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Dave R · Dave R

Relapse is never an accident. Relapse is a sign that we have a reservation in our program. Basic Text, p. 79 = A reservation is something we set aside for future use. In our case, a reservation is the expectation that, if such-and-such happens, we will surely relapse. What event do we expect will b...

NG · NG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE

Dave R · Dave R

They can be analyzed, counseled, reasoned with, prayed over, threatened, beaten, or locked up, but they will not stop until they want to stop. Basic Text, p. 65 = Perhaps one of the most difficult truths we must face in our recovery is that we are as powerless over another's addiction as we are over ou...

Dave R · Dave R

The last thing we expected was an awakening of the spirit. Basic Text, p. 49 = Few of us came to our first Narcotics Anonymous meeting aching to take a personal inventory or believing that a spiritual void existed in our souls. We had no inkling that we were about to embark on a journey which would awa...

Dave R · Dave R

The right to a God of your understanding is total and without any catches. Because we have this right, it is necessary to be honest about our belief if we are to grow spiritually. Basic Text, pp. 25-26 = In meetings, over refreshments, in talks with our sponsor, we hear our NA friends talking about th...

Dave R · Dave R

In recovery, our ideas of fun change. Basic Text, p. 107 = In retrospect, many of us realize that when we used, our ideas of fun were rather bizarre. Some of us would get dressed up and head for the local club. We would dance, drink, and do drugs until the sun rose. On more than one occasion, gun ba...

Dave R · Dave R

We regretted the past, dreaded the future, and weren't too thrilled about the present. Basic Text, p. 7 = Until we experience the healing that happens when we work the Twelve Steps, it is doubtful that we can find a statement more true than the quote above. Most of us come to NA hanging our heads in sha...

serenity_42Day · serenity_42Day

Looks like everything is out dated I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone. Please reply

Dave R · Dave R

We have become very grateful in the course of our recovery.... We have a disease, but we do recover. Basic Text, p. 8 = Active addiction was no picnic; many of us barely came out of it alive. But ranting against the disease, lamenting what it has done to us, pitying ourselves for the condition it has le...

Troy S(Indy) · Troy S(Indy)

Im an addict named Troy. I know a big part of me staying clean is being grateful for my life in recovery. I hit my first candlelight meeting last night. It was awesome. So much hope came out of that meeting. Im so grateful that addicts started that meeting. Its only its third week open. There was 8 of us( i li...

Dave R · Dave R

For us, recovery is more than just pleasure. Basic Text, p. 43 = In our active addiction, most of us knew exactly how we were going to feel from one day to the next. All we had to do was read the label on the bottle or know what was in the bag. We planned our feelings, and our goal for each day was to feel good...

Dave R · Dave R

We are grateful that we were made so welcome at meetings that we felt comfortable. Basic Text, p. 83 = Remember how scared we were when we walked into our first NA meeting? Even if we walked in with a friend, most of us recall how difficult it was to attend that first meeting. What was it that kept us com...

Dave R · Dave R

February 8 What is a sponsor? an NA sponsor is a member of Narcotics Anonymous, living our program of recovery, who is willing to build a special, supportive, one-on-one relationship with us. IP No. 11, Sponsorship, Revised = What is a sponsor? You know: That nice person with whom you had coffee...

Troy S(Indy) · Troy S(Indy)

Im an addict named Troy. Ive been in recovery for 27 months. Here of lately i have been finding it harder to reach out. Harder to go to meetings. I have been done writing on my 8th step for almost 4 months. I dont have that fire under me. I talk to my sponsor 4 or 5 times a week. Talk to other addicts everyday. I h...

Dave R · Dave R

Anyone may join us, regardless of age, race, sexual identity, creed, religion, or lack of religion. Basic Text, p. 9 = Addiction closed our minds to anything new or different. We didn't need anyone or anything, we thought. There was nothing of value to be found in anyone from a different neighbo...

Dave R · Dave R

Goodwill is best exemplified in service; proper service is Doing the right thing for the right reason. Basic Text, p. xv = The spiritual core of our disease is self-centeredness. In dealing with others, the only motive our addiction taught us was selfishness--we wanted what we wanted when we wan...

Dave R · Dave R

We felt different.... Only after surrender are we able to overcome the alienation of addiction. Basic Text, p. 22 = But you dont understand! we spluttered, trying to cover up. Im different! Ive really got it rough! We used these lines over and over in our active addiction, either trying to es...

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. 93 = Learning to trust is a risky proposition. Our past experience as using addicts has taught us that our companions could not be trusted. Most of all, we couldnt trust ourselves. Now...

Dave R · Dave R

We must give freely and gratefully that which has been freely and gratefully given to us. Basic Text, p. 49 = In recovery, we receive many gifts. Perhaps one of the greatest of these gifts is the spiritual awakening that begins when we stop using, growing stronger each day we apply the steps in our li...

Dave R · Dave R

Do we understand that we have no real control over drugs? Basic Text, p. 18 = At first, many of us may have thought the First Step required no action--we just surrender and go on to Step Two. But Step One does require action! The action we take in the First Step will be evident in the way we live, even f...

Dave R · Dave R

We can never fully recover, no matter how long we stay clean. Basic Text, p. 84 = After getting a little time in the program, some of us begin to think we have been cured. We've learned everything NA has to teach us; we've grown bored with the meetings; and our sponsor keeps droning the same old refrain...

Dave R · Dave R

We learn new ways to live. We are no longer limited to our old ideas. Basic Text, p. 56 = We may or may not have been taught right from wrong and other basics of life as children. No matter, by the time we found recovery, most of us had only the vaguest idea of how to live. Our isolation from the rest of soc...

Dave R · Dave R

The spiritual part of our disease is our total self-centeredness. Basic Text, p. 20 = What is self-centeredness? It is our belief that the world revolves around us. Our wishes, our demands are the only ones worth consideration. Our self-centered minds believe they are capable of getting ever...

Dave R · Dave R

We see it happening among us every day. This miraculous turnabout is evidence of a spiritual awakening. Basic Text, p. 51 = We watch them walk in to their first meeting defeated, their spirits broken. Their suffering is obvious, and their desire for help even more apparent. They collect a welcom...

Dave R · Dave R

Our disease isolated us... Hostile, resentful, self-centered, and self-seeking, we cut ourselves off from the outside world. Basic Text, p. 4 = Addiction is an isolating disease, closing us off from society, family, and self. We hid. We lied. We scorned the lives we saw others living, sure...

Dave R · Dave R

Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways. Basic Text, p. 95 = Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply It stinks? When this happens, we are probably suffering from a lack of daily maintenance in our program. In recovery, life can get pretty hectic. M...

Dave R · Dave R

This is a program for learning. Basic Text, p. 16 = Learning in recovery is hard work. The things we most need to know are often the hardest to learn. We study recovery to prepare ourselves for the experiences life will give us. As we listen to others share in meetings, we take mental notes we can ref...

cdbuckberry · cdbuckberry

I know I'm still an addict at 10 years clean. I have have that addictive thinking . Like if I want some material thing I have to have it . If I don't get it then I'm not happy. Or I get it then I want to return the item I bought. As long as I never use and don't let my desire for things I don't need , I'll be ok.

g0923h · g0923h

What time does the meeting start central if it starts at 9 est? please help me!!!!

Dave R · Dave R

Unity is a must in Narcotics Anonymous. Basic Text, p. 63 = Unity is not uniformity. Unity springs from the fact that we have unity of purpose--to recover, and to help others stay clean. Even so, we often find that while we strive to fulfill the same purpose, our means and methods may be radically d...

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	JFT February 19 Reservations (Preview) Relapse is never an accident. Relapse is a sign that we have a reservation in our program. Basic Text, p. 79 = A reservation is something we set aside for future use. In our case, a reservation is the expectation that, if such-and-such happens, we will surely relapse. What event do we expect will b...	Dave R	1	387	Feb 19, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	The power of addiction (Preview) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE	NG	8	540	Feb 18, 2015 by mikah
	JFT February 17 Carrying the message, not the addict (Preview) They can be analyzed, counseled, reasoned with, prayed over, threatened, beaten, or locked up, but they will not stop until they want to stop. Basic Text, p. 65 = Perhaps one of the most difficult truths we must face in our recovery is that we are as powerless over another's addiction as we are over ou...	Dave R	1	398	Feb 17, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 15 An awakening of the spirit (Preview) The last thing we expected was an awakening of the spirit. Basic Text, p. 49 = Few of us came to our first Narcotics Anonymous meeting aching to take a personal inventory or believing that a spiritual void existed in our souls. We had no inkling that we were about to embark on a journey which would awa...	Dave R	1	457	Feb 15, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 14 Honesty and spirituality (Preview) The right to a God of your understanding is total and without any catches. Because we have this right, it is necessary to be honest about our belief if we are to grow spiritually. Basic Text, pp. 25-26 = In meetings, over refreshments, in talks with our sponsor, we hear our NA friends talking about th...	Dave R	1	353	Feb 14, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 10 Fun! (Preview) In recovery, our ideas of fun change. Basic Text, p. 107 = In retrospect, many of us realize that when we used, our ideas of fun were rather bizarre. Some of us would get dressed up and head for the local club. We would dance, drink, and do drugs until the sun rose. On more than one occasion, gun ba...	Dave R	1	371	Feb 14, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 12 Living in the moment (Preview) We regretted the past, dreaded the future, and weren't too thrilled about the present. Basic Text, p. 7 = Until we experience the healing that happens when we work the Twelve Steps, it is doubtful that we can find a statement more true than the quote above. Most of us come to NA hanging our heads in sha...	Dave R	1	378	Feb 14, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	is there anybody in here?? (Preview) Looks like everything is out dated I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone. Please reply	serenity_42Day	6	514	Feb 13, 2015 by Davethewave
	JFT February 11 A curse into a blessing (Preview) We have become very grateful in the course of our recovery.... We have a disease, but we do recover. Basic Text, p. 8 = Active addiction was no picnic; many of us barely came out of it alive. But ranting against the disease, lamenting what it has done to us, pitying ourselves for the condition it has le...	Dave R	1	399	Feb 11, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	grateful recovery is possble (Preview) Im an addict named Troy. I know a big part of me staying clean is being grateful for my life in recovery. I hit my first candlelight meeting last night. It was awesome. So much hope came out of that meeting. Im so grateful that addicts started that meeting. Its only its third week open. There was 8 of us( i li...	Troy S(Indy)	3	476	Feb 11, 2015 by Davethewave
	JFT February 4 Feeling good isn't the point (Preview) For us, recovery is more than just pleasure. Basic Text, p. 43 = In our active addiction, most of us knew exactly how we were going to feel from one day to the next. All we had to do was read the label on the bottle or know what was in the bag. We planned our feelings, and our goal for each day was to feel good...	Dave R	1	482	Feb 8, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 5 Keep coming back (Preview) We are grateful that we were made so welcome at meetings that we felt comfortable. Basic Text, p. 83 = Remember how scared we were when we walked into our first NA meeting? Even if we walked in with a friend, most of us recall how difficult it was to attend that first meeting. What was it that kept us com...	Dave R	1	355	Feb 8, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 8 What is a sponsor? (Preview) February 8 What is a sponsor? an NA sponsor is a member of Narcotics Anonymous, living our program of recovery, who is willing to build a special, supportive, one-on-one relationship with us. *IP No. 11, Sponsorship,* Revised** = What is a sponsor? You know: That nice person with whom you had coffee...	Dave R	1	355	Feb 8, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	suggestions (Preview) Im an addict named Troy. Ive been in recovery for 27 months. Here of lately i have been finding it harder to reach out. Harder to go to meetings. I have been done writing on my 8th step for almost 4 months. I dont have that fire under me. I talk to my sponsor 4 or 5 times a week. Talk to other addicts everyday. I h...	Troy S(Indy)	6	533	Feb 4, 2015 by Davethewave
	JFT February 3 We need each other (Preview) Anyone may join us, regardless of age, race, sexual identity, creed, religion, or lack of religion. Basic Text, p. 9 = Addiction closed our minds to anything new or different. We didn't need anyone or anything, we thought. There was nothing of value to be found in anyone from a different neighbo...	Dave R	1	462	Feb 3, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 2 Goodwill (Preview) Goodwill is best exemplified in service; proper service is Doing the right thing for the right reason. Basic Text, p. xv = The spiritual core of our disease is self-centeredness. In dealing with others, the only motive our addiction taught us was selfishness--we wanted what we wanted when we wan...	Dave R	1	489	Feb 2, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 1 Hardships (Preview) We felt different.... Only after surrender are we able to overcome the alienation of addiction. Basic Text, p. 22 = But you dont understand! we spluttered, trying to cover up. Im different! Ive really got it rough! We used these lines over and over in our active addiction, either trying to es...	Dave R	1	326	Feb 1, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT January 31 Trust (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. 93 = Learning to trust is a risky proposition. Our past experience as using addicts has taught us that our companions could not be trusted. Most of all, we couldnt trust ourselves. Now...	Dave R	1	327	Jan 31, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT January 30 Giving it away (Preview) We must give freely and gratefully that which has been freely and gratefully given to us. Basic Text, p. 49 = In recovery, we receive many gifts. Perhaps one of the greatest of these gifts is the spiritual awakening that begins when we stop using, growing stronger each day we apply the steps in our li...	Dave R	1	317	Jan 31, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT January 29 The First Step--an action step (Preview) Do we understand that we have no real control over drugs? Basic Text, p. 18 = At first, many of us may have thought the First Step required no action--we just surrender and go on to Step Two. But Step One does require action! The action we take in the First Step will be evident in the way we live, even f...	Dave R	1	314	Jan 29, 2015 by Mike M
	JFT January 28 An every-day addict (Preview) We can never fully recover, no matter how long we stay clean. Basic Text, p. 84 = After getting a little time in the program, some of us begin to think we have been cured. We've learned everything NA has to teach us; we've grown bored with the meetings; and our sponsor keeps droning the same old refrain...	Dave R	1	327	Jan 28, 2015 by Mike M
	JFT January 27 Learning how to live again (Preview) We learn new ways to live. We are no longer limited to our old ideas. Basic Text, p. 56 = We may or may not have been taught right from wrong and other basics of life as children. No matter, by the time we found recovery, most of us had only the vaguest idea of how to live. Our isolation from the rest of soc...	Dave R	1	345	Jan 27, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT January 26 Self-centeredness (Preview) The spiritual part of our disease is our total self-centeredness. Basic Text, p. 20 = What is self-centeredness? It is our belief that the world revolves around us. Our wishes, our demands are the only ones worth consideration. Our self-centered minds believe they are capable of getting ever...	Dave R	1	310	Jan 26, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	January 25 An added gift (Preview) We see it happening among us every day. This miraculous turnabout is evidence of a spiritual awakening. Basic Text, p. 51 = We watch them walk in to their first meeting defeated, their spirits broken. Their suffering is obvious, and their desire for help even more apparent. They collect a welcom...	Dave R	1	289	Jan 26, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT January 24 From isolation to connection (Preview) Our disease isolated us... Hostile, resentful, self-centered, and self-seeking, we cut ourselves off from the outside world. Basic Text, p. 4 = Addiction is an isolating disease, closing us off from society, family, and self. We hid. We lied. We scorned the lives we saw others living, sure...	Dave R	1	351	Jan 24, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT January 23 Serenity check (Preview) Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways. Basic Text, p. 95 = Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply It stinks? When this happens, we are probably suffering from a lack of daily maintenance in our program. In recovery, life can get pretty hectic. M...	Dave R	2	378	Jan 24, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT January 22 The school of recovery (Preview) This is a program for learning. Basic Text, p. 16 = Learning in recovery is hard work. The things we most need to know are often the hardest to learn. We study recovery to prepare ourselves for the experiences life will give us. As we listen to others share in meetings, we take mental notes we can ref...	Dave R	1	320	Jan 24, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	Still an addict after 10 years in Recovery (Preview) I know I'm still an addict at 10 years clean. I have have that addictive thinking . Like if I want some material thing I have to have it . If I don't get it then I'm not happy. Or I get it then I want to return the item I bought. As long as I never use and don't let my desire for things I don't need , I'll be ok.	cdbuckberry	6	698	Jan 22, 2015 by BigV
	im a lil confused on the timing im in Jackson Mississippi (Preview) What time does the meeting start central if it starts at 9 est? please help me!!!!	g0923h	2	347	Jan 21, 2015 by mikah
	JFT January 21 Unity and uniformity (Preview) Unity is a must in Narcotics Anonymous. Basic Text, p. 63 = Unity is not uniformity. Unity springs from the fact that we have unity of purpose--to recover, and to help others stay clean. Even so, we often find that while we strive to fulfill the same purpose, our means and methods may be radically d...	Dave R	1	373	Jan 21, 2015 by cdbuckberry
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