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life on lifes' terms
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I have had a rough couple day turned 19months april first but last night i wanted to use and bad I went to sleep instead and bought a pack of smokes the weight that i have put on since I became clean is getting outta control I used to stay so tyhin so life on lifes' terms is giving me a run for my money needless to...
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Somewhere way out there at the top of the world !!!
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Hi all,,, glad to be back at this Forum !!! Nepal convention inASIA !!! Close to the Everest,,, the highest point on earth !! So here it is,,, an NA Convention at the top of the world !!! Id drove newcomers about 4000 miles up and down to a foreign neighbouring country !!! We had a great time and i also played...
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I kindly give you everything you need to know about God
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We're the problem, God is the solution.
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Self Acceptance
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The problem The lack of self-acceptance is a problem for many recovering addicts. This subtle defect is difficult to identify and often goes unrecognized. Many of us believe that using drugs was our only problem, denying the fact that our lives had become unmanageable. Even after we stop using, thi...
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OMG I AM PREGNANT HOW CAN THIS BE?
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I'm haven a bad hair day
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ok a bad day all around I feel weird Ok it happens just have to start it over -- Edited by BigV at 02:04, 2007-04-01
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Concerned, What to do . . .
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Hi all, I'm new here. I have a dielema. My boyfirend has been going to meeting and I have been attending them with him as support. He has an addiction to cocaine and he says that he is clean but I have found indications that he may not be. His addiction has put a lot of stress on our relationship, he has lie...
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tradition stuudies every other thursday
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we will be having tradition studies every other thursaday next thursday will be tradtion 1 feel free to join us and learn about the things that bind us together and keep NA going
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this great spiritual / self development book
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I want to say upfront: I have no interest or any connection with this book or the site. I just feel I have found a pretty neat site and book and I would like to share with the board. http://www.youhavechosentoremember.com/chapter.htm the site has excerpts from the book You Have Chosen to Remembe...
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Recovery Diaries; Tales from Rehab
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The women of miracles have started this thread becase we felt we all have a lot to share about rehab and our time there lessons, pain, and just the funny day to day antics of that first glimpse at a new life. The ones that stayed and helped us continue those that left and we wonder still today. Like so ma...
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Remaining in a state of gratefulness
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I have noticed a huge change in how I feel lately, more at peace , calmer , happy , less physical pain and just generally in a better head space. I think (and my sponsor tells me) that it is because I am not just saying I'm grateful but I am really feeling grateful. I belong to an email gratitude group of...
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inspirational quote
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Years ago posative thinker Kent Keith taught about "The Paradoxical Commandments" Dr Kent's version was later slightly modified and posted on the walls of Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta. Below is the latter version... People are often unreasonable, Irrational, and se...
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Looking For The Assets "Thought for the Day"
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March 27 Looking For The Assets "In accordance with the principles of recovery we try not to judge, stereotype, or moralize with each other" Basic Text p. 11 How many times in our recovery have we misunderstood the behavior of another, immediately formed a judgment, applied a...
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MIP Members Wedding Invitation!
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Our Wedding Reception Will be held at Pearsall Memorial Church 3902 Market Street, Wilmington, NC Saturday, July 7th, 2007 Dinner at 7 PM Dancing Starts at 8 PM Map To Wedding - Hugh MacRae ParkMap To Reception - Pearsall Memorial Church
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Daily Topic for 3/12/07
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“Reaching out is the beginning of the struggle that will set us free. It will break down the walls that imprison us. A symptom of our disease is alienation, and honest sharing will free us to recover.”
Basic Text pg. 80
To reach out was a very hard thing for me for a very long time. It took time to find...
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Daily Topic for 3/6/07.........................
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“We live a day at a time but also from moment to moment. When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably. Patience isn’t a strongpoint with us. That’s why we need our slogans and our N.A. friends to remind us to live the program just for today.” ...
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March 24 - Just For Today
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Just For Today March 24 Letting Go Of The Past "It is not where we were that counts, but where we are going." Basic Text p. 22 When we first find recovery, some of us feel shame or despair at calling ourselves "addicts" In the early days, we may be filled with both fear and hope as we st...
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Help
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Can someone help me please? I am extremely new at this. A week ago I was fine, and now I need help. I am all alone and no one knows. I am in Dallas and really need someone to talk to. What do I do? This is the first place I found online and thought I'd try. Thanks.
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Need To Share
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I had a very difficult time relationship wise this last one week. I had acted out on my anger to such extent that I ended up damaging my wife's laptop last week. I was shocked about my behavior the next day morning and felt exactly the way I had felt when I woke up the next morning after my last relapse.....
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(((Mlouise)))
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Hey Mystie, I have been thinking about you. Hope you are doing well. Still working on that pain book? It is helping me so much, I hope its working for you. Keep in touch we need you here! Sandra
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trusted servants needed
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MIP NA is still looking for ppl to take service postions to be filled if you are intrested please get back with me and we will go from there. Thank you MIP Manon -- Edited by rayne at 21:49, 2007-03-05
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Step study chats every other Friday starting tonight
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We will start with Step 1 tonight at 11PM EST. This will be every other Friday. Please join us in the chat room if you are online. Please check out http://www.louisvilleareana.org/SWGstep_one1.htm P.S. Rayne will also be doing tradition studies every other Thursday.
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I'd be away forawhile
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Hi family, I'd be away for a few days. Am goin' to my hometown on a visit to my parents. Take care, everyone, and stay blessed. Shall miss you all. Hugs & Love ~ Tahir.
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Feeling so sad
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Hi Everyone, I'm feeling so sad today. I ended a relationship approx. 3 months ago. He uses drugs and Alcoholic. I'm in Al-Anon and it really helps because I want to recover. I realize that I get addicted to people and treat people better most of the time than I treat myself. He is such a good guy...
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trudging
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hope all is well for you's been doing ok i guess. Lots going on in my world kids stuff's, my youngest daughter deciding to come live with me, that hasn't been for five years now, so i drove an houur out of town to get her, had to deal with her school...her dad....her dad...her dad...yikes. an...
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Flood (of life)
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http://www.twango.com/media/awakening.public/awakening.10061 Rain rain on my face It hasn't stopped raining for days My world is a flood Slowly I become one with the mud But if I can't swim after forty da...
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we accept responsibility for our problems and see that we're equally responsible for our solutions
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SO whats the solution? The twelve steps are a solution- our defects are removed. We put spiritual living first and learn to use patience, tolerance and humility in our daily affairs. Honesty, open-mindedness and willingness "HOW"- This might mean taking a daily inventory We rid oursel...
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A Starnger in my own house...
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Hello All, 23 days of total sobriety today. I was in rehab. for 3 weeks and am taking my first steps since I got out Sat. morning. I've attended 6 NA meetings and I have 90 meetings in 90 days to attend. I live in the city of Cairo in Egypt where NA meetings are abundant (what a relief). I got a sponsor yes...
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Thank you for the warm welcome.
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Thank you all for the really warm welcome i've received here, and yes, I am part of the NA program. I got a sponsor yesterday and he said I have 90 NA meetings in 90 days. It is sooo weird being sober, kinda fun but real scary. It's a new life that's for sure and everything is diffirent. My body s...
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It's Harder Than I Thought!
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Hello All, I've been clean for 22 days (from absolutely everything) now and that's the longest time that i've clean in my entire life. I have been using something or other since 1983. I am 40 years old and have been a heroin addict for 20 years. These are the first sober days of my life and I d...
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