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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...

Dave R · Dave R

Narcotics Anonymous offers only one promise, and that is freedom from active addiction... Basic Text, p. 106 = Imagine how it might be if we had arrived at the doors of Narcotics Anonymous, desperate, wanting to stop using drugs, only to be met by a sales pitch: "If you just work the steps and d...

Dave R · Dave R

When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably. Basic Text, p. 99 = Some of us seem to make mountains out of molehills with our problems. Even those of us who've found some measure of serenity have probably blown a problem far out of proportion at some time in our r...

Dave R · Dave R

Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, our attitudes, and our relationships on a regular basis. Basic Text, p. 42 = The daily inventory is a tool we can use to simplify our lives. The most complicated part of taking a regular inventor...

Dave R · Dave R

As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving. At least we know that we are no longer intentionally making life miserable for people. Basic Text, pp. 39-40 = In our addiction we often treated others badly, sometimes deliberately finding ways to make their lives miserable. In...

Dave R · Dave R

We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected.... [But] our fellow members do understand us. Basic Text, p. 32 = We need our fellow NA members--their experience, their friendship, their laughter, their guidance, and much, much more. Yet many of us hesitate...

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	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	426	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	441	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	566	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	450	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	540	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	547	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	416	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	422	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	593	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	525	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	563	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	381	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	382	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	376	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	360	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	375	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	397	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	358	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	331	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	396	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	435	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	365	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	761	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	410	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	433	Jan 21, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT January 20 One promise, many gifts (Preview) Narcotics Anonymous offers only one promise, and that is freedom from active addiction... Basic Text, p. 106 = Imagine how it might be if we had arrived at the doors of Narcotics Anonymous, desperate, wanting to stop using drugs, only to be met by a sales pitch: "If you just work the steps and d...	Dave R	1	400	Jan 21, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	January 19 Making mountains into molehills (Preview) When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably. Basic Text, p. 99 = Some of us seem to make mountains out of molehills with our problems. Even those of us who've found some measure of serenity have probably blown a problem far out of proportion at some time in our r...	Dave R	1	370	Jan 19, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT January 18 The simple inventory (Preview) Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, our attitudes, and our relationships on a regular basis. Basic Text, p. 42 = The daily inventory is a tool we can use to simplify our lives. The most complicated part of taking a regular inventor...	Dave R	1	432	Jan 18, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFt January 17 Forgiveness (Preview) As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving. At least we know that we are no longer intentionally making life miserable for people. Basic Text, pp. 39-40 = In our addiction we often treated others badly, sometimes deliberately finding ways to make their lives miserable. In...	Dave R	2	362	Jan 17, 2015 by cdbuckberry
	JFT January 16 Make that call (Preview) We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected.... [But] our fellow members do understand us. Basic Text, p. 32 = We need our fellow NA members--their experience, their friendship, their laughter, their guidance, and much, much more. Yet many of us hesitate...	Dave R	1	390	Jan 17, 2015 by cdbuckberry
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