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Dave R · Dave R

In accordance with the principles of recovery, we try not to judge, stereotype, or moralize with each other. Basic Text, p. 11 = Let's face it: In Narcotics Anonymous, we live in a glass house of sorts. Our fellow members know more about our personal lives than anyone has ever known before. They k...

Dave R · Dave R

Prayer takes practice, and we should remind ourselves that skilled people were not born with their skills. Basic Text, p. 45 = Many of us came into recovery with no experience in prayer and worried about not knowing the right words. Some of us remembered the words we'd learned in childhood but were...

Dave R · Dave R

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Serenity Prayer = Recovery involves change, and change means doing things differently. The problem is, many of us resist doing things differently; what...

Dave R · Dave R

In NA, our joys are multiplied by sharing good days; our sorrows are lessened by sharing the bad. For the first time in our lives, we dont have to experience anything alone. IP No. 16, For the Newcomer = When we practice using the steps and the other tools of our program to work through our hardships,...

Dave R · Dave R

One of the most profound changes in our lives is in the realm of personal relationships. Basic Text, p. 57 = Recovery gives many of us relationships that are closer and more intimate than any weve had before. As time passes, we find ourselves gravitating toward those who eventually become our fri...

jakethesnake · jakethesnake

I'm working hard at this, but its so hard. Overwhelming. Anything, advice, help, support...would be very much appreciated. !

Dave R · Dave R

We may think that we have done enough by writing about our past. We cannot afford this mistake. Basic Text, p. 32 = Some of us arent too keen on writing out our Fourth Step; others take it to an obsessive extreme. To our sponsors growing dismay, we inventory ourselves again and again. We discover ev...

Dave R · Dave R

Emotional balance is one of the first results of meditation, and our experience bears this out. Basic Text, p.47 = Though each of us defines emotional balance a little differently, all of us must find it. Emotional balance can mean finding and maintaining a positive outlook on life, regardless...

Dave R · Dave R

...we think that if we can just get enough food, enough sex, or enough money, well be satisfied and everything will be alright.Basic Text, p. 77=In our addiction, we could never get enough drugs, or money, or sex, or anything else. Even too much was never enough! There was a spiritual emptiness in...

Dave R · Dave R

Eventually we are shown that we must get honest, or we will use again. Basic Text, p. 85 = Everyone has secrets, right? Some of us have little secrets, items that would cause only minor embarrassment if found out. Some of us have big secrets, whole areas of our lives cloaked in thick, murky darkness...

Dave R · Dave R

We had to have something different, and we thought we had found it in drugs. Basic Text, p. 13 = Many of us have always felt different from other people. We know were not unique in feeling that way; we hear many addicts share the same thing. We searched all our lives for something to make us all right,...

Dave R · Dave R

My life is well-rounded and I am becoming a more comfortable version of myself, not the neurotic, boring person that I thought Id be without drugs. = Is there really life without drugs? Newcomers are sure that they are destined to lead a humdrum existence once they quit using. That fear is far...

Dave R · Dave R

We learn that a simple, loving hug can make all the difference in the world... Basic Text, p. 91 = Perhaps there have been times in our recovery when we were close to someone who was in great pain. We struggled with the question, What can I do to make them feel better? We felt anxious and inadequate to r...

Dave R · Dave R

One of the biggest stumbling blocks to recovery seems to be placing unrealistic expectations on... others. Basic Text, p. 82 = Many of us come into Narcotics Anonymous feeling pretty poorly about ourselves. By comparison, the recovering addicts we meet at meetings may seem almost superhumanl...

Dave R · Dave R

We need not lose faith when we become rebellious. Basic Text, p. 35 = Many of us have lived our entire lives in revolt. Our initial response to any type of direction is often negative. Automatic rejection of authority seems to be a troubling character defect for many addicts. A thorough self-exa...

Dave R · Dave R

Where there has been wrong, the program teaches us the spirit of forgiveness. Basic Text, p. 12 = In NA, we begin to interact with the world around us. We no longer live in isolation. But freedom from isolation has its price: The more we interact with people, the more often well find someone steppi...

Dave R · Dave R

We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean. Basic Text, p. 9 = The NA program gives us a new pattern of living. One of the basic elements of that new pattern is regular meeting attendance. For the newcomer, living clean is a brand-new e...

Dave R · Dave R

We find that we suffer from a disease, not a moral dilemma. We were critically ill, not hopelessly bad. Basic Text, p. 16 = For many of us, Narcotics Anonymous was the answer to a personal puzzle of long standing. Why did we always feel alone, even in a crowd, we wondered? Why did we do so many crazy,...

Dave R · Dave R

We try to remember that when we make amends we are doing it for ourselves. Basic Text, p. 41 = As long as we still owe amends, our spirits are cluttered with things we dont need. Were carrying the extra load of an apology owed, a resentment held, or unexpressed remorse. Its like having a messy house. ...

Dave R · Dave R

Humility is a by-product that allows us to grow and develop in an atmosphere of freedom and removes the fear of becoming known by our employers, families, or friends as addicts. Basic Text, pp. 75-76 = Many of us may not have understood the idea that anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our t...

Dave R · Dave R

We become able to make wise and loving decisions based on principles and ideals that have real value in our lives. Basic Text, p. 105 = Addiction gave us a certain set of values, principles we applied in our lives. You pushed me, one of those values told us, so I pushed back, hard. Its minewas anoth...

Dave R · Dave R

We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that we've been doing better than we've been feeling. Basic Text, p.43 = The way we treat others often reveals our own state of being. When we are at peace, we're most likely to treat others with respect and compassion. However, when w...

Dave R · Dave R

Hopeless living problems have become joyously changed. Our disease has been arrested, and now anything is possible. Basic Text, p. 106 = The NA program has given us more freedom than we ever dreamed possible. Sometimes, though, in the daily routine, we lose track of how much weve been given. Ho...

mikah · mikah

. ....heard a good one last night....... ''I got the monkey off my back......but the circus is still in town'' ..............what's -your- favorite!?

Dave R · Dave R

The steps offer a big change from a life dominated by guilt and remorse. Our futures are changed because we dont have to avoid those who we have harmed. As a result... we receive a new freedom that can end isolation. Basic Text, p. 39 = Many of us come to Narcotics Anonymous full of regrets about our p...

Dave R · Dave R

These defects grow in the dark and die in the light of exposure. Basic Text, p.32 = The Fifth Step asks us to share our true nature with God, with ourselves, and with another human being. It doesnt encourage us to tell everyone every little secret about ourselves. It doesnt ask us to disclose to the w...

Dave R · Dave R

We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step Ten = A daily Tenth Step keeps us on a sound spiritual footing. While each member asks different questions, some questions have been found to be helpful to almost everyone. Two key Tenth Step questions are,...

Dave R · Dave R

Change from self-destructive patterns of life became necessary. Basic Text, p. 15 = Active addiction is a smoldering death-wish. Each of us courted death every time we used. Our lifestyles, too, put us at risk. The life of an addict is sold cheaply with every day and every dose. In recovery, th...

kitty doyle · kitty doyle

Yes, I made it. I had called my brother for help. I asked him to come half way across the country and pick me up and take me home. It was very deliberate, I couldn't wait for him to take a three day bus ride so I called my grandpa and without hesitation he loaned me $1000. My bro flew out the next day; young as he...

Dave R · Dave R

We are achieving freedom from the wreckage of our past. Basic Text, p. 42 = When we start the Ninth Step, weve reached an exciting stage in our recovery. The damage done in our lives is what led many of us to seek help in the first place. Now, we have a chance to clean up that wreckage, amend our past, and...

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	JFT September 23 Dealing with gossip (Preview) In accordance with the principles of recovery, we try not to judge, stereotype, or moralize with each other. Basic Text, p. 11 = Let's face it: In Narcotics Anonymous, we live in a glass house of sorts. Our fellow members know more about our personal lives than anyone has ever known before. They k...	Dave R	1	338	Sep 24, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 21 Prayer (Preview) Prayer takes practice, and we should remind ourselves that skilled people were not born with their skills. Basic Text, p. 45 = Many of us came into recovery with no experience in prayer and worried about not knowing the right words. Some of us remembered the words we'd learned in childhood but were...	Dave R	1	373	Sep 22, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 20 Courage to change (Preview) God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Serenity Prayer = Recovery involves change, and change means doing things differently. The problem is, many of us resist doing things differently; what...	Dave R	1	333	Sep 22, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 19 Fellowship (Preview) In NA, our joys are multiplied by sharing good days; our sorrows are lessened by sharing the bad. For the first time in our lives, we dont have to experience anything alone. IP No. 16, For the Newcomer = When we practice using the steps and the other tools of our program to work through our hardships,...	Dave R	1	415	Sep 19, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 18 Honest relationships (Preview) One of the most profound changes in our lives is in the realm of personal relationships. Basic Text, p. 57 = Recovery gives many of us relationships that are closer and more intimate than any weve had before. As time passes, we find ourselves gravitating toward those who eventually become our fri...	Dave R	1	327	Sep 19, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	new to this. 43 days clean but feeling very fragile. (Preview) I'm working hard at this, but its so hard. Overwhelming. Anything, advice, help, support...would be very much appreciated. !	jakethesnake	5	677	Sep 19, 2014 by AniMIa
	JFT September 17 Going beyond Step Five (Preview) We may think that we have done enough by writing about our past. We cannot afford this mistake. Basic Text, p. 32 = Some of us arent too keen on writing out our Fourth Step; others take it to an obsessive extreme. To our sponsors growing dismay, we inventory ourselves again and again. We discover ev...	Dave R	1	333	Sep 17, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 16 Emotional balance (Preview) Emotional balance is one of the first results of meditation, and our experience bears this out. Basic Text, p.47 = Though each of us defines emotional balance a little differently, all of us must find it. Emotional balance can mean finding and maintaining a positive outlook on life, regardless...	Dave R	1	517	Sep 17, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 15 Filling the emptiness (Preview) ...we think that if we can just get enough food, enough sex, or enough money, well be satisfied and everything will be alright.Basic Text, p. 77=In our addiction, we could never get enough drugs, or money, or sex, or anything else. Even too much was never enough! There was a spiritual emptiness in...	Dave R	1	349	Sep 15, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 14 Secrets are reservations (Preview) Eventually we are shown that we must get honest, or we will use again. Basic Text, p. 85 = Everyone has secrets, right? Some of us have little secrets, items that would cause only minor embarrassment if found out. Some of us have big secrets, whole areas of our lives cloaked in thick, murky darkness...	Dave R	1	234	Sep 14, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 13 Something different (Preview) We had to have something different, and we thought we had found it in drugs. Basic Text, p. 13 = Many of us have always felt different from other people. We know were not unique in feeling that way; we hear many addicts share the same thing. We searched all our lives for something to make us all right,...	Dave R	1	331	Sep 13, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 12 New horizons (Preview) My life is well-rounded and I am becoming a more comfortable version of myself, not the neurotic, boring person that I thought Id be without drugs. = Is there really life without drugs? Newcomers are sure that they are destined to lead a humdrum existence once they quit using. That fear is far...	Dave R	1	301	Sep 13, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 10 More powerful than words (Preview) We learn that a simple, loving hug can make all the difference in the world... Basic Text, p. 91 = Perhaps there have been times in our recovery when we were close to someone who was in great pain. We struggled with the question, What can I do to make them feel better? We felt anxious and inadequate to r...	Dave R	1	311	Sep 10, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 9 Feet of clay (Preview) One of the biggest stumbling blocks to recovery seems to be placing unrealistic expectations on... others. Basic Text, p. 82 = Many of us come into Narcotics Anonymous feeling pretty poorly about ourselves. By comparison, the recovering addicts we meet at meetings may seem almost superhumanl...	Dave R	1	293	Sep 9, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 8 Rebellion (Preview) We need not lose faith when we become rebellious. Basic Text, p. 35 = Many of us have lived our entire lives in revolt. Our initial response to any type of direction is often negative. Automatic rejection of authority seems to be a troubling character defect for many addicts. A thorough self-exa...	Dave R	2	398	Sep 9, 2014 by mikah
	JFT September 7 Resentment and forgiveness (Preview) Where there has been wrong, the program teaches us the spirit of forgiveness. Basic Text, p. 12 = In NA, we begin to interact with the world around us. We no longer live in isolation. But freedom from isolation has its price: The more we interact with people, the more often well find someone steppi...	Dave R	1	313	Sep 7, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 6 Regular meeting attendance (Preview) We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean. Basic Text, p. 9 = The NA program gives us a new pattern of living. One of the basic elements of that new pattern is regular meeting attendance. For the newcomer, living clean is a brand-new e...	Dave R	1	328	Sep 6, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 5 Not hopelessly bad (Preview) We find that we suffer from a disease, not a moral dilemma. We were critically ill, not hopelessly bad. Basic Text, p. 16 = For many of us, Narcotics Anonymous was the answer to a personal puzzle of long standing. Why did we always feel alone, even in a crowd, we wondered? Why did we do so many crazy,...	Dave R	1	374	Sep 6, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 4 Cluttered spirits (Preview) We try to remember that when we make amends we are doing it for ourselves. Basic Text, p. 41 = As long as we still owe amends, our spirits are cluttered with things we dont need. Were carrying the extra load of an apology owed, a resentment held, or unexpressed remorse. Its like having a messy house. ...	Dave R	1	481	Sep 4, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 3 Humility expressed by anonymity (Preview) Humility is a by-product that allows us to grow and develop in an atmosphere of freedom and removes the fear of becoming known by our employers, families, or friends as addicts. Basic Text, pp. 75-76 = Many of us may not have understood the idea that anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our t...	Dave R	1	259	Sep 3, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 1 Real values (Preview) We become able to make wise and loving decisions based on principles and ideals that have real value in our lives. Basic Text, p. 105 = Addiction gave us a certain set of values, principles we applied in our lives. You pushed me, one of those values told us, so I pushed back, hard. Its minewas anoth...	Dave R	1	322	Sep 1, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 30 Doing good, feeling good (Preview) We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that we've been doing better than we've been feeling. Basic Text, p.43 = The way we treat others often reveals our own state of being. When we are at peace, we're most likely to treat others with respect and compassion. However, when w...	Dave R	1	321	Aug 31, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 31 Gratitude (Preview) Hopeless living problems have become joyously changed. Our disease has been arrested, and now anything is possible. Basic Text, p. 106 = The NA program has given us more freedom than we ever dreamed possible. Sometimes, though, in the daily routine, we lose track of how much weve been given. Ho...	Dave R	1	294	Aug 31, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	...CLASSIC PHRASES from the rooms of NA..... (Preview) . ....heard a good one last night....... ''I got the monkey off my back......but the circus is still in town'' ..............what's -your- favorite!?	mikah	8	473	Aug 30, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 29 Don't look back (Preview) The steps offer a big change from a life dominated by guilt and remorse. Our futures are changed because we dont have to avoid those who we have harmed. As a result... we receive a new freedom that can end isolation. Basic Text, p. 39 = Many of us come to Narcotics Anonymous full of regrets about our p...	Dave R	2	389	Aug 29, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 28 The light of exposure (Preview) These defects grow in the dark and die in the light of exposure. Basic Text, p.32 = The Fifth Step asks us to share our true nature with God, with ourselves, and with another human being. It doesnt encourage us to tell everyone every little secret about ourselves. It doesnt ask us to disclose to the w...	Dave R	2	337	Aug 29, 2014 by mikah
	JFT August 26 Tenth Step inventory (Preview) We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step Ten = A daily Tenth Step keeps us on a sound spiritual footing. While each member asks different questions, some questions have been found to be helpful to almost everyone. Two key Tenth Step questions are,...	Dave R	1	285	Aug 27, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 27 Choosing life (Preview) Change from self-destructive patterns of life became necessary. Basic Text, p. 15 = Active addiction is a smoldering death-wish. Each of us courted death every time we used. Our lifestyles, too, put us at risk. The life of an addict is sold cheaply with every day and every dose. In recovery, th...	Dave R	2	260	Aug 27, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	20 years! (Preview) Yes, I made it. I had called my brother for help. I asked him to come half way across the country and pick me up and take me home. It was very deliberate, I couldn't wait for him to take a three day bus ride so I called my grandpa and without hesitation he loaned me $1000. My bro flew out the next day; young as he...	kitty doyle	9	524	Aug 26, 2014 by BigV
	JFT August 25 The ninth step--reclaiming life (Preview) We are achieving freedom from the wreckage of our past. Basic Text, p. 42 = When we start the Ninth Step, weve reached an exciting stage in our recovery. The damage done in our lives is what led many of us to seek help in the first place. Now, we have a chance to clean up that wreckage, amend our past, and...	Dave R	1	443	Aug 25, 2014 by cdbuckberry
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