|
|
being vanurable
(Preview)
18 months of meetings and for the first time lastnight I alowed myself to be vanurable! I had an emotional breakdown at my home group last night and it felt so freeing. I have a real problem with people seeing me week and broken, I think it's because thats how I saw myself for so manny years befor recovery....
|
we can
|
3
|
1076
|
|
|
|
|
|
I may have come back to late.
(Preview)
Hello once again everone. I know some remember Stryker and myself. Well, let me be another one to tell you that giving in to your addiction may feel good while your doing it, but once the high is gone and the next day comes you see how much of a mess you have made, and you were almost alright, atleast this is h...
|
Drizzt
|
4
|
685
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thanx(((((((((((((NA)))))))))))))))
(Preview)
 I am so grateful to be apart of this room and be able to be surrounded by other recovering addicts . I wanted to thank everyone for all their posts and welcomes. I feel like I belong, that is something I have struggled with most of my life . Now I found ya'll so thanx love ya Manon -- Edited by rayne at 0...
|
rayne
|
7
|
694
|
|
|
|
|
|
Good news
(Preview)
I am waiting right now to go to my group. I just wanted to talk about some good news that I got. I have been going to college through what is called Vocational Rehabilitation. The only Benefit I can think of about being an addict is that they are paying for my college and if I had...
|
photoaddict
|
5
|
730
|
|
|
|
|
|
i need you...
(Preview)
namaste'
i had one of the best and worst days of my life yesterday
i've been taking a career planning workshop this week...i think i finally know what i want to be when i grow up
really my ultimate goal....is to 'Live who I Am'-in peace, luv and harmony
i've gotten much closer this week to narrowi...
|
wantneeda
|
4
|
654
|
|
|
|
|
|
Another screw up
(Preview)
So I've been working had to stay on the straight and narrow. I have been trying to do it all on my own but have come to the harsh reality lately that I can't do it alone. I'm working up the courage to set up an appointment to speak with someone at a treatment center (Bradford in Nashville, TN). A...
|
patm
|
4
|
645
|
|
|
|
|
|
I don't know what to say
(Preview)
Hey guys, I need some advice again... Rather than rehashing all the history, you can go back to the "This is a cool board" topic I started to get the history.
Anyway, my wife is really upset about my recent relapse. I did go to a meeting last night and it was a good one. She and the kids were ho...
|
Sammy
|
12
|
961
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shaky foundation
(Preview)
Ok so we get clean pull together a few days, confront a few issues work a few steps.
We start making some changes in our lives and good things start to happen.
Then something comes up, an argument with someone, we get angry and start to shake or we go into silent mode, we get that look on our faces th...
|
BigV
|
3
|
697
|
|
|
|
|
|
((((((((((ADRIANA))))))))))
(Preview)
HELLO ADRIANA, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? LONG TIME SINCE WE HEARD FROM YOU. PLEASE SHARE WITH US IF THERE IS SOMETHING TROUBLING YOU. REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR RECOVERY, THIS IS ONE PLACE WHERE WE TRULY BELONG, WHERE WE CAN SHARE FREELY FROM OUR HEART. WE LOVE YOU. HUGS AND LOVE.
|
Tahir
|
2
|
515
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taking off for the weekend BUT before I go all of you who are struggling
(Preview)
MUST READ THIS, I broke down crying when I read this this morning it's so so true. This is where you will find truth what others share is so valuable. We all need something , some promiss that things will get better and we get that from each other and I can tell you honestly, I have struggled, hard real hard f...
|
BigV
|
10
|
947
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hi Friends
(Preview)
I just wanted to say hello again, and hello to those of you I have not met yet.
Still clean, and working on serene as a friend says.....I am glad to be back here.
Lon
|
Lon
|
26
|
1144
|
|
|
|
|
|
hi I am new to this forum
(Preview)
My name is Manon Iam an addict from Oklahoma looking for support outside my f2f meetings.I have seen familar name which put me at ease but at hte same time I am really nervous to put myself out there again I just really had a rude awakining recently with another line and i am afraid to get close to anyone my t...
|
rayne
|
5
|
674
|
|
|
|
|
|
fell off the wagon but getting back on
(Preview)
i did it again. this time i really wanted to stay sober, but i feel i dont know any other life. Other times when i tried to get help i felt to ashamed to ask for it twice. so i continued inthe same old path. but this time i want to be sober. i want to learn to enjoy the little things in life. qand all that keeps goin...
|
jenn
|
3
|
597
|
|
|
|
|
|
60 days clean
(Preview)
hello there my name is Sheryl 60 day clean & I'm continuing the path towords my recovery I had alot of fear & pain when I frist came to the meetings I did not know how to live my life working the steps have changed my life I learned to turn my will and my live over to my higher power with in deep th...
|
Sheryl Landry
|
11
|
607
|
|
|
|
|
|
just sharing
(Preview)
went to an AA roundup this weekend....heard lots of stuff i liked, brought lots of it home with me... bought 2 books...one called coming to believe...its on step 2 a pocket size Big Book for my purse then today i met an old fellow that came all the way from Kenora, Ontario for the roundup, He...
|
wantneeda
|
2
|
633
|
|
|
|
|
|
Meeting starts in 5 minutes @ chatroom
(Preview)
Hi Family,
Please join us at the chatroom now. The Sunday 10 AM EST meeting starts in 5 minutes.
Hugs and Love.
|
Tahir
|
2
|
510
|
|
|
|
|
|
working the newcomer stuff
(Preview)
so,lets do this stuff together.
Read our symbol on page 1x in the basic text to page 16.
Write about who is an addict and how the reading we do in the meetings is true in your life.
1)Write about your personal survival skills of hostility, resentment,self centered and self seek...
|
dalin
|
15
|
791
|
|
|
|
|
|
cool nawol
(Preview)
Fate is what is going to happen unless there is some kind of change or intervention. The spiritual reality of recovery brings with it the power and responsibility to defy fate at it's worst. Recovery allows us to first see and then participate in God’s miracles. Sometimes the new sense of per...
|
dalin
|
1
|
735
|
|
|
|
|
|
Letting Go
(Preview)
November 15
Letting Go
"Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live."
Basic Text p. 25
How do we begin the process of letting our Higher Power guide our lives? When we seek advice about situations that trouble us, we often find that our Higher Power works throug...
|
BigV
|
10
|
855
|
|
|
|
|
|
motivation in recovery
(Preview)
what gets u motivated?
r there certain things that keep u motivated?
if u find urself being complacent...how does motivation fit into your recovery??
peace, luv
Wendy
|
wantneeda
|
4
|
657
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 oclock meeting
(Preview)
bring your ass and your issues
we got h.p.
and tissues
|
dalin
|
7
|
791
|
|
|
|
|
|
step handouts from toronto convention
(Preview)
If you want what we have to offer, and are willing to make the effort to get it, then you are ready to take certain steps. These are the principles that made our recovery possible: STEP 1 - "We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable." To do my best to keep...
|
dalin
|
5
|
847
|
|
|
|
|
|
omg!!!
(Preview)
i WILL NOT lose it..pfft just did
great big long share and it was lost in the shuffle
now thats maddening!!!!
|
wantneeda
|
7
|
557
|
|
|
|
|
|
Seeking suggestions
(Preview)
Ok, I have been struggling with this for a minute and have decided to post here and try to get some suggestions, clarity, and insight.
I have been living in the area where I am for almost 6 months now. When I moved here, straight out of detox, I immediately started going to the NA meetings. I was searchin...
|
echobar
|
11
|
767
|
|
|
|
|
|
What it means, 23rd psalm
(Preview)
The Lord is my Shepherd
That's Relationship!
I shall not want
That's Supply!
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
That's Rest!
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
That's Refreshment!
He restoreth my soul
That's Healing!
He leadeth me in the paths of...
|
BigV
|
19
|
1098
|
|
|
|
|
|
newcomer step 4
(Preview)
hi there been sorting thorugh alot of the confusion though my life lately by my second attempted suicide was nov the 8th my have a learned alot since then .I work daily on my Resentment work & what my possitive things are & my nagitve things are joronaling ,praying,calling woma...
|
Sheryl Landry
|
6
|
693
|
|
|
|
|
|
who
(Preview)
Who Is An Addict
Most of us don't have to think twice about this question. WE KNOW! Our whole life and thinking was centered in drugs in one form or another--the getting and using and finding ways and means to get more. We lived to use and used to live. Very simply, an addict is a man o...
|
dalin
|
2
|
536
|
|
|
|
|
|
hello my name is Wendy
(Preview)
and i am an addict in recovery
at least today i'm in recovery and plan on staying there!
i'm having a hard day today
i need a meeting, but there isn't one til tonight
so i'll post here, introduce myself and hope for some words of hope
alot of pain coming to the forefront as i sit here and its scarin...
|
wantneeda
|
11
|
1019
|
|
|
|
|
|
Just Got here.
(Preview)
Not to the NA program but to this board. Thanks for being here. I have been having a real hard time. I have 12 days. It is a hard earned couple of days as well. I have a sponsor and meetings that I go to regularly but I am still having a rough time. I know that peo...
|
photoaddict
|
8
|
703
|
|
|
|
|
|
newcomer stuff
(Preview)
Read
Read our symbol on page 1x in the basic text to page 16.
Write about who is an addict and how the reading we do in the meetings is true in your life.
1)Write about your personal survival skills of hostility, resentment,self centered and self seeking and how you cut yourself from othe...
|
dalin
|
8
|
3550
|
|
|
