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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...

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...

kamaco · kamaco

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...

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...

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...

Dave R · Dave R

"We didnt 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 won...

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...

LoZ84 · LoZ84

I've been clean for 1 year 4 months. Had to have a hysterectomy on the 9th. Because of gastric bypass can't take nsaids or Tylenol which is how I got on this road. Doctor gave me oxy. At first okay. Then started taking more than prescribed because was in a lot of pain. Incisions infected. Freaked out. Stop...

Dave R · Dave R

"For some, prayer is asking for God's help; meditation is listening for Gods 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 take...

Davethewave · Davethewave

Until you want to!!

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, th...

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...

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	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	616	Jun 28, 2016 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	559	Jun 27, 2016 by Dave R
	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	578	Jun 26, 2016 by Dave R
	The Fifth White Chip recovery surrender cocaine addiction art therapy creative therapy women memoir (Preview) 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...	kamaco	4	6046	Jun 25, 2016 by MIKEF
	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	669	Jun 25, 2016 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...	Dave R	0	593	Jun 24, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT June 23 Surrender (Preview) "We didnt 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 won...	Dave R	0	584	Jun 23, 2016 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	550	Jun 22, 2016 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	609	Jun 21, 2016 by Dave R
	Help (Preview) I've been clean for 1 year 4 months. Had to have a hysterectomy on the 9th. Because of gastric bypass can't take nsaids or Tylenol which is how I got on this road. Doctor gave me oxy. At first okay. Then started taking more than prescribed because was in a lot of pain. Incisions infected. Freaked out. Stop...	LoZ84	3	696	Jun 20, 2016 by mikah
	JFT June 20 Meditation for beginners (Preview) "For some, prayer is asking for God's help; meditation is listening for Gods 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 take...	Dave R	0	546	Jun 20, 2016 by Dave R
	How long do I 'heve to' go to meetings? (Preview) Until you want to!!	Davethewave	1	709	Jun 19, 2016 by Mike M
	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, th...	Dave R	0	525	Jun 19, 2016 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	0	575	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	621	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	614	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	548	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	543	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	664	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	585	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	3615	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	3845	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	594	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	503	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	926	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	634	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	629	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	489	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	571	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	418	Jun 4, 2016 by Dave R
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