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october 30 just for today
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October 30 Courage "Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future."Basic Text, p.93 Narcotics Anonymous is no place for the faint of heart! Facing life on life's terms without the use of drugs isn't always easy. Recovery requires more than hard work; it requi...
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A question for everyone
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I am always surprised to see postings of non-NA literature on this discussion board. I know that outside literature should not be presented at meetings since we read only NA approved literature, so it always surprises me to see it here. On the other hand, I know this board is not a meeting and is therefo...
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PR Learning Day
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I'm off to a PR Learning Day now in my local fellowship. Am looking forward to it and many more members are here from the fellowship. The energy and enthusiasm here in my local fellowship right now is unbelievable. Every one is chipping in with their contributions. The Hospital & Insitutions Com...
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Tradition Two Study
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TRADITION TWO "For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern." Tradition Two builds on the practical foundation of Tradition One. We begin with unity, fou...
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i havent been in the meeting
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im sorry i haven't been in the meetings much but i been sick from chemo. but im still clean been clean now for 115 days. its just that the chemo is taking alot out of me. but i'm glad that it is the chemo and not the drugs i use to take getting me sick. im glad im here and wanted to say thank you everyone at the mee...
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well, i would have had 90 days....
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but as some of you may have realized since i haven't been around, i relapsed. My boyfriend relapsed and about a week later i ended up relapsing too. I guess i thought being with him was more important than staying clean. I starting missing meetings, etc etc. I am trying to leave him and focus on my own lif...
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october 29 just for today
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October 29 Living In The Now "Living just for today relieves the burden of the past and the fear of the future."Basic Text, pp. 90-91 Thoughts of how bad it was - or could be - can consume our hopes for recovery. Fantasies of how wonderful it was - or could be - can divert us from taking action in t...
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27 days clean, still feeling lousy....
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hello all..... i've got 27 days clean here and still feel lousy, i thought most of the physical junk, just feeling unable to stay "with it" all day and the vague nausea on and off, exhausted between noon and three...that sort of stuff...i thought all of that would be done by now....but, even...
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Scott
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Sup? Almost thirty days? Talk to us.
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Hi Ken
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STAY WITH US WE CAN!!! (((((BIG NA HUGS TO KEN H)))))
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october28 just for today
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October 28 Attitudes "We can also use the steps to improve our attitudes."Basic Text, p.53 Ever have a day when everything seems to be working against you? Do you go through periods when you are so busy taking people's inventories you can barely stand yourself? What about when you find you...
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h-e-l-l-l-o-o-o-o-
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pertty quiet here... hope and pray all is well.,,, that my family here is safe and smilin' me??pretty tired... i have worked lots and LOTS the last week... i work in a mental health group home and one of our residents had a brain tumor the size of a plum taken out last week... also has one in his lung...not s...
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october 27 just for today
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October 27 Living In The Present "We want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today."Basic Text, p.28 For many of us, the past is like a bad dream. Our lives aren't the same any more, but we still have fleeting, highly charged emotional memori...
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Glora - 3 years of recovery!!!
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Technically is it not until tomorrow (10-20) for me but it is 10-20 in parts of the world right now. Wooooooooohoooooooo Glora!! That is a loooooooooooong time! Tell us how you did it. -- Edited by JasonD at 18:04, 2007-10-19
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Had the afternoon off soooooooooo went looking for gold
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I found a little only panned for about an hour and theres a lot more gold there still waiting, planning on taking a dredge next time or my high banker. Heres some pics it was a gorous day out about 85 degrees Brief slide show below the thrid slide is a beach where the gold is , down deep about 3-4 feet I didn't g...
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october 26 just for today
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October 26 The Path To Self-Acceptance "The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery."IP No.19, "Self-Acceptance" Our addiction has been a source of shame to many of us. We have hidden ourselves from others, sure t...
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Carrie - 3 years of recovery!!!
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Wooooohooooo That is a long time! Tell us how you did it! I'll let Glora post the pic and sayings but we call it caddilac black with gold rims. lol
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october 25 just for today
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October 25 Principles Before Personalities "Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."Twelfth Tradition "Principles before personalities." Many of us chant these words along with the rea...
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How do you ask others to give you space ( without hurting them )
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Or making the situation worse? You know sometimes I need time to process sh&t, because i know i'm going to over react and get all bent out of shape, I just need some time to digest and actually KNOW what i'm feeling time to pray and meditate, time to sort things out. The process seems to take a day or 2 ev...
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New NA meeting in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
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We are starting a new open NA meeting in Slippery Rock, PA called "It's a Brand New Day." We are hoping that everyone in the Butler, Grove City, New Castle, Ellwood City, Evans City, Zelinopole, and nearby communities will come and share in this with us. We will meet every Thursday starti...
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Amanda has 6 months clean!!
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Congratulations Amanda on 6 months clean!!! Blue - 1/2 a cake! It's blue so we don't have to be. When we are blue, we can be like BB King, so you don't have to sing the blues to see blue skies. The color of our Basic Text. Hopefully, we've seen one, opened one, better yet, read one by now. 6 months no blunts. Ho...
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for the new comers
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october 23 just for today
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October 23 Surrender "By surrendering control, we gain a far greater power."Basic Text, p.43 When we were using, we did everything we could to run things our way. We used every scheme imaginable to bring our world under control. When we got what we wanted, we felt powerful, invincible; wh...
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Emotions Run Amok in Sleep-Deprived Brains
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"While we predicted that the emotional centers of the brain would overreact after sleep deprivation, we didn't predict they'd overreact as much as they did," Walker said. "They became more than 60 percent more reactive to negative emotional stimuli. That's a whopping increaset...
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Poking my nose back in
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Hi Friends, I just wanted to let you all know I have been poking my head back into the chatroom again to see how things are going. As those of you who have been around a while know, I used to participate there quite a bit. I left when my conscience would no longer let me participate; I was feeling worse about b...
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HI KELI :-)
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Hi Keli, been some time since you posted, that's unusual for a few days to pass without you posting Hope all is well with you and loved ones. Is anybody heard from Keli lately?
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Love Notes (non Na approved,, read only if you want,,)
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WHY IS LOVE SO PAINFUL? It is quite ironical but you will often find lovers in a state of extreme pain. To love is a joy. But some lovers are like that. It is painful for them at times. Not that that deters them from being in love. But they experience pain nevertheless and continue to bear it, suffer thro...
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Selfishness
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So i copy and pasted this from a message i wrote on another site i post on because i'm too lazy to type it again, and i don't know what i've told you guys about my recent past or not cuz i've left you outta loop, so if there is anything in here you didn't know then yeah, that's what has just happend to me recently...
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Wedding Picture Slideshow
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[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=ihqhaatglws] Hope you enjoy, looks like a mobster, ganster gathering to me LOL
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Ken H had 5 months clean yesterday!!!
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Congratulations Ken!!! Love and Hugs to ya!!!
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