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Dave R · Dave R

"The program is simply sharing, working the Twelve Steps, attending meetings, and practicing the principles of the program." =Our complicated lives can be made a lot less complicated if we concentrate on a few simple things--sharing our experience, strength, and hope with others, regular meet...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future."Basic Text, p. 96=The foundation of our lives is what the rest of our lives is built upon. When we were using, that foundation affected everything we did. When we decided that recovery was important, thats where we began t...

Dave R · Dave R

"Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases."Basic Text, p. 84=After the first couple of years in recovery, most of us start to feel like there are no more big deals. If we've been diligent in working the steps, th...

Dave R · Dave R

"Working with others is only the beginning of service work." Basic Text, p. 59 = Service work calls for a selfless devotion to carrying the message to the still-suffering addict. But our attitude of service cannot stop there. Service also requires that we look at ourselves and our motives. Our ef...

Dave R · Dave R

"When someone points out a shortcoming, our first reaction may be defensive. There will always be room for growth."Basic Text, p. 36=Recovery is a process that brings about change in our lives. We need that change if we are to continue our growth toward freedom. It's important that we remain ope...

Maggie · Maggie

Okay - I need help - desperately. I am now on my sixth step, problem is that I have only come up with a few defects - anger, judgmentalism, self-centeredness... I wish I had a list of defects I could pick from, but then again, I would probably find that I had every one of them. So, if anyone out there can giv...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our fears are lessened and faith begins to grow as we learn the true meaning of surrender. We are no longer fighting fear, anger, guilt, self-pity, or depression."Basic Text, p. 27=Surrender is the beginning of a new way of life. When driven primarily by self-will, we constantly wondered whethe...

Dave R · Dave R

"The process of coming to believe restores us to sanity. The strength to move into action comes from this belief."Basic Text, p. 25=Coming to believe is a process that stems from personal experience. Each of us has this experience; all addicts who find recovery in NA have solid evidence of a benevo...

gratefulgirl17 · gratefulgirl17

Hey family, I am a member of a small town group in NA and at the moment we are struggling to keep people in the rooms. So in an effort to motivate our members to start and stick with their steps and do some healing, we have decided to start a step writing meeting. We went to a Unity Day event where a speaker sha...

Dave R · Dave R

"...ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."Tradition Twelve=Sometimes it's hard to accept others' character defects. As we recover together, we not only listen to others talk in meetings, we also watch how they walk through their recovery. The more we get to know other me...

Dave R · Dave R

"We didn't stumble into this fellowship brimming with love, honesty, open-mindedness, or willingness...When we were beaten, we became willing."Basic Text, p. 20=Surrender may be the necessary foundation for recovery, but sometimes we fight it. Most of us look back after some clean time and wo...

Dave R · Dave R

"In our recovery, we find it essential to accept reality. Once we can do this, we do not find it necessary to use drugs in an attempt to change our perceptions."Basic Text, p. 90=Drugs used to buffer us from the full force of life. When we stop using drugs and enter recovery, we find ourselves confront...

Dave R · Dave R

"We have been experts at self-deception and rationalization."Basic Text, p. 28=When we come to our first meeting and hear that we must be honest, we may think, "Well now, that shouldn't be too difficult. All I have to do is stop lying." To some of us, this comes easily. We no longer have to lie to our em...

Dave R · Dave R

"For some, prayer is asking for God's help; meditation is listening for God's answer.... Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us."Basic Text, pp. 46-47="Be patient when you;re learning to meditate," many of us were told. "It t...

Dave R · Dave R

"We find that when we lose self-obsession, we are able to understand what it means to be happy, joyous, and free."Basic Text, p. 107=The laughter in our meetings often surprises the newcomer. As a group, we appreciate the healing that healthy laughter brings. Even if we are deeply troubled, the jo...

Dave R · Dave R

"Indirect amends may be necessary where direct ones would be unsafe or endanger other people."Basic Text, p. 41=When we used, we allowed nothing to stand in the way of that next high. As a result, many of us didn't always know precisely whom we had injured, either financially or emotionally. When i...

Dave R · Dave R

"Reaching out is the beginning of the struggle that will set us free. It will break down the walls that imprison us."Basic Text, p. 83=Many of us came to NA emotionally shattered. Years of using people and allowing them to use us had taken their toll on our ability to trust anyone, ourselves included...

Dave R · Dave R

"Some things we must accept, others we can change. The wisdom to know the difference comes with growth in our spiritual program."Basic Text, p. 95=It's relatively easy to accept the things we like--it's the things we don't like that are hard to accept. But remaking the world and everyone in it to...

Dave R · Dave R

"Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing, or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for the unknown."Basic Text, p. 34=We have often heard it said that "when the pain of remaining the same becomes gr...

Dave R · Dave R

"If we maintain our spiritual condition daily, we find it easier to deal with the pain and confusion."Basic Text, p. 95=When we first began searching for a Power greater than ourselves, many of us got stuck in old beliefs or ideas. These ranged from the fear of a punishing or vengeful God to no belief a...

ernurse · ernurse

I began as a registered nurse 8 years ago. My career took off and was wonderful for about 6 years. The last 2 years I have had chronic headaches and have been looking for one way or another to take away the pain. I also suffer from severe depression, which further complicates things. I have been using...

Dave R · Dave R

"The program works a miracle in our lives....We become free to live."Basic Text, p. 11=Most of us--if we've been in recovery for any length of time at all--have heard some member complaining in a meeting about being terribly overworked, too busy for meetings or sponsorship or other activities. I...

Dave R · Dave R

"Yes, we are a vision of hope..."Basic Text, p. 53=By the time we reached the end of our road, many of us had lost all hope for a life without the use of drugs. We believed we were destined to die from our disease. What an inspiration it was, then, coming to our first meeting and seeing a room full of addict...

Dave R · Dave R

"As we recover, we gain a new outlook on being clean...Life can become a new adventure for us."Basic Text, p. 91=The using life is not a clean one--no one knows this better than we do. Some of us lived in physical squalor, caring neither for our surroundings nor ourselves. Worse, though, than any ex...

Dave R · Dave R

"When we finally get our own selfish motives out of the way, we begin to find a peace that we never imagined possible."Basic Text, p. 45=As we examine our beliefs, our actions, and our motives in recovery, we'll find that sometimes we do things for the wrong reasons. In our early recovery, we may have s...

Whitney · Whitney

Hi. I'm an addict and my problem is Whitney. I'm 3 months out of treatment and currently am attending local NA meetings, but there aren't many women that show up to them. The ones that do never hang around long and I can't seem to find a reliable sponsor. I'm trying to do this thing right and I feel confiden...

Dave R · Dave R

"Lost dreams awaken and new possibilities arise."Basic Text, p. 91Most of us had dreams when we were young. Whether we dreamed of a dynamic career, a large and loving family, or travels abroad, our dreams died when our addiction took hold. Anything we ever wanted for ourselves was cast away in our p...

Dave R · Dave R

"This program offers hope. All you have to bring with you is the desire to stop using and the willingness to try this new way of life.IP No. 16, For the Newcomer=From time to time we wonder if were doing it right in Narcotics Anonymous. Are we attending enough meetings? Are we using our sponsor, or wo...

Dave R · Dave R

"Just for today, I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery."Basic Text, p. 100=Not all of us arrive in NA and automatically stay clean. But if we keep coming back, we find in Narcotics Anonymous the support we need for our recovery. Staying clean is easier w...

Dave R · Dave R

"The Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous are a progressive recovery process established in our daily living."Basic Text, p. 99=After some time in recovery, we may find we are faced with what seem like overwhelming personal problems, angry feelings, and despair. When we realize what's going on,...

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	JFT July 1 A simple program (Preview) "The program is simply sharing, working the Twelve Steps, attending meetings, and practicing the principles of the program." =Our complicated lives can be made a lot less complicated if we concentrate on a few simple things--sharing our experience, strength, and hope with others, regular meet...	Dave R	0	413	Jul 1, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 30 Maintaining the foundation (Preview) "Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future."Basic Text, p. 96=The foundation of our lives is what the rest of our lives is built upon. When we were using, that foundation affected everything we did. When we decided that recovery was important, thats where we began t...	Dave R	0	370	Jun 30, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 29 Keeping recovery fresh (Preview) "Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases."Basic Text, p. 84=After the first couple of years in recovery, most of us start to feel like there are no more big deals. If we've been diligent in working the steps, th...	Dave R	0	524	Jun 29, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 28 Group conscience (Preview) "Working with others is only the beginning of service work." Basic Text, p. 59 = Service work calls for a selfless devotion to carrying the message to the still-suffering addict. But our attitude of service cannot stop there. Service also requires that we look at ourselves and our motives. Our ef...	Dave R	0	396	Jun 28, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 27 Change and growth (Preview) "When someone points out a shortcoming, our first reaction may be defensive. There will always be room for growth."Basic Text, p. 36=Recovery is a process that brings about change in our lives. We need that change if we are to continue our growth toward freedom. It's important that we remain ope...	Dave R	0	463	Jun 27, 2017 by Dave R
	Step Six - Character Defects (Preview) Okay - I need help - desperately. I am now on my sixth step, problem is that I have only come up with a few defects - anger, judgmentalism, self-centeredness... I wish I had a list of defects I could pick from, but then again, I would probably find that I had every one of them. So, if anyone out there can giv...	Maggie	48	43720	Jun 26, 2017 by Davethewave
	JFT June 26 Surrendering self-will (Preview) "Our fears are lessened and faith begins to grow as we learn the true meaning of surrender. We are no longer fighting fear, anger, guilt, self-pity, or depression."Basic Text, p. 27=Surrender is the beginning of a new way of life. When driven primarily by self-will, we constantly wondered whethe...	Dave R	0	510	Jun 26, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 25 Not just lucky (Preview) "The process of coming to believe restores us to sanity. The strength to move into action comes from this belief."Basic Text, p. 25=Coming to believe is a process that stems from personal experience. Each of us has this experience; all addicts who find recovery in NA have solid evidence of a benevo...	Dave R	0	486	Jun 25, 2017 by Dave R
	Step Writing Meeting (Preview) Hey family, I am a member of a small town group in NA and at the moment we are struggling to keep people in the rooms. So in an effort to motivate our members to start and stick with their steps and do some healing, we have decided to start a step writing meeting. We went to a Unity Day event where a speaker sha...	gratefulgirl17	1	713	Jun 24, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 24 Tolerance (Preview) "...ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."Tradition Twelve=Sometimes it's hard to accept others' character defects. As we recover together, we not only listen to others talk in meetings, we also watch how they walk through their recovery. The more we get to know other me...	Dave R	0	603	Jun 24, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 23 Surrender (Preview) "We didn't stumble into this fellowship brimming with love, honesty, open-mindedness, or willingness...When we were beaten, we became willing."Basic Text, p. 20=Surrender may be the necessary foundation for recovery, but sometimes we fight it. Most of us look back after some clean time and wo...	Dave R	0	534	Jun 23, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 22 Accepting life as it is (Preview) "In our recovery, we find it essential to accept reality. Once we can do this, we do not find it necessary to use drugs in an attempt to change our perceptions."Basic Text, p. 90=Drugs used to buffer us from the full force of life. When we stop using drugs and enter recovery, we find ourselves confront...	Dave R	0	483	Jun 22, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 21 New levels of honesty (Preview) "We have been experts at self-deception and rationalization."Basic Text, p. 28=When we come to our first meeting and hear that we must be honest, we may think, "Well now, that shouldn't be too difficult. All I have to do is stop lying." To some of us, this comes easily. We no longer have to lie to our em...	Dave R	0	440	Jun 21, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 20 Meditation for beginners (Preview) "For some, prayer is asking for God's help; meditation is listening for God's answer.... Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us."Basic Text, pp. 46-47="Be patient when you;re learning to meditate," many of us were told. "It t...	Dave R	0	3291	Jun 20, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 19 A sense of humor (Preview) "We find that when we lose self-obsession, we are able to understand what it means to be happy, joyous, and free."Basic Text, p. 107=The laughter in our meetings often surprises the newcomer. As a group, we appreciate the healing that healthy laughter brings. Even if we are deeply troubled, the jo...	Dave R	0	499	Jun 19, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 18 Indirect amends (Preview) "Indirect amends may be necessary where direct ones would be unsafe or endanger other people."Basic Text, p. 41=When we used, we allowed nothing to stand in the way of that next high. As a result, many of us didn't always know precisely whom we had injured, either financially or emotionally. When i...	Dave R	1	440	Jun 18, 2017 by Davethewave
	JFT June 17 Walls (Preview) "Reaching out is the beginning of the struggle that will set us free. It will break down the walls that imprison us."Basic Text, p. 83=Many of us came to NA emotionally shattered. Years of using people and allowing them to use us had taken their toll on our ability to trust anyone, ourselves included...	Dave R	0	486	Jun 17, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 16 Accepting life (Preview) "Some things we must accept, others we can change. The wisdom to know the difference comes with growth in our spiritual program."Basic Text, p. 95=It's relatively easy to accept the things we like--it's the things we don't like that are hard to accept. But remaking the world and everyone in it to...	Dave R	0	423	Jun 16, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 15 Resistance to change (Preview) "Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing, or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for the unknown."Basic Text, p. 34=We have often heard it said that "when the pain of remaining the same becomes gr...	Dave R	0	476	Jun 15, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 14 Maintaining our faith (Preview) "If we maintain our spiritual condition daily, we find it easier to deal with the pain and confusion."Basic Text, p. 95=When we first began searching for a Power greater than ourselves, many of us got stuck in old beliefs or ideas. These ranged from the fear of a punishing or vengeful God to no belief a...	Dave R	0	417	Jun 14, 2017 by Dave R
	Nurses and addiction (Preview) I began as a registered nurse 8 years ago. My career took off and was wonderful for about 6 years. The last 2 years I have had chronic headaches and have been looking for one way or another to take away the pain. I also suffer from severe depression, which further complicates things. I have been using...	ernurse	15	9164	Jun 13, 2017 by mikah
	JFT June 13 A full life (Preview) "The program works a miracle in our lives....We become free to live."Basic Text, p. 11=Most of us--if we've been in recovery for any length of time at all--have heard some member complaining in a meeting about being terribly overworked, too busy for meetings or sponsorship or other activities. I...	Dave R	0	480	Jun 13, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 12 A vision of hope (Preview) "Yes, we are a vision of hope..."Basic Text, p. 53=By the time we reached the end of our road, many of us had lost all hope for a life without the use of drugs. We believed we were destined to die from our disease. What an inspiration it was, then, coming to our first meeting and seeing a room full of addict...	Dave R	0	454	Jun 12, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 11 Living clean (Preview) "As we recover, we gain a new outlook on being clean...Life can become a new adventure for us."Basic Text, p. 91=The using life is not a clean one--no one knows this better than we do. Some of us lived in physical squalor, caring neither for our surroundings nor ourselves. Worse, though, than any ex...	Dave R	0	547	Jun 11, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 10 Changing motives (Preview) "When we finally get our own selfish motives out of the way, we begin to find a peace that we never imagined possible."Basic Text, p. 45=As we examine our beliefs, our actions, and our motives in recovery, we'll find that sometimes we do things for the wrong reasons. In our early recovery, we may have s...	Dave R	0	419	Jun 10, 2017 by Dave R
	Trying to find a sponsor (Preview) Hi. I'm an addict and my problem is Whitney. I'm 3 months out of treatment and currently am attending local NA meetings, but there aren't many women that show up to them. The ones that do never hang around long and I can't seem to find a reliable sponsor. I'm trying to do this thing right and I feel confiden...	Whitney	2	539	Jun 9, 2017 by Davethewave
	JFT June 9 Old dreams needn't die (Preview) "Lost dreams awaken and new possibilities arise."Basic Text, p. 91Most of us had dreams when we were young. Whether we dreamed of a dynamic career, a large and loving family, or travels abroad, our dreams died when our addiction took hold. Anything we ever wanted for ourselves was cast away in our p...	Dave R	0	539	Jun 9, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 8 The only requirement (Preview) "This program offers hope. All you have to bring with you is the desire to stop using and the willingness to try this new way of life.IP No. 16, For the Newcomer=From time to time we wonder if were doing it right in Narcotics Anonymous. Are we attending enough meetings? Are we using our sponsor, or wo...	Dave R	0	504	Jun 8, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 7 Someone who believes in me (Preview) "Just for today, I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery."Basic Text, p. 100=Not all of us arrive in NA and automatically stay clean. But if we keep coming back, we find in Narcotics Anonymous the support we need for our recovery. Staying clean is easier w...	Dave R	0	394	Jun 7, 2017 by Dave R
	JFT June 6 Recovery doesn't happen overnight (Preview) "The Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous are a progressive recovery process established in our daily living."Basic Text, p. 99=After some time in recovery, we may find we are faced with what seem like overwhelming personal problems, angry feelings, and despair. When we realize what's going on,...	Dave R	0	457	Jun 6, 2017 by Dave R
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