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The effects of gossip
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The one who gossips - People are less likely to share their recovery with gossipers because they don't want their confidence betrayed. You show your defects by pointing them out in others. The one who gets gossips to - How do you handle it? Hopefully by not encouraging it but how else? Do you let them be w...
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Newcomers please read page 84 of the NA book
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when did you finally start to feel better??
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Well, it's just been 11 days now that I have not used, but still I am just feeling kinda lousy...i should remember all of this, this is my third time through withdrawal/detox/recovery....whatever you want to call it.....i just don't remember the last time being so hard, but maybe i was not taking so mu...
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Am I crazy or is it just me
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me? myself? and I?, I'm confused I think there are now 3 of me. I thought there was only 2 but recently another has evolved and I have no idea where he came from, I like him though he's a good one. ok have a nice day HEH HEH
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10 addicts- a poem
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Addicts - A Poem by jayson cole 10 Addicts, all in a line, One got to thinking--- Then there were Nine. 9 Addicts, one said, "Wait!" "A near beer can't hurt!"--- Then there were eight. 8 Addicts, lookin' up to heaven. One cut out mee...
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october 16 just for today
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October 16 The Simplest Prayer "praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."Step Eleven How do we pray? With little experience, many of us don't even know how to begin. The process, however, is neither difficult nor complicated. We came to Narcotics Anony...
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wisdom to know the difference(natural wisdom)
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The Truths Within Value Your Own Wisdom Throughout our lives, we will encounter individuals who presume to know what is best for us. The insights they offer cannot compare, however, with the powers of awareness and discernment that already exist within us. From birth we are blessed with wisdom that...
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October 10th just for today
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Consequences "Before we got clean, most of our actions were guided by impulse. Today, we are not locked into this type of thinking." Basic Text, page 87 Ever been tempted to do something even when you knew the results would be disastrous? Ever thought about how much it was going to hurt to do...
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Hi family....................
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Yes, it has been a while Tahir. And thank you for the hootie hoo! I normally try not to rhyme like that (its a sign of mental illness ya know). Any ways all is good here. I've been back in school for a while now as many know and it just got to where I couldnt work like I needed to and go to school. So I'm back with my...
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october 11 just for today
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October 11 Eyeglasses And Attitudes "Our best thinking got us into trouble.... Recovery is an active change in our ideas and attitudes."Basic Text p.53 In active addiction, the world probably looked like a horrible place. Using helped us tolerate the world we saw. Today, however, we un...
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october 12 just for today
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October 12 Being Right "When we admit that our lives have become unmanageable, we don't have to argue our point of view... We no longer have to be right all the time."Basic Text p. 56 Nothing isolates us more quickly from the warmth and camaraderie of our fellow NA members than having to be &q...
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october 13 just for today
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October 13 Making A Difference "Words cannot describe the sense of spiritual awareness that we receive when we have given something, no matter how small, to another person."Basic Text p. 100 Sometimes it seems as though there is so much wrong with the world that we might as well forget try...
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october 14 just for today
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October 14 The End Of Loneliness "With the love that I am shown in Narcotics Anonymous, I have no excuse for loneliness."Basic Text p. 262 Addiction is a lonely disease. We may be surrounded by people but, sooner or later, our addiction drives a wedge between us and even our closest loved on...
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who is an addict?
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NA Basic Text Pg. 3 Who's An Addict Quote:Most of us do not have to think twice about this question. We know! Our whole life and thinking was centered in drugs in one form or anotherthe getting and using and finding ways and means to get more. We lived to use and used to live. Very simply, an addict is a man or...
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Being Open
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[passing on something I received at my inbox this morning] Sometimes we think we're supposed to have more recovery under our belts. Perhaps we feel the need to impress our peers with our success in staying off drugs. But perhaps we are really just trying to convince ourselves. We know how difficult re...
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october 9 just for today
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October 9 Order "We emphasize setting our house in order because it brings us relief."Basic Text p. 93 Focusing on what others are doing can provide momentary relief from having to take a look at ourselves. But one of the secrets of success in Narcotics Anonymous is making sure our own hous...
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surrender
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what does it mean to you?? i was at a meeting the other day...the topic was LETTING GO.. lots of sharing on 'how hard it is'... came my turn... i said.. Letting go is easy... saw lots of eyebrows go up.... I let go of everything.. my self...my girls..my family...my home...my job...my car...my self respe...
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Keli's Query
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Hi Keli, The new service IPs are out. I got hold of one just now. You were asking on the "Tradition Study" thread on how to deal with disruptive behavior in a NA meeting... Here's a few great ways to deal with such behavior that are suggested by our new service literature: Group Discussion - T...
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Hey you guys.
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I haven't been posting for the last couple day because something amazing has happened, i've made some friends, some in NA, some in AA, and some that aren't in recovery at all, ugh, it feels so good to hang out with people again, i still hate this city, and i'm still depressed and dealing with being new in r...
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FYI ????????
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Hey amily I start my new job on tuesday not sure what the hours are gonna be ! Mostly everyone has my cell and e mail address so you can always call me ! i will check in on the boad as much as possible if i am going to miss meetings I am sorry for it but will be here on my nights off or after work love ya all keep in touc...
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october 8 just for today
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October 8 A New Pattern Of Living "We suspect that if we do not use what we have, we will lose what we have."Basic Text p. 75 Addiction gave a pattern to our lives, and with it a meaning - a dark, diseased meaning, to be sure, but a meaning nonetheless. The Narcotics Anonymous recovery program g...
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something i had to post !!!
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( non- NA approved,, esoteric,, from my co religionists !!!) Please read only if you want to,,, no ones being convinced of anything,,, just wanted to share somethng that works for me !! October 5, 2007 Gazing Upon Goodness The Importance Of Seeing The Good In All Our perception shapes the lives we lead...
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Checkin in
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Hi everyone, I wanted to let you know that I will be out of town and away from my computer for a week beginning tomorrow. I am going to visit my home area where I spent the first 20 years of my recovery. I will visit my old home group, see some friends and family, do a fifth step with a sponsee, and hopefully s...
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this progressive disease
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Never has it been this hard to control, and never has it been this hard to surrender, never, and if I don't, then never again shall I take a breath, never again shall I wake to my children, never again shall I walk in my garden marveling at the magic of nature, for never again shall I take that next breath. I a...
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october 7 just for today
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October 7 Depending On Our Higher Power "As recovering addicts, we find that we are still dependent, but our dependence has shifted from the things around us to a loving God and the innerstrength we get in our relationship with Him."Basic Text pp.67-68 For many addicts, rebelliousness i...
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EmoGurl has 30 days today!!!
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Congratulations EmoGurl on your 30 MIRACLES!!!! Orange - Orange we glad we found NA? The color of caution, we should be cautious at 30 days. Avoid old playmates, playgrounds, & playthings. 30 days. How do we get it? We keep coming back!
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Betsy has 9 months clean!!!
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Congratulations Betsy on your 9 months clean and free!!! Yellow, my name is Betsy, I am an addict. It represents the sun. We can see it when we get up in the morning, instead of coming in after a night of using. There is nothing yellow about being in recovery. We're also pregnant with the program at 9 mont...
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feel lousy
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hello all....i don't mean to whine because i can't stand that from anyone.....but, here i am doing it..... i am 8 days today clean, but still in the middle of withdrawal, i know, i've used vicodin, oxycotin, etc., on and off, mostly on, for the last 8-9 years, tequila before that.....i am 50 years old an...
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I have strange moments
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Life seems to distort for a moment in time , it doesn't happen often. I feel confused and lost life feels like a whirl pool spinning so fast I can't see where I'm at or where i'm going, then I land and I'm back. It's just a strange feeling. Anyone else? -- Edited by BigV at 23:14, 2007-09-27
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The Big Step
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Hello all, I've been on here for a while, reading posts, going to the meetings. I've been an on-and-off (mostly on frankly) opiate addict for about three years now. I want to stop. I'm ready to really comit to something. After telling my boyfriend (whom does not tollerate my using) frequently that i ha...
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