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Dave R · Dave R

"We grow to feel comfortable with our Higher Power as a source of strength. As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life."Basic Text, p. 25=Powerless as we are, living on self-will is a frightening, unmanageable experience. In recovery, we have turned our will a...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us...The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves."Basic Text, p. 24=We've been told that we can believe in any kind of Higher Power we want as long as it is loving and, of course, greater than o...

Dave R · Dave R

"Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat."Basic Text, p. 22=Complete defeat--what a concept! That must mean surrender. Surrender--to give up absolutely. To quit with no reservations. To put up our hands and quit fighting. Maybe to put up our hand a...

Dave R · Dave R

"Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps..."Step Twelve=How will I know when I have had a spiritual awakening? For many of us, a spiritual awakening comes gradually. Perhaps our first spiritual awareness is as simple as a new appreciation for life. Maybe one day we...

Dave R · Dave R

"As we develop faith in our daily lives, we find that our Higher Power supplies us with the strength and guidance that we need."Basic Text, p. 94=Some of us come into recovery very frightened and insecure. We feel weak and alone. We are uncertain of our direction and don't know where to g...

Dave R · Dave R

"I'm very grateful to have come to believe."IP No. 21, The Loner=Belief in a Higher Power can make all the difference when the going gets tough! When things dont go our way in recovery, our sponsor may direct us to make a gratitude list. When we do, we should include our faith in a Power gre...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our earliest involvements with others often begin with our sponsor."Basic Text, p. 57=Our sponsors can be abundant sources of recovery information, wisdom, and loving words. They've done so much for us. From the late night telephone calls to the hours spent listening to our recove...

Mike M · Mike M

Never got around to getting a 34 and decided not to get a 35. Instead had a custom one made. Can't pass it around the circle here so thought I'd post pics.

Dave R · Dave R

"Our spiritual condition is the basis for a successful recovery that offers unlimited growth."Basic Text, p. 44=When our members celebrate their recovery anniversaries, they often say that they've grown up in NA. Well, then, we think, what does that mean? We start to wonder if we...

Sjef · Sjef

Hi there, I am really thankfull for the NA program. I ve been clean for 85 days, and started the program 80 days ago. I attend meetings on a daily basis, so far I ve done 100+ meetings. I have a question about sharing in meetings: I know it s all about hope and strength, and of course Just for today. I have good...

Dave R · Dave R

"Narcotics Anonymous offers addicts a program of recovery that is more than just a life without drugs. Not only is this way of life better than the hell we lived, it is better than any life that we have ever known."Basic Text, p. 107=Few of us have any interest in recovering what we had befor...

Dave R · Dave R

"I used to think that I had all the answers, but today I am glad that I dont." =What are the two favorite words of most addicts? "I know!" Unfortunately, many of us arrive in NA thinking we have all the answers. We have a lot of knowledge about what's wrong with us. But in and of...

Dave R · Dave R

"We can enjoy our families in a new way and may become a credit to them instead of an embarrassment or a burden."Basic Text, p. 104=We're doing great in recovery, aren't we? We go to a meeting every day, we spend every evening with our friends in the fellowship, and every weekend we dash off...

Dave R · Dave R

"Today, secure in the love of the fellowship, we can finally look another human being in the eye and be grateful for who we are."Basic Text, p. 92=When we were using, few of us could tolerate looking someone in the eye--we were ashamed of who we were. Our minds were not occupied with anything...

Dave R · Dave R

"Sometimes when we pray, a remarkable thing happens: We find the means, ways, and energies to perform tasks far beyond our capacities."Basic Text, p. 46=Coping successfully with life's minor annoyances and frustrations is sometimes the most difficult skill we have to learn in recov...

Dave R · Dave R

"We keep what we have only with vigilance..."Basic Text, p. 60=How do we remain vigilant about our recovery? First, by realizing that we have a disease we will always have. No matter how long we've been clean, no matter how much better our lives have become, no matter what the extent of o...

Dave R · Dave R

"Working with others is only the beginning of service work."Basic Text, p. 59=We're in recovery now. Through living the program, we've attained some stability in our lives. Our faith in a Higher Power has grown. Our individual spiritual awakening is progressing comfortably. So n...

Dave R · Dave R

"...growth is not the result of wishing but of action and prayer."Basic Text, p. 37=Sometimes it seems as if our recovery is growing much too slowly. We struggle with the steps; we wrestle with the same problems; we labor under the same uncomfortable feelings day after day. We wish that...

Dave R · Dave R

"We are no longer fighting fear, anger, guilt, self-pity, or depression."Basic Text, p. 27=As addicts, many of us experience depression from time to time. When we feel depressed, we may be tempted to isolate ourselves. However, if we do this, our depression may turn to despair. We ca...

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=Now that we've finally admitted our insanity and seen examples of it in all its manifestations, we might be tempted to believe that we are doomed to repeat t...

Raman · Raman

Hi all. My name is Raman and I am an addict. I am a longtime member of MIP. Must have joined around 2005 and was very active for many years. Abd in fact, one pist ofine called "Inequeality in relationships" got about 20000 hits. MIP was an awesome recovery partner. We shared our recover...

Mike M · Mike M

Wishing you all a Happy, Joyous & Free Holiday Season. Whether it's celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posada, Eid-al-Adha or Diwali etc. it doesn't matter. We share a common bond: it all begins with Freedom from active addiction!

Dave R · Dave R

"As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life."Basic Text, p. 25=We are people accustomed to placing all our eggs in one basket. Many of us had one particular drug of choice that was our favorite. We relied on it to get us through each day and make life bearable. We w...

Dave R · Dave R

"The drive for personal gain...which brought so much pain in the past falls by the wayside if we adhere to the principle of anonymity."Basic Text, p. 76=The word anonymity itself means namelessness, but there's a larger principle at work in the anonymity of the NA program: the princ...

Dave R · Dave R

"The Twelfth Step of our personal program also says that we carry the message to the addict who still suffers...The group is the most powerful vehicle we have for carrying the message."Basic Text, p. 68=When we first come to Narcotics Anonymous meetings, we meet recovering addicts. We...

Dave R · Dave R

"We reevaluate our old ideas so we can become acquainted with the new ideas that lead to a new way of life."Basic Text, p. 94=Learning to live a new way of life can be difficult. Sometimes, when the going gets especially hard, we're tempted to follow the path of least resistance and live by o...

Dave R · Dave R

"When at the end of the road we find that we can no longer function as a human being, either with or without drugs, we all face the same dilemma....Either go on as best we can to the bitter ends--jails, institutions, or death--or find a new way to live."Basic Text, p. 87=What was the worst aspe...

lungile luthuli · lungile luthuli

Hi everyone I am 2 months in n.a.I 've been searching for a sponsor like crazy for a month and it starting to affect my recovery journey a bit. I come from a city where most of my na meetings it extremely young crowd and I m in my 30s I 've tried someone in the rooms we total couldn't relate because of the age and...

Writter813 · Writter813

Hi! for about 10 years, I took daily painkillers under a doctors supervision because I had severe migraines. the headaches were caused by undiagnosed nasal polyps. 1 year ago, I had sinus surgery which removed the polyps. for about 8 weeks, I went off all painkillers excluding high doses of ibuprof...

Dave R · Dave R

"Freedom to change seems to come after acceptance of ourselves."Basic Text, p. 58=Fear and denial are the opposites of acceptance. None of us are perfect, even in our own eyes; all of us have certain traits that, given the chance, we would like to change. We sometimes become overwhelme...

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	JFT January 15 Fear (Preview) "We grow to feel comfortable with our Higher Power as a source of strength. As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life."Basic Text, p. 25=Powerless as we are, living on self-will is a frightening, unmanageable experience. In recovery, we have turned our will a...	Dave R	1	504	Jan 15, 2016 by Mike M
	JFT January 14 A loving God (Preview) "Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us...The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves."Basic Text, p. 24=We've been told that we can believe in any kind of Higher Power we want as long as it is loving and, of course, greater than o...	Dave R	0	474	Jan 14, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT January 13 Surrender to win (Preview) "Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat."Basic Text, p. 22=Complete defeat--what a concept! That must mean surrender. Surrender--to give up absolutely. To quit with no reservations. To put up our hands and quit fighting. Maybe to put up our hand a...	Dave R	0	516	Jan 13, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT January 12 Spiritual awakenings (Preview) "Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps..."Step Twelve=How will I know when I have had a spiritual awakening? For many of us, a spiritual awakening comes gradually. Perhaps our first spiritual awareness is as simple as a new appreciation for life. Maybe one day we...	Dave R	0	513	Jan 12, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT January 11 Faith (Preview) "As we develop faith in our daily lives, we find that our Higher Power supplies us with the strength and guidance that we need."Basic Text, p. 94=Some of us come into recovery very frightened and insecure. We feel weak and alone. We are uncertain of our direction and don't know where to g...	Dave R	0	506	Jan 11, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT January 10 Gratitude (Preview) "I'm very grateful to have come to believe."IP No. 21, The Loner=Belief in a Higher Power can make all the difference when the going gets tough! When things dont go our way in recovery, our sponsor may direct us to make a gratitude list. When we do, we should include our faith in a Power gre...	Dave R	0	512	Jan 10, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT January 9 Returning our sponsor's kindness (Preview) "Our earliest involvements with others often begin with our sponsor."Basic Text, p. 57=Our sponsors can be abundant sources of recovery information, wisdom, and loving words. They've done so much for us. From the late night telephone calls to the hours spent listening to our recove...	Dave R	0	586	Jan 9, 2016 by Dave R
	New Clean Coin (Preview) Never got around to getting a 34 and decided not to get a 35. Instead had a custom one made. Can't pass it around the circle here so thought I'd post pics.	Mike M	4	602	Jan 8, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT January 8 Growing up (Preview) "Our spiritual condition is the basis for a successful recovery that offers unlimited growth."Basic Text, p. 44=When our members celebrate their recovery anniversaries, they often say that they've grown up in NA. Well, then, we think, what does that mean? We start to wonder if we...	Dave R	0	488	Jan 8, 2016 by Dave R
	Sharing experience, hope and strength (Preview) Hi there, I am really thankfull for the NA program. I ve been clean for 85 days, and started the program 80 days ago. I attend meetings on a daily basis, so far I ve done 100+ meetings. I have a question about sharing in meetings: I know it s all about hope and strength, and of course Just for today. I have good...	Sjef	6	677	Jan 7, 2016 by Sjef
	JFT January 7 Recovery (Preview) "Narcotics Anonymous offers addicts a program of recovery that is more than just a life without drugs. Not only is this way of life better than the hell we lived, it is better than any life that we have ever known."Basic Text, p. 107=Few of us have any interest in recovering what we had befor...	Dave R	0	478	Jan 7, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT January 6 "How does it work?" (Preview) "I used to think that I had all the answers, but today I am glad that I dont." =What are the two favorite words of most addicts? "I know!" Unfortunately, many of us arrive in NA thinking we have all the answers. We have a lot of knowledge about what's wrong with us. But in and of...	Dave R	0	513	Jan 6, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT January 5 Recovery at home (Preview) "We can enjoy our families in a new way and may become a credit to them instead of an embarrassment or a burden."Basic Text, p. 104=We're doing great in recovery, aren't we? We go to a meeting every day, we spend every evening with our friends in the fellowship, and every weekend we dash off...	Dave R	0	457	Jan 5, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT January 4 The love the fellowship (Preview) "Today, secure in the love of the fellowship, we can finally look another human being in the eye and be grateful for who we are."Basic Text, p. 92=When we were using, few of us could tolerate looking someone in the eye--we were ashamed of who we were. Our minds were not occupied with anything...	Dave R	0	516	Jan 4, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT January 2 Take a deep breath and talk to God (Preview) "Sometimes when we pray, a remarkable thing happens: We find the means, ways, and energies to perform tasks far beyond our capacities."Basic Text, p. 46=Coping successfully with life's minor annoyances and frustrations is sometimes the most difficult skill we have to learn in recov...	Dave R	0	485	Jan 2, 2016 by Dave R
	JFT January 1 Vigiliance (Preview) "We keep what we have only with vigilance..."Basic Text, p. 60=How do we remain vigilant about our recovery? First, by realizing that we have a disease we will always have. No matter how long we've been clean, no matter how much better our lives have become, no matter what the extent of o...	Dave R	2	510	Jan 1, 2016 by Mike M
	JFT December 31 Being of service (Preview) "Working with others is only the beginning of service work."Basic Text, p. 59=We're in recovery now. Through living the program, we've attained some stability in our lives. Our faith in a Higher Power has grown. Our individual spiritual awakening is progressing comfortably. So n...	Dave R	0	512	Dec 31, 2015 by Dave R
	JFT December 30 Action and prayer (Preview) "...growth is not the result of wishing but of action and prayer."Basic Text, p. 37=Sometimes it seems as if our recovery is growing much too slowly. We struggle with the steps; we wrestle with the same problems; we labor under the same uncomfortable feelings day after day. We wish that...	Dave R	0	480	Dec 30, 2015 by Dave R
	JFT December 28 Depression (Preview) "We are no longer fighting fear, anger, guilt, self-pity, or depression."Basic Text, p. 27=As addicts, many of us experience depression from time to time. When we feel depressed, we may be tempted to isolate ourselves. However, if we do this, our depression may turn to despair. We ca...	Dave R	0	416	Dec 28, 2015 by Dave R
	JFT December 27 God could restore us to sanity (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=Now that we've finally admitted our insanity and seen examples of it in all its manifestations, we might be tempted to believe that we are doomed to repeat t...	Dave R	0	489	Dec 27, 2015 by Dave R
	Cleantime anniversary ! (Preview) Hi all. My name is Raman and I am an addict. I am a longtime member of MIP. Must have joined around 2005 and was very active for many years. Abd in fact, one pist ofine called "Inequeality in relationships" got about 20000 hits. MIP was an awesome recovery partner. We shared our recover...	Raman	5	608	Dec 26, 2015 by BigV
	Happy, Joyous & Free Holiday Season (Preview) Wishing you all a Happy, Joyous & Free Holiday Season. Whether it's celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posada, Eid-al-Adha or Diwali etc. it doesn't matter. We share a common bond: it all begins with Freedom from active addiction!	Mike M	2	434	Dec 26, 2015 by BigV
	JFT December 26 Never-failing power (Preview) "As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life."Basic Text, p. 25=We are people accustomed to placing all our eggs in one basket. Many of us had one particular drug of choice that was our favorite. We relied on it to get us through each day and make life bearable. We w...	Dave R	0	463	Dec 26, 2015 by Dave R
	JFT December 25 Anonymity and self-will (Preview) "The drive for personal gain...which brought so much pain in the past falls by the wayside if we adhere to the principle of anonymity."Basic Text, p. 76=The word anonymity itself means namelessness, but there's a larger principle at work in the anonymity of the NA program: the princ...	Dave R	0	491	Dec 25, 2015 by Dave R
	JFT December 24 The group (Preview) "The Twelfth Step of our personal program also says that we carry the message to the addict who still suffers...The group is the most powerful vehicle we have for carrying the message."Basic Text, p. 68=When we first come to Narcotics Anonymous meetings, we meet recovering addicts. We...	Dave R	0	414	Dec 24, 2015 by Dave R
	JFT December 23 New ideas (Preview) "We reevaluate our old ideas so we can become acquainted with the new ideas that lead to a new way of life."Basic Text, p. 94=Learning to live a new way of life can be difficult. Sometimes, when the going gets especially hard, we're tempted to follow the path of least resistance and live by o...	Dave R	0	506	Dec 23, 2015 by Dave R
	JFT December 22 A new way to live (Preview) "When at the end of the road we find that we can no longer function as a human being, either with or without drugs, we all face the same dilemma....Either go on as best we can to the bitter ends--jails, institutions, or death--or find a new way to live."Basic Text, p. 87=What was the worst aspe...	Dave R	0	468	Dec 22, 2015 by Dave R
	Desperate for a sponsor (Preview) Hi everyone I am 2 months in n.a.I 've been searching for a sponsor like crazy for a month and it starting to affect my recovery journey a bit. I come from a city where most of my na meetings it extremely young crowd and I m in my 30s I 've tried someone in the rooms we total couldn't relate because of the age and...	lungile luthuli	4	714	Dec 21, 2015 by Davethewave
	New member/opinion wanted/am I an addict?ery erapist, what (Preview) Hi! for about 10 years, I took daily painkillers under a doctors supervision because I had severe migraines. the headaches were caused by undiagnosed nasal polyps. 1 year ago, I had sinus surgery which removed the polyps. for about 8 weeks, I went off all painkillers excluding high doses of ibuprof...	Writter813	5	1262	Dec 21, 2015 by mikah
	JFT December 21 Acceptance and change (Preview) "Freedom to change seems to come after acceptance of ourselves."Basic Text, p. 58=Fear and denial are the opposites of acceptance. None of us are perfect, even in our own eyes; all of us have certain traits that, given the chance, we would like to change. We sometimes become overwhelme...	Dave R	0	560	Dec 21, 2015 by Dave R
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