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Using AA out of necessity, as an N/A person
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Please, please, do not consider this post the start of a huge argument. I'm asking this because I SERIOUSLY need good advice from people who know what they're doing, not just anyone with an opinion. Although I probably use alcohol more than I should, my #1 priority - by a long shot, with good reasons -...
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JFT August 9 The power of love
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"We begin to see that God's love has been present all the time, just waiting for us to accept it." Basic Text, p. 47=God's love is the transforming power that drives our recovery. With that love, we find freedom from the hopeless, desperate cycle of using, self-hatred, and more using. With that love...
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JFT August 8 Responsible recovery
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"...we accept responsibility for our problems and see that were equally responsible for our solutions."Basic Text, p. 97=Some of us, well accustomed to leaving our personal responsibilities to others, may attempt the same behavior in recovery. We quickly find out it doesn't work.For instance...
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JFT August 7 The gratitude list
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"We focus on anything that isn't going our way and ignore all the beauty in our lives." Basic Text, p. 80=It's easy to be grateful when everything runs smoothly. If we get a raise at work, we're grateful. If we get married, we're grateful. If someone surprises us with a nice present or an unasked fa...
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JFT August 5 The shape of our thoughts
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"By shaping our thoughts with spiritual ideals, we are freed to become who we want to be."Basic Text, p. 105=Addiction shaped our thoughts in its own way. Whatever their shape may once have been, they became misshapen once our disease took full sway over our lives. Our obsession with drugs and self...
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JFT August 3 Trusting people
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"Many of us would have had nowhere else to go if we could not have trusted NA groups and members."Basic Text, p. 84=Trusting people is a risk. Human beings are notoriously forgetful, unreliable, and imperfect. Most of us come from backgrounds where betrayal and insensitivity among friends were c...
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JFT Augus 2 Practicing honesty
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"When we feel trapped or pressured, it takes great spiritual and emotional strength to be honest."Basic Text, p. 85=Many of us try to wiggle out of a difficult spot by being dishonest, only to have to humble ourselves later and tell the truth. Some of us twist our stories as a matter of course, even w...
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I can't quit taking pills!!
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I am new here and I need someone to talk to.
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JFT July 20 Step One
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"We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable." Step One=The First Step begins with "we," and there's a reason for that. There is great strength in making a verbal admission of our powerlessness. And when we go to meetings and make this admission, w...
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JFT July 20 Fulfilling our dreams
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July 19Fulfilling our dreams"Dreams that we gave up long ago can now become realities."Basic Text, p. 71=All things begin with a dream. But how many of us fulfilled our dreams while using? Even if we managed to complete something we had started, our addiction usually robbed us of any pride in our ac...
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Is this a relapse?
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I have been in meetings for a number of years. I told my sponsor about this, and he didn't say specifically it was a relapse, but I'm not sure. I know most people would say it's not, but to me, it is. I have been drugs and alcohol free for a number of years, and I hadn't used nicotine for a number of years. Anywa...
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Declaration of Independence from Active Addiction
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For those of us living in the United States of America today celebrates our Nation's Declaration of Independence from a Government's tyranny and absolute Despotism. Because of this the foundation was laid of a Free country where an entity such as NA could form where those suffering from another for...
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JFT July 10 A positive attitude
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"That old nest of negativism followed me everywhere I went."Basic Text, p. 137=A negative attitude is the trademark of active addiction. Everything that occurred in our lives was someone or something else's fault. We had blaming others for our shortcomings down to a fine science. In recovery,...
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JFT July 8 The G word
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"It is important for you to know that you will hear God mentioned at NA meetings. What we are referring to is a Power greater than ourselves that makes possible what seems impossible."IP No. 22, Welcome to NA=Most of us come to Narcotics Anonymous with a variety of preconceptions about what the word...
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JFT July 7 God in each other
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"One aspect of our spiritual awakening comes through the new understanding of our Higher Power that we develop by sharing another addict's recovery."Basic Text, p. 52=We've heard it said that we often see God most clearly in one another. We see the truth of this when we practice our Twelfth Step. ...
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JFT July 6 I'm sorry
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"The main thing [the Eighth Step] does for us is to help build awareness that, little by little, we are gaining new attitudes about ourselves and how we deal with other people."Basic Text, p. 39=To say "I'm sorry" probably isn't such a foreign idea to most of us. In our active addiction, it may have bee...
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JFT July 5 Exploring spiritual options
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"The nature of our belief will determine the manner of our prayers and meditation."Basic Text, p. 44=How do we pray? For each NA member, this is a deeply personal matter. Many of us find that, over time, we develop a manner of prayer and meditation based on what we learn from others and what we are comf...
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JFT July 4 Conflict
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"We learn that conflicts are a part of reality, and we learn new ways to resolve them instead of running from them."Basic Text, p. 90=From time to time, we all experience conflicts. It may be that we just can't get along with that new coworker. Maybe our friends are driving us crazy. Or perhaps our pa...
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JFT July 3 Quiet time
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"Many of us have found that setting aside quiet time for ourselves is helpful in making conscious contact with our Higher Power."Basic Text, p. 95=Most of us pay lip-service to the value of conscious contact with a Higher Power. Yet how many of us consistently take time to improve that conscious con...
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JFT July 2 Comparing
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"Our personal stories may vary in individual pattern, but in the end we all have the same thing in common."Basic Text, p. 87=We addicts are a varied bunch, coming from different backgrounds, having used different drugs, and recalling different experiences. Our differences dont disappear in rec...
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JUST FOR TODAY :)
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JUST FOR TODAY, I will live through this day only. I will not brood about yesterday or obsess about tomorrow. I will not set far-reaching goals or try to overcome all of my problems at once.JUST FOR TODAY, I will be happy. I will not dwell on thoughts that depress me. If my mind fills with clouds, I will cha...
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JFT July 1 A simple program
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"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...
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JFT June 30 Maintaining the foundation
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"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...
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JFT June 29 Keeping recovery fresh
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"Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases." Basic Text, p.80 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, the pas...
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Desperate..
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I am writing this at 3:36 Am. My name is Jen and I am an addict. I was doing so well. I had stopped going to meetings because I was working so much. So excited for my new job. My new job ended up leaving me traumatized and unable to work more-so than normal). I was abusing at work. Though not getting high. Jus...
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JFT June 28 Group conscience
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"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...
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JFT June 27 Change and growth
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"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...
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JFT June 26 Surrendering self-will
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"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...
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The Fifth White Chip
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Hi there, my name is Karen and Im a recovering drug addict. I recently joined Writing Class Radio in hopes that having a creative outlet would help me better understand and come to terms with my addiction. For the next 90 days, Ill be taking over the WCR blog and sharing my journey of recovery. If telling...
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JFT June 25 Not just lucky
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"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...
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