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JFT August 15 Over time, not overnight
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We found that we do not recover physically, mentally, or spiritually overnight. Basic Text, p. 27 = Have you ever approached a recovery celebration with the feeling that you should be further along in your recovery than you are? Maybe you have listened to newcomers sharing in meetings, members w...
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JFT August 14 Letting go of our limitations
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We dont have to settle for the limitations of the past. We can examine and reexamine our old ideas. Basic Text, p. 11 = Most of us come to the program with a multitude of self-imposed limitations that prevent us from realizing our full potential, limitations that impede our attempts to find the valu...
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Sponsor Needed ASAP
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Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor that can help me out. I'm a 32 female living in Dallas, TX. If would like to find out more about me and possibly become my sponsor, please contact me at 214-683-1300 (text or call). Thanks in advance!
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JFT August 13 Difficult people
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By giving unconditional love... we become more loving, and by sharing spiritual growth we become more spiritual. Basic Text, p.103 = Most of us have one or two exceptionally difficult people in our lives. How do we deal with such a person in our recovery? First, we take our own inventory. Have we w...
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JFT August 12 Enough!
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Something inside cries out, Enough, enough, Ive had enough, and then they are ready to take that first and often most difficult step toward dealing with their disease. = Have we really had enough? This is the crucial question we must ask ourselves as we prepare to work the First Step in Narcotics...
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Suboxone Detox - long-term user
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Hello all! My name is Amy and I'm an addict (however, this post is not about me). This is my first time posting here so I apologize if this has been asked before. When I met my sons father (we are separated at the moment but are trying to work things out so I don't really know what to call him!), he had been in re...
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JFT August 11 Active listening
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Through active listening, we hear things that work for us. Basic Text, p. 102 = Most of us arrived in Narcotics Anonymous with a very poor ability to listen. But to take full advantage of the therapeutic value of one addict helping another, we must learn to listen actively. What is active listening...
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JFT August 9 The power of love
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We begin to see that Gods love has been present all the time, just waiting for us to accept it. Basic Text, p. 46 = Gods love is the transforming power that drives our recovery. With that love, we find freedom from the hopeless, desperate cycle of using, self-hatred, and more using. With that love, w...
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For everyone... I hope this helps
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This is a bit long, but it end well... I was ready to cut my wrists two nights ago. I was begging God to take off the Earth and out of everyone's lives. I was convinced that death would release them all from the burden of me. But a funy thing happend to me on my way to the grave... A voice in my head said, "th...
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JFT August 8 Responsible recovery
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...we accept responsibility for our problems and see that were equally responsible for our solutions. Basic Text, p. 94 = Some of us, well accustomed to leaving our personal responsibilities to others, may attempt the same behavior in recovery. We quickly find out it doesnt work. For instance...
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JFT August 7 The gratitude list
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We focus on anything that isnt going our way and ignore all the beauty in our lives. Basic Text, p. 77 = Its easy to be grateful when everything runs smoothly. If we get a raise at work, were grateful. If we get married, were grateful. If someone surprises us with a nice present or an unasked favor, we...
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JFT August 6 The joy within
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Since the beginning of our recovery, we have found that joy doesnt come from material things but from within ourselves. Basic Text, p. 103 = Some of us came to Narcotics Anonymous impoverished by our disease. Everything wed owned had been lost to our addiction. Once we got clean, we put all our ene...
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JFT August 5 The shape of our thoughts
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By shaping our thoughts with spiritual ideals, we are freed to become who we want to be. Basic Text, p. 101 = Addiction shaped our thoughts in its own way. Whatever their shape may once have been, they became misshapen once our disease took full sway over our lives. Our obsession with drugs and sel...
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JFT August 4 When is a secret not a secret?
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Addicts tend to live secret lives.... It is a great relief to get rid of all our secrets and to share the burden of our past. Basic Text, p. 32 = Weve heard it said that were as sick as our secrets. What do we keep secret, and why? We keep secret those things that cause us shame. We may hold onto such thing...
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Dating people in the program
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I have 6 months clean and met someone I can really get along with (finally!) Everyone says don't date for the first year, but I think that is too long to wait. What are your thoughts on dating peole in the NA program?
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JFT August 3 Trusting people
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Many of us would have had nowhere else to go if we could not have trusted NA groups and members. Basic Text, p. 81 = Trusting people is a risk. Human beings are notoriously forgetful, unreliable, and imperfect. Most of us come from backgrounds where betrayal and insensitivity among friends were c...
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JFT August 2 Practicing honesty
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When we feel trapped or pressured, it takes great spiritual and emotional strength to be honest. Basic Text, p. 81 = Many of us try to wiggle out of a difficult spot by being dishonest, only to have to humble ourselves later and tell the truth. Some of us twist our stories as a matter of course, even whe...
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JFT August 1 Freedom from guilt
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Our addiction enslaved us. We were prisoners of our own mind and were condemned by our own guilt. Basic Text, p. 7 = Guilt is one of the most commonly encountered stumbling blocks in recovery. One of the more notorious forms of guilt is the self-loathing that results when we try to forgive ourselve...
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JFT July 31 Freedom from active addiction
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Narcotics Anonymous offers only one promise and that is freedom from active addiction, the solution that eluded us for so long. Basic Text, p. 106 = NA offers no promises other than freedom from active addiction. It is true that some of our members meet with financial success in recovery. They bu...
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JFT July 30 Regular inventory
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Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, attitudes, and relationships on a regular basis. Basic Text, p. 42 = Taking a regular inventory is a key element in our new pattern of living. In our addiction, we examined ourselves as little a...
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Online Sponsor?
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So I came across this board while searching for an online sponsor. Anyone that can help me over come intense meth cravings right now would be great. Thanks
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Don't know how much more I can take
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My spouse is comming off of methadone and is so angry all the time I don't know how to handle it anymore and I don't want any of this to reflect our children if anyone has any advice please let me know I am at a loss and just want my husband back.
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JFT July 29 Expectations
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As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving. Basic Text, p. 39 = Our behavior toward other people in our life is a mirror of our behavior toward ourselves. When we demand perfection of ourselves, we come to demand it from others around us, too. As we strive to repair and heal our...
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Anonymity and Newsletters
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Hello friends, Just wondering if any of you thought we violate the 12th Tradition by publishing a news story about an event and mentioning that, say, "Jim S. from Chicago" was the speaker. I know the last initial still protects his anonymity, but is there any other problem with it? Thanks f...
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JFT July 28 Secrets and intimacy
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We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected. Basic Text, p. 32 = Having relationships without barriers, ones in which we can be entirely open with our feelings, is something many of us desire. At the same time, the possibility of such intimacy causes us more f...
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I am so tickled
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The home that we currently live in is a mobile home across the front yard from our landlady. The landlady had her daughter, her daughter's boyfriend and her grandson move out to the property three months ago. They moved into the landlady's RV. We offered to move into the RV and give the kids the trail...
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JFT July 26 Unconditional surrender
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Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat. This can be frightening, but it is the foundation on which we have built our lives. Basic Text, p. 22 = Most of us have tried everything we can think of, exerted every ounce of force possible, to fill the spiritual hole inside us. ...
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JFT July 27 We do recover
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After coming to NA, we found ourselves among a very special group of people who have suffered like us and found recovery. In their experiences, freely shared, we found hope for ourselves. If the program worked for them, it would work for us. Basic Text, p. 10 = A newcomer walks into his or her first m...
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Very grateful to have been pardoned from addiction by my Higher Power and thanks to those in the rooms (and this room) for being there daily.
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JFT July 21 Surrender is for everyone
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July 21 Surrender is for everyone If, after a period of time, we find ourselves in trouble with our recovery, we have probably stopped doing one or more of the things that helped us in the earlier stages of our recovery. Basic Text, p. 95 = Surrender is just for newcomers, right? Wrong! After we've bee...
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