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Hello newer members !!
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Tho we are all equeal in recovery,, no matter how long weve stayed clean, there is one thing an older member like me can offer a newer member,, and that is an experience in recovery !! I want to give back freely what was given to me in recovery so I want to say that I will be willing to answer a question or two t...
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the weight is falling off
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Ihave lost 17 pounds in 2 weeks I saw my doctor yesterday and I am grateful to say the surgery is defenitly a success I am back to face to face meetings and doing well I hope you all have a merry x-mas and a great new year
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Why do some of us relapse?
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I have relapsed 4 times at varying intervals. Four months clean, 6 months clean, 4 months clean and almost 7 months clean. I am now about 1 month clean again. I feel like I enjoy my life for the most part. I get into some stress as we all do, but nothing over the top. I work away from home alot and always have. I...
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PEOPLE IN THE PA AREA ??
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LOOKING FOR NA PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER WITH DO MEETINGS,OUTINGS,OHER NA EVENTS AND JUST GET TOGETHER AND HAVE GOOD CLEAN NA FUN. PLEASE E MAIL ME AT jsgpa28@yahoo.com
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Got some news today
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I finally went and bought a pregnancy test and took it with my sponsor and sure enough - I'm pregnant. The father is, of course, the boyfriend I have moaned about so much and who i finally made the decision to separate from about 11 days ago. I've been with him for a number of years, and now....now....when...
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Denial
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you guys, i've been in denial i think, about wanting to be clean.. i mean at times yeah i think i really do want to be clean, but most of the time i feel like i just pretend i do, and tell myself that i do, without really meaning it, i relapsed tonight, almost had a month again, and have had the bad luck of findin...
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just wanted to say thank you
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thank you to everyone on this site who has encouraged me throughout this entire process. i just celebrated 60 days clean, and y'all celebrated it with me. i'm just really grateful for the support i get from this community. you have helped me get to where i am now. thanks again! this online family means t...
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Caitlin has 60 days clean!!
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Congratulations Caitlin on 60 MIRACLES!!! Green - Clean & Serene. FROG = Fully Rely On God! The color of money. We aren't spending it on dope anymore. Green for GO! Go to a lot of meetings. The grass is greener on the NA side. Now we're mowing it instead of smoking it. 60 days. How do we get it? We go to me...
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Semi~Sad Christmas :-(
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My stepsons, 8 and 12, will not be coming for Christmas this year. They live 1,000 miles away. My husband is very sad, and I am a bit sad too, that we will not have any children in the house over Christmas. Their stepfather is active in the military and is being deployed anytime right after Christmas- Jan....
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sad days
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i barely slept the last few nights... my boyfriend got drunk on sunday. I know its his stuff not mine but it hurts.. my sponsor says that sick feeling in my gut is anger..mixed with hurt.. so i told him i can't see him for a while...my recovery comes first..i must be safe. sigh.. i am struggling with what to...
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Resources for Help?
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I want to speak to someone about marijuana. I live in a city where there are many NA and AA meetings. I don't have an alcohol problem (I can't stand it) and marijuana is the only drug I use. Because of wide spread addiction in my city to much worse things than marijuana, the environment at NA meetings ca...
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Misery Is Optional
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"No one is forcing us to give up our misery." Basic Text, page 29 It's funny to remember how reluctant we once were to surrender to recovery. We seemed to think we had wonderful, fulfilling lives as using addicts and that giving up our drugs would be worse than serving a life sentence at hard l...
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Just some questions.
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I'm asking this here, because I have yet to find the answers I'm looking for anywhere else. I'm an alcoholic and and addict, and have typically sided on the AA side of things. To be honest I wasn't sure I was an addict when I firt started coming around. It wasn't until a relapse or two fueled by drugs that I c...
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Disingenuouslad has ONE YEAR TODAY!!!
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Congratulations on your ONE YEAR clean and free!!!! Glow in the Dark - So we don't have to. They also say we have an inner glow at this time. Hopefully, we have a sponsor and a home group by now. A home group is where people call us on our shit. And where they buy us a cake on our 1 year or more clean date. Still he...
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Problems with JAVA chat
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If you would like to get into the meeting, email hagize @ yahoo.com and I will send you the preconfigured MIRC client.
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when I fall in love !!
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I always believed,,, even in my worst using days that i had an ability to love and be loved,, that id love to give my heart completely !! I waited for that someone special to appear, but when they did I was not ready !! Simply because in the using days i was terrified of having to give up on drugs !! and also af...
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Claire has 60 days clean!!
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Congratulations Claire on 60 MIRACLES!!! Green - Clean & Serene. FROG = Fully Rely On God! The color of money. We aren't spending it on dope anymore. Green for GO! Go to a lot of meetings. The grass is greener on the NA side. Now we're mowing it instead of smoking it. 60 days. How do we get it? We go to mee...
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portland. or. n/a gimme a holla
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i'm gonna be back in the rose city sometime shortly after the new year. i spent a little time in the other fellowship over the summer but didn't connect the way i should have. i've since gotten an NA sponsor and have been up on the olympic peninsula the past couple of months. i need recommendations *revie...
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Merry Christmas from My House!
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Me, Josh, Scouty and Kidderoo
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I am home from my gastric bypass
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things seem to be okay I am doing as well as expected but doing the best I can glad to be in my own home the hospital is depressing but the bed side manner was great love to all and ty for keeping me in your prayers I will be posting before and after picture soon as I start losing weight love you all
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Now I Know :-)
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Over the last three years of my married life, many a times, I would never be able to understand why my wife was never comfortable with the fact that I sometimes had to go with the NA boys for an outing or two. My wife is also NA but there were no other NA members of her sex to do the same till sometime back... I tr...
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Manon
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How did the surgery go? Talk to us.
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What I used to be
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People keep telling me; and I sort of have a sense of it, of what I used to be; apparently i used to be... gregarious, outrageous, fun, funny, dynamic, outgoing, outspoken and bodacious. If the truth be told, they didn't abbandon me when I was drunk and popping pills; they did protect themselves from me...
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To each question in life the answer is in you,, to each problem in life,,the solution is you !!
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It's a Start (for me)
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Hey, My name is Olivia and I am an addict. I started in the rooms about 5 Years ago, stayed sober for a Year and then relapsed, I've been in and out of the rooms, and by that I mean once or twice a year, I guess just to say hello and see if anything has changed. I have not been clean since that first year. For a long...
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psst where is..
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jayson cole??? haven't seen you around the board for awhile now... Scott?? keli?? please keep in touch...we love you!!
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(Insert Topic Here)
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Just stopping by to say hey, time is flying by pretty fast, and i can't decide if i should be happy or sad about it. I have made a couple new friends in Recovery who all are awesome people. I swear i had more to say, but i forget what, it's 1 AM now, so i'll go to bed, but even though i've probably shared this with...
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Time to share :-)
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Lately, from the last couple of weeks, life has been very upbeat and pleasant for me. Everything was smooth, and there was a lot of peace and joy. Work inspired passion in me. Me and my wife, we were both very supportive, appreciative and caring of each other. My health improved and so did my father's And...
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Anyone working Step Four?
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Hi Guys? Anyone currently doing Step four and want to work through it together just for moral support? And to egg each other on?
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Only as sick as our deepest secrets...
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Hello, My name is Beth and I am an addict. I am walking through a lot of fear lately and there is much chaos and insanity in my life. I began looking outside of myself and started an affair with a married man in the rooms. I left my husband. Since then my husband has relapsed and is in jail on his way to prison. I...
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