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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...

mikah · mikah

. .....a fairly relevant reading for me today, recently I've been realizing a deep-seated block in my life,,, recovering from an affliction has become my 'normal'. As a child, it was not uncommon to be dealing with, recovering from one sort of assault or another, it became my 'normal' state as I gre...

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...

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...

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. In f...

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 addic...

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 ext...

vickiebeca72 · vickiebeca72

I hear the phrase used, but where do I find, "cunning, baffling and insidious" in NA literature?

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...

Dave R · Dave R

"Lost dreams awaken and new possibilities arise."Basic Text, p. 91=Most 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...

candiceswifey · candiceswifey

Hello! Im Faith and im an addict. I am so greatful to have found this site. I was just released from the state prison on February 18. I did 14 months between county and state. I have 2 beautiful children. My girlfriend is still down having 13 months left to do. Both just celebrated our one year sober togeth...

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 w...

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,...

Dave R · Dave R

"Although honesty is difficult to practice, it is most rewarding."Basic Text, p. 96=How difficult we find it to be honest! Many of us come to NA so confused about what really happened in our lives that it sometimes takes months and years to sort it all out. The truth of our history is not always as we ha...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our negative sense of self has been replaced by a positive concern for others."Basic Text, p. 16=Spreading gossip feeds a dark hunger in us. Sometimes we think the only way we can feel good about ourselves is to make someone else look bad by comparison. But the kind of self-esteem that can be purcha...

BigV · BigV

I hope everyone is doing well and remaining blessed. Yesterday i was doing some searching on the internet for something that has been kinda eating at me for awhile now and so i went looking for information on an ex girlfriend I had years ago, i was looking for information on her son 5 years old at the time ...

Dave R · Dave R

"We make our amends to the best of our ability."Basic Text, p. 40=The Ninth Step tells us to make direct amends wherever possible. Our experience tells us to follow up those direct amends with long-lasting changes in our attitudes and our behavior--that is, with indirect amends.For example, sa...

avid · avid

I remember when i first came into the rooms and learned about the steps. I used to think that I would never make financial amends. Period. no way. NEVER!!!!!!well we work the steps in order for a reason. Each step, if worked sincerely brings a degree of spirituality that readies us for the next step....

Dave R · Dave R

"We wanted an easy way out....When we did seek help, we were only looking for the absence of pain."Basic Text, p. 5=Something's not working. In fact, something's been wrong for a long time, causing us pain and complicating our lives. The problem is that, at any given moment, it always appears easi...

Dave R · Dave R

We don't have to be clean when we get here but, after the first meeting, we suggest that newcomers keep coming back and come back clean. We don't have to wait for an overdose or a jail sentence to get help from Narcotics Anonymous.Basic Text, pp. 10-11=Very few of us arrive in NA brimming with willing...

Dave R · Dave R

"We live a day at a time but also from moment to moment. When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably."Basic Text, p. 99=Life often seems too complicated to understand, especially for those of us who've dodged it for so long. When we stopped using drugs, many o...

Dave R · Dave R

"Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone."Basic Text, p. 85=There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. Being lonely is a state of the heart, an emptiness that makes us feel sad and sometimes hopeless. Loneliness is not always alleviated when we enter into rel...

Dave R · Dave R

"We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us."Basic Text, p. 58=We all have times when it seems as though our lives are falling apart. There are days, or even weeks, when it seems that everything that can go wrong is going wrong. Whether it's the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, or th...

Dave R · Dave R

"We examined our lives and discovered who we really are. To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves."Basic Text, p. 36=As using addicts, the demands of our disease determined our personality. We could be whoever or whatever we needed to be in order to get our "fix." We were surv...

Dave R · Dave R

...the decision to ask for God's help is our greatest source of strength and courage.Basic Text, p. 26A challenge is anything that dares us to succeed. Things new and unfamiliar serve as challenges, whether those things appear good or bad to us. We are challenged by obstacles and opposition from w...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us...We can call it the group, the program, or we can call it God."Basic Text, p. 24=Many of us have a hard time with the idea of a Higher Power until we fully accept the depth of our own powerlessness over addiction. Once we do, most of us are at least willing t...

Dave R · Dave R

"A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow."IP No. 8, Just for Today=Most of us seem to unconsciously judge what happens in our lives each day as good or bad, success or failure. We tend to feel h...

Dave R · Dave R

"As we grow, we learn to overcome the tendency to run and hide from ourselves and our feelings."Basic Text, p. 85=Rather than risk vulnerability, many of us have developed habits that keep others at a safe distance. These patterns of emotional isolation can give us the feeling we are hopelessly loc...

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	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	0	387	Jun 18, 2016 by Dave R
	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	397	Jun 17, 2016 by Dave R
	... to Survive or to Thrive!? (Preview) . .....a fairly relevant reading for me today, recently I've been realizing a deep-seated block in my life,,, recovering from an affliction has become my 'normal'. As a child, it was not uncommon to be dealing with, recovering from one sort of assault or another, it became my 'normal' state as I gre...	mikah	2	430	Jun 16, 2016 by mikah
	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...	Dave R	0	409	Jun 16, 2016 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...	Dave R	0	405	Jun 15, 2016 by Dave R
	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. In f...	Dave R	0	473	Jun 13, 2016 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 addic...	Dave R	0	392	Jun 12, 2016 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 ext...	Dave R	0	2641	Jun 11, 2016 by Dave R
	Cunning baffling and insidious (Preview) I hear the phrase used, but where do I find, "cunning, baffling and insidious" in NA literature?	vickiebeca72	4	3010	Jun 10, 2016 by vickiebeca72
	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...	Dave R	0	424	Jun 10, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT June 9 Old dreams needn't die (Preview) "Lost dreams awaken and new possibilities arise."Basic Text, p. 91=Most 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...	Dave R	0	391	Jun 9, 2016 by Dave R
	Introducing myself (Preview) Hello! Im Faith and im an addict. I am so greatful to have found this site. I was just released from the state prison on February 18. I did 14 months between county and state. I have 2 beautiful children. My girlfriend is still down having 13 months left to do. Both just celebrated our one year sober togeth...	candiceswifey	6	719	Jun 8, 2016 by Davethewave
	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 w...	Dave R	0	452	Jun 8, 2016 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	2	487	Jun 7, 2016 by Davethewave
	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	361	Jun 6, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT June 5 Honest prayer (Preview) "Although honesty is difficult to practice, it is most rewarding."Basic Text, p. 96=How difficult we find it to be honest! Many of us come to NA so confused about what really happened in our lives that it sometimes takes months and years to sort it all out. The truth of our history is not always as we ha...	Dave R	0	363	Jun 5, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT June 4 Build, don't destroy (Preview) "Our negative sense of self has been replaced by a positive concern for others."Basic Text, p. 16=Spreading gossip feeds a dark hunger in us. Sometimes we think the only way we can feel good about ourselves is to make someone else look bad by comparison. But the kind of self-esteem that can be purcha...	Dave R	0	295	Jun 4, 2016 by Dave R
	Prayers needed (Preview) I hope everyone is doing well and remaining blessed. Yesterday i was doing some searching on the internet for something that has been kinda eating at me for awhile now and so i went looking for information on an ex girlfriend I had years ago, i was looking for information on her son 5 years old at the time ...	BigV	7	585	Jun 3, 2016 by BigV
	June 3 Direct and indirect amends (Preview) "We make our amends to the best of our ability."Basic Text, p. 40=The Ninth Step tells us to make direct amends wherever possible. Our experience tells us to follow up those direct amends with long-lasting changes in our attitudes and our behavior--that is, with indirect amends.For example, sa...	Dave R	0	370	Jun 3, 2016 by Dave R
	Financial Amends (Preview) I remember when i first came into the rooms and learned about the steps. I used to think that I would never make financial amends. Period. no way. NEVER!!!!!!well we work the steps in order for a reason. Each step, if worked sincerely brings a degree of spirituality that readies us for the next step....	avid	20	2396	Jun 2, 2016 by Davethewave
	JFT June 2 Sick and tired (Preview) "We wanted an easy way out....When we did seek help, we were only looking for the absence of pain."Basic Text, p. 5=Something's not working. In fact, something's been wrong for a long time, causing us pain and complicating our lives. The problem is that, at any given moment, it always appears easi...	Dave R	0	520	Jun 2, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT June 1 Keep coming back (Preview) We don't have to be clean when we get here but, after the first meeting, we suggest that newcomers keep coming back and come back clean. We don't have to wait for an overdose or a jail sentence to get help from Narcotics Anonymous.Basic Text, pp. 10-11=Very few of us arrive in NA brimming with willing...	Dave R	0	381	Jun 1, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT May 31 Keep it simple (Preview) "We live a day at a time but also from moment to moment. When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably."Basic Text, p. 99=Life often seems too complicated to understand, especially for those of us who've dodged it for so long. When we stopped using drugs, many o...	Dave R	0	298	May 31, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT May 30 Loneliness vs. being alone (Preview) "Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone."Basic Text, p. 85=There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. Being lonely is a state of the heart, an emptiness that makes us feel sad and sometimes hopeless. Loneliness is not always alleviated when we enter into rel...	Dave R	0	443	May 30, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT May 29 Carry me (Preview) "We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us."Basic Text, p. 58=We all have times when it seems as though our lives are falling apart. There are days, or even weeks, when it seems that everything that can go wrong is going wrong. Whether it's the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, or th...	Dave R	0	387	May 29, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT May 28 As we understand (Preview) "We examined our lives and discovered who we really are. To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves."Basic Text, p. 36=As using addicts, the demands of our disease determined our personality. We could be whoever or whatever we needed to be in order to get our "fix." We were surv...	Dave R	0	355	May 28, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT May 27 Meeting the day's challenge (Preview) ...the decision to ask for God's help is our greatest source of strength and courage.Basic Text, p. 26A challenge is anything that dares us to succeed. Things new and unfamiliar serve as challenges, whether those things appear good or bad to us. We are challenged by obstacles and opposition from w...	Dave R	0	292	May 27, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT May 26 The power in the group (Preview) "Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us...We can call it the group, the program, or we can call it God."Basic Text, p. 24=Many of us have a hard time with the idea of a Higher Power until we fully accept the depth of our own powerlessness over addiction. Once we do, most of us are at least willing t...	Dave R	0	391	May 26, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT May 25 "Good" and "bad" feelings (Preview) "A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow."IP No. 8, Just for Today=Most of us seem to unconsciously judge what happens in our lives each day as good or bad, success or failure. We tend to feel h...	Dave R	1	556	May 25, 2016 by Davethewave
	JFT May 23 Risking vulnerability (Preview) "As we grow, we learn to overcome the tendency to run and hide from ourselves and our feelings."Basic Text, p. 85=Rather than risk vulnerability, many of us have developed habits that keep others at a safe distance. These patterns of emotional isolation can give us the feeling we are hopelessly loc...	Dave R	0	364	May 24, 2016 by Dave R
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