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Addicted
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Hey, my name is Brian and I am an alcoholic and am addicted to opiate based pain killers and marijuana. I have been sober from alcohol for a while now but the other 2 is a different story. My DOC has always been pain killers, the pot I can quit pretty easy but the pills I am affraid I will have a problem with. I...
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Relapsed and lost
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Hi I just joined this forum because I really needed some help or inspiration to just get through today and move forward in my recovery again. I was clean for about 4 months and I decided that I could drink and be able to handle it because I hadn't drank in so long. Well boy was I wrong I drank alot of taqui...
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GLAD TO HAVE MET YOU
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((((((((((((((((((GUYS)))))))))))))))))) I'm Ally from Scotland, I'm an @op in Al-Anon room....I met some of you at the MIP Athon at the weekend...I just wanted to say, you have had a huge impact on my life, this week....lol I have grown so much over the last week...I have been through a rou...
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Day 1
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Hello, I had ten years and got all crazy on Vicodin. I can't imagine life without it now, this is very hard. Can't believe I'm back to day one again. At least I did it this time without heroin and bank robberies. Please, someone, tell me this will get easier
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My Recovery...
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Hello, This past year trying to recover from a 14 year mmt dependence and numerous active addictions, by myself, without the support of NA, or anyone who has been through it, has been an absolute nightmare. I was physically  , socially  , and spiritually  destroyed. F...
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Sharing my joy
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Hi family, wow what a bunch of new names on the message board! that's great! So sorry I haven't been around for a while, I have been so busy lattly. I bought a house this week! I'm so excited!!!!! Who would have thought coming from a long family line of welfare recipients I would be a home owne...
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The simple things we take for grantred
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last thursdsay afternoon I had a near death expierence, I was diagnosed COPD(Chronic Obstructive Pulmanary Disease) and pnemonia all at the same time I am already asthmatic. I took breathing for granted thought it was a given till I woke choking on phlem it was stuck in my throat I could not breathe G...
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March 16 Inventory
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"The purpose of a searching and fearless moral inventory is to sort through the confusion and the contradiction of our lives so that we can find out who we really are." Basic Text p. 27 Using addicts are a confused and confusing bunch of people. It's hard to tell from one minute to the nex...
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terror stalking at NA and AA?
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did you ever hear of someone having to talk about something til they are DONE? in the rooms week after week I hear the same monloogues by the smae addicts on the same subject but this is what it is about .........tolerance of someone else's recovery it takes a lng time to heal some things I imagine b...
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I can't sleep. Can you help please.
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I'm new to this forum and happy to have found it.
I can't sleep.
I want to get on with my life and that includes getting a job but I can't sleep at night and need to nap during the day.
Can anyone give me an idea how nlong this might last?
I've been clean from heroin for two almost three months but t...
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just a bit of concern
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I have recently noticed post being posted with the wrong intentions this board to carry the message to the still suffering addict to meet and greet other addicts. I n noticing this I have seen posts posted outta sheer vingence that blurs the NA name.I suggest thtat post of this type be carefully recon...
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Have a great weekend i'm gone for a few
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days, have a big fishing trip on the Delta to attend and will return Sunday. By the grace of God and staying clean I am able to do really fun things and enjoy this life I have been given, may all the rest of you REAP the same benefits, you can as I have. Blessings......to all
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breaking up
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I met this woman 5 1/2 years ago .She introduced me to NA . My life has not been the same sence. The problem is that we are breaking up this is so hard. I know that this is something that must be done however it doesn't make it any easier.
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meetings
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Addiction is a very complicated condition to deal with, and no one recovery plan will ever be suitable for all people. I support addicts and alcoholics getting clean by WHATEVER METHOD best works for them. -- Edited by VILyNBlackthorne at 01:20, 2007-03-10
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I AM THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION
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I hate meetings. I hate higher power. I hate anyone with a program. To all who come in contact with me, I wish death and I wish you suffering. Allow me to introduce myself: I am the disease of addiction. Cunning, baffling and powerful. That's me. I have killed millions, and I am pleased. I love to catc...
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behaviors
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My family has recently realized that my older sister has been abusing her presciption drugs. She has gotten to the point where we actually went to her house to talk with her and found her conscious, but unable to walk on her own, barely able to speak. We found presciption drugs all over the house. She...
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The Process " Life is a process"
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March 4 "This program has become a part of me.... I understand more clearly the things that are happening in my life today I no longer fight the process." Basic Text, p. 78 In active addiction, things happened seemingly without rhyme or reason. We just "did things"; often witho...
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hello friends in recovery
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just a short lunch break wish i had time to give you all my news, but thought i could tell you's to check out my post on the miracles in progress aa message board jsut a little update with me. All is well, no better than well!!! hope you are safe and smiling till next time sending hugs and love Wendy oh yea...
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wanted to say TY
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I have been sick over the weekend still going thru some yuck I am very grateful for all th ehelp and support that was put into play as I am sick and unable to be here as much as I would like to it show a enormous amount of unity "Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends on N.A. unit...
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Daily Topic for 3/5/07.....................
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“We feel that our approach to the disease of addiction is completely realistic for the therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel. We feel that our way is practical, for one addict can best understand and help another addict.” ...
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March 5, Just for Today
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From Rude Awakening To Spiritual Awakening "When a need arises for us to admit our powerlessness, we may first look for ways to exert power against it. After exhausting these ways, we begin sharing with others and find hope." Basic Text, p. 79 We've sometimes heard it said in our meeti...
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18 months is a loooooonnnngggg time
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Daily Topic for March 2nd........................
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Just for Today: I will work with the newcomer. I will remember that I was once a newcomer myself. I will seek to attract others with the same sense of belonging I've found in NA. Remembering the newcomer is something I try to keep fresh in mind at all times. Not saying that it’s a hard ta...
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Can Someone Recover
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I need a little input, Can somone recovery without face to face meetings? Anyone with ESH in this area.
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Daily Topic for March 1st................
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The feeling of love and acceptance we find in the Fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous allows us to begin recovering from our addiction. We learn a new way to live. It Works: How and Why ...
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Daily Topic for 2/28/07................
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As recovering addicts, we come to know gratitude. As our defects are removed, we are free to become all that we can. We emerge as new individuals with an awareness of ourselves and the ability to take our places in the word. ...
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Daily Topic for 2/27/07....................
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“Surrender means not having to fight anymore. We accept our addiction and life the way it is. We become willing to do whatever is necessary to stay clean, even the things we don’t like doing.” Basic Text ...
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HI BRAT
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 Lots of smileys here for you 
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Daily topic..........
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When our lives seem to be falling apart,we reapply ourselves to the basics of the NA program. We stay in close contact with our sponsor, work the steps, and go to meetings. We surrender again, knowing that victory lies in the admission of defeat." ...
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Please,some experience,strenght and hope.
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Hi. My name is Cheryl F. My clean date is 1/10/96. I live in a small town in Oh,45 min from Pittsburgh,PA. I'm divorced. My 2 children are grown and I am a grandma!! I have a good job. Great relationships with my parents,children,etc. Go to at lease 1 meeting a week. Involved with Spiritual Retreat th...
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