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JFT March 10 Our own recovery
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"The steps are our solution. They are our survival kit. They are our defense against addiction, a deadly disease. Our steps are the principles that make our recovery possible."Basic Text, p. 19=There's lots to like in Narcotics Anonymous. The meetings, for one, are great. We get to see our fri...
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JFT March 9 Small things
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"In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills."Basic Text, p. 90=Making mountains out of molehills seems to be our specialty. Have you heard it said that to an addict, a flat tire is a traumatic event? Or how about those of us who forget all pretense of prin...
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online sponser
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hi there, im just new back to the rooms, in the past ive only done this stuff half hearted, but this time im gonna put my all into it,, was wondering if there is anyway i can get a online sponsor, maybe for the duration or at least till i can get one in real,, many thanks in advance
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JFT March 8 Learning to love ourselves
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"What we want most is to feel good about ourselves."Basic Text, p. 101="We'll love you until you can learn to love yourself." These words, heard so often in our meetings, promise a day we look forward to eagerly--the day when we'll know how to love ourselves.Self-esteem--we all want this elusive qu...
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JFT March 7 Priorities
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"The good times can also be a trap; the danger is that we may forget that our first priority is to stay clean."Basic Text, p. 43=Things can get really good in our recovery. Perhaps we've found our soul mate, built a rewarding career, started a family. Maybe our relationships with our family members h...
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JFT March 6 Rationalizing away our recovery
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"As a result of the Twelve Steps, I'm not able to hold on to old ways of deceiving myself." =We all rationalize. Sometimes we know we are rationalizing, admit we are rationalizing, yet continue to behave according to our rationalizations! Recovery can become very painful when we decide that, for...
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Thanks!
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Hi Everyone, On behalf of the transition committee, I just wanted to thank everyone for your donations! After the last donation drive we had we came out about a year ahead on our fees to Sparklit, who is the host of our board, so we decided to stop taking donations for a little while.We may have another c...
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JFT March 5 From rude awakening to spiritual awakening
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"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. 82=Weve sometimes heard it said in our meetings that "rude awakenings lead to spiritual awakenings." ...
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JFT March 4 The process
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"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. 127In active addiction, things happened seemingly without rhyme or reason. We just did things, often without knowing why or what the resu...
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JFT March 3 Relapse
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"There will be times, however, when we really feel like using. We want to run, and we feel lousy. We need to be reminded of where we came from and that it will be worse this time. This is when we need the program the most."Basic Text, p. 81=If we're contemplating a relapse, we should think our using thro...
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JFT March 2 Success
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"Any form of success was frightening and unfamiliar."Basic Text, p. 14Before coming to NA, few of us had much experience with success. Every attempt to stop using on our own had ended in failure. We had begun to give up hope of finding any relief from active addiction. We had grown accustomed to fai...
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JFT March 1 Anxiety attack
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"[The] Power that brought us to this program is still with us and will continue to guide us if we allow it."Basic Text, p. 27=Ever had a panic attack? Everywhere we turn, lifes demands overwhelm us. We're paralyzed, and we don't know what to do about it. How do we break an anxiety attack?First, we sto...
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JFT February 28 The greatest gift
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"Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future."Basic Text, p. 96=When we begin coming to meetings, we hear other addicts talking about the gifts they have received as a result of this program, things we never thought of as gifts before. One such gift is the renewed abili...
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Recovery Coaching
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Hi Everyone, My name is Jennifer and I'm an alcoholic/addict. I'm clean and sober today, and I'm also a recovery coach student. I'd never heard of recovery coaching back in the day, and I wonder if one might have been helpful. I'd like to be for others what I wish I'd had - a partner on the path. I am req...
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JFT February 26 Remorse
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"The Eighth Step offers a big change from a life dominated by guilt and remorse."Basic Text, p. 39=Remorse was one of the feelings that kept us using. We had stumbled our way through active addiction, leaving a trail of heartbreak and devastation too painful to consider. Our remorse was often inte...
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JFT February 25 Sick as our secrets
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"It would be tragic to write [out an inventory only to] shove it in a drawer. These defects grow in the dark and die in the light of exposure."Basic Text, p. 32=How many times have we heard it said that we are only as sick as our secrets? While many members choose not to use meetings to share the intimate d...
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John
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Hi all.
I just heard that John, our administrator has left on The Onward Journey.
Thank you for keeping me informed Davethewave.
More details in how MIP will be faring will be appreciated.
Thanks and a great day to all.
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Hi all.
I just heard that John, our administrator has left on The Onward Journey.
More details will be appreciated.
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JFT February 22 God's will or mine?
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"We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it."Step Ten In Narcotics Anonymous, we've found that the more we live in harmony with our Higher Power's will for us, the greater the harmony in our lives. We use the Tenth Step to help us maintain that harmony. On a d...
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JFT February 21 Self-pity or recovery--it's our choice
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"Self-pity is one of the most destructive of defects; it will drain us of all positive energy."Basic Text, p. 80=In active addiction, many of us used self-pity as a survival mechanism. We didn't believe there was an alternative to living in our disease--or perhaps we didn't want to believe. As lon...
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JFT February 20 Powerlessness and personal responsibility
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"Through our inability to accept personal responsibilities, we were actually creating our own problems."Basic Text, p. 13=When we refuse to take responsibility for our lives, we give away all of our personal power. We need to remember that we are powerless over our addiction, not our personal be...
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Looking for a Dependable Online Sponsor
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Hello- I have been unable to find a dependable sponsor to help me with my NA recovery. I currently live in New Mexico but have an open CPS case in California for my daughter. On my case plan, they have requested that I find a sponsor and submit name and phone number to my child's social worker for proof that...
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JFT February 17 Carrying the message not the addict
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They can be analyzed, counseled, reasoned with, prayed over, threatened, beaten, or locked up, but they will not stop until they want to stop.Basic Text, p. 65=Perhaps one of the most difficult truths we must face in our recovery is that we are as powerless over another's addiction as we are over our o...
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Having trouble sharing at meetings
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Hello all, I go to about 4-5 meetings a week and currently have 26 days clean from all mood and mind altering substances. I'm working on getting a sponsor but I have a deep fear to share or contribute on any topic during a meeting. I identify with almost everything that people share about but when it comes...
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JFT February 16 Faithful feelings
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"When we refuse to accept the reality of today, we are denying faith in our Higher Power. This can only bring more suffering."IP No. 8, Just for Today=Some days just aren't the way we wish they would be. Our problems may be as simple as a broken shoelace or having to stand in line at the supermarket. O...
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7th Tradition request for contributions to support MIP Boards
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In keeping with the Seventh Tradition that states "Every group should be self supporting", the MIP transition committee, voted to solicit contributions from each MIP Board to clear a billing from the Vendor that hosts the Miracle in Progress Boards . This billing indicates that ther...
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JFT February 15 A spiritual awakening
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"The last thing we expected was an awakening of the spirit." Basic Text, p. 49 Few of us came to our first Narcotics Anonymous meeting aching to take a personal inventory or believing that a spiritual void existed in our souls. We had no inkling that we were about to embark on a journey which would awak...
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JFT February 14 Honesty and spirituality
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"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, pp. 25-26=In meetings, over refreshments, in talks with our sponsor, we hear our NA friends talking about th...
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JFT February 13 The ties that bind
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"As long as the ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart, all will be well."Basic Text, p. 60=Many of us feel that without NA we would surely have died from our disease. Hence, its existence is our very lifeline. However, disunity is an occasional fact of life in Narc...
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JFT February 12 Living in the moment
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"We regretted the past, dreaded the future, and weren't too thrilled about the present."Basic Text, p. 7=Until we experience the healing that happens when we work the Twelve Steps, it is doubtful that we can find a statement more true than the quote above. Most of us come to NA hanging our heads in sha...
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