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Dave R · Dave R

"Perhaps for the first time, we see a vision of our new life."Basic Text, p. 35=In our addiction, our vision of ourselves was very limited. Each day, we went through the same routine: getting, using, and finding ways and means to get more. And that's all we could reasonably expect for the duration of...

Dave R · Dave R

"We have to keep our recovery first and our priorities in order."Basic Text, p. 82=Before coming to NA, we used many excuses to justify our use of drugs: "He yelled at me." "She said this." "My partner left." "I got fired." We used these same excuses for not seeking help for our drug problem. We had...

caracelles · caracelles

Page 41 of the Guide to Local Service shows the following information in it's sample group meeting format. Leader: Select people before the meeting to read one or more of the following short pieces. These readings can be found in our White Booklet, the Basic Text, IP No. 1, or the group reading cards. a...

John · John

Asking for prayer and help!I have not been interacting on the boards for a good while because of internal and external hardships I am so overwhelmed with and that has reduced my ability to shoot positive energy, inspiration, and hope into the Universe for the benefit of others, when I am so stuck in the...

Mike M · Mike M

MIKEF · MIKEF

"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual." (Our Thanksgiving,,Have a blessed and productive day...this day and each day WE are graced with.

Dave R · Dave R

"If [character defects] contributed to our health and happiness, we would not have come to such a state of desperation."Basic Text, p. 35=Getting started on the Sixth and Seventh Steps isn't always easy. We may feel as though we have so much wrong with us that we are totally defective. We might feel...

Dave R · Dave R

"We weren't oriented toward fulfillment; we focused on the emptiness and worthlessness of it all."Basic Text, p. 89=There were probably hundreds of times in our active addiction when we wished we could become someone else. We may have wished we could trade places with someone who owned a nice car o...

Dave R · Dave R

"...the addict would find from the start as much identification as each needed to convince himself that he could stay clean, by the example of others who had recovered for many years."Basic Text, p. 88=Many of us attended our first meeting and, not being entirely sure that NA was for us, found much to c...

Dave R · Dave R

"The Tenth Step can help us correct our living problems and prevent their recurrence."Basic Text, p. 42=Our identities, how we think and feel, have been shaped by our experiences. Some of our experiences have made us better people; others have caused us shame or embarrassment; all of them have inf...

Dave R · Dave R

"We never have to use again, no matter how we feel. All feelings will eventually pass."Basic Text, p. 82=It hurts like never before. You get out of bed after a sleepless night, talk to God, and still dont feel any better. "It will pass," a little voice tells you. "When?" you wonder, as you pace and mu...

Davethewave · Davethewave

Well, in two short months I know of two people killed riding motorcycles. If you own one or know of someone who does please think of moving on, or asking them to sell it. Believe me I know the excitement and passion that motorcyclists have. I use to race MX and have won many events, offroading. Road mach...

Mike M · Mike M

Started another day choosing to stay Clean in Recovery. 13,125 One Day at a Times Clean that's 35 years and 342 days, including 9 leap days, or 35 years, 48 weeks and 6 days. Ho-hum life? No way.

Dave R · Dave R

"When we honestly tell our own story, someone else may identify with us."Basic Text, p. 98=Many of us have heard truly captivating speakers at Narcotics Anonymous conventions. We remember the audience alternating between tears of identification and joyous hilarity. "Someday," we may think,...

MIKEF · MIKEF

Hello Folks! I have heard from the other side of MIP ( AA FORUM) that the owner of this site is suffering pretty badly from COPD...I LIFT HIM UP IN THOUGHT AND PRAYER,,

Dave R · Dave R

"We surrender quietly and let the God of our understanding take care of us."Basic Text, p. 26=Surrender and acceptance are like infatuation and love. Infatuation begins when we encounter someone special. Infatuation requires nothing but the acknowledgement of the object of our infatuation....

Dave R · Dave R

"It is our actions that are important. We leave the results to our Higher Power."Basic Text, p. 91=There's an old saying we sometimes hear in our meetings: "If you want to make God laugh, make plans." When we hear this we usually laugh, too, but there's a nervous edge to our laughter. We wonder if al...

Dave R · Dave R

Our disease is so cunning that it can get us into impossible situations.Basic Text, p. 83=Some of us say, "My disease is talking to me." Others say, "My head won't turn off." Still others refer to the committee in my mind or the monkey on my back. Let's face it. We suffer from an incurable malad...

Dave R · Dave R

This decision demands continued acceptance, ever-increasing faith, and a daily commitment to recovery.IP No. 14, One Addicts Experience=Sometimes, we really live the Third Step--and its great! We don't regret the past, we aren't afraid of the future, and were generally pleased with the pre...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our best thinking got us into trouble....Recovery is an active change in our ideas and attitudes."Basic Text, p. 55=In active addiction, the world probably looked like a horrible place.Using helped us tolerate the world we saw.Today, however, we understand that the worlds condition wasn't rea...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our egos, once so large and dominant, now take a back seat because we are in harmony with a loving God. We find that we lead richer, happier, and much fuller lives when we lose self-will."Basic Text, p. 105=Addiction and self-will go hand in hand. The unmanageability that we admitted to in Step On...

gettingstronger · gettingstronger

Greetings all! This is my first time on this site and I am already grateful. It is just nice to have somewhere to call "home" once the meetings are over. I have a question. My homegroup is attempting to introduce keytag explainations into our keytag presentation format. But, we want to do s...

trudgin · trudgin

Interestingly enough... I have started the steps over with a new sponsor. In the step working guide on step 1 in the "Denial" section, there's a question that I am not understanding this time: "Am I comparing a current manifestation of my addiction to the way my life was before I got cl...

Dave R · Dave R

"We may fear that being in touch with our feelings will trigger an overwhelming chain reaction of pain and panic."Basic Text, p. 30=A common complaint about the Fourth Step is that it makes us painfully conscious of our defects of character. We may be tempted to falter in our program of recovery. Th...

Dave R · Dave R

"The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves. We don't have to be religious to accept this idea. The point is that we open our minds to believe."Basic Text, p. 24=In a lifelong process of coming to believe, our understanding of God will change. T...

Hmr100 · Hmr100

Any females going Portsmouth to Amesbury

Dave R · Dave R

"In accordance with the principles of recovery, we try not to judge, stereotype, or moralize with each other."Basic Text, p. 11=Let's face it: In Narcotics Anonymous, we live in a glass house of sorts. Our fellow members know more about our personal lives than anyone has ever known before. They k...

Dave R · Dave R

?In NA, our joys are multiplied by sharing good days; our sorrows are lessened by sharing the bad. For the first time in our lives, we don't have to experience anything alone."IP No. 16, For the Newcomer=When we practice using the steps and the other tools of our program to work through our hardships...

Dave R · Dave R

"We may think that we have done enough by writing about our past. We cannot afford this mistake."Basic Text, p. 32=Some of us aren't too keen on writing out our Fourth Step; others take it to an obsessive extreme. To our sponsor's growing dismay, we inventory ourselves again and again. We discover...

Hemi · Hemi

Someone once told me what the difference was between shortcomings and defects of character. They put it in a very succinct way and it sounded like an N.A saying so I was wondering if anyone knows it and id not can someone please explain it to me? Thanks Hemi

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	JFT December 3 Vision without limits (Preview) "Perhaps for the first time, we see a vision of our new life."Basic Text, p. 35=In our addiction, our vision of ourselves was very limited. Each day, we went through the same routine: getting, using, and finding ways and means to get more. And that's all we could reasonably expect for the duration of...	Dave R	0	438	Dec 3, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT December 2 Recovery: our first priority (Preview) "We have to keep our recovery first and our priorities in order."Basic Text, p. 82=Before coming to NA, we used many excuses to justify our use of drugs: "He yelled at me." "She said this." "My partner left." "I got fired." We used these same excuses for not seeking help for our drug problem. We had...	Dave R	0	421	Dec 2, 2016 by Dave R
	GLS Sample Meeting Format clarification GLS meeting format suggested readings (Preview) Page 41 of the Guide to Local Service shows the following information in it's sample group meeting format. Leader: Select people before the meeting to read one or more of the following short pieces. These readings can be found in our White Booklet, the Basic Text, IP No. 1, or the group reading cards. a...	caracelles	4	612	Dec 2, 2016 by caracelles
	Asking for prayers and help... (Preview) Asking for prayer and help!I have not been interacting on the boards for a good while because of internal and external hardships I am so overwhelmed with and that has reduced my ability to shoot positive energy, inspiration, and hope into the Universe for the benefit of others, when I am so stuck in the...	John	5	566	Dec 1, 2016 by Mike M
	One Day At A Time Clean for 36 years (Preview)	Mike M	3	516	Nov 28, 2016 by Davethewave
	Our THANKSGIVING IS PERPETUAL (Preview) "I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual." (Our Thanksgiving,,Have a blessed and productive day...this day and each day WE are graced with.	MIKEF	0	415	Nov 24, 2016 by MIKEF
	JFT November 21 Letting our defects go (Preview) "If [character defects] contributed to our health and happiness, we would not have come to such a state of desperation."Basic Text, p. 35=Getting started on the Sixth and Seventh Steps isn't always easy. We may feel as though we have so much wrong with us that we are totally defective. We might feel...	Dave R	0	416	Nov 21, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT November 20 Finding fulfillment (Preview) "We weren't oriented toward fulfillment; we focused on the emptiness and worthlessness of it all."Basic Text, p. 89=There were probably hundreds of times in our active addiction when we wished we could become someone else. We may have wished we could trade places with someone who owned a nice car o...	Dave R	0	349	Nov 20, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT November 19 The language of empathy (Preview) "...the addict would find from the start as much identification as each needed to convince himself that he could stay clean, by the example of others who had recovered for many years."Basic Text, p. 88=Many of us attended our first meeting and, not being entirely sure that NA was for us, found much to c...	Dave R	0	434	Nov 19, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT November 18 Self-discovery (Preview) "The Tenth Step can help us correct our living problems and prevent their recurrence."Basic Text, p. 42=Our identities, how we think and feel, have been shaped by our experiences. Some of our experiences have made us better people; others have caused us shame or embarrassment; all of them have inf...	Dave R	0	371	Nov 18, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT November 17 Walking through the pain (Preview) "We never have to use again, no matter how we feel. All feelings will eventually pass."Basic Text, p. 82=It hurts like never before. You get out of bed after a sleepless night, talk to God, and still dont feel any better. "It will pass," a little voice tells you. "When?" you wonder, as you pace and mu...	Dave R	0	381	Nov 17, 2016 by Dave R
	The danger of road bikes (Preview) Well, in two short months I know of two people killed riding motorcycles. If you own one or know of someone who does please think of moving on, or asking them to sell it. Believe me I know the excitement and passion that motorcyclists have. I use to race MX and have won many events, offroading. Road mach...	Davethewave	7	469	Nov 14, 2016 by Davethewave
	Woke up today, decided another day of NA Recovery was in order (Preview) Started another day choosing to stay Clean in Recovery. 13,125 One Day at a Times Clean that's 35 years and 342 days, including 9 leap days, or 35 years, 48 weeks and 6 days. Ho-hum life? No way.	Mike M	5	460	Nov 12, 2016 by BigV
	JFT November 12 Our own story (Preview) "When we honestly tell our own story, someone else may identify with us."Basic Text, p. 98=Many of us have heard truly captivating speakers at Narcotics Anonymous conventions. We remember the audience alternating between tears of identification and joyous hilarity. "Someday," we may think,...	Dave R	0	301	Nov 12, 2016 by Dave R
	The owner of this site... (Preview) Hello Folks! I have heard from the other side of MIP ( AA FORUM) that the owner of this site is suffering pretty badly from COPD...I LIFT HIM UP IN THOUGHT AND PRAYER,,	MIKEF	5	423	Nov 11, 2016 by BigV
	JFT November 11 From surrender to acceptance (Preview) "We surrender quietly and let the God of our understanding take care of us."Basic Text, p. 26=Surrender and acceptance are like infatuation and love. Infatuation begins when we encounter someone special. Infatuation requires nothing but the acknowledgement of the object of our infatuation....	Dave R	0	376	Nov 11, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT November 9 The best-laid plans (Preview) "It is our actions that are important. We leave the results to our Higher Power."Basic Text, p. 91=There's an old saying we sometimes hear in our meetings: "If you want to make God laugh, make plans." When we hear this we usually laugh, too, but there's a nervous edge to our laughter. We wonder if al...	Dave R	0	387	Nov 9, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT October 22 Look who's talking (Preview) Our disease is so cunning that it can get us into impossible situations.Basic Text, p. 83=Some of us say, "My disease is talking to me." Others say, "My head won't turn off." Still others refer to the committee in my mind or the monkey on my back. Let's face it. We suffer from an incurable malad...	Dave R	0	534	Oct 22, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT October 21 God's will today (Preview) This decision demands continued acceptance, ever-increasing faith, and a daily commitment to recovery.IP No. 14, One Addicts Experience=Sometimes, we really live the Third Step--and its great! We don't regret the past, we aren't afraid of the future, and were generally pleased with the pre...	Dave R	0	375	Oct 21, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT October 11 Eyeglasses and attitudes (Preview) "Our best thinking got us into trouble....Recovery is an active change in our ideas and attitudes."Basic Text, p. 55=In active addiction, the world probably looked like a horrible place.Using helped us tolerate the world we saw.Today, however, we understand that the worlds condition wasn't rea...	Dave R	0	394	Oct 11, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT October 3 Losing our ego (Preview) "Our egos, once so large and dominant, now take a back seat because we are in harmony with a loving God. We find that we lead richer, happier, and much fuller lives when we lose self-will."Basic Text, p. 105=Addiction and self-will go hand in hand. The unmanageability that we admitted to in Step On...	Dave R	0	406	Oct 3, 2016 by Dave R
	Keytag Explainations - PLEASE HELP (Preview) Greetings all! This is my first time on this site and I am already grateful. It is just nice to have somewhere to call "home" once the meetings are over. I have a question. My homegroup is attempting to introduce keytag explainations into our keytag presentation format. But, we want to do s...	gettingstronger	8	21619	Oct 1, 2016 by Davethewave
	What's "current manifestation"... (Preview) Interestingly enough... I have started the steps over with a new sponsor. In the step working guide on step 1 in the "Denial" section, there's a question that I am not understanding this time: "Am I comparing a current manifestation of my addiction to the way my life was before I got cl...	trudgin	11	16825	Sep 27, 2016 by Davethewave
	JFT September 25 Fearing our feelings (Preview) "We may fear that being in touch with our feelings will trigger an overwhelming chain reaction of pain and panic."Basic Text, p. 30=A common complaint about the Fourth Step is that it makes us painfully conscious of our defects of character. We may be tempted to falter in our program of recovery. Th...	Dave R	0	464	Sep 25, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT September 24 A growing concept of God (Preview) "The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves. We don't have to be religious to accept this idea. The point is that we open our minds to believe."Basic Text, p. 24=In a lifelong process of coming to believe, our understanding of God will change. T...	Dave R	0	474	Sep 24, 2016 by Dave R
	Looking for a ride to Amesbury mtg (Preview) Any females going Portsmouth to Amesbury	Hmr100	0	361	Sep 23, 2016 by Hmr100
	JFT September 23 Dealing with gossip (Preview) "In accordance with the principles of recovery, we try not to judge, stereotype, or moralize with each other."Basic Text, p. 11=Let's face it: In Narcotics Anonymous, we live in a glass house of sorts. Our fellow members know more about our personal lives than anyone has ever known before. They k...	Dave R	0	427	Sep 23, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT September 19 Fellowship (Preview) ?In NA, our joys are multiplied by sharing good days; our sorrows are lessened by sharing the bad. For the first time in our lives, we don't have to experience anything alone."IP No. 16, For the Newcomer=When we practice using the steps and the other tools of our program to work through our hardships...	Dave R	0	455	Sep 19, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT September 17 Going beyond step five (Preview) "We may think that we have done enough by writing about our past. We cannot afford this mistake."Basic Text, p. 32=Some of us aren't too keen on writing out our Fourth Step; others take it to an obsessive extreme. To our sponsor's growing dismay, we inventory ourselves again and again. We discover...	Dave R	0	482	Sep 17, 2016 by Dave R
	Defects of character/ Shortcomings (Preview) Someone once told me what the difference was between shortcomings and defects of character. They put it in a very succinct way and it sounded like an N.A saying so I was wondering if anyone knows it and id not can someone please explain it to me? Thanks Hemi	Hemi	14	16898	Sep 17, 2016 by Oja
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