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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...

Sarah1 · Sarah1

Hello. I am here today because I grew up in a household with a father who was addicted to drugs. Anything that kept the heart rate beating fast like speed or cocaine. I am now an adult and am trying to have a relationship with him. But he is still using. He says he's not but I know he is. He won't admit it. He...

Dave R · Dave R

The relief of letting go and letting God helps us develop a life that is worth living. Basic Text, p. 26 = In our addiction, we were afraid of what might happen if we didn't control everything around us. Many of us made up elaborate lies to protect our use of drugs. Some of us manipulated everyone arou...

Dave R · Dave R

As we begin to function in society, our creative freedom helps us sort our priorities and do the basic things first. Basic Text, p. 83 = No sooner do we get clean than some of us begin putting other priorities ahead of our recovery. Careers, families, relationships--all these are part of the life we...

Dave R · Dave R

Letting our defects go If [character defects] contributed to our health and happiness, we would not have come to such a state of desperation. Basic Text, p. 34 Getting started on the Sixth and Seventh Steps isn't always easy. We may feel as though we have so much wrong with us that we are totally def...

Dave R · Dave R

We werent oriented toward fulfillment; we focused on the emptiness and worthlessness of it all. Basic Text, p. 86 = There were probably hundreds of times in our active addiction when we wished we could become someone else. We may have wished we could trade places with someone who owned a nice car or...

BigV · BigV

I heard a lady with many years of sobriety say outside a meeting the other day that she was afraid of things happening in the world, my comment back was, " this program gives us courage, we should not live in fear, she shut up :) But its true, we all lived in fear some in terror for so long we should be liv...

Peggie1960 · Peggie1960

My 21 yo daughter is coming home from rehab tomorrow...when she called last night she informed me that she really did not want to come home if as in her words she was going to be a prisoner. She wants me to give her phone back and let her use her car as she pleases....and if I don't comply then it will be the rea...

Dave R · Dave R

...the addict would find from the start as much identification as each needed to convince himself that he could stay clean, by the example of others who had recovered for many years. Basic Text, p. 85 = Many of us attended our first meeting and, not being entirely sure that NA was for us, found much to c...

Dave R · Dave R

The Tenth Step can help us correct our living problems and prevent their recurrence. Basic Text, p. 41 = Our identities, how we think and feel, have been shaped by our experiences. Some of our experiences have made us better people; others have caused us shame or embarrassment; all of them have inf...

Dave R · Dave R

We never have to use again, no matter how we feel. All feelings will eventually pass. Basic Text, p. 82 = It hurts like never before. You get out of bed after a sleepless night, talk to God, and still dont feel any better. It will pass, a little voice tells you. When? you wonder, as you pace and mutter...

Dave R · Dave R

We gradually and carefully pull ourselves out of the isolation and loneliness of addiction and into the mainstream of life. Basic Text, p. 37 = Many of us spent much of our using time alone, avoiding other people--especially people who were not using--at all costs. After years of isolation, tryi...

Dave R · Dave R

When we were using, our lives became an exercise in survival. Now we are doing much more living than surviving. Basic Text, p. 52 = I'd be better off dead! A familiar refrain to a practicing addict, and with good reason. All we had to look forward to was more of the same miserable existence. Our hol...

Dave R · Dave R

Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live. Basic Text, p. 26 = How do we begin the process of letting our Higher Power guide our lives? When we seek advice about situations that trouble us, we often find that our Higher Power works through others. When we accept that we don...

Dave R · Dave R

We are not going to be perfect. If we were perfect, we would not be human. Basic Text, p. 31 = All of us had expectations about life in recovery. Some of us thought recovery would suddenly make us employable or able to do anything in the world we wanted to do. Or maybe we imagined perfect ease in our int...

Dave R · Dave R

No matter how far we ran, we always carried fear with us. Basic Text, p. 14 = For many of us, fear was a constant factor in our lives before we came to Narcotics Anonymous. We used because we were afraid to feel emotional or physical pain. Our fear of people and situations gave us a convenient excuse...

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	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	408	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	504	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	417	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	375	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	551	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	456	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	390	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	354	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	319	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	417	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	362	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	331	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	501	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	348	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	356	Nov 24, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Won't do meetings (Preview) Hello. I am here today because I grew up in a household with a father who was addicted to drugs. Anything that kept the heart rate beating fast like speed or cocaine. I am now an adult and am trying to have a relationship with him. But he is still using. He says he's not but I know he is. He won't admit it. He...	Sarah1	3	637	Nov 24, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 23 God's will (Preview) The relief of letting go and letting God helps us develop a life that is worth living. Basic Text, p. 26 = In our addiction, we were afraid of what might happen if we didn't control everything around us. Many of us made up elaborate lies to protect our use of drugs. Some of us manipulated everyone arou...	Dave R	1	487	Nov 23, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 22 Foundation first (Preview) As we begin to function in society, our creative freedom helps us sort our priorities and do the basic things first. Basic Text, p. 83 = No sooner do we get clean than some of us begin putting other priorities ahead of our recovery. Careers, families, relationships--all these are part of the life we...	Dave R	1	328	Nov 23, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 21 Letting our defects go (Preview) Letting our defects go If [character defects] contributed to our health and happiness, we would not have come to such a state of desperation. Basic Text, p. 34 Getting started on the Sixth and Seventh Steps isn't always easy. We may feel as though we have so much wrong with us that we are totally def...	Dave R	1	327	Nov 23, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 20 Finding fulfillment (Preview) We werent oriented toward fulfillment; we focused on the emptiness and worthlessness of it all. Basic Text, p. 86 = There were probably hundreds of times in our active addiction when we wished we could become someone else. We may have wished we could trade places with someone who owned a nice car or...	Dave R	1	311	Nov 23, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Ebol, Terrorism, world calamity (Preview) I heard a lady with many years of sobriety say outside a meeting the other day that she was afraid of things happening in the world, my comment back was, " this program gives us courage, we should not live in fear, she shut up :) But its true, we all lived in fear some in terror for so long we should be liv...	BigV	15	955	Nov 20, 2014 by mikah
	First day home (Preview) My 21 yo daughter is coming home from rehab tomorrow...when she called last night she informed me that she really did not want to come home if as in her words she was going to be a prisoner. She wants me to give her phone back and let her use her car as she pleases....and if I don't comply then it will be the rea...	Peggie1960	8	642	Nov 19, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 19 The language of empathy (Preview) ...the addict would find from the start as much identification as each needed to convince himself that he could stay clean, by the example of others who had recovered for many years. Basic Text, p. 85 = Many of us attended our first meeting and, not being entirely sure that NA was for us, found much to c...	Dave R	1	362	Nov 19, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 18 Self-discovery (Preview) The Tenth Step can help us correct our living problems and prevent their recurrence. Basic Text, p. 41 = Our identities, how we think and feel, have been shaped by our experiences. Some of our experiences have made us better people; others have caused us shame or embarrassment; all of them have inf...	Dave R	1	344	Nov 18, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 17 Walking through the pain (Preview) We never have to use again, no matter how we feel. All feelings will eventually pass. Basic Text, p. 82 = It hurts like never before. You get out of bed after a sleepless night, talk to God, and still dont feel any better. It will pass, a little voice tells you. When? you wonder, as you pace and mutter...	Dave R	1	3038	Nov 18, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 16 Alone no more (Preview) We gradually and carefully pull ourselves out of the isolation and loneliness of addiction and into the mainstream of life. Basic Text, p. 37 = Many of us spent much of our using time alone, avoiding other people--especially people who were not using--at all costs. After years of isolation, tryi...	Dave R	1	297	Nov 18, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 14 Not just surviving (Preview) When we were using, our lives became an exercise in survival. Now we are doing much more living than surviving. Basic Text, p. 52 = I'd be better off dead! A familiar refrain to a practicing addict, and with good reason. All we had to look forward to was more of the same miserable existence. Our hol...	Dave R	1	319	Nov 15, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 15 Letting go (Preview) Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live. Basic Text, p. 26 = How do we begin the process of letting our Higher Power guide our lives? When we seek advice about situations that trouble us, we often find that our Higher Power works through others. When we accept that we don...	Dave R	1	301	Nov 15, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 13 Not perfect (Preview) We are not going to be perfect. If we were perfect, we would not be human. Basic Text, p. 31 = All of us had expectations about life in recovery. Some of us thought recovery would suddenly make us employable or able to do anything in the world we wanted to do. Or maybe we imagined perfect ease in our int...	Dave R	1	323	Nov 14, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 10 Fear or faith? (Preview) No matter how far we ran, we always carried fear with us. Basic Text, p. 14 = For many of us, fear was a constant factor in our lives before we came to Narcotics Anonymous. We used because we were afraid to feel emotional or physical pain. Our fear of people and situations gave us a convenient excuse...	Dave R	1	308	Nov 12, 2014 by cdbuckberry
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