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bernall · bernall

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,...

donM · donM

"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...

donM · donM

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.

Raman · Raman

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 !!!

jayson cole · jayson cole

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...

Juniper · Juniper

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...

BillyK · BillyK

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. Drug of choice is freeb...

Tahir · Tahir

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...

NA_ROCKS · NA_ROCKS

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...

BigV · BigV

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...

BigV · BigV

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...

jayson cole · jayson cole

September 12 New Horizons "My life is well-rounded and I am becoming a more comfortable version of myself, not the neurotic, boring person that I thought I'd be without drugs."Basic Text p.262 Is there really life without drugs? Newcomers are sure that they are destined to lead a humdrum...

jayson cole · jayson cole

THIS IS A STORY OF NA AND 9/11 BY JAYSON COLE ON 9/11 Not many of us knew Kaitlina. She was young and kinda quiet,sheshared softly when she come to NA many years ago, NA told her all the usual stuff, and she did what was suggested. One day she walked right up to one of the women there and asked her to help...

BigV · BigV

"Anger is only a symptom of what is really going on" "Yesterday's a cancelled check, tomarrow's a promisary note, but today is cash, spend it wisely." "I am learning how to live life from a bunch of folks that don't know how to live life....Wow, wh...

Juniper · Juniper

I realize that i've been putting school ahead of my recovery, and it's just really stressful, and i can't concentrate on my homework, and everyone is partying all the time, and everything just got to me and i broke down, and called my mom, and i've decided to take off the rest of the semester and maybe the...

Juniper · Juniper

I told myself that i would wait until i had a week of clean time before i said this, because that way i would feel less guilty, but i realize that it shouldn't matter, and that honesty is best, it's strange that i'm worried about what you guys think of me, i mean we are on the internet.. but i guess it means tha...

jayson cole · jayson cole

September 11 Bend With The Wind "We learn to become flexible.. As new things are revealed, we feel renewed."Basic Text p.98 "Flexibility" was not a part of the vocabulary we used in our using days. We'd become obsessed with the raw pleasure of our drugs and hardened to all the so...

Sheila777 · Sheila777

Why is it that everything will be going along fine and all of a sudden I just have this overwhelming desire to get high? Seems every six months or so I will relapse and then I will feel like absolute crap and will get rid of the rest of whatever it is (pills the past couple of years) and then say to myself they...

amanda56258 · amanda56258

Could use a few prayers as I make my first attempt at starting step four today. got my coffee, cigarettes, extra pens and a new notebook. fearless? well... i'm not so sure... i've been dreading this for weeks, putting it off and stalling as long as i could. now my guilt about procrastinating has gotte...

JasonD · JasonD

Fam, I have to work tonight. Can someone chair the meeting? I will pop in a bit and see if Tam is available. J

jayson cole · jayson cole

Self-approval Most of us want to be liked. We want other people to think of us as nice, friendly, kind, and loving. Most of us want the approval of others. Since childhood, some of us have been trying to get approval, trying to get people to like us and think highly of us. We may be afraid people will leave u...

jayson cole · jayson cole

September 10 More Powerful Than Words "We learn that a simple, loving hug can make all the difference in the world."Basic Text p.88 Perhaps there have been times in our recovery when we were close to someone who was in great pain. We struggled with the question, "What can I do to make th...

greeneyes1 · greeneyes1

My husband is a cocaine addict. He lost his job of almost 20 years due to his anger when withdrawing from the drug. I only see him once or twice a week and I am sick with worry. I don't know what to do. I don't know how to help him. He came home yesterday after about a 10 day coke binge, looking very bad......

BigV · BigV

I show up for my mens stag meeting and about 5:10 10 minutes AFTER the meetisn supposed to start I realize (HEY DUH DUDE) Monday was yesterday and you missed the meeting numbnutz LOL So I'm like hanging around and I see that an AA meeting is about to start so I go in to check out my old program. Man i'm glad I d...

Karl · Karl

Hi Y'all It's been a while since I've posted here on MIP. I've been staying clean [20 months so far] attending meetings, connecting with sponsor and friends, [I wish I could say that I am working steps diligently but I've been procrastinating in this long long through 4th step I have been doing] I was wo...

BigV · BigV

Feet Of Clay "One of the biggest stumbling blocks to recovery seems to be placing unrealistic expectations on... others." Basic Text, page 78 Many of us come into Narcotics Anonymous feeling pretty poorly about ourselves. By comparison, the recovering addicts we meet at meetings may s...

jayson cole · jayson cole

THE HOSTAGE BEGGING FOR FREEDOM By Jayson Cole The hostage that could see no way out No matter how much he would scream and shout Locked away in a cell so deep A cold steel door no sign of a key His cries could not be heard by the world outside As he longed for the day that he might die Im the depths of his cell I he...

wantneeda · wantneeda

hello family just thought i'd share a little today is my belly button birthday and i'm so grateful i get to spend it clean and sober!!! my last birthday was truly awful!! Looking back it seems like it was more of a deadday than a birthday...i spent it in a crackhouse.. i was bonerail thin, had been up for da...

seekinganswers · seekinganswers

Something I shouldn't be doing, but I really care so here goes... Well, I'm a recovering Alcoholic/Drug Addict. You could say I was a pretty high bottom person and it was meeting my fiance that saved my life. He introduced me to the program. He had 5 years off of crack/cocaine/pain pills/alcohol,...

billy · billy

Well it seems that im in the proces of becoming so detached from my soul by being in active addiction that im scared i´ll never get recovery. Iv been trying for over 3 yrs now and can only manage up to 2-3 months before relaps and thats with meetings, now im travling and havnt been to a meeting for ages and fe...

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	Sober Living Facilities (Preview) 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,...	bernall	1	721	Sep 17, 2007 by Tahir
	Just for Today - Sept. 17th (Preview) "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...	donM	1	747	Sep 17, 2007 by BigV
	Thank you "just for today" (Preview) 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.	donM	4	839	Sep 17, 2007 by donM
	Our Common welfare comes first ,,, (Preview) 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 !!!	Raman	5	768	Sep 16, 2007 by Tahir
	september 15 just for today (Preview) 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...	jayson cole	3	1289	Sep 15, 2007 by NA_ROCKS
	Feeling bad. (Preview) 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...	Juniper	3	638	Sep 15, 2007 by Tahir
	New to Board (Preview) 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. Drug of choice is freeb...	BillyK	34	1139	Sep 15, 2007 by Tahir
	How About a Tradition Study here? (Preview) 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...	Tahir	15	772	Sep 15, 2007 by Tahir
	Congratulations Heather on 5 years clean!! (Preview) 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...	NA_ROCKS	5	1329	Sep 14, 2007 by Kenh
	JUST FOR TODAY SEPTEMBER 14TH 2007 (Preview) 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...	BigV	0	681	Sep 14, 2007 by BigV
	Whelp I've reached that age (Preview) 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...	BigV	8	763	Sep 14, 2007 by BigV
	september 12 just for today (Preview) September 12 New Horizons "My life is well-rounded and I am becoming a more comfortable version of myself, not the neurotic, boring person that I thought I'd be without drugs."Basic Text p.262 Is there really life without drugs? Newcomers are sure that they are destined to lead a humdrum...	jayson cole	1	3242	Sep 13, 2007 by Keli
	september 11 some wont forget (Preview) THIS IS A STORY OF NA AND 9/11 BY JAYSON COLE ON 9/11 Not many of us knew Kaitlina. She was young and kinda quiet,sheshared softly when she come to NA many years ago, NA told her all the usual stuff, and she did what was suggested. One day she walked right up to one of the women there and asked her to help...	jayson cole	4	567	Sep 12, 2007 by Blithe Spirit
	Ok I found a bunch of quotes (Preview) "Anger is only a symptom of what is really going on" "Yesterday's a cancelled check, tomarrow's a promisary note, but today is cash, spend it wisely." "I am learning how to live life from a bunch of folks that don't know how to live life....Wow, wh...	BigV	11	2276	Sep 12, 2007 by Tahir
	Leaving School (Preview) I realize that i've been putting school ahead of my recovery, and it's just really stressful, and i can't concentrate on my homework, and everyone is partying all the time, and everything just got to me and i broke down, and called my mom, and i've decided to take off the rest of the semester and maybe the...	Juniper	3	729	Sep 12, 2007 by BigV
	Clearing my conscience (Preview) I told myself that i would wait until i had a week of clean time before i said this, because that way i would feel less guilty, but i realize that it shouldn't matter, and that honesty is best, it's strange that i'm worried about what you guys think of me, i mean we are on the internet.. but i guess it means tha...	Juniper	7	800	Sep 11, 2007 by JasonD
	september 11 just for today (Preview) September 11 Bend With The Wind "We learn to become flexible.. As new things are revealed, we feel renewed."Basic Text p.98 "Flexibility" was not a part of the vocabulary we used in our using days. We'd become obsessed with the raw pleasure of our drugs and hardened to all the so...	jayson cole	0	717	Sep 11, 2007 by jayson cole
	I don't want to relapse (Preview) Why is it that everything will be going along fine and all of a sudden I just have this overwhelming desire to get high? Seems every six months or so I will relapse and then I will feel like absolute crap and will get rid of the rest of whatever it is (pills the past couple of years) and then say to myself they...	Sheila777	4	902	Sep 11, 2007 by NA_ROCKS
	good ol' step four (Preview) Could use a few prayers as I make my first attempt at starting step four today. got my coffee, cigarettes, extra pens and a new notebook. fearless? well... i'm not so sure... i've been dreading this for weeks, putting it off and stalling as long as i could. now my guilt about procrastinating has gotte...	amanda56258	4	757	Sep 10, 2007 by Blithe Spirit
	Need help (Preview) Fam, I have to work tonight. Can someone chair the meeting? I will pop in a bit and see if Tam is available. J	JasonD	2	616	Sep 10, 2007 by Tahir
	self approval (Preview) Self-approval Most of us want to be liked. We want other people to think of us as nice, friendly, kind, and loving. Most of us want the approval of others. Since childhood, some of us have been trying to get approval, trying to get people to like us and think highly of us. We may be afraid people will leave u...	jayson cole	1	812	Sep 10, 2007 by Tahir
	september10 just for today (Preview) September 10 More Powerful Than Words "We learn that a simple, loving hug can make all the difference in the world."Basic Text p.88 Perhaps there have been times in our recovery when we were close to someone who was in great pain. We struggled with the question, "What can I do to make th...	jayson cole	2	689	Sep 10, 2007 by Keli
	please help me (Preview) My husband is a cocaine addict. He lost his job of almost 20 years due to his anger when withdrawing from the drug. I only see him once or twice a week and I am sick with worry. I don't know what to do. I don't know how to help him. He came home yesterday after about a 10 day coke binge, looking very bad......	greeneyes1	1	755	Sep 10, 2007 by Tahir
	So its like monday right (Preview) I show up for my mens stag meeting and about 5:10 10 minutes AFTER the meetisn supposed to start I realize (HEY DUH DUDE) Monday was yesterday and you missed the meeting numbnutz LOL So I'm like hanging around and I see that an AA meeting is about to start so I go in to check out my old program. Man i'm glad I d...	BigV	5	716	Sep 10, 2007 by BigV
	can I get some cheese with this whine? (Preview) Hi Y'all It's been a while since I've posted here on MIP. I've been staying clean [20 months so far] attending meetings, connecting with sponsor and friends, [I wish I could say that I am working steps diligently but I've been procrastinating in this long long through 4th step I have been doing] I was wo...	Karl	6	774	Sep 9, 2007 by Karl
	Sept 9th " just for today" (Preview) Feet Of Clay "One of the biggest stumbling blocks to recovery seems to be placing unrealistic expectations on... others." Basic Text, page 78 Many of us come into Narcotics Anonymous feeling pretty poorly about ourselves. By comparison, the recovering addicts we meet at meetings may s...	BigV	0	679	Sep 9, 2007 by BigV
	THE HOSTAGE BEGGING FOR FREEDOM (Preview) THE HOSTAGE BEGGING FOR FREEDOM By Jayson Cole The hostage that could see no way out No matter how much he would scream and shout Locked away in a cell so deep A cold steel door no sign of a key His cries could not be heard by the world outside As he longed for the day that he might die Im the depths of his cell I he...	jayson cole	4	1007	Sep 9, 2007 by galeon
	a year ago today (Preview) hello family just thought i'd share a little today is my belly button birthday and i'm so grateful i get to spend it clean and sober!!! my last birthday was truly awful!! Looking back it seems like it was more of a deadday than a birthday...i spent it in a crackhouse.. i was bonerail thin, had been up for da...	wantneeda	6	598	Sep 9, 2007 by galeon
	I Need Help! (Preview) Something I shouldn't be doing, but I really care so here goes... Well, I'm a recovering Alcoholic/Drug Addict. You could say I was a pretty high bottom person and it was meeting my fiance that saved my life. He introduced me to the program. He had 5 years off of crack/cocaine/pain pills/alcohol,...	seekinganswers	4	707	Sep 9, 2007 by Kenh
	more of the same and worse (Preview) Well it seems that im in the proces of becoming so detached from my soul by being in active addiction that im scared i´ll never get recovery. Iv been trying for over 3 yrs now and can only manage up to 2-3 months before relaps and thats with meetings, now im travling and havnt been to a meeting for ages and fe...	billy	6	857	Sep 8, 2007 by NA_ROCKS
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