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46 today
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And i'm feeling GOOD lol. though I felt like carp last night I bounced back like a trooper and am ready to kick some bu&& today at work LOL I hate working on my Birthday ( accept the things i can not change) BAH HUMBUGERS SO I give you all permission to party down ( no drugs or alcohol please) just hav...
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Ow.
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So i drove 15 hours today from denver to illinois, and i have to drive another 17 hours tomorrow, my body is so sore, that's why i haven't been posting, but when i get to where i'm going and sort out my life, i'll be back on, just checking in to say hey to everyone!
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september22 just for today
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September 22 Keeping The Gift "Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift."Basic Text, p.102 Neglecting our recovery is like neglecting any other gift we've been given. Suppose someone gave you a new car. Would you let it sit in the driveway until the tires rotted? Woul...
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How do you know if you're ready?
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I know what will happen if i use, and i know what has happend when i did use, and things have gotten pretty bad, but i feel like at my lowest point, i'm 1 step above my bottum, if i went out and decided to forget recovery and started using again then i know it would be my bottum, no job, no money, not in school, an...
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september21 just for today
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September 21 Prayer "Prayer takes practice, and we should remind ourselves that skilled people were not born with their skills."Basic Text, p.45 Many of us came into recovery with no experience in prayer and worried about not knowing the "right words!" Some of us remembered...
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Close call
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The desire to use hit me today. It snuck up on be because it has been gone a while. I am out of town. I spoke at a professional coference today and I was so nervous I thought I was going to puke. After I got started with my presentation, I got more cormfortable. I did good.. some might say great. It was a huge mil...
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this is jayson cole
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i had to change my name b/c the guy that i warned everybody about found out my password on everything. but he get to me and i will not use again.
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september 19 just today
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September 19 Fellowship "In NA, our joys are multiplied by sharing good days; our sorrows are lessened by sharing the bad. For the first time in our lives, we don't have to experience anything alone."IP No.16, "For the Newcomer" When we practice using the steps and the other to...
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Character
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Character Defects: 1. Are basic human traits that have been distorted out of proportion by our self-centeredness, causing enormous pain to us and those around us. (It Works How & Why Pg.62-63 & Step Working Guides Pg.57) 2. Are indicators of our basic nature. (Step Working Guides Pg.57) Ch...
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love bites
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so its like this.....my x and i have been broke up for over a year, i have missed him way too much, didnt have closure and was stuck so lots of praying ect. 3days ago he phones first thing in the morning Big shock! he is leaving his current girlfriend,(she is drunk) can he stay with me. i say yes. ( i know, not s...
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Is there one "most" important thing?
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This program of ours is diverse and all inclusive. But I sometimes wonder if there is one piece that stands above all others if the addict is to have the best shot at recovery. I'm not sure if there is "one" piece that reigns supreme, but it seems to me that without a sincere and daily relations...
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Hi Blithe Spirit !!!
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Hi Blithe,,i just read the birthdays post. Glad to know youre going on 22,,,and yes,,sometime s I do feel like a fossil,, till someone like you comes along !!! I also had the previlege of meeting Tom from US with 37 years clean in Nepal the year early on. there was also some with 22,25,28,, I guess thats th...
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Amanda has 5 months Clean!!!
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Congratulations and Way to go Amanda on your cleantime!! Any day clean for an addict is a miracle!!! Clapping!!
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Just a little story and what this program gave to my sister
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My sister turned 40 and her gift that day was she was to have a child. Her husband is 50 Her husband has been clean near 20 years and my sister near 12 . This is each of theres first child and what an angel sent from heaven, what greater gift could be given ? We all have gifts coming to us as long as we do whats ind...
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Subcommittee meetings in member homes - okay or not?
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The topic of whether or not an area subcommittee meeting should be held in a member's home is a hot one in my area. I thought at one point I had come across this topic in the Concepts, but now I can't find it and wonder if I've seen it someplace else. I know it was in the policy of my previous area, but is it discu...
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Scared
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My main problem is my marijuana use. It is the source of my other problems such as irritability and over eating. I know I need help, but don't know where to start. I'm coming off the worst month of my life. My marriage ended, a very dear friend took his own life, and 3 days ago I lost my job for drinking a f...
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Robyn has 30 DAYS!!!
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Congratulations Robyn on 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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Greatness,,,(something I read this day)
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Hi please read if you want to !!!Something I read today that may be helpful to self critical addicts !! """Recognizing Our Own Greatness and The Greatness In Others""" A person who is said to possess greatness stands apart from others in some way, usually by the size...
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september 18 just for today
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September 18 Honest Relationships "One of the most profound changes in our lives is in the realm of personal relationships."Basic Text pg. 55 Recovery gives many of us relationships that are closer and more intimate than any we've had before. As time passes, we find ourselves gravitati...
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Sober Living Facilities
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I apologize f this is not the right board for this but really need some help. My 19 year old nephew is getting out of a 6 month treatment program in November. We are looking for a nice, clean sober living facility for him. We are in the Ft. Lauderdale area. If anyone has any experience with this,...
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Just for Today - Sept. 17th
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"We may think that we have done enough by writing about our past. We cannot afford this mistake" ............................Basic Text. P. 32 Some of us aren't too keen on writing out the fourth step. Others take it to an obsessive extreme. To our sponsor's growing dismay, we invent...
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Thank you "just for today"
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Thanks to those who post a daily "just for today" preview and comment. I have found myself looking for these posts and the discussion first thing in the morning. I find it very helpful. Once again thank you, and may God bless the rooms of NA.
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Our Common welfare comes first ,,,
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This is the first part of the First Tradition and I am interested to know how you people use that in your service work and also within the Miracles In Progress Forum,,, Please share and throw more Light on the subject !!!
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september 15 just for today
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September 15 Filling The Emptiness "..we think that if we can just get enough food, enough sex, or enough money, we'll be satisfied and everything will be alright."Basic Text p.77 In our addiction, we could never get enough drugs, or money, or sex, or anything else. Even too much was never...
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Feeling bad.
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So through this whole decision to leave school and all the problems i've had here, i have been calling my mom a lot and talking to her and having her walk me through all the stuff i need to do to withdrawal from my classes and and get out of my lease and just to talk about how i feel and stuff, but my dad called me...
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New to Board
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I am 35 years old and I have been throwing my life away on drugs and I am tired... I have been to rehab back in 1995 and attend meetings sporadically but never really stopped. I just got off a binge. I am in debt and I am very depressed. I want a life. I can't take this anymore.
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How About a Tradition Study here?
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I've observed that there's a lot of shares on the steps and personal recovery as such, but there is little awareness among us about the 12 Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous. What they are? How do they apply to us? How do we apply these traditions in any group (be it NA, workplace, family at home, our grou...
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Congratulations Heather on 5 years clean!!
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Black - Keep coming back! Black is the absence of all colors, just like the absence of drugs in our lives. Black is the void, that little chunk of HP that we carry around with us that got us this far! If We keep coming back We'll all have multiples. We've been in the dark long enough. Gold on black because we k...
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JUST FOR TODAY SEPTEMBER 14TH 2007
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Secrets Are Reservations "Eventually we are shown that we must get honest, or we will use again." Basic Text, page 82 Everyone has secrets, right? Some of us have little secrets, items that would cause only minor embarrassment if found out. Some of us have big secrets, whole areas of our li...
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Whelp I've reached that age
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I checked my blood pressure a few days ago because I've been having some really bad vertigo (dizzy spells) and my BP was out the roof (stage 2) I looked it up on Google and found a site that explained most everything. So went to clinic this evening I am now on meds, had EKG and blood work. EKG doctor said look...
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