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feelings
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man they are not kidding when they say emotions hit you like a brick the longer you have clean and dealing with them is just as hard. And just when you feel no one in the world will understand you are ont the phone with onther addict that understand completly. the reason this says I am a newbie is because I de...
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I Completed 3 Years of Recovery Today!
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Greetings Family, By the grace of my Higher Power and with the help and support I continue to receive from all of you, I complete 3 years of recovery today Thank you all for sharing this journey with me. I love each one of you dearly and I need you all in my recovery. Hugs, Love & Light ~ Tahir.
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Relationships
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Relationships keep us aware of the fact that we really do need each other. Meaningful and fulfilling relationships are possible. Although isolated by the disease of addiction, we long for friends, companions and lovers. We want to trust and to be trusted. With practice, we learn that taking health...
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Update on my heath..CoRyAnN
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Hi there..I hope all is well in your neck of the woods. I thought I'd write and let you know what I have found out..Well I have had 2 strokes..It took awhile to figure out what was going on with me, because my symptoms were so broad. I have Lupus..I have had it for a long time and because it was left undiagnose...
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How do I get my memory back?
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The biggest problem I have now is with my memory. Short-term memory is horrible. I cannot remember what someone just told me sometimes, and sometimes I am sure I did or saw something and I realize later that I haven't. Can anyone relate to this? People around me tell me it's a matter of time and that it wil...
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JUST FOR TODAY ~~~Living Clean~~~
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"As we recover; we gain a new outlook on being clean.... Life can become a new adventure for us." Basic Text, page 88 The using life is not a clean one-no one knows this better than we do. Some of us lived in physical squalor, caring neither for our surroundings nor ourselves. Worse, though, t...
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even in the beginning there is hope
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pg 22 BT "Surrender means not having to fight anymore. We accept our addiction and life the way it is.WE become willing to do whatever is necassary to stay clean, even the things we don't like doing." I know for me that there still gives me hope to follow this simple program as addict we have le...
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gossip in recovery
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i guess this is not too unusual, my ex is telling everyone that i relapsed which is hard to take at times. any advice on how to deal with this?
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Amazing stuff on Practising the principles in our Traditions
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It is important to us that we can freely express ourselves in our group, but this is only possible when we have confidence in that what we express would not be spoken or discussed about with others after the meeting. Therefore, we don't express or try to interpret after the meeting about what was shared...
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LOVE
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Love is a constellation of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection or profound oneness. The meaning of love varies relative to context. Romantic love is seen as an ineffable feeling of intense attraction shared in passionate or intimate attraction and intimate interperso...
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NA Family
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Today I got a call from a fellow addict that is on vacation in Turkey. I was so surprised that he would call I can only imagine how much it costs from there to Toronto Canada. He said he is having a wonderful time there but really needed to hear a familiar voice. He was telling me that he went to his first meeti...
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PEACE
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Peace is a state of harmony, the absence of hostility. This term is applied to describe a cessation of or lapse in violent international conflict; in this international context, peace is the opposite of war. Peace can also describe a relationship between any parties characterized by respect, just...
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JUST FOR TODAY (The Only Requirement)
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"This program offers hope. All you have to bring with you is the desire to stop using and the willingness to try this new way of life." IP No. 16, "For the Newcomer" From time to time we wonder if we're "doing it right" in Narcotics Anonymous. Are we attending enough mee...
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I'll attend my first meeting tonight. Tonight I'll start fighting back, to a battle I know will never end.
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My name is Amanda, I am 23 years old. Tonight will be my first discussion with anyone else, about my problem, except for the one it's been the biggest problem to. I just recently looked into an inpatient rehab program, God, it's hard to admit that you're weak and can't overcome it on your own. Truth is th...
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Relapse is not a requirement
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The text says that relapse can be the jarring experience you need to work a more vigorous program. So if you've relapsed all you need to do is come back and work a more vigorous program , put shame aside i've been there done that, put ego aside, humble yourself and rejoin with new vigor and a new plan. All ar...
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Magellan, Congrats on the 100 '24-hour' Miracles!
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Congratulations on the big 100 Miraculous Days of Recovery, Magellan. Way to go. You rock. Glad we have you here with us. Hugs and Love, Tahir.
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no idea where i'm going with this...
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life is really strange. they say that in this program you'll see people come and go, but to experience it still feels really strange. its like god is the director, and for the sake of autheticity he doesn't tell the actors any of the plot line and just lets them improve their lives until he's bored of this...
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wish me luck
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I am going to the info seminar tonight for the gastric bypass i am scared I fear tht I will not qualify more than I do anything so if you pray please pray for me
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NA speaker tapes LISTEN TO RECOVERY
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http://listen.to/recovery
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( JUST FOR TODAY ) "Sick And Tired"
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"We wanted an easy way out.... When we did seek help we were only looking for the absence of pain." Basic Text, page 5 Something's not working. In fact, something's been wrong for a long time, causing us pain and complicating our lives. The problem is that, at any given moment, it always appe...
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When is the next business meeting?
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Does anyone know if there are regular business meetings here at MIP? Just curious :) Hugs and Love!!
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ever get lonely then life gets miserable again?
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UGGH I F&^%ing HATE being lonely
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guess what
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i QUALIFY soin the next 3 to 6 months I will be having surgery yay
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UKNA On-Line Group
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Some time ago I got a new computer and sold my old one to a fellow addict. I had belonged to a group(UKNA) who had arbitrarily decided that I wasn't welcome on their website and they banned me for only God knows how long which is fine with me. I really wasn't partial to their molly coddle type recovery eit...
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Fear Of the Fourth Step
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May 15 Fear Of the Fourth Step "As we approach this step, most of us are afraid that there is a monster inside of us that, if released, will destroy us." Basic Text, p. 27 Most of us are terrified to look at ourselves, to probe our insides. We're afraid that if we examine our actions and motives,...
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hey check this out
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since I have been going to more meetings face to face something really cool happened I have 2 sponsees I am helping ppl right here in my town . WOW I would have never thought that someone would want me to sponser them now I have a chance to giv e back in person what has been given to me thanx so much M IP you helpe...
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online meetings
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I am new here and trying real hard to check out the 10 meeting tonight. i can't seem to be able to see which guest i am or to change the nickname. help
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Change
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Changing the way I do things is very tough, but when I do or try something new it is ALWAYS rewarding. I was an active user for so long that I'm learning the basics of life all over again. I've been clean for 95 days and it feels like i've been born 95 days ago, literally. Walking, talking, loving, everythin...
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first meeting tomorrow!
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i'm going to my first NA meeting tomorrow and i am very very nervous. i'm going with a friend so it shouldn't be too hard. wish me luck! i might have a panic attack before i even walk in.
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Picture I took last weekend
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Driving down a dirt road I came across these Dandelions that were huge, this thing was like 3 inch round can't tell from the picture and they were so full and beautiful in there own way, nope i didn't pick one and blow for a wish I didn't want to waste the flower.
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