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Dave R · Dave R

...we covered low self-esteem by hiding behind phony images that we hoped would fool people. The masks have to go. Basic Text, p. 33 = Over-sensitivity, insecurity, and lack of identity are often associated with active addiction. Many of us carry these with us into recovery; our fears of inadequ...

Dave R · Dave R

Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.Step Twelve=There is no such thing as a failed Twelfth Step call. Even if our prospect doesnt get clean, we have accomplished two purposes. W...

Angell · Angell

I have a question. It's a little hard to word though. Can you think of any 'horrible' event or circumstance in your life, that hasn't set you on a road to a treasure that you would have gladly paid the price of that event? For instance, active addiction. If you haven't been there, words are of no use. I...

Dave R · Dave R

July 23 Surrendering self-will We want and demand that things always go our way. We should know from our past experience that our way of doing things did not work. Basic Text, p. 93 = All of us have ideas, plans, goals for our lives. Theres nothing in the NA program that says we shouldn't think for ours...

Dave R · Dave R

For us, to use is to die, often in more ways than one. Basic Text, p. 82 = As newcomers, many of us came to our first meeting with only a small spark of life remaining. That spark, our spirit, wants to survive. Narcotics Anonymous nurtures that spirit. The love of the fellowship quickly fans that spa...

Angell · Angell

I had two. In fact, they remain my heroes. They have both shaped my life for good in ways are beyond what I can calculate. I contacted them both today via e-mail and explained how they have positively impacted my life. AND ONE OF THEM JUST CALLED ME! I did not think I had that level of exhilaration in...

Lionslicer · Lionslicer

Im dave..26. My girlfriend i are opiate addicts. We live day to day finding oxy. Usually 30-120mg a day. She is currently in rehab. She is on her 6th day and i am trying to keep up on my own. her family has the money to provide professional help, i have no way of doing so right now...has anyone out there made i...

Dave R · Dave R

Dreams that we gave up long ago can now become realities. Basic Text, p. 71 = All things begin with a dream. But how many of us fulfilled our dreams while using? Even if we managed to complete something we had started, our addiction usually robbed us of any pride in our accomplishment. Perhaps whe...

Dave R · Dave R

We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable. Step One = The First Step begins with we, and theres a reason for that. There is great strength in making a verbal admission of our powerlessness. And when we go to meetings and make this admission, we ga...

cdbuckberry · cdbuckberry

On July 3 , 2014 , I woke up in ICU in a medically induced coma , they had me on Dopamine and a drug they refer to as the Michael Jackson drug ,Propolonol.I had severe pneumonia . I got out yesterday at 5:30 pm . I used my Higher Powers strength and it really helped . -- Edited by...

Dave R · Dave R

Our disease always resurfaced or continued to progress until, in desperation, we sought help from each other in Narcotics Anonymous. Basic Text, p. 13 = When we think of being desperate, we envision an undesirable state: a poor, bedraggled soul frantically clawing at something sorely needed, a...

Angell · Angell

Some interesting developments around these parts lately... Though to simplify I often describe the disease that I have as being a form of MS, that's not actually accurate. Like MS, it is an chronic autoimmune muscular disorder, but after that similarity, the two are different. The disease that I...

BigV · BigV

Ok so I dont read the bible except I do get daily bible verse and I read it and try to see the message. I don't go to church, ever, not holidays or special occasions or sundays. I do TRY to practice spirituality, forgiveness, love thy neighbor, patience, tolerance, acceptance, I try not to brag, envy, i tr...

Dave R · Dave R

Do we fully accept the fact that our every attempt to stop using or to control our using failed? Basic Text, p. 19 = The room is dark. Your forehead is bathed in cold sweat. Your heart is racing. You open your eyes, sure that you've just blown your clean time. You've had a using dream, and it was just...

Dave R · Dave R

Deep inside, I had feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. = Somewhere along the way, many of us developed strong feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. Deep inside was a voice that continually cried out, "You're worthless!" Many of us learn to recognize this characteristic of...

Dave R · Dave R

We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Step Eight = All human beings struggle with self-centeredness. The chronic self-centeredness that lies at the very core of addiction makes that struggle doubly difficult for people like us. Many of us have...

Dave R · Dave R

Social acceptability does not equal recovery. Basic Text, p. 22 = One of the first things that happens to many of us in recovery is that we start to look better. We get healthier; we bathe; we dress more appropriately. And without the goading of active addiction, many of us finally stop stealing,...

Dave R · Dave R

If we are hurting, and most of us do from time to time, we learn to ask for help. Basic Text, p. 83 = Sometimes recovery gets downright difficult. It can be even more difficult to get humble enough to ask for help. We think, I have all this time clean. I should be better than this! But the reality of rec...

Dave R · Dave R

We were trapped by our need for the instant gratification that drugs gave us. Basic Text, p. 25 = I want what I want, and I want it now! That's about as patient as most of us ever got in our active addiction. The obsession and compulsion of our disease gave us a one-track way of thinking; when we wanted...

Dave R · Dave R

We share comfort and encouragement with others. Basic Text, p. 99 = Many of us have watched as babies take their first steps. The mother holds the child on its feet. The father kneels nearby with outstretched arms, encouraging the little one, his face flooded with devotion. The baby takes a few s...

Dave R · Dave R

...the time has come when that tired old lie, Once an addict, always an addict, will no longer be tolerated by either society or the addict himself. We do recover. Basic Text, p. 89 = From time to time, we hear speakers share that they don't really understand spiritual principles yet. They tell us t...

Dave R · Dave R

It is important for you to know that you will hear God mentioned at NA meetings. What we are referring to is a Power greater than ourselves that makes possible what seems impossible. IP No. 22, Welcome to NA = Most of us come to Narcotics Anonymous with a variety of preconceptions about what the word...

liljeeplover · liljeeplover

I am in recovery myself been sober 8 years, I have never used bath salts. My husband relapsed 3 years ago and started using this on a regular basis. He has tried multiple times to get sober from this and I am beginning to wonder if this is possible for a heavy bath salt user. No one in my town has gotten sober f...

Dave R · Dave R

One aspect of our spiritual awakening comes through the new understanding of our Higher Power that we develop by sharing another addicts recovery. Basic Text, p. 52 = We've heard it said that we often see God most clearly in one another. We see the truth of this when we practice our Twelfth Step. Wh...

Dave R · Dave R

The main thing [the Eighth Step] does for us is to help build awareness that, little by little, we are gaining new attitudes about ourselves and how we deal with other people. Basic Text, p. 39 = To say Im sorry probably isn't such a foreign idea to most of us. In our active addiction, it may have been a v...

John · John

If you live in the Akron/Canton Ohio area, my girlfriend and I will be camping at KOA Sparta, about 30 minutes from Akron, in the Canton area. We are planning to enjoy festivities and 4th of July fireworks in Downtown Canton on the 4th, and visiting Dr. Bob's house and a few other AA related sites in Akro...

Dave R · Dave R

The nature of our belief will determine the manner of our prayers and meditation. Basic Text, p. 44 = How do we pray? For each NA member, this is a deeply personal matter. Many of us find that, over time, we develop a manner of prayer and meditation based on what we learn from others and what we are comf...

Dave R · Dave R

We learn that conflicts are a part of reality, and we learn new ways to resolve them instead of running from them. Basic Text, p. 90 = From time to time, we all experience conflicts. It may be that we just cant get along with that new coworker. Maybe our friends are driving us crazy. Or perhaps our par...

kitty doyle · kitty doyle

Many are aware of the struggles I've endured for the last several years with my son, often bringing me to the brink of my sanity and pushing my 'pick up' button more times than I ever thought was possible for some who has been free of active addiction for as long as I have. It's taken my son two extra years wo...

Dave R · Dave R

Many of us have found that setting aside quiet time for ourselves is helpful in making conscious contact with our Higher Power. Basic Text, p. 95 = Most of us pay lip-service to the value of conscious contact with a Higher Power. Yet how many of us consistently take time to improve that conscious con...

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	JFT July 24 The masks have to go (Preview) ...we covered low self-esteem by hiding behind phony images that we hoped would fool people. The masks have to go. Basic Text, p. 33 = Over-sensitivity, insecurity, and lack of identity are often associated with active addiction. Many of us carry these with us into recovery; our fears of inadequ...	Dave R	1	234	Jul 25, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT June 25 Twelfth Step "failure"? (Preview) Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.Step Twelve=There is no such thing as a failed Twelfth Step call. Even if our prospect doesnt get clean, we have accomplished two purposes. W...	Dave R	0	222	Jul 25, 2014 by Dave R
	Can you think of one? (Preview) I have a question. It's a little hard to word though. Can you think of any 'horrible' event or circumstance in your life, that hasn't set you on a road to a treasure that you would have gladly paid the price of that event? For instance, active addiction. If you haven't been there, words are of no use. I...	Angell	1	238	Jul 24, 2014 by mikah
	JFT June 23 Surrendering self-will (Preview) July 23 Surrendering self-will We want and demand that things always go our way. We should know from our past experience that our way of doing things did not work. Basic Text, p. 93 = All of us have ideas, plans, goals for our lives. Theres nothing in the NA program that says we shouldn't think for ours...	Dave R	1	376	Jul 23, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT July 22 Spiritual death (Preview) For us, to use is to die, often in more ways than one. Basic Text, p. 82 = As newcomers, many of us came to our first meeting with only a small spark of life remaining. That spark, our spirit, wants to survive. Narcotics Anonymous nurtures that spirit. The love of the fellowship quickly fans that spa...	Dave R	1	382	Jul 23, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Childhood heros (Preview) I had two. In fact, they remain my heroes. They have both shaped my life for good in ways are beyond what I can calculate. I contacted them both today via e-mail and explained how they have positively impacted my life. AND ONE OF THEM JUST CALLED ME! I did not think I had that level of exhilaration in...	Angell	2	313	Jul 23, 2014 by Angell
	6 Days clean. (Preview) Im dave..26. My girlfriend i are opiate addicts. We live day to day finding oxy. Usually 30-120mg a day. She is currently in rehab. She is on her 6th day and i am trying to keep up on my own. her family has the money to provide professional help, i have no way of doing so right now...has anyone out there made i...	Lionslicer	7	552	Jul 21, 2014 by shjcross
	JFT July 19 Fulfilling our dreams (Preview) Dreams that we gave up long ago can now become realities. Basic Text, p. 71 = All things begin with a dream. But how many of us fulfilled our dreams while using? Even if we managed to complete something we had started, our addiction usually robbed us of any pride in our accomplishment. Perhaps whe...	Dave R	11	402	Jul 21, 2014 by mikah
	JFT July 20 Step One (Preview) We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable. Step One = The First Step begins with we, and theres a reason for that. There is great strength in making a verbal admission of our powerlessness. And when we go to meetings and make this admission, we ga...	Dave R	1	343	Jul 20, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Having had a Higher Power and needing to use it . (Preview) On July 3 , 2014 , I woke up in ICU in a medically induced coma , they had me on Dopamine and a drug they refer to as the Michael Jackson drug ,Propolonol.I had severe pneumonia . I got out yesterday at 5:30 pm . I used my Higher Powers strength and it really helped . -- Edited by...	cdbuckberry	15	716	Jul 20, 2014 by sunsup
	JFT July 18 The gift of desperation (Preview) Our disease always resurfaced or continued to progress until, in desperation, we sought help from each other in Narcotics Anonymous. Basic Text, p. 13 = When we think of being desperate, we envision an undesirable state: a poor, bedraggled soul frantically clawing at something sorely needed, a...	Dave R	3	488	Jul 18, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	The days of our lives... (Preview) Some interesting developments around these parts lately... Though to simplify I often describe the disease that I have as being a form of MS, that's not actually accurate. Like MS, it is an chronic autoimmune muscular disorder, but after that similarity, the two are different. The disease that I...	Angell	7	410	Jul 18, 2014 by mikah
	The difference between us and Christians (Preview) Ok so I dont read the bible except I do get daily bible verse and I read it and try to see the message. I don't go to church, ever, not holidays or special occasions or sundays. I do TRY to practice spirituality, forgiveness, love thy neighbor, patience, tolerance, acceptance, I try not to brag, envy, i tr...	BigV	10	732	Jul 17, 2014 by mikah
	JFT July 17 Using our "using dreams" (Preview) Do we fully accept the fact that our every attempt to stop using or to control our using failed? Basic Text, p. 19 = The room is dark. Your forehead is bathed in cold sweat. Your heart is racing. You open your eyes, sure that you've just blown your clean time. You've had a using dream, and it was just...	Dave R	2	449	Jul 17, 2014 by mikah
	JFT July 16 Self-esteem (Preview) Deep inside, I had feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. = Somewhere along the way, many of us developed strong feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. Deep inside was a voice that continually cried out, "You're worthless!" Many of us learn to recognize this characteristic of...	Dave R	1	302	Jul 16, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT July 15 Relations with others (Preview) We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Step Eight = All human beings struggle with self-centeredness. The chronic self-centeredness that lies at the very core of addiction makes that struggle doubly difficult for people like us. Many of us have...	Dave R	0	325	Jul 15, 2014 by Dave R
	JFT July 14 An "inside job" (Preview) Social acceptability does not equal recovery. Basic Text, p. 22 = One of the first things that happens to many of us in recovery is that we start to look better. We get healthier; we bathe; we dress more appropriately. And without the goading of active addiction, many of us finally stop stealing,...	Dave R	0	372	Jul 14, 2014 by Dave R
	JFT July 13 Humility in action (Preview) If we are hurting, and most of us do from time to time, we learn to ask for help. Basic Text, p. 83 = Sometimes recovery gets downright difficult. It can be even more difficult to get humble enough to ask for help. We think, I have all this time clean. I should be better than this! But the reality of rec...	Dave R	0	325	Jul 13, 2014 by Dave R
	JFT July 12 Patience (Preview) We were trapped by our need for the instant gratification that drugs gave us. Basic Text, p. 25 = I want what I want, and I want it now! That's about as patient as most of us ever got in our active addiction. The obsession and compulsion of our disease gave us a one-track way of thinking; when we wanted...	Dave R	0	303	Jul 12, 2014 by Dave R
	JFT July 11 Encouragement (Preview) We share comfort and encouragement with others. Basic Text, p. 99 = Many of us have watched as babies take their first steps. The mother holds the child on its feet. The father kneels nearby with outstretched arms, encouraging the little one, his face flooded with devotion. The baby takes a few s...	Dave R	1	328	Jul 11, 2014 by BigV
	JFT July 9 We do recover (Preview) ...the time has come when that tired old lie, Once an addict, always an addict, will no longer be tolerated by either society or the addict himself. We do recover. Basic Text, p. 89 = From time to time, we hear speakers share that they don't really understand spiritual principles yet. They tell us t...	Dave R	0	306	Jul 9, 2014 by Dave R
	JFt July 8 The "G" word (Preview) It is important for you to know that you will hear God mentioned at NA meetings. What we are referring to is a Power greater than ourselves that makes possible what seems impossible. IP No. 22, Welcome to NA = Most of us come to Narcotics Anonymous with a variety of preconceptions about what the word...	Dave R	1	330	Jul 8, 2014 by mikah
	Bath salts (Preview) I am in recovery myself been sober 8 years, I have never used bath salts. My husband relapsed 3 years ago and started using this on a regular basis. He has tried multiple times to get sober from this and I am beginning to wonder if this is possible for a heavy bath salt user. No one in my town has gotten sober f...	liljeeplover	2	267	Jul 8, 2014 by mikah
	JFT July 7 God in each other (Preview) One aspect of our spiritual awakening comes through the new understanding of our Higher Power that we develop by sharing another addicts recovery. Basic Text, p. 52 = We've heard it said that we often see God most clearly in one another. We see the truth of this when we practice our Twelfth Step. Wh...	Dave R	0	293	Jul 7, 2014 by Dave R
	JFT July 6 "I'm sorry" (Preview) The main thing [the Eighth Step] does for us is to help build awareness that, little by little, we are gaining new attitudes about ourselves and how we deal with other people. Basic Text, p. 39 = To say Im sorry probably isn't such a foreign idea to most of us. In our active addiction, it may have been a v...	Dave R	0	233	Jul 6, 2014 by Dave R
	Will be in Akron/Canton Ohio 3-6th of July (Preview) If you live in the Akron/Canton Ohio area, my girlfriend and I will be camping at KOA Sparta, about 30 minutes from Akron, in the Canton area. We are planning to enjoy festivities and 4th of July fireworks in Downtown Canton on the 4th, and visiting Dr. Bob's house and a few other AA related sites in Akro...	John	1	211	Jul 5, 2014 by LizC
	JFT July 5 Exploring spiritual options (Preview) The nature of our belief will determine the manner of our prayers and meditation. Basic Text, p. 44 = How do we pray? For each NA member, this is a deeply personal matter. Many of us find that, over time, we develop a manner of prayer and meditation based on what we learn from others and what we are comf...	Dave R	0	232	Jul 5, 2014 by Dave R
	JFT July 4 Conflict (Preview) We learn that conflicts are a part of reality, and we learn new ways to resolve them instead of running from them. Basic Text, p. 90 = From time to time, we all experience conflicts. It may be that we just cant get along with that new coworker. Maybe our friends are driving us crazy. Or perhaps our par...	Dave R	1	278	Jul 4, 2014 by mikah
	I just want to share... (Preview) Many are aware of the struggles I've endured for the last several years with my son, often bringing me to the brink of my sanity and pushing my 'pick up' button more times than I ever thought was possible for some who has been free of active addiction for as long as I have. It's taken my son two extra years wo...	kitty doyle	5	289	Jul 3, 2014 by Angell
	JFT July 3 Quiet time (Preview) Many of us have found that setting aside quiet time for ourselves is helpful in making conscious contact with our Higher Power. Basic Text, p. 95 = Most of us pay lip-service to the value of conscious contact with a Higher Power. Yet how many of us consistently take time to improve that conscious con...	Dave R	1	231	Jul 3, 2014 by mikah
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