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faith is 20 steps
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Faith IS 1. Faith is the ability to not panic. 2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you pray, don't worry. 3. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home every day. 4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. 5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to b...
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letting go detatching with love with children
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You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go. Detaching with Love with Children It's one thing to let go of my husband and let him suffer the consequences. But how do I let go of my children? Isn't it different with children? Don't we have responsibilities as parents? We do have different res...
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I hate this disease
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Last night at the meeting the topic was about the 12th step but it ended up being what to do when people you care about relapse. They were talking about people who came in and stayed clean for one or two months and then left again, or even worse, people who had YEARS clean and went back out. and that there was...
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relapse prevention and post acute withdrawl (PAW)
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Relapse PreventionThe Stages of Relapse Relapse is a process, it's not an event. In order to understand relapse prevention you have to understand the stages of relapse. Relapse starts weeks or even months before the event of physical relapse. In this page you will learn how to use specific relapse p...
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letting go of shame
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Letting Go of Shame Shame is that dark, powerful feeling that holds us back. Yes, shame can stop us from acting inappropriately. But many of us have learned to attach shame to healthy behaviors that are in our best interest. In dysfunctional families, shame can be tagged to healthy behaviors such as t...
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september 3 just for today
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September 3 Humility Expressed By Anonymity "Humility is a by-product that allows us to grow and develop in an atmosphere of freedom and removes the fear of becoming known by our employers, families, or friends as addicts."Basic Text p.72-23 Many of us may not have understood the idea th...
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together we share
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i started using when i was 13 and went pretty hard till i was 28 and stumbled into recovery. i haven't done it perfect (recovery) i have done the long clean time and relapsed thing, which is very humbling. i been all over the map with it all. now at 20 years of being here and with all the mistakes and ect. i tel...
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september 2 just for today
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September 02 Higher Powered "Daily practice of our Twelve Step program enables us to change from what we were to people guided by a Higher Power"Basic Text p.83 Who have we been, and who have we become? There are a couple of ways to answer this question. One is very simple: We came to Narcotic...
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september1 just for today
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September 1 Real Values "We become able to make wise and loving decisions based on principles and ideals that have real value in our lives."Basic Text, pg. 101 Addiction gave us a certain set of values, principles we applied in our lives. "You pushed me" one of those values told...
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jayson cole
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my mom and step-dad hell / hell is awake
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Hell is Awake Mom and step-dad woke up that one fateful morning, and found their only teenage son smoking pot their lives changed forever in that one instant little did they know, hell was descending Mom and step-Dad tried talking and negotiating finding ways and wor...
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just a little
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..share... i went to my old treatment center friday night meeting last night. Want a refresher?? thats what it was. I'm so grateful to that place, i learned alot there. A newcomer came with me. Only a 40 min drive to the big city. Good convo while traveling. We talked lots about anger, anger is the only...
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wantneeda
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step working guide...
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where can I get a step working guide?
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august 31 just for today
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August 31 Gratitude "Hopeless living problems have become joyously changed. Our disease has been arrested, and now anything is possible."Basic Text p.102 The NA program has given us more freedom than we ever dreamed possible. Sometimes, though, in the daily routine, we lose track of h...
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thought I would say hello
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missed ya'll glad to be home not here often but thought I would let everyone know i was okay if you don't know who I am that is okay the faces that do know I love MIP and the ppl here it was my lesson to learn good to see ya'll doing so good it is amazing what can be accomplished together love me
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How to trust
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Hello! I know I am probably on the wrong page, but I can't find anything else. My husband has confessed he has been using cocaine and others drugs our entire marrige. I thought it was a thing of the past, however, he has been lying the entire time. We have a 17 month year old son and it KILLS me. He has do...
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Work
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I just wanted to get an opinion from some people... does anyone tell the people they work with or go to school with that they are a recovering addict? Or do you guys think that is something better kept to yourselves?
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I don't know what happend.
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Tonight i was on my way to a meeting, and i saw a kid from my dorm that i knew, and something inside me just i dunno, i asked him if he knew where i could get some H, and he said yeah, and so he got in my car and we went and got dope instead of me going to the meeting, and i don't know what to do, i've fucking ruined ever...
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having a little trouble with my step 1
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ok so im working out of the step working guide and the first question in the denial part goes like this "have i given plausible but untrue reasons fo rmy behavior? what have they been?" and im supposed to be past this, so i dotn wanna ask my sponcer cuz she'll yell! ha but im trying to get caught...
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wedding RSVP
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Hello Family, This is actually Rose. I am need to know who is going to try to make it to North Carolina for the wedding. I know a few of you are and I am so grateful!!! I do have access to some hotel rooms but they are going fast. Please let me know asap Thanks and love you all Rose ImFree2004
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emotional
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I have a friend at work who recently confessed to me she uses oxycotin and sometimes heroin. Of course, I got butterflies in my stomach just thinking about having a connection "just in case". Anyway today I found myself waiting for her in the parking garage because I wanted to ask her if she c...
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august 30 just for today
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August 30 Doing Good, Feeling Good "We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that we've been doing better than we've been feeling."Basic Text p.42 The way we treat others often reveals our own state of being. When we are at peace, we're most likely to treat others with...
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Thank you!
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At the risk of sounding overemotional and corny, I'm going to make this quick post before I go to bed because I feel like my heart is going to overflow with how grateful I am to be clean. Words can not express how thankful I am that I found this board that 4th day clean when I had missed a meeting and was going c...
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Its time
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We are about to have a baby. Can someone cover my meeting tomorrow?
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Hello..
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Hey everyone... I am Stefanie a recovering heroin and crack addict. Yesterday marked nine months without using for me. Although I have been to countless rehabs and NA meetings in the past, that is not what helped me get clean. My mother and my boyfriend's extreme disappointment in me is what got me cle...
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CONGRATULATIONS WENDY :-)
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Congratulations Wendy on 8 months clean & serene Way to go! Thanks for proving that NA indeed works! (((((Lots of NA Hugs & Love)))))
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august 29 just for today
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August 29 Don't Look Back "The steps offer a big change from a life dominated by guilt and remorse. Our futures are changed because we don't have to avoid those who we have harmed. As a result... we receive a new freedom that can end isolation."Basic Text p.31 Many of us come to Narcotics Anon...
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Juniper Completes 2 Weeks of Miracles!
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Congratulations Juniper on the BIG 14 Miracles! You Rock! Keep the miracle alive. Love you and need you. Hugs, Love & Light - Tahir.
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i think it's finally for real this time.
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i've been hurting more emotionally because of my addiction. i've been crying and i haven't been able to talk about it. i finally told someone i knew would hold me accountable. i had terrible withdrawals today, but i think i'll move past it soon. and i think it will be the last time i get clean. for real thi...
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any vw people here?
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hi just wondering if any more vw nuts were here do you go to any shows,bus campouts, or just have one in the garage?
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BUGMAN II
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I need help
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My husband is a cocaine addict. I don't know what to do anymore. He blames me for his drug use, saying that I make his life miserable. He lost his job 6 months ago and since then, I barely see him. I worry about him constantly. He stays gone for days at a time, only coming home to sleep and change clothes...
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