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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, were tempted to follow the path of least resistance and live by our old ideas a...

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 as...

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 overwhelmed when conte...

Dave R · Dave R

In living the steps, we begin to let go of our self-obsession. Basic Text, p. 97 = Many of us came to the program convinced that our feelings, our wants, and our needs were of the utmost importance to everyone. We had practiced a lifetime of self-seeking, self-centered behavior and believed it was t...

Dave R · Dave R

Words mean nothing until we put them into action. Basic Text, p. 58 = The Twelfth Step reminds us "to practice these principles in all our affairs." In NA, we see living examples of this suggestion all around us. The more experienced members, who seem to have an aura of peace surroundi...

Dave R · Dave R

The fact that we, each and every group, focus on carrying the message provides consistency; addicts can count on us. Basic Text, p. 68 = Tales of our antics in active addiction may be funny. Stories of our old bizarre reactions to life when using may be interesting. But they tend to carry the mess m...

Dave R · Dave R

Everything that occurs in the course of NA service must be motivated by the desire to more successfully carry the message of recovery to the addict who still suffers. Basic Text, p. xxvi = Our motives are often a surprise to us. In our early days of recovery, they were almost always a surprise! Wev...

Dave R · Dave R

There is a spiritual principle of giving away what we have been given in Narcotics Anonymous in order to keep it. By helping others to stay clean, we enjoy the benefit of the spiritual wealth that we have found. Basic Text, p. 49 = Time and again in our recovery, others have freely shared with us what w...

Dave R · Dave R

Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases. Basic Text, p. 84 = Recognizing complacency in our recovery is like seeing smoke in a room. The "smoke" thickens when our meeting attendance drops, conta...

Dave R · Dave R

Addiction is a physical, mental, and spiritual disease that affects every area of our lives. Basic Text, p. 20 = Before we started using, most of us had a stereotype, a mental image of what addicts were supposed to look like. Some of us pictured a junkie robbing convenience markets for drug money. ...

Dave R · Dave R

There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using. Basic Text, p. 9 = We all know people who could benefit from Narcotics Anonymous. Many people we encounter from all walks of life--our family members, old friends, and coworkers--could really use a program of recovery in the...

KrisC · KrisC

At my NA meeting last night, a girl spoke about how she is a cutter. She cuts herself (mainly her legs) when she feels depressed, angry, etc. She has been clean from drugs for awhile but admits to "replacing" her drug addiction with the self-mutilation addiction known as "cutting....

Dave R · Dave R

By working the steps, we come to accept a Higher Power's will.... We lose our fear of the unknown. We are set free. Basic Text, p. 16 = Life is a series of changes, both large and small. Although we may know and accept this fact intellectually, chances are that our initial emotional reaction to chan...

nagodme · nagodme

I am a member who believes in the homegroup style of recovery. I have member actively going to the group that participants don't call it there home group but other groups. A member wants to change the group's format. I don't have a problem with this, however, she consulted other members that are not g...

Dave R · Dave R

I started to imitate some of the things the winners were doing. I got caught up in NA. I felt good... Basic Text, p. 153 = We often hear it said in meetings that we should stick with the winners. Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Winners are easily identified. They work an active program...

Dave R · Dave R

This ability to listen is a gift and grows as we grow spiritually. Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift. Basic Text, p. 107 = Have you ever watched two small children carry on a conversation? One will be talking about purple dragons while the other carries on about the disco...

Dave R · Dave R

When we see how our defects exist in our lives and accept them, we can let go of them and get on with our new life. Basic Text, p. 35 = Sometimes our readiness to have our character defects removed depends on what we call them. If misnaming our defects makes them seem less defective, we may be unable to se...

Dave R · Dave R

We use the tools available to us and develop the ability to survive our emotions. Basic Text, p. 31 = Survive my emotions? some of us say. You've got to be kidding! When we were using, we never gave ourselves the chance to learn how to survive them. You don't survive your feelings, we thought--yo...

MIKEF · MIKEF

Morning and Blessings of this day! Thank you for your continued support,Mike M, Dave R and Collin(CD),,,,and your support here for stopping by to see if there is any ESH we can offer to help another in a loving and caring manner....Congrats on your Anniversary Dates,,men...WE celebrate because o...

MIKEF · MIKEF

It was December 2nd,1984 (my fathers birthday who died a year and a half before my recovery began)a cold Winter morning in upstate New York ,at an old farmhouse where I came to from another drug induced stupor,lifted my head and asked for mercy.After 25 long years from 1959(a boy of 11 with my first docu...

Dave R · Dave R

Perhaps for the first time, we see a vision of our new life. Basic Text, p. 35 = In our addiction, our vision of ourselves was very limited. Each day, we went through the same routine: getting, using, and finding ways and means to get more. And thats all we could reasonably expect for the duration of o...

MatchboxFox · MatchboxFox

I'm looking for an NA sponsor. We don't have really any healthy meetings in town but I defiantly want a sponsor in my recovery until I might be able to find one I can meet face to face with. My clean date is July 11th, 2014. Any help is appreciated. Message me on here, however email would work the best as it wo...

Dave R · Dave R

December 1 Lifes rewards We begin to pray only for Gods will for us. That way, we get only what we are capable of handling. Basic Text, p. 49 = Imagine what might happen if God gave us everything we wanted. A fabulous new car, straight As, a triple salary raise--all ours without effort, just for the aski...

Dave R · Dave R

Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone. Basic Text, p. 81 = Intimacy is the sharing of our innermost thoughts and feelings with another human being. Many of us long for the warmth and companionship intimacy brings, but those things don't come without effort. In our addicti...

Dave R · Dave R

We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us. Basic Text, p. 55 = Our program is based on the idea that the application of simple principles can produce profound effects in our lives. One such principle is that, if we ask, our Higher Power will care for us. Because this principle is so basic,...

Dave R · Dave R

To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves. Basic Text, p. 35 = Humility is a puzzling concept. We know a lot about humiliation, but humility is a new idea. It sounds suspiciously like groveling, bowing, and scraping. But thats not what humility is at all. True humility...

Dave R · Dave R

At times during our recovery, the decision to ask for God's help is our greatest source of strength and courage. Basic Text, p. 26 = When we take the Third Step, we decide to allow a loving Higher Power to guide us and care for us in our daily lives. We make the decision to allow this guidance and care int...

Dave R · Dave R

A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take the time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow. IP No. 8, Just for Today = Responsibility, responsibility--the responsibilities of life are everywhere. We're supposed to wear seat belts...

Dave R · Dave R

Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us. Basic Text, p. 45 = As our recovery progresses, we often reflect on what brought us to Narcotics Anonymous in the first place and are able to appreciate how much the quality of our lives has i...

Dave R · Dave R

We entertained the thought that staying clean was not paying off, and the old thinking stirred up self-pity, resentment, and anger. Basic Text, p. 98 = There are days when some of us wallow in self-pity. Its easy to do. We may have expectations about how our lives should be in recovery, expectatio...

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	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, were tempted to follow the path of least resistance and live by our old ideas a...	Dave R	1	348	Dec 23, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	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 as...	Dave R	1	454	Dec 22, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	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 overwhelmed when conte...	Dave R	1	275	Dec 21, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 20 Overcoming self-obsession (Preview) In living the steps, we begin to let go of our self-obsession. Basic Text, p. 97 = Many of us came to the program convinced that our feelings, our wants, and our needs were of the utmost importance to everyone. We had practiced a lifetime of self-seeking, self-centered behavior and believed it was t...	Dave R	1	291	Dec 20, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 19 Walking the way we talk (Preview) Words mean nothing until we put them into action. Basic Text, p. 58 = The Twelfth Step reminds us "to practice these principles in all our affairs." In NA, we see living examples of this suggestion all around us. The more experienced members, who seem to have an aura of peace surroundi...	Dave R	1	247	Dec 19, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 18 The message of our meetings (Preview) The fact that we, each and every group, focus on carrying the message provides consistency; addicts can count on us. Basic Text, p. 68 = Tales of our antics in active addiction may be funny. Stories of our old bizarre reactions to life when using may be interesting. But they tend to carry the mess m...	Dave R	1	273	Dec 18, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 17 Service motives (Preview) Everything that occurs in the course of NA service must be motivated by the desire to more successfully carry the message of recovery to the addict who still suffers. Basic Text, p. xxvi = Our motives are often a surprise to us. In our early days of recovery, they were almost always a surprise! Wev...	Dave R	1	354	Dec 18, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 15 The joy of sharing (Preview) There is a spiritual principle of giving away what we have been given in Narcotics Anonymous in order to keep it. By helping others to stay clean, we enjoy the benefit of the spiritual wealth that we have found. Basic Text, p. 49 = Time and again in our recovery, others have freely shared with us what w...	Dave R	1	465	Dec 18, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 16 Where there's smoke... (Preview) Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases. Basic Text, p. 84 = Recognizing complacency in our recovery is like seeing smoke in a room. The "smoke" thickens when our meeting attendance drops, conta...	Dave R	1	283	Dec 16, 2014 by Mike M
	JFT December 14 Addiction, drugs, and recovery (Preview) Addiction is a physical, mental, and spiritual disease that affects every area of our lives. Basic Text, p. 20 = Before we started using, most of us had a stereotype, a mental image of what addicts were supposed to look like. Some of us pictured a junkie robbing convenience markets for drug money. ...	Dave R	1	342	Dec 14, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 13 Membership (Preview) There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using. Basic Text, p. 9 = We all know people who could benefit from Narcotics Anonymous. Many people we encounter from all walks of life--our family members, old friends, and coworkers--could really use a program of recovery in the...	Dave R	1	300	Dec 14, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Self-Mutilation Addiction (Preview) At my NA meeting last night, a girl spoke about how she is a cutter. She cuts herself (mainly her legs) when she feels depressed, angry, etc. She has been clean from drugs for awhile but admits to "replacing" her drug addiction with the self-mutilation addiction known as "cutting....	KrisC	13	8021	Dec 14, 2014 by Recoverys1st
	JFT December 12 Fear of change (Preview) By working the steps, we come to accept a Higher Power's will.... We lose our fear of the unknown. We are set free. Basic Text, p. 16 = Life is a series of changes, both large and small. Although we may know and accept this fact intellectually, chances are that our initial emotional reaction to chan...	Dave R	1	316	Dec 12, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	WHO CAN VOTE AT THE GROUP'S BUSINESS MEETING (Preview) I am a member who believes in the homegroup style of recovery. I have member actively going to the group that participants don't call it there home group but other groups. A member wants to change the group's format. I don't have a problem with this, however, she consulted other members that are not g...	nagodme	4	743	Dec 11, 2014 by Davethewave
	JFT December 10 Winners (Preview) I started to imitate some of the things the winners were doing. I got caught up in NA. I felt good... Basic Text, p. 153 = We often hear it said in meetings that we should stick with the winners. Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Winners are easily identified. They work an active program...	Dave R	1	292	Dec 10, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 9 Listening (Preview) This ability to listen is a gift and grows as we grow spiritually. Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift. Basic Text, p. 107 = Have you ever watched two small children carry on a conversation? One will be talking about purple dragons while the other carries on about the disco...	Dave R	1	301	Dec 10, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 8 Calling a defect a defect (Preview) When we see how our defects exist in our lives and accept them, we can let go of them and get on with our new life. Basic Text, p. 35 = Sometimes our readiness to have our character defects removed depends on what we call them. If misnaming our defects makes them seem less defective, we may be unable to se...	Dave R	1	413	Dec 9, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 7 Surviving our emotions (Preview) We use the tools available to us and develop the ability to survive our emotions. Basic Text, p. 31 = Survive my emotions? some of us say. You've got to be kidding! When we were using, we never gave ourselves the chance to learn how to survive them. You don't survive your feelings, we thought--yo...	Dave R	1	316	Dec 7, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	THANKS FOR SUPPORT (Preview) Morning and Blessings of this day! Thank you for your continued support,Mike M, Dave R and Collin(CD),,,,and your support here for stopping by to see if there is any ESH we can offer to help another in a loving and caring manner....Congrats on your Anniversary Dates,,men...WE celebrate because o...	MIKEF	2	301	Dec 6, 2014 by kitty doyle
	30 YEARS TODAY, FREE FROM ACTIVE ADDICTION (Preview) It was December 2nd,1984 (my fathers birthday who died a year and a half before my recovery began)a cold Winter morning in upstate New York ,at an old farmhouse where I came to from another drug induced stupor,lifted my head and asked for mercy.After 25 long years from 1959(a boy of 11 with my first docu...	MIKEF	4	448	Dec 6, 2014 by kitty doyle
	JFT December 3 Vision without limits (Preview) Perhaps for the first time, we see a vision of our new life. Basic Text, p. 35 = In our addiction, our vision of ourselves was very limited. Each day, we went through the same routine: getting, using, and finding ways and means to get more. And thats all we could reasonably expect for the duration of o...	Dave R	1	360	Dec 3, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Looking for sponser (Preview) I'm looking for an NA sponsor. We don't have really any healthy meetings in town but I defiantly want a sponsor in my recovery until I might be able to find one I can meet face to face with. My clean date is July 11th, 2014. Any help is appreciated. Message me on here, however email would work the best as it wo...	MatchboxFox	1	295	Dec 1, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 1 Life's rewards (Preview) December 1 Lifes rewards We begin to pray only for Gods will for us. That way, we get only what we are capable of handling. Basic Text, p. 49 = Imagine what might happen if God gave us everything we wanted. A fabulous new car, straight As, a triple salary raise--all ours without effort, just for the aski...	Dave R	1	274	Dec 1, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 30 Sharing the real me (Preview) Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone. Basic Text, p. 81 = Intimacy is the sharing of our innermost thoughts and feelings with another human being. Many of us long for the warmth and companionship intimacy brings, but those things don't come without effort. In our addicti...	Dave R	1	239	Nov 30, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 29 Our Higher Power's care (Preview) We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us. Basic Text, p. 55 = Our program is based on the idea that the application of simple principles can produce profound effects in our lives. One such principle is that, if we ask, our Higher Power will care for us. Because this principle is so basic,...	Dave R	1	319	Nov 29, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 28 Being ourselves (Preview) To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves. Basic Text, p. 35 = Humility is a puzzling concept. We know a lot about humiliation, but humility is a new idea. It sounds suspiciously like groveling, bowing, and scraping. But thats not what humility is at all. True humility...	Dave R	1	274	Nov 29, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 27 Seeking God's help (Preview) At times during our recovery, the decision to ask for God's help is our greatest source of strength and courage. Basic Text, p. 26 = When we take the Third Step, we decide to allow a loving Higher Power to guide us and care for us in our daily lives. We make the decision to allow this guidance and care int...	Dave R	1	240	Nov 29, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 26 Responsibility (Preview) A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take the time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow. IP No. 8, Just for Today = Responsibility, responsibility--the responsibilities of life are everywhere. We're supposed to wear seat belts...	Dave R	1	387	Nov 26, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 25 Meditation (Preview) Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us. Basic Text, p. 45 = As our recovery progresses, we often reflect on what brought us to Narcotics Anonymous in the first place and are able to appreciate how much the quality of our lives has i...	Dave R	1	258	Nov 25, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 24 Gratefully recovering (Preview) We entertained the thought that staying clean was not paying off, and the old thinking stirred up self-pity, resentment, and anger. Basic Text, p. 98 = There are days when some of us wallow in self-pity. Its easy to do. We may have expectations about how our lives should be in recovery, expectatio...	Dave R	1	274	Nov 24, 2014 by cdbuckberry
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