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JFT July 12 Patience
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"We were trapped by our need for the instant gratification that drugs gave us." Basic Text, p. 25 = "I want what I want, and I want it now!" That's about as patient as most of us ever got in our active addiction. The obsession and compulsion of our disease gave us a one-track way o...
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JFT July 16 Self-esteem
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"Deep inside, I had feelings of inadequacy and inferiority." = Somewhere along the way, many of us developed strong feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. Deep inside was a voice that continually cried out, "You're worthless!" Many of us learn to recognize this cha...
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Hi i am new here
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JFT July 11 Encouragement
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"We share comfort and encouragement with others." Basic Text, p. 99 = Many of us have watched as babies take their first steps. The mother holds the child on its feet. The father kneels nearby with outstretched arms, encouraging the little one, his face flooded with devotion. The ba...
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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....
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JFT July 9 We do recover!
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"...the time has come when that tired old lie, "Once an addict, always an addict," will no longer be tolerated by either society or the addict himself. We do recover." Basic Text, p. 89 = From time to time, we hear speakers share that they don't really understand spiritual pr...
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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 abou...
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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 Tw...
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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 "Im sorry" probably isn't such a foreign idea to most of us. In our active a...
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Aggravated
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Alright I'm getting married in 2 days so we have a couple people in town staying at our house. One a "recovering" addict who has no respect for anything. He went to rehab and calls himself clean yet has smoked probably 4 bowls of weed and has been drinking for 14 hours since he got here. I really...
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Looking for volunteers to take part in a focus group on sponsors in the San Diego, CA area.
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Are you in AA/NA?Do you have a sponsor? Are you a sponsor?Looking for volunteers to take part in a focus group examining aspects of the AA/NA model that are helpful.Volunteers must be a current member of AA/NA and have a sponsor or be a sponsor.Participation is completely voluntary and will involve a...
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JFT July 5 Exploring the 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 w...
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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...
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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...
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I don't have to do 90 meetings in 90 days
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I am an addict my name is Dave m. Here it is 2:30 AM and I can not sleep. I have been turning over this thought in my head, and I want to share it. In a previous post I revealed that I am recently coming back from a relapse and one of the suggestions I am being given is to do 90 meetings in 90 days. I would like to shar...
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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 don't d...
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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...
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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, that's...
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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. 84 = 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...
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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 mo...
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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...
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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 wo...
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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 evide...
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JFT June 24 Tolerance
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"...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 t...
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Brand New! Any old timers/familiar recoverers feedbacks welcome
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So, my husband was in denial awhile, I just patiently told him a program, looking into it, with me, wouldnt hurt. 2 weeks later his denial went away, so we began! Ive given him some tasks (as I am 2 yrs sober) ad he's doing quite well, hes worked the 1st few steps almost without knowing (Happens often) I...
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Thinking of all dad's today!
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JFT June 23 Surrender
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"We didn't 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 c...
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JFT June 21 New levels of honesty
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"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...
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JFT June 22 Accepting life as it is
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"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 ourse...
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JFT June 20 Meditation for beginners
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"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 youre learning to meditate," ma...
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