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Letting Go
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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...
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motivation in recovery
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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
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9 oclock meeting
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bring your ass and your issues
we got h.p.
and tissues
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step handouts from toronto convention
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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...
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omg!!!
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i WILL NOT lose it..pfft just did
great big long share and it was lost in the shuffle
now thats maddening!!!!
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Seeking suggestions
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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...
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What it means, 23rd psalm
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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...
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newcomer step 4
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 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...
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who
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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...
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hello my name is Wendy
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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...
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Just Got here.
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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...
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newcomer stuff
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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...
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spirituality
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reading around the net, thought i'd share this
The Essence
Of the definition of spirituality is first of all the concept of soul, the not materially to determine principle on the basis of which we live, important. It is called the essence of our being. Spirituality without a soul doesn't make any...
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big sigh...
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what ever ya do, don't do like i do....and think you're all CURED...frick...only ham is cured...
i slipped for a whole week. I keep telling myself I WANT to be alone, thats that freakin' devil on my shoulder talkin' in my ear...no...i NEED people in my life that aren't in active addiction.
i...
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How many times
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Hi! I'm not addicted to drugs, I'm addicted to people. I'm the very much co-dependant girlfriend of an addict. I usually post in the Al-Anon boards but I like to read this board a lot.
My BF has been in rehab twice. Once in the States and the other time in Costa Rica were we live. He only stayed sober for a m...
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surender#@*
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 So I am at a point now with my pain that I just have to surender, dam! I dont like it at all. I had been looking forward to the toronto convention for a long time, I dont like to miss a thing at these events it's like a recovery boost for me. So even though I have been bed riden for 3 weeks I decided I was going...
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I am back
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Greetings Family,
I'm back from a suddenly planned visit to my parents in my hometown with my wife. We had it planned after a couple of weeks or next month, but my father (who has been diagnosed with cancer a few months back) and also my mom and sis (his primary caregivers) expressed that we come immedi...
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JOHN, LON, I NEED HELP @ CHATROOM
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Hi, sorry that I'm reaching out for assistance so late and near to the meeting I must chair, but please guide me here at the chatroom now. I need help. I will be in the chatroom waiting for one of you... I have to chair the meeting in another 45 minutes here, and I don't know what to do with the readings and oth...
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sponsorship
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Sponsorship is the
Sponsorship is a form of service based on mutual trust & respect. With these principles as a foundation a wonderful relationship is possible, truly making it a two-way street. A sponsor is just another addict with more experience in recovery, who is willing to take the...
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2 issues
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bunny,recoveryrabbit,is having surgery on wed.
hip surgery.
and i am conserned about our freinds from india.
they havent been here in 5 days.i hope all is cool with them
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sponsorship things
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just got off the phone with an angry sponsee.
i still have issues on confrontation,but part of this thing is in learning to be real without shaming someone.
i cant sponsor someone who wants to be a part time recovering addict.i know we didnt use part time.
but confrontation can be tricky.
any a...
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new here and scared as heck
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I am just new to my quest for sobriety. I came here because i feel very alone and isolated. I really dont know what to do or where to start. How long does it take till your truly happy? Are you ever? that whole concept seems really hard to imagine. Anyways it helped to get somethings off my chest. hope to hear...
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step one
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the old step guide written by greg p
http://www.limestonena.com/Steps/Step%201.htm
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something interesting that I read today...
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Today's thought is:
There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's good. --Frank Buchman
Ours is an illness of more. More! More! More! The greed of addiction decays the soul and leaves us to desperately try to fill the hole that is left behind, but there is neve...
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toronto convention tradition handout
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We keep what we have only with vigilance, and just as freedom for the individual comes from the Twelve Steps, so freedom for the group springs from our Traditions. As long as the ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart, all will be well. TRADITION 1 - "Our common welfar...
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Personal Introduction.
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Hello fellow recovering addicts.
I've checked out this board several times, but haven't had a chance to get involved. Recovery has saved my life, like it has done for many others. I have substantial clean time, (Oct, 93), however, what is more important is my accomplishments and piece of mind. I...
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Good place for help in Santa Clara?
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Hello all, I was wondering if anyone knows of a good treatment program in the San Jose area. Thanx!
Jeff
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interveiw with a dope fiend...cleantimes with dalin for convention ed
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1)How have you gotten to know yourself better since you have been in recovery?
A-I’ve gotten to know how I am spiritually built with all the 4th steps that I have done.
Now its just seeing how I act under pressure.
2)What is your favorite step?And why is it your favorite step?
A-It all has to star...
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tradition one
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BEFORE TRADITION ONE 1. Read the beginning of Chapter 6 out of Basic Text, "The Twelve Traditions of NA" to the beginning of Tradition One. 2. Get out that Good Dictionary you used for the Steps. 3. Look up the words: vigilance, unity, negotiable, understanding, application. 4. Answer in writing the...
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what is your favorite basic text quote?
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if it is not practical it is not spiritual.
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