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Stay in the arena even if you fall
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these words from a former president were inspiring to me and kept my head up.
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Hello, i am new
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Hmmm... where to start. My name is Sarah and I am wanting to find a sponser. I have been clean since April of 05 and well, I haven't had any help. I do know that I could just as easily relapse as anyone else so, I am finally seeking support, which is a huge step for me. I have g...
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hey callie
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cally are you there? -- Edited by dalin at 02:02, 2006-07-31
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relapsed
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I had a serious problem with cocaine for several years in college and after. I was what you might call a functional addict, because I hid it very well and was still able to maintain a house a good job and a child, all by myself. Finally I knew that it was time to quit. so I came clean with my whole family, who ha...
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Just needing some encouragement.......
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Hello Everyone, I've been here before but it's been quite a long time. (I can't remember what I was signed in under before) It was about last June, I quite cold turkey taking NORCO. I'm sorry to say, I've been on them and off them since. The last time I went back on them was this February, I've been on them an...
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SPEAKERS,SPONSORS,AND ANGELS
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I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS FOR ME TO GET TO A MEETING,BECAUSE OF MY OWN RESISTANCE AND COMPLACENCY.I THEN THOUGHT ABOUT PEOPLE I'VE SEEN THAT HAVE BEEN SPEAKERS OR RUN MEETINGS,OR TAKE ON EVEN MORE RESPONSIBILITY IN THE OVERALL STRUCTURE AND "GOVERNMENT" OF NA OR AA.THEY DEVOTE SO MUCH OF THEM...
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50 DAYS CLEAN AND SOBER!!!
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My name is Raymond and I am a drug addict and alcoholic.
I am 22 years old and live in Providence Rhode Island. When I first came to this message board I had 23 days clean and sober. I now have 50 days! I have been going to meetings regularly and feel better each day. I am shocked at how the cravings to drin...
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A New Path
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sponsorship in n.a.
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hi all.......glad we are here and clean.we all come in here doing the best we know how.my first attempts as a sponsor,i was carrying the mess instead of the message.i was quoting outside litterature in the meetings,because the message i had was borowed,and not mine.i was told by one mem...
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NA MEETINGS
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I am reading a lot about na meetings and how everyone should go them why is it important to goto them? what are they about? If they help with my addiction i will go, i just want to know what i'm getting myself into.
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Information Requested
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I know this is not the correct forum to get the information I need, but please bare with me and my message in this post. My daughter who is deaf and 24 just contacted me online to tell me she just found out from her father's girlfriend her father (my ex for last 15 years) has been using again (prescrip...
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I Picked Up
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I have 9 days today. I picked up after having alomost 4 years.. It have been bothering me alot because I feel like I failed myself. I am very angry and have been since I came back to the roms. I was so sick and tired of being sick and tired.. I think I was out there for 6 months. Its seems that it alot harder to gra...
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died last night
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last night i had a cardiac arrest shoot coke!the hit the feeling everyone is looking for i found it!i haven't used today that way anyway i just need to talk to someone who may have been satisfied also!by satisfied I'm not talking about a good thing or the bad thing like losing my job house etc. i mea...
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How Did This Happen
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How did this happen to me. I'm 49 years old. I've seen what meth addiction can do, hate it and here I am doing it with the guy I have been dating for the past year. I really want to blame him, but I could have said no. 6 months into this and I am worried. I keep tel...
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PRAYER
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I do believe in God and the afterlife,but I still have a hard time feeling meaningfulness in my prayers,at times.I had'nt prayed regularly in years,and I find I really have to force myself to focus and stay on track.I 'm told that if you keep practising this,that it will all fall into place and become ea...
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Lots of questions - Newbie
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I am an active AA memeber and I am familiar with your program. I thought some of you might be able to help me. Here is my problem:
I have a Crohn's Disease, which is very debilitating and painful. I take percocet and oxycontin to relieve the pain. I have spoken to my doctor abo...
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Staying clean
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I have been clean 15 months and I still have to take it day by day..And today has been a hard day.How come when you have trouble in a relationship the first thing you think of is getting high.I stayed clean one more day so far and I just pray and hope the day will get better
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KEEP COMING BACK
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Don't give up on yourselves there is hope for all of us who are hopeless it's only in your eyes how you view things that matter, forget what others see unless it is to help you toss out the negative ones .
See yourself getting well, vision yourself WHOLE and complete, imagine life without drugs then t...
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In it for the wrong reasons?
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Addict Kirsten.
I am excited to say that today is the first day of my life that i am broke and okay with it, 
Do you feel like you're in this for the wrong reasons? I was re-evaluating my recovery and for the first couple of months, the only thing that kept me sober was a promise that I made to a frie...
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My 1st meeting
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I went to my first NA meeting last night and it wasn't what I expected. First of all, it was huge: at least 50 people! I was expecting a group of about 10 sitting in a circle talking about challenges in recovery. Instead, they had a speaker. Parts of his message spoke to me, and I...
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COMPULSION
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i remember when i DID'NT have any vicodin,that i would grab this economy size tylenol bottle in the cupboard,and whether i had pain or not (usually not) i would take three or four tylenol out of compulsive mental need,because that was as close as possibe to getting pills in my mouth.i can...
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Getting Out...
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IM a 38 year woman who just got out of treatment I was there for 98 days since I been out its been really hard with cravings but IM making it though. My History is ive been using drugs for 23 years. Ive Been to prison, I was clean from drugs for 2 years but I got to overwhelmed because I wasn't going to meetings m...
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REPEATING MYSELF,MY STORY
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i was thinking about a new topic to write about,and i realized i would probably have to repeat my story,which in turn made me realize,THAT is what recovery is all about.remembering and telling your course of addiction as often as necessary,for the rest of your life,(in the appropriate places,twelv...
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sponsorship
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just hoping to get some experience, strength and hope about sponsorship. I am coming up on 3 yrs. next month. I got a new sponsor about 3 mos. ago and we have'nt had any face to face time yet. We were supposed 2 hook up this weekend and have a heart 2 heart but I called and did'nt get any response. I am not doing...
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Hanging in there!
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The last time that I posted on this message board I had 23 days clean and sober and I was struggling with a lot of internal conflict. Thank you to the two people who responded and gave me words of encouragement.
I am still having some turmoil in my recovery, but I am happy to say that I have made it to 41 DA...
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A New Path
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21 days clean!!!
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I came here 3 weeks ago on my first night of quiting a 3 year adddiction to oxycodone (At least 100mg a day for 3 years) .... well 3 weeks later I am still clean and Im definently feeling alot better then I was the first week.... But I still have no energy at all, everything I do is a struggle and I...
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Bupinophrine
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Hi,
I had 8 1/2 years in the program. I was a bottom-out heroin addict in NYC. I got clean, got my life together, had friends, had a baby, etc.... I hurt my back 3 years ago and have been relapsing on the pills ever since. I have the most sincere desire to stay clean, but I do have a chronic pain condit...
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clean today
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Didnt take anything today, kept falling asleep though, at work and at home, felt a little depressed too, going to a meeting tomorrow but my A.A sponcer might be there and he is real funny about me sharing my s+i+ in a meeting, says its best to speak to the sponcer, but its not easy..
gonna go to s...
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Robert
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the legacy of addiction
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Hi. I am spending some time with my son this week. He is visiting me while I am staying at a friends house. I just freaked out at him because I see him following in my footsteps. He is 25 years old, using alcohol regularly, doesn't pay his bills, always looking for an easy way out...
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please!
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Man I am in a emotional mess, within the last 3 months I have picked up a drug and started gambling again, yes im sober but the addiction has moved, I have not been supported # dont know what to do! very scared. I know im not the only one to be like this and I know it may seem selfish to want sympathy but im not a...
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Robert
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work books
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I here alot of people in recover talking about work books for the steps. where do i find them? Would the libary have them? If any one knows please let me know.
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