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Wheres the love?
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So I finally had time to sit down and read some of the posts and get caught up on how everyone here is doing. So what happened??? This board filled me with hope and joy for myself and others every time I came here in the past. Now I feel controversy and bickering??? We are here to recover together in love and u...
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Hi, my name is nate and i am 17 years old. I have smoked pot regularly for about 3 years. Back in september my girlfriend said she wasnt going to take it anymore and that i had to choos her or weed. I chose her and stayed clean for 6 weeks! The problem was i did it for her, and not for myself. After i was clean for s...
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I was thinking about this recovery stuff today and got this picture in my head
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It's seems like a whinding road like in the picture. Sometimes we don't see around the next bend or turn in the road, we want to see way up ahead and know where we're going and that the road will smooth out and get a bit straighter and easier but sometimes we're right at a curve and we have to stay on this road t...
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My addict brain
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Hi friends, just wanted to share whats going on with me lately. I got this notion that maybe it's time that I buy a house, seams innocent enough but... since I started looking I feel like I'm obsessed with it. I stay up till 4 am looking at homes on the web, every time I see one that I like I am ready to...
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~~R.I.P., Blonde Bombshell~~
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I will not mention her name (anonymity?), but there is a famous woman who passed away today, I think we all know who if we have watched the news, who seems to have been 'one of us', but did not find the recovery we sometimes take for granted. Bless her heart, and Rest her Soul. :o( jjj -- Edited by j...
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The dying friend.
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Hello Everyone, I have shared this many times, but it does not get an easier. My friend is dying, she has terminal cancer. The cancer has spead to her brain. She has choose to fight. Chemo and Radition. The dr's said that she would have maybe 6 months to a year. She is in horrible pain. I would no...
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how do you deal with depression?
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please listen
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I am kinda hesitant to share here last time I did someone got on me for word choice.I am in a bad space. Just a point where I can only deal with so much and not really caring the outcome and at the same time scared that I have reached this point. I really do not know what happen maybe I never bounced back from so...
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room is reopen
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the roomis now open dunno how long or if they are done but I have accessed it
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closed chatroom
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it looks as if the chat room has been closed earlier than expected Sorry for the incovienence hope to see you Friday
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Hi, Im new to this message board
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Hello there, my name is Vicki and I am an addict....... Im just posting to introduce myself and say hi 2 everyone. I live in the UK and was just browsing the web and came across this site and thought I would join. Looking forward to getting to know some of you. Love N Fellowship Vicki C
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hey Vini????????????
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Did anyone tell you they love you today. Just in case they have not I love you as well as weveryone else if noone has told you I LOVE YOU
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A Thank You To NA
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Would just like to say thank you to NA and all you people out there in it! it has changed my life so much! i whent thru a supported accom called sharc in vic and thru there i was taken to NA. Started off hating them but soon i found myself chaceing them! have recently moved to wollongong for a week and i found th...
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Hello to all
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Hello everyone my name is Kevin and I am a drug addict. I am a newcomer to this forum. With the crazy schedules I work, at least I can get some sort of support. Today was one of those days where I was trying REALLY, REALLY hard to convince myself it's OK to take just 2 percocets. It was a constant battle w...
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Fear versus faith
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I haven't had a real great start to my recovery some of you guys know some of you don't, but in anycase, here's my latest dilema. (oh my god, don't panic, people with a lil bit of clean time actually have issues too). Fear, or Fucking Enviousness And Resentment as it is better known, has been chipping away...
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can u sticky the post on chat room being closed please
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Hello family..CoRyAnN
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Hiya guys!! I wanted to let you all know I am doing really good here in Oregon. I have been working with my sponsor, going to meetings, and making new friends in recovery. Also I found a really good doctor who wants to help me get better not just mask my medical problems. Life is good today:) I am happy..Jus...
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Youth in Recovery?
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Anyone here young and staying clean? I'm nineteen and I've been clean for fourteen months, and I've found that unfortunately so many of the young people I've seen come into the rooms I've also seen go out. Then, there are a few who get really involved in the program, getting sponsors, working the ste...
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Sponsorship
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Introduction This pamphlet, based on our collective experiences, answers some of the most commonly asked questions concerning sponsorship. Although this pamphlet offers most of the essential information regarding sponsorship, it is not meant to be comprehensive. Rather, it presents a simpl...
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ok im going to tell you guys my secret. i quite using opiod pain pills about six weeks ago. but i didnt quite drugs. when i was a teenager i used pot all the time. when i met my husband he did too, but when we decided to get married and have a family we put the stuff up and we didnt have any problems. no withdrawls...
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New here......Hello
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Hello everybody, I'm new here.....I am 32 years old and addicted to pain killer medication. I've been addicted for about 3 years now, but I notice my need for them is getting alot worse and I will go completely out of my way to get them. I can't say I'm clean for any number of days conside...
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CHAT ROOM CLOSED April 12
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The chat room will be closed next Thursday April 12th from 11:30pm to 8:00am EST the site it moving its data base we will reopen at 8 am sorry about the inconvienence this is outta our hands and has to do with the service we use to chat. Thank you MIP -- Edited by rayne at 09:35, 2007-04-07 -- Edited by rayn...
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our responsibility as addicts
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we as addict are not responsible for our diease but are responsible for our recovery as well as our actions our behaiviors and the 12 steps helps us find a way to see opur wrong and a way to promptly admit it. when I first came in the doors in 1996 I thought thjis was all abvout me just recently in the past co...
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I am having troble processing anite terror I had last night I know it is not so much an NA issue But it has my mind in a fog. not really myself today without going into great detail I suppose I am having a mental health day. I am really trying to fight reality and it is working but my mind seems as if I am being hau...
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There is a God!
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While I was using I never really thought of God, and when I did I always said that God is a system, trying to be what I thought was 'scientific'. I am seeing many signs these days, too many to mention. A small thing that happened yesterday but i'd love to share with you: I was supposed to go to an NA meeting nex...
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Am Panicking
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Hi my name is Mayan and i'm an addict. I'm new to this and i'm still nervious. i'm trying to find some help. I'm from the Republic of Maldives, which most of you might not even heard of. We dont have any any NA here but i've attended some meetings in my neighbouring country India...
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hi im new and i need help
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hi, my name is stiffy. i have just joined your forum because i am a recovering opiod addict. it has been six weeks since i was chronicly using. i would be lying if i said that i havent had any pills in six weeks. but for the most part i have been clean. i became addicted about a year ago when my pregnancy caused...
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Topic for April 2nd thru April 8th.....................
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Through our developing relationship with our sponsor, we learn about the principle of trust. By following the suggestions of our sponsor instead of only our own ideas, we learn the principles of open-mindedness and willingness. My relationship with my sponsor has played a large role...
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March 18 2007 6 Months Clean
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 Yeah 6 Months Clean this will be my frist time this long clean ever keep on helping me stay clean thnaks NA love ya all for taking the time out for me I have been working on step one the whole time so remember for all you newcomer who have a spnsor don't forget to do your step work and remember...
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