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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 tr...

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, ourse...

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 ev...

msgree · msgree

I have been to several meetings. I have two sons who are in recovery. At one point I found a box with several small syringes empty. 3 of the larger ones had a clear liquid in them. What would the clear liquid have been. Thanks for the help

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 remainin...

Dave R · Dave R

"If we maintain our spiritual condition daily, we find it easier to deal with the pain and confusion." Basic Text, p. 95 = When we first began searching for a Power greater than ourselves, many of us got stuck in old beliefs or ideas. These ranged from the fear of a punishing or vengeful Go...

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 act...

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...

mikah · mikah

. ...me's going to be heading off at the end of the week until ~the end of may. As one of the moderators here,,it's felt good to sweep the floors(spam) and have some of Dave's fine coffee to start the day on most days,, not to mention having some interaction with y'all.John's going to be taking care of thi...

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, thou...

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 recov...

I am a new active board member · Nightdriver

Have not made meeting. Looking for a response to maybe find a good one. LES NYC Nightdriver.(stefan) -- Edited by Nightdriver on Monday 8th of June 2015 12:48:16 PM

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 c...

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 cl...

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? ...

Davethewave · Davethewave

We celebrate two miracles this week. My daughter has a year clean and I'm so happy for her!! She's really trying. And I logged 8,thanks to the rooms, my sponsor, my hp and NA!!

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 wh...

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...

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 tha...

Dave R · Dave R

"We make our amends to the best of our ability." Basic Text, p. 40 = The Ninth Step tells us to make direct amends wherever possible. Our experience tells us to follow up those direct amends with long-lasting changes in our attitudes and our behavior--that is, with indirect amends. F...

Blindsided1206 · Blindsided1206

I am new to NA - the problem, the process, the whole thing. My husband of 4 years had told me about his addiction and recovery that occurred 11+ years ago - and besides him, I have never had anyone in AA or NA in my daily life. He had a relapse in January of this year while he was out of town visiting a friend - h...

Dave R · Dave R

"We wanted an easy way out.... When we did seek help, we were only looking for the absence of pain." Basic Text, p. 5 = Something's not working. In fact, something's been wrong for a long time, causing us pain and complicating our lives. The problem is that, at any given moment, it alway...

Dave R · Dave R

"We don't have to be clean when we get here but, after the first meeting, we suggest that newcomers keep coming back and come back clean. We don't have to wait for an overdose or a jail sentence to get help from Narcotics Anonymous." Basic Text, pp. 10-11 = Very few of us arrive in NA brimmin...

Dave R · Dave R

"We live a day at a time but also from moment to moment. When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably." Basic Text, p. 99 = Life often seems too complicated to understand, especially for those of us who've dodged it for so long. When we stopped using...

LizC · LizC

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't posted in a while. Most of you know I have been struggling for a long time with staying clean, anger, depression etc but today I am a new person. I have been going to outpatient rehab for a couple months now and it's going great. While I'm there I see a therapist once a week to wo...

Dave R · Dave R

"Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone." Basic Text, p. 85 = There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. Being lonely is a state of the heart, an emptiness that makes us feel sad and sometimes hopeless. Loneliness is not always alleviated when we...

Dave R · Dave R

"We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us." Basic Text, p. 58 = We all have times when it seems as though our lives are falling apart. There are days, or even weeks, when it seems that everything that can go wrong is going wrong. Whether it's the loss of a job, the death of a l...

Dave R · Dave R

"We examined our lives and discovered who we really are. To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves." Basic Text, p. 36 = As using addicts, the demands of our disease determined our personality. We could be whoever or whatever we needed to be in order to get our fix. ...

Dave R · Dave R

"...the decision to ask for God's help is our greatest source of strength and courage." Basic Text, p. 26 = A challenge is anything that dares us to succeed. Things new and unfamiliar serve as challenges, whether those things appear good or bad to us. We are challenged by obstacles and...

Dave R · Dave R

"Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us.... We can call it the group, the program, or we can call it God." Basic Text, p. 24 = Many of us have a hard time with the idea of a Higher Power until we fully accept the depth of our own powerlessness over addiction. Once we do, most of us are at l...

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	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 tr...	Dave R	1	404	Jun 20, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	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, ourse...	Dave R	1	426	Jun 18, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	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 ev...	Dave R	1	467	Jun 16, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	New to message board have some questions (Preview) I have been to several meetings. I have two sons who are in recovery. At one point I found a box with several small syringes empty. 3 of the larger ones had a clear liquid in them. What would the clear liquid have been. Thanks for the help	msgree	5	674	Jun 15, 2015 by Davethewave
	JFT June 15 (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 remainin...	Dave R	1	402	Jun 15, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT June 14 Maintaining our faith (Preview) "If we maintain our spiritual condition daily, we find it easier to deal with the pain and confusion." Basic Text, p. 95 = When we first began searching for a Power greater than ourselves, many of us got stuck in old beliefs or ideas. These ranged from the fear of a punishing or vengeful Go...	Dave R	1	385	Jun 15, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	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 act...	Dave R	1	462	Jun 15, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	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...	Dave R	1	552	Jun 15, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	....some Moderator assistance needed soon...... (Preview) . ...me's going to be heading off at the end of the week until ~the end of may. As one of the moderators here,,it's felt good to sweep the floors(spam) and have some of Dave's fine coffee to start the day on most days,, not to mention having some interaction with y'all.John's going to be taking care of thi...	mikah	22	920	Jun 14, 2015 by Dean
	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, thou...	Dave R	1	504	Jun 11, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	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 recov...	Dave R	1	407	Jun 11, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	I am a new active board member (Preview) Have not made meeting. Looking for a response to maybe find a good one. LES NYC Nightdriver.(stefan) -- Edited by Nightdriver on Monday 8th of June 2015 12:48:16 PM	Nightdriver	11	750	Jun 10, 2015 by Nightdriver
	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 c...	Dave R	1	499	Jun 9, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	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 cl...	Dave R	1	401	Jun 8, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	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? ...	Dave R	1	648	Jun 8, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	2 Miracles in 1 week (Preview) We celebrate two miracles this week. My daughter has a year clean and I'm so happy for her!! She's really trying. And I logged 8,thanks to the rooms, my sponsor, my hp and NA!!	Davethewave	12	617	Jun 7, 2015 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 wh...	Dave R	2	508	Jun 6, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	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...	Dave R	1	398	Jun 5, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	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 tha...	Dave R	1	378	Jun 5, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT June 3 Direct and indirect amends (Preview) "We make our amends to the best of our ability." Basic Text, p. 40 = The Ninth Step tells us to make direct amends wherever possible. Our experience tells us to follow up those direct amends with long-lasting changes in our attitudes and our behavior--that is, with indirect amends. F...	Dave R	1	382	Jun 4, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	When does support cross the line? (Preview) I am new to NA - the problem, the process, the whole thing. My husband of 4 years had told me about his addiction and recovery that occurred 11+ years ago - and besides him, I have never had anyone in AA or NA in my daily life. He had a relapse in January of this year while he was out of town visiting a friend - h...	Blindsided1206	3	466	Jun 3, 2015 by Davethewave
	JFT June 2 Sick and tired (Preview) "We wanted an easy way out.... When we did seek help, we were only looking for the absence of pain." Basic Text, p. 5 = Something's not working. In fact, something's been wrong for a long time, causing us pain and complicating our lives. The problem is that, at any given moment, it alway...	Dave R	1	412	Jun 2, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT June 1 Keep coming back (Preview) "We don't have to be clean when we get here but, after the first meeting, we suggest that newcomers keep coming back and come back clean. We don't have to wait for an overdose or a jail sentence to get help from Narcotics Anonymous." Basic Text, pp. 10-11 = Very few of us arrive in NA brimmin...	Dave R	1	575	Jun 1, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT May 31 Keep it simple (Preview) "We live a day at a time but also from moment to moment. When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably." Basic Text, p. 99 = Life often seems too complicated to understand, especially for those of us who've dodged it for so long. When we stopped using...	Dave R	1	341	Jun 1, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	I'm glad I'm here (Preview) Hey everyone, sorry I haven't posted in a while. Most of you know I have been struggling for a long time with staying clean, anger, depression etc but today I am a new person. I have been going to outpatient rehab for a couple months now and it's going great. While I'm there I see a therapist once a week to wo...	LizC	5	481	Jun 1, 2015 by kitty doyle
	JFT May 30 Loneliness vs. being alone (Preview) "Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone." Basic Text, p. 85 = There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. Being lonely is a state of the heart, an emptiness that makes us feel sad and sometimes hopeless. Loneliness is not always alleviated when we...	Dave R	1	350	May 30, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT May 29 Carry me (Preview) "We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us." Basic Text, p. 58 = We all have times when it seems as though our lives are falling apart. There are days, or even weeks, when it seems that everything that can go wrong is going wrong. Whether it's the loss of a job, the death of a l...	Dave R	1	381	May 29, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT May 28 As we understand (Preview) "We examined our lives and discovered who we really are. To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves." Basic Text, p. 36 = As using addicts, the demands of our disease determined our personality. We could be whoever or whatever we needed to be in order to get our fix. ...	Dave R	1	443	May 28, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT May 27 Meeting the day's challenge (Preview) "...the decision to ask for God's help is our greatest source of strength and courage." Basic Text, p. 26 = A challenge is anything that dares us to succeed. Things new and unfamiliar serve as challenges, whether those things appear good or bad to us. We are challenged by obstacles and...	Dave R	1	719	May 27, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT May 26 The power in the group (Preview) "Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us.... We can call it the group, the program, or we can call it God." Basic Text, p. 24 = Many of us have a hard time with the idea of a Higher Power until we fully accept the depth of our own powerlessness over addiction. Once we do, most of us are at l...	Dave R	2	419	May 26, 2015 by cdbuckberry
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