BigV · BigV

God In Each Other "One aspect of our spiritual awakening comes through the new understanding of our Higher Power that we develop by sharing another addict's recovery." Basic Text, page 51 We've heard it said that we often see God most clearly in one another. We see the truth of this when we p...

califlip08 · califlip08

i'm a recovering meth addict for almost 3 years until i find out my wife is cheating on me while i'm at work, now we're going through a divorce and she left with almost everything that mattered to me ... my life fell apart and now for like the past 2 weeks i've been using and now i lost my job and in debt with onl...

mamalanersof2 · mamalanersof2

A happy person is not a person with a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." --Hugh Downs, American Journalist As my sponsor likes to say, fake it until you make it. So, if today you are not feeling positive and can't find gratitude and thus happiness...

Manda22 · Manda22

I'm new to this whole site tonight will be the first time i do the chat room so i have a few questions, If anyone can help it would be great. Is there a pre set topic if so what is it? Is the chat room always about addiction and recovery or do people go off on completely different subjects? thanks

Raman · Raman

Letting Go To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcom...

Raman · Raman

Hi all,,, Bo Sewell recently celebrated 34 years cleanand had this to share with a friend of mine !! Our emotions may talk to us loudly and convincingly but they do not always tell us the truth. And if we base our lives on what our emotions tell us, we may find years and years later that we have lived a lie bec...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Friends (Preview) Do you have to give up all the friends you have used with in order to get clean? I have a small group that I think really care about me but that struggle with addiction as well. I am struggling with if I can want sobriety more than I want their companionship...	Codependent	4	461	Aug 13, 2008 by BigV
	I truly believe if I relapse again I'm not coming back! (Preview) I not a stranger to NA. I been in and out of NA since 3/94. The first attempt at recovery I stayed clean 1 day shy of three years. Since then I've haven't been able to put together any real substantial amount of time. Everytime I went out the relapse got progressively worst. This time however I'm at...	Bill G	8	728	Aug 12, 2008 by Bill G
	19 Years Clean and Sober Today (Preview) Grateful for a life filled with many blessings year after year, too many to count. I'd have been dead a long time ago if not for the intervention of a higher power. I owe all that I have to HP and the people in these 12 step programs. Thanks to all of you. Dean	DeanC	8	1056	Aug 12, 2008 by staci O
	Self Esteem (Preview) I am a "binge" addict who is just now recognizing how my using effects my life. I am scared of never being able to do different and feeling terrible about myself as a person and a Christian. I picture future weekends and my friends and wonder how I will ever do different...then feel bad abou...	Codependent	2	361	Aug 12, 2008 by mrwinkie
	Surrender Is For Everyone ( this spoke to me ) (Preview) And this is why i read these or try to each day, I NEED to be reminded, I need a little shoulder shake once in awhile because i get complacent and lazy in my recovery, heres the thought for today ; "If, after a period of time, we find ourselves in trouble with our recovery, we have probably stopped doin...	BigV	14	607	Aug 10, 2008 by BigV
	MAN WHAT A DAY but i'm alive and home (Preview) I just smashed the bottom side of my truck today prospecting and it cost me over $500 to get a tow truck to come way back there and pull me out it was F'd up what I did to put it mildly, they charged me $175 per hour and it was 3 hours total but I had no choice I would have had to leave my truck full of gear and my dre...	BigV	6	544	Aug 10, 2008 by BigV
	Self Esteem/Confidence (Preview) Hi i'm Bethany/Addict! I've been clean for 18 months! I've acomplished so much in those 18 months that i should be proud of but i have one fear. When i go to meetings i freeze up. I pass without sharing, my mind is full of thoughts but i'm afraid they will sound stupid comming out. I go to this awesome...	buff87	3	418	Aug 10, 2008 by DeanC
	will you please read my story ? (Preview) The guy who lives music !! My name is Raman and I am an addict, I came into NA as a coincidence,which being me reading the "Basic Text" while I was in a treatment center.I had a long run with all sort of drugs and was really sick and tired of it all.I had many good times with drugs but...	Raman	34	1040	Aug 9, 2008 by Raman
	Everything all at once?!? How do you handle THAAT! (Preview) Day 40 and I know recovery is new. But today was HARD. Got out of rehab and now my whole life is in transition. I'm still fighting my body to regain my energy, I'm back working full time, I've got kids (my oldest leaves for college next week), I've got money problems (I know...who doesn't) so I have to sell...	oxysurvivor2	4	599	Aug 9, 2008 by Raman
	A fab weekend !!! (Preview) I drove down 200 miles to a coastal town for their 1 ywar anniversary of NA. Im glad I went,, I was there last year too. This year there were 5 members and last year there was only one. There were also five of us from out of town. The look of joy on one mothers face as her son shared about his recovery was g...	Raman	8	540	Aug 9, 2008 by Raman
	I Am In Shock (Preview) Yesterday, my fiancee admitted that he had an addiction to Percocet. He has been swallowing and snorting 10+ pills per day. This information came to light because I was planning on leaving him. He has been emotionally and verbally abusive. He has a snap temper. I gave birth five months ago to our beaut...	spidermama	15	885	Aug 7, 2008 by DeanC
	dealing with duality in recovery (Preview) Ia m in recovery as well as having a mental illness I often find myself backed into a corner not knowing what to say anymore my depression has taken hold and it hurts my heart to realize where Iam in my life I feel like Ishould be doing more but I do what I can by sharing how I feel to hopefully save an addict ab...	Manon	10	701	Aug 7, 2008 by Manon
	THANK YOU MIP !!!!!!!!! (Preview) just want to keep you guys up to speed, when i woke today i had 60 days clean, 61 days ago i felt doomed to a life of using . i thought after 37 years of use there was no point in quitting now. when my third child in a row got busted for dope, FINALLY my HP decided to let me have a bottom. i threw out my stuff. my first...	mrwinkie	4	610	Aug 6, 2008 by mrwinkie
	NEW HERE, WOULD ADIPEX-P FOR WEIGHT LOSS BE TAKING DRUGS? (Preview) I am so happy I found your group. I just got out of rehab on tuesday. I was in a wonderful place, I was abusing prescribtion pain meds, Vicodin and percocet. I am currently clean for 24 days. While I was in treatment I gained alot of weight. Well I got some adipex-p from the doctor to help me lose weight. My qu...	south249	5	1046	Aug 4, 2008 by oxysurvivor2
	A LETTER FROM YOUR DISEASE (Preview) With it being the 4th of July and all there is alot of people out still actively suffering and today is a very big "party" day. I received this letter at an NA meeting the day before I planned to kill myself. When this letter was handed out it hit home, the light bulb came on, whistles blew thee...	kinkiebelladonna08	6	7118	Aug 4, 2008 by oxysurvivor2
	Unity Day (Preview) Anyone interested in a meeting at three a.m. kelowna b.c. please reply asap	gillyboy	1	411	Jul 31, 2008 by mrwinkie
	Our online meetings need HELP!! (Preview) Hey gang! Had another let down of a meeting tonight. Was glad to be there b/c there were some new people who needed guidance but I got there a bit late and there wasn't a chairperson present so even when I tried to redirect the meeting and get it on the right track...it went down the tubes. It gets old. We...	mamalanersof2	4	693	Jul 26, 2008 by nanna1225
	we have to face our feelings and out problems,,, (Preview) So says a line from the I.P. Am I an addict ? ''WE CAN NO LONGER BLAME PEOPLE PLACES AND THINGS FOR OUR ADDICTION, WE HAVE TO FACE OUR FEELINGS AND OUR PROBLEMS" How liberating form emotional pain and insanity that is,,,, We were searching for an answer when we reached out and found Narcotics Anonym...	Raman	2	595	Jul 25, 2008 by Raman
	our greatest value,,,, (Preview) Hello ,, my name is Raman and I am an addict,,, The TEXT says that we recovering addicts are most vauleable in being ourselves. Here are a few thoughts i read today I want to share with yall= Be Yourself Be strong enough to face the world each day. Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything. Be generous...	Raman	4	609	Jul 24, 2008 by Raman
	Key tags. (Preview) Good morning everyone I found this sight by doing a google search, to one of my other online groups . Thought I would come check you all out. Looks good and I fit in. My name is Pam and I am a addict. I was reading about someone looking for the sayings to the key tags so I did a google on that too and this is what I...	lovdogs20	3	1550	Jul 24, 2008 by Blithe Spirit
	Needing advice (Preview) My boyfriend has been abusing pain killers. The things he has done while using are heartbreaking to me. I have kicked him out a few times, but always let himback in after he promises that the drug abuse is over. He just left for a detox/rehab today. Are there any groups that family or loved can go to?	mjrnyc	6	611	Jul 23, 2008 by Raman
	family involvement (Preview) Hi I am new to this whole thing. Not to being an addict. I have had a problem for 25 yrs. My family just called me on 3 yrs. ago. I never in a millon yrs did I think that it would be this hard to get off them. I love pain pills. I have been to rehab 2 times. I get all the 12 steps ect, but I am human. My husband is one to be...	tip	6	660	Jul 22, 2008 by tip
	I've got 11 months clean! :party: (Preview) It's kinda funny I've been on a methadone program for a little over 2 yrs. The first year everytime the asked fpr a urine test i knew it would atleast test positive for 1 substance if not more. For ever 3 months you have clean urines (1 a month) you earn a take home. So u could say i wasn't very interested or ex...	Manda22	3	607	Jul 22, 2008 by mrwinkie
	wisdom to know the differance (Preview) Hi all,,Raman an addict This last weeks been good all round. There were few angry incidents,,,so,,,I realize,,, most of all I have to stop being involved in other people instabilities and insanity. I believe I have to rely more on my Free mind and let go of the me mind.. thats the differenace tween reco...	Raman	9	594	Jul 21, 2008 by Raman
	Just for today 7/7/2008 (Preview) God In Each Other "One aspect of our spiritual awakening comes through the new understanding of our Higher Power that we develop by sharing another addict's recovery." Basic Text, page 51 We've heard it said that we often see God most clearly in one another. We see the truth of this when we p...	BigV	2	733	Jul 20, 2008 by BigV
	I JUST FOUND THIS ... I NEED HELP ... (Preview) i'm a recovering meth addict for almost 3 years until i find out my wife is cheating on me while i'm at work, now we're going through a divorce and she left with almost everything that mattered to me ... my life fell apart and now for like the past 2 weeks i've been using and now i lost my job and in debt with onl...	califlip08	6	606	Jul 20, 2008 by DeanC
	Something else to ponder and hopefully lift you up today! (Preview) A happy person is not a person with a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." --Hugh Downs, American Journalist As my sponsor likes to say, fake it until you make it. So, if today you are not feeling positive and can't find gratitude and thus happiness...	mamalanersof2	3	552	Jul 20, 2008 by grateful731
	Question about chat room (Preview) I'm new to this whole site tonight will be the first time i do the chat room so i have a few questions, If anyone can help it would be great. Is there a pre set topic if so what is it? Is the chat room always about addiction and recovery or do people go off on completely different subjects? thanks	Manda22	5	609	Jul 19, 2008 by BigV
	Let Go Let God !! (Preview) Letting Go To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcom...	Raman	5	744	Jul 19, 2008 by Raman
	An Old timer shares !!! (Preview) Hi all,,, Bo Sewell recently celebrated 34 years cleanand had this to share with a friend of mine !! Our emotions may talk to us loudly and convincingly but they do not always tell us the truth. And if we base our lives on what our emotions tell us, we may find years and years later that we have lived a lie bec...	Raman	7	726	Jul 18, 2008 by Raman
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