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Dave R · Dave R

Addiction is a disease that involves more than the use of drugs. Basic Text, p. 3 = At our first meeting, we may have been taken aback at the way members shared about how the disease of addiction had affected their lives. We thought to ourselves, Disease? I've just got a drug problem! What in the wor...

tanja · tanja

ben op zoek naar iemand in de buurt van tilburg die naar meetings in breda gaat. heb zelf geen uto. wil graag meebetalen

Dave R · Dave R

In our addiction, we were dependent upon people, places, and things. We looked to them to support us and supply the things we found lacking in ourselves. Basic Text, pp. 70-71 = In the animal kingdom, there is a creature that thrives on others. It is called a leech. It attaches itself to people and...

John · John

Dave R · Dave R

A simple, honest message of recovery from addiction rings true. Basic Text, p. 51 = You're in a meeting. The sharing has been going on for some time. One or two members have described their spiritual experiences in an especially meaningful way. Another has had us all rolling in the aisles with en...

Dave R · Dave R

There is a special feeling for addicts when they discover that there are other people who share their difficulties, past and present. Basic Text, pp. 55-56 = The wealth of our recovery is too good to keep to ourselves. Some of us believe that when we talk in meetings, we should remember the newcomer...

kitty doyle · kitty doyle

Hello everyone!! My son, drunk at 11am this morning, came to me and said "I think I need help with my drinking"!!! I'm euphoric yet prepared at the same time for this to be the first of many declarations (is that wrong or too negative?) By no means has he committed himself to sobriety but at lea...

Dave R · Dave R

Those who make it through these times show a courage not their own. Basic Text, p. 86 = Before coming to NA, many of us thought we were brave simply because we had never experienced fear. We had drugged all our feelings, fear among them, until we had convinced ourselves that we were tough, courageous...

Dave R · Dave R

The purpose of a searching and fearless moral inventory is to sort through the confusion and the contradiction of our lives so that we can find out who we really are. Basic Text, p. 27 = Using addicts are a confused and confusing bunch of people. Its hard to tell from one minute to the next what theyre...

Dave R · Dave R

March 15 Feeling a part of The get-togethers after our meetings are good opportunities to share things that we didn't get to discuss during the meeting. Basic Text, p. 98 = Active addiction set us apart from society, isolating us. Fear was at the core of that alienation. We believed that if we let oth...

mikah · mikah

..sick and tired of SMOKING!! ...I was remembering the other day how it was ~25 years ago that I went to an NA meeting because I wanted to quit smoking!,,,,,afterall ,nicotine's a narcotic,no!?...........imagine my surprise to discover that the meeting was -filled- with smokers puffing away!! .....

Dave R · Dave R

A sponsor is not necessarily a friend, but may be someone in whom we confide. We can share things with our sponsor that we might not be comfortable sharing in a meeting. IP No. 11, Sponsorship, Revised = We've asked someone to sponsor us, and the reasons we have for asking that particular person ar...

Dave R · Dave R

Also, our inventories usually include material on relationships. Basic Text, p. 29 = What an understatement this is! Especially in later recovery, entire inventories may focus on our relationships with others. Our lives have been filled with relationships with lovers, friends, parents, c...

Dave R · Dave R

Many times in our recovery, the old bugaboos will haunt us. Life may again become meaningless, monotonous, and boring. Basic Text, p. 78 = Sometimes it seems as though nothing changes. We get up and go to the same job every day. We eat dinner at the same time every night. We attend the same meeting...

NoTomorrowsz · NoTomorrowsz

New here ... my story is maybe a little unique. out of highschool I was a heavy drinker .. it was acceptable because of course I was a partier .. so it was even labeled as fun .. there were other addictions that guess accompanied that .. then later there were the occasional pills etc.. maybe just a joint he...

Dave R · Dave R

The steps are our solution. They are our survival kit. They are our defense against addiction, a deadly disease. Our steps are the principles that make our recovery possible. Basic Text, p. 19 = There's lots to like in Narcotics Anonymous. The meetings, for one, are great. We get to see our fri...

Dave R · Dave R

It will not make us better people to judge the faults of another. It will make us feel better to clean up our lives... Basic Text, p. 38 = Sometimes we need something tangible to help us understand what holding a resentment is doing to us. We may not be aware of how destructive resentments actually ar...

Dave R · Dave R

When we accept ourselves, we can accept others into our lives, unconditionally, probably for the first time. IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance = From our earliest memories, many of us felt like we never belonged. No matter how big the gathering, we always felt apart from the crowd. We had a hard time fi...

Dave R · Dave R

As long as the ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart, all will be well. Basic Text, p. 60 = Many of us feel that without NA we would surely have died from our disease. Hence, its existence is our very lifeline. However, disunity is an occasional fact of life in Narc...

Dave R · Dave R

We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step Ten = In Narcotics Anonymous, we've found that the more we live in harmony with our Higher Power's will for us, the greater the harmony in our lives. We use the Tenth Step to help us maintain that harmony. On a d...

Dave R · Dave R

It would be tragic to write [out an inventory only to] shove it in a drawer. These defects grow in the dark and die in the light of exposure. Basic Text, p. 32 = How many times have we heard it said that we are only as sick as our secrets? While many members choose not to use meetings to share the intimate d...

Dave R · Dave R

Self-pity is one of the most destructive of defects; it will drain us of all positive energy. Basic Text, p. 80 = In active addiction, many of us used self-pity as a survival mechanism. We didn't believe there was an alternative to living in our disease--or perhaps we didn't want to believe. As lon...

mikah · mikah

As I get through the initial shock of some big changes in my life, I wake up feeling grateful for all the good things that recovery has brought to my life....I've learnt that there -can- be life after addiction,and know deep down that I can get through this challenge as well! ....one day a...

Dave R · Dave R

In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills. Basic Text, p. 90 = Making mountains out of molehills seems to be our specialty. Have you heard it said that to an addict, a flat tire is a traumatic event? Or how about those of us who forget all pretense of pri...

Dave R · Dave R

What we want most is to feel good about ourselves. Basic Text, p. 101 = Well love you until you can learn to love yourself. These words, heard so often in our meetings, promise a day we look forward to eagerlythe day when we'll know how to love ourselves. Self-esteemwe all want this elusive quality as...

goodwife · goodwife

Just need someone to talk to. It's my husband who is the addict. Unfortunately, I was probably an enabler. I love him so! But he's gone now, arrested again, 2nd time, had "taters" on him, whatever that is. I wasn't raised or even anywhere close to this kind of stuff ever in my life until I...

Dave R · Dave R

The good times can also be a trap; the danger is that we may forget that our first priority is to stay clean. Basic Text, p. 43 = Things can get really good in our recovery. Perhaps we've found our soul mate, built a rewarding career, started a family. Maybe our relationships with our family members h...

Dave R · Dave R

March 6 As a result of the Twelve Steps, I'm not able to hold on to old ways of deceiving myself. = We all rationalize. Sometimes we know we are rationalizing, admit we are rationalizing, yet continue to behave according to our rationalizations! Recovery can become very painful when we decide tha...

Dave R · Dave R

When a need arises for us to admit our powerlessness, we may first look for ways to exert power against it. After exhausting these ways, we begin sharing with others and find hope. Basic Text, p. 82 = Weve sometimes heard it said in our meetings that rude awakenings lead to spiritual awakenings. Wh...

Dave R · Dave R

This program has become a part of me.... I understand more clearly the things that are happening in my life today. I no longer fight the process. Basic Text, p. 127 = In active addiction, things happened seemingly without rhyme or reason. We just did things, often without knowing why or what the r...

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	JFT March 21 A treatable illness (Preview) Addiction is a disease that involves more than the use of drugs. Basic Text, p. 3 = At our first meeting, we may have been taken aback at the way members shared about how the disease of addiction had affected their lives. We thought to ourselves, Disease? I've just got a drug problem! What in the wor...	Dave R	2	499	Mar 23, 2015 by mikah
	Meerijden in Nederland? Tilburg >> Breta? (Preview) ben op zoek naar iemand in de buurt van tilburg die naar meetings in breda gaat. heb zelf geen uto. wil graag meebetalen	tanja	1	682	Mar 22, 2015 by mikah
	JFT March 22 The principle of self-support (Preview) In our addiction, we were dependent upon people, places, and things. We looked to them to support us and supply the things we found lacking in ourselves. Basic Text, pp. 70-71 = In the animal kingdom, there is a creature that thrives on others. It is called a leech. It attaches itself to people and...	Dave R	1	513	Mar 22, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	my sponsor just ain't right!! (well, he might be) (Preview)	John	2	494	Mar 20, 2015 by Davethewave
	JFT March 19 Something valuable to share (Preview) A simple, honest message of recovery from addiction rings true. Basic Text, p. 51 = You're in a meeting. The sharing has been going on for some time. One or two members have described their spiritual experiences in an especially meaningful way. Another has had us all rolling in the aisles with en...	Dave R	1	553	Mar 19, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 18 The full message (Preview) There is a special feeling for addicts when they discover that there are other people who share their difficulties, past and present. Basic Text, pp. 55-56 = The wealth of our recovery is too good to keep to ourselves. Some of us believe that when we talk in meetings, we should remember the newcomer...	Dave R	1	488	Mar 18, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	Sharing the good and Praying for a positive! (Preview) Hello everyone!! My son, drunk at 11am this morning, came to me and said "I think I need help with my drinking"!!! I'm euphoric yet prepared at the same time for this to be the first of many declarations (is that wrong or too negative?) By no means has he committed himself to sobriety but at lea...	kitty doyle	5	694	Mar 18, 2015 by Davethewave
	JFT March 17 True courage (Preview) Those who make it through these times show a courage not their own. Basic Text, p. 86 = Before coming to NA, many of us thought we were brave simply because we had never experienced fear. We had drugged all our feelings, fear among them, until we had convinced ourselves that we were tough, courageous...	Dave R	1	480	Mar 17, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 16 Inventory (Preview) The purpose of a searching and fearless moral inventory is to sort through the confusion and the contradiction of our lives so that we can find out who we really are. Basic Text, p. 27 = Using addicts are a confused and confusing bunch of people. Its hard to tell from one minute to the next what theyre...	Dave R	1	531	Mar 16, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 15 Feeling "a part of" (Preview) March 15 Feeling a part of The get-togethers after our meetings are good opportunities to share things that we didn't get to discuss during the meeting. Basic Text, p. 98 = Active addiction set us apart from society, isolating us. Fear was at the core of that alienation. We believed that if we let oth...	Dave R	2	518	Mar 16, 2015 by mikah
	..the 'Breathe-Easy' thread (Preview) ..sick and tired of SMOKING!! ...I was remembering the other day how it was ~25 years ago that I went to an NA meeting because I wanted to quit smoking!,,,,,afterall ,nicotine's a narcotic,no!?...........imagine my surprise to discover that the meeting was -filled- with smokers puffing away!! .....	mikah	28	3815	Mar 16, 2015 by mikah
	JFT March 13 That one special person (Preview) A sponsor is not necessarily a friend, but may be someone in whom we confide. We can share things with our sponsor that we might not be comfortable sharing in a meeting. *IP No. 11, Sponsorship,* Revised** = We've asked someone to sponsor us, and the reasons we have for asking that particular person ar...	Dave R	1	461	Mar 15, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 14 Relationships (Preview) Also, our inventories usually include material on relationships. Basic Text, p. 29 = What an understatement this is! Especially in later recovery, entire inventories may focus on our relationships with others. Our lives have been filled with relationships with lovers, friends, parents, c...	Dave R	1	498	Mar 15, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 12 Getting out of the rut (Preview) Many times in our recovery, the old bugaboos will haunt us. Life may again become meaningless, monotonous, and boring. Basic Text, p. 78 = Sometimes it seems as though nothing changes. We get up and go to the same job every day. We eat dinner at the same time every night. We attend the same meeting...	Dave R	2	522	Mar 13, 2015 by mikah
	New here / addictive personality . (Preview) New here ... my story is maybe a little unique. out of highschool I was a heavy drinker .. it was acceptable because of course I was a partier .. so it was even labeled as fun .. there were other addictions that guess accompanied that .. then later there were the occasional pills etc.. maybe just a joint he...	NoTomorrowsz	11	760	Mar 12, 2015 by MIKEF
	JFT March 10 Our own recovery (Preview) The steps are our solution. They are our survival kit. They are our defense against addiction, a deadly disease. Our steps are the principles that make our recovery possible. Basic Text, p. 19 = There's lots to like in Narcotics Anonymous. The meetings, for one, are great. We get to see our fri...	Dave R	1	454	Mar 11, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 11 Lightening the load (Preview) It will not make us better people to judge the faults of another. It will make us feel better to clean up our lives... Basic Text, p. 38 = Sometimes we need something tangible to help us understand what holding a resentment is doing to us. We may not be aware of how destructive resentments actually ar...	Dave R	2	496	Mar 11, 2015 by mikah
	JFT February 9 Self-acceptance (Preview) When we accept ourselves, we can accept others into our lives, unconditionally, probably for the first time. IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance = From our earliest memories, many of us felt like we never belonged. No matter how big the gathering, we always felt apart from the crowd. We had a hard time fi...	Dave R	2	684	Mar 11, 2015 by NoTomorrowsz
	JFT February 13 The ties that bind (Preview) As long as the ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart, all will be well. Basic Text, p. 60 = Many of us feel that without NA we would surely have died from our disease. Hence, its existence is our very lifeline. However, disunity is an occasional fact of life in Narc...	Dave R	3	555	Mar 11, 2015 by NoTomorrowsz
	JFT February 22 God's will, or mine? (Preview) We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step Ten = In Narcotics Anonymous, we've found that the more we live in harmony with our Higher Power's will for us, the greater the harmony in our lives. We use the Tenth Step to help us maintain that harmony. On a d...	Dave R	4	699	Mar 11, 2015 by NoTomorrowsz
	JFT February 25 Sick as our secrets (Preview) It would be tragic to write [out an inventory only to] shove it in a drawer. These defects grow in the dark and die in the light of exposure. Basic Text, p. 32 = How many times have we heard it said that we are only as sick as our secrets? While many members choose not to use meetings to share the intimate d...	Dave R	2	489	Mar 10, 2015 by NoTomorrowsz
	JFT FEbruary 21 Self-pity or recovery--it's our choice (Preview) Self-pity is one of the most destructive of defects; it will drain us of all positive energy. Basic Text, p. 80 = In active addiction, many of us used self-pity as a survival mechanism. We didn't believe there was an alternative to living in our disease--or perhaps we didn't want to believe. As lon...	Dave R	2	552	Mar 10, 2015 by NoTomorrowsz
	...GRATITUDE...... (Preview) As I get through the initial shock of some big changes in my life, I wake up feeling grateful for all the good things that recovery has brought to my life....I've learnt that there -can- be life after addiction,and know deep down that I can get through this challenge as well! ....one day a...	mikah	4	609	Mar 10, 2015 by Davethewave
	JFT March 9 Small things (Preview) In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills. Basic Text, p. 90 = Making mountains out of molehills seems to be our specialty. Have you heard it said that to an addict, a flat tire is a traumatic event? Or how about those of us who forget all pretense of pri...	Dave R	2	473	Mar 10, 2015 by NoTomorrowsz
	JFT March 8 Learning to love ourselves (Preview) What we want most is to feel good about ourselves. Basic Text, p. 101 = Well love you until you can learn to love yourself. These words, heard so often in our meetings, promise a day we look forward to eagerlythe day when we'll know how to love ourselves. Self-esteemwe all want this elusive quality as...	Dave R	1	457	Mar 9, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	Overwhelmed - (Preview) Just need someone to talk to. It's my husband who is the addict. Unfortunately, I was probably an enabler. I love him so! But he's gone now, arrested again, 2nd time, had "taters" on him, whatever that is. I wasn't raised or even anywhere close to this kind of stuff ever in my life until I...	goodwife	3	670	Mar 8, 2015 by MIKEF
	JFT March 7 Priorities (Preview) The good times can also be a trap; the danger is that we may forget that our first priority is to stay clean. Basic Text, p. 43 = Things can get really good in our recovery. Perhaps we've found our soul mate, built a rewarding career, started a family. Maybe our relationships with our family members h...	Dave R	1	427	Mar 7, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 6 Rationalizing our recovery (Preview) March 6 As a result of the Twelve Steps, I'm not able to hold on to old ways of deceiving myself. = We all rationalize. Sometimes we know we are rationalizing, admit we are rationalizing, yet continue to behave according to our rationalizations! Recovery can become very painful when we decide tha...	Dave R	1	442	Mar 6, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 5 From rude awakening to spiritual awakening (Preview) When a need arises for us to admit our powerlessness, we may first look for ways to exert power against it. After exhausting these ways, we begin sharing with others and find hope. Basic Text, p. 82 = Weve sometimes heard it said in our meetings that rude awakenings lead to spiritual awakenings. Wh...	Dave R	1	375	Mar 5, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 4 The process (Preview) This program has become a part of me.... I understand more clearly the things that are happening in my life today. I no longer fight the process. Basic Text, p. 127 = In active addiction, things happened seemingly without rhyme or reason. We just did things, often without knowing why or what the r...	Dave R	1	438	Mar 5, 2015 by cdbuckberry
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