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Frightened
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Hello, I am looking for advice for the problem that I am finally acknowledging. This is really hard for me and I am really scared...I started taking lortab about 5 years ago. At first it was very controlled - I would only take one when I needed energy or had backaches and pains. Sometimes only one per w...
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Reflections.....
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Hello and hugs family, I have a reflection to share with the group....here recently my local fellowship lost a dear cherished member who for years was a H&I kinda of a guy and was a GSR for a meeting in a treatment center , oh to hear him talk about his beloved Homegroup and how he always got there earl...
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Theres alot to be said about getting and staying clean
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Chapter Ten More Will Be Revealed As our recovery progressed, we became increasingly aware of ourselves and the world around us. Our needs and wants, our assets and liabilities, were revealed to us. We came to realize that we had no power to change the outside world; we could only change ourselves. Th...
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I LOVE NA!
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I just had to share my joy with you all. I just got home from the womens retreat, what an amazing weekend! The women I have conected with in NA are just so loving and supportive. Spending the weekend with 33 women in recovery is something that I hope all women get to experance in there journey. My heart feel...
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first time withdrawals
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Hi everyone I am new to this site and I am hoping for a lil help and someone to talk to to help me through this. I was in a car wreck over 1 year ago and i have had back pain ever since. I have been taking vicodin 10 and percocet 10 once i started taking more and buying it illegally and realized i was in a bad situati...
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narcolepsy and recovery
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hi all , my son was diagnosed with narcolepsy while in rehab.Some of the dozing and nodding off wasn't only narcotics addiction. does anyone have any experience with narcolespy ? thanks
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Social Contact and NA
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Hello Everyone, I am new to this board. My name is Donna and I am an addict from NJ. I am grateful to be clean today. I have been thinking about this subject all day and was wondering what others thought. Is socializing in NA a bad thing? When I was using the only people I had any social contact I had was w...
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Feelings & Depression
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Hi I am an addict my name is Sheryl I am 26 years old I suffer with 2 Mental Diesese's I will next week be starting on four pills for my Mental I'llness I just found out last night this girl I really liked who couldn't relate to my I'llness now has someone as a sponsee who has my I'll...
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Thanx MIP
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I just wanted to express my gratitude in all of you that came and supported the op meetings as well as our other memebers who help in so many other ways . I was truly amazed to see how many ppl to support m\MIP in its need for help thanz again for letting me make MIP my home
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would anyone contact my son
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my son is a member of na and struggling. from the alanon site i stumbled apon this wonderful and supportive site. i've sent the site to my son and he's looked at it, or so he says. would anyone be willing to send him an email to join the forum. i think it would be really healing and helpful. thanks, artemis
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need some experience, strength and hope
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I have never posted on any site. But, I need some guidance in my recovery from others out there who might have gone through similar situations. I have a great sponsor, but she can't really relate to what I am goingn through. I do see a therapist, and she is great, but I need to talk with others who ha...
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Recovery Fun!
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someone suggested we start a thread of all the fun we are having in recovery, I thought it was a great idea .
I will start this by sharing a picture of my New Years Eve house party , recovery style.
Never dreamed I could have friends like these! -- Edited by we can at 13:04, 2007-01-06
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God of your understanding
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February 14 Honesty And Spirituality "The right to a God of your understanding is total and without any catches. Because we have this right, it is necessary to be honest about our belief if we are to grow spiritually" Basic Text, p. 25 In meetings, over refreshments, in talks with our spons...
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Daily Topic From "The Book"
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Hello Everyone, My name is Erin and I am an addict. I began my recovery 65 days ago and I am starting a daily discussion thread on readings from "The Book". Each day I will post a topic based on my daily readings  and encourage you all to share and discuss the topic of the day. I think...
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OP meeting
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there will be an op meeting held sunday afternoon 3pm EST all who are intrested in the direction of MIP is welcome to come. We need ppl to chair meetings as well as taking OP postions. any one that is willing to do service in this area will have a chance to help. Greeters are needed as well as chairpersons al...
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Passing it on...
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Dissappointment and Frustration Many of us, whether we are conscious of it or not, create much of the unhappiness we experience. Our disappointments are the result of our own negative or limited thoughts about ourselves and our world. What are some of those limiting thoughts, those subconscious b...
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Gratitude List
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What is everyone greatfull for today?
I am greatful to have a choice today.
I am greatful to have hope today.
I am greatful that I do not walk alone today.
I am greatful to have a job to go to today.
I am greatful for coffee in the morning.................... -- Edited by sheree_3106 at 10:01, 2...
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Iraq Meetings ????
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I need to find out for a friend if there are ANY NA meetings in Iraq. If anyone knows of any please let me know, I have friends going and will need one. Thanks
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Sunday (Feb 18) Morning 10 AM (EST) Online Meeting
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Greetings Family, We invite you all to participate in this week's Sunday Morning 10 AM (EST) Online NA meeting here at the MIP Chatroom, and share your experience, strength and hope with us. Our participation is what makes it a great recovery meeting, and we can only keep what we have by giving i...
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Share the love
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I just need to share my gratitude tonight, I just got in from a medallion that was so over powering. I felt so honored that the 2 women celebrating asked me to chair it. These ladies are so special and have touched so many people, one celebrated 13 years and the other has been around for that long but was cel...
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Felt Like Sharing...
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Mountain-sized problems do happen sometimes in my recovery, but most of the times, it is me who magnifies these problems to such a magnitude thru the manifestation of my defects like fear, worry, paranoia, obsession, pessimism, codependency etc. It is only thru the application of the principles o...
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MAKE it a nice weekend
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have fun    Fun! "In recovery our ideas of fun change" Basic Text, p. 102 In retrospect, many of us realize that when we used, our ideas of fun were rather bizarre. Some of us would get dressed up and head for the local club....
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a frail old angle's cry
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Last night I had a dream It had a tale to tell I dreamed I saw an Angel; Poor thing, he wasn't feeling well. His body bruised and battered His wings were ripped and torn This Angel could hardly walk, He looked so tired and worn. I walked right up to him to ask; Angel? How can this be? He turned around and pa...
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Sunday 10 AM (EST) Meeting
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Greetings Family, Please participate at today's (Sunday) morning meeting here at MIP Chatroom at 10 AM (EST) and share your experience, strength and hope with us. It's a Participation Meeting where the meeting is open for members to share on any subject related to recovery or whatever...
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About Winter......
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Winter Poem: .... ..... .... "Shit, It's Cold!!!"
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Please lend your opinion. I need it right now!
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I am a recovering addict. About 2 years ago I was placed on Oxycontin for a chronic pain condition I have seemingly had since birth. The spinal fluid doesn't drain properly off my spinal chord, which over the 30 years I have been alive, has gathered into pockets on the rootends of my nerves, and they...
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~~STUCK~~
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Hi all. Just feeling a bit of cabin-fever.... nothing a good meeting wouldn't cure, at least temporarily, right? Sometimes recovery is so busy and so full, with people and activity and newfound responsibility. Sometimes it is silent and dry and uneventful, and I just feel 'stuck'. Fo...
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A little something to ease the mind at the end of the day
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The Closing Of The Day.
Our heart is known by the path we walk.
Night is closing in, it is time for sleep.
I have walked a quiet path today. I have done no great good, no great harm. I might have wished for more -- some dramatic occurance, something memorable. But there wa...
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(((PEGGY)))
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So many people love you here, and we all have our ups and downs, but we, I, miss the hell out of you. You are valuable, and your struggles help us learn as much as your strength. You have given so much, we are here to give back to you if you need us. Sending Peggy lots of love, hugs and prayers. (((((((((((((((...
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Death of Fat Addict in Basic Text
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Bill Beck, the author of "Fat Addict", in the NA Basic Text, and good friend of Jimmy K, succumbed to liver cancer on 16th Jan '07. He was 71. His clean date was July 9, 1967. He died with 39+ years clean. Bill started the first NA recovery house, in San Jose, and also was a barber, almost...
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