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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...

Dave R · Dave R

We learn to be careful of praying for specific things. Basic Text, p. 46 = In our active addiction, we usually did not pray for knowledge of Gods will for us and the power to carry it out. On the contrary, most of our prayers were for God to get us out of the mess we had made for ourselves. We expected mira...

Dave R · Dave R

Before we got clean, most of our actions were guided by impulse. Today, we are not locked into this type of thinking. Basic Text, p. 90 = Life is a series of decisions, actions, and consequences. When we were using, our decisions were usually driven by our disease, resulting in self-destructive a...

Dave R · Dave R

We recognize our spiritual growth when we are able to reach out and help others. Basic Text, p. 58 = To make a difference in the world, to contribute something special, is perhaps the highest aspiration of the human heart. Each one of us, no matter what our personal makeup, has a unique quality to off...

Dave R · Dave R

Our friendships become deep, and we experience the warmth and caring which results from addicts sharing recovery and a new life. IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance = Most of us come to Narcotics Anonymous with few genuine friends. And most of us arrive without the slightest understanding of what it ta...

Dave R · Dave R

Often we have to face some type of crisis during our recovery, such as the death of a loved one... Basic Text, p. 98 Every life has a beginning and an end. However, when someone we love a great deal reaches the end of their life, we may have a very hard time accepting their sudden, final absence. Our...

sammyd · sammyd

Ok so i might as well start off by saying that when i was 15, i started IVing heroin and continued to do so for about 2 years. after so many close calls with the law, multiple overdoses, and losing everything, i joined a suboxone program. They started me off on 2 8mg strips a day. but after many failed drug te...

Dave R · Dave R

We apply effort to our most obvious problems and let go of the rest. We do the job at hand and, as we progress, new opportunities for improvement present themselves. Basic Text, p. 54 = Its been said that recovery is simple-all we've got to change is everything! That can seem a pretty tall order, es...

Dave R · Dave R

The way to remain a productive, responsible member of society is to put our recovery first. Basic Text, p. 102 = The meetings have been great! Each night we've attended, we've gathered with other addicts to share experience, strength, and hope. And each day, we've used what we've learned in the...

Dave R · Dave R

A symptom of our disease is alienation, and honest sharing will free us to recover. Basic Text, p. 80 = Truth connects us to life while fear, isolation, and dishonesty alienate us from it. As using addicts, we hid as much of the truth about ourselves from as much of the world as we possibly could. Ou...

Dave R · Dave R

This is our road to spiritual growth. We change every day.... This growth is not the result of wishing but of action and prayer. Basic Text, pp. 35-36 = Our spiritual condition is never static; if its not growing, its decaying. If we stand still, our spiritual progress will lose its upward momen...

DD1966 · DD1966

Hi all, I'm new to this but do regular F2F meetings and service. Been clean nearly 18 years but in the last couple of years am finding it hard...real hard. In the last 3 years have got married to my wife and we have 2 beautiful children of 2 and 3 years Old. On top of that I have managed to carve out a really succ...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

jennibeary · jennibeary

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!

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Suboxone Detox - long-term user · AwakeAndAlive

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Wildcard · Wildcard

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...

Dave R · Dave R

...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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

lizzielulu · lizzielulu

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?

Dave R · Dave R

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 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	277	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	543	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	463	Aug 25, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 24 Seeking God's will (Preview) We learn to be careful of praying for specific things. Basic Text, p. 46 = In our active addiction, we usually did not pray for knowledge of Gods will for us and the power to carry it out. On the contrary, most of our prayers were for God to get us out of the mess we had made for ourselves. We expected mira...	Dave R	1	285	Aug 24, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 23 Decision-making (Preview) Before we got clean, most of our actions were guided by impulse. Today, we are not locked into this type of thinking. Basic Text, p. 90 = Life is a series of decisions, actions, and consequences. When we were using, our decisions were usually driven by our disease, resulting in self-destructive a...	Dave R	1	334	Aug 24, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 22 Contribution (Preview) We recognize our spiritual growth when we are able to reach out and help others. Basic Text, p. 58 = To make a difference in the world, to contribute something special, is perhaps the highest aspiration of the human heart. Each one of us, no matter what our personal makeup, has a unique quality to off...	Dave R	1	294	Aug 22, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 21 Friendships (Preview) Our friendships become deep, and we experience the warmth and caring which results from addicts sharing recovery and a new life. IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance = Most of us come to Narcotics Anonymous with few genuine friends. And most of us arrive without the slightest understanding of what it ta...	Dave R	1	287	Aug 21, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 20 Facing death (Preview) Often we have to face some type of crisis during our recovery, such as the death of a loved one... Basic Text, p. 98 Every life has a beginning and an end. However, when someone we love a great deal reaches the end of their life, we may have a very hard time accepting their sudden, final absence. Our...	Dave R	1	420	Aug 20, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Please help! Im about to come off 1mg of suboxone after 6 months and am very nervous withdraw suboxone 1mg coming off need help scared social anxiety anxiety not feeling right (Preview) Ok so i might as well start off by saying that when i was 15, i started IVing heroin and continued to do so for about 2 years. after so many close calls with the law, multiple overdoses, and losing everything, i joined a suboxone program. They started me off on 2 8mg strips a day. but after many failed drug te...	sammyd	12	6126	Aug 20, 2014 by mikah
	JFT August 19 First things first (Preview) We apply effort to our most obvious problems and let go of the rest. We do the job at hand and, as we progress, new opportunities for improvement present themselves. Basic Text, p. 54 = Its been said that recovery is simple-all we've got to change is everything! That can seem a pretty tall order, es...	Dave R	3	370	Aug 19, 2014 by mikah
	JFT August 18 "How long do I have to go?" (Preview) The way to remain a productive, responsible member of society is to put our recovery first. Basic Text, p. 102 = The meetings have been great! Each night we've attended, we've gathered with other addicts to share experience, strength, and hope. And each day, we've used what we've learned in the...	Dave R	2	437	Aug 19, 2014 by mikah
	JFT August 17 Tell the truth (Preview) A symptom of our disease is alienation, and honest sharing will free us to recover. Basic Text, p. 80 = Truth connects us to life while fear, isolation, and dishonesty alienate us from it. As using addicts, we hid as much of the truth about ourselves from as much of the world as we possibly could. Ou...	Dave R	1	335	Aug 17, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 16 Up or down (Preview) This is our road to spiritual growth. We change every day.... This growth is not the result of wishing but of action and prayer. Basic Text, pp. 35-36 = Our spiritual condition is never static; if its not growing, its decaying. If we stand still, our spiritual progress will lose its upward momen...	Dave R	2	279	Aug 17, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Long term recovery and struggling Old timer struggling surrender (Preview) Hi all, I'm new to this but do regular F2F meetings and service. Been clean nearly 18 years but in the last couple of years am finding it hard...real hard. In the last 3 years have got married to my wife and we have 2 beautiful children of 2 and 3 years Old. On top of that I have managed to carve out a really succ...	DD1966	9	4741	Aug 16, 2014 by amanda56258
	JFT August 15 Over time, not overnight (Preview) 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...	Dave R	2	279	Aug 15, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 14 Letting go of our limitations (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	320	Aug 14, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Sponsor Needed ASAP (Preview) 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!	jennibeary	2	304	Aug 14, 2014 by Davethewave
	JFT August 13 Difficult people (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	451	Aug 13, 2014 by Dave R
	JFT August 12 Enough! (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	320	Aug 12, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Suboxone Detox - long-term user (Preview) 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...	AwakeAndAlive	5	435	Aug 12, 2014 by Angell
	JFT August 11 Active listening (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	328	Aug 11, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 9 The power of love (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	232	Aug 9, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	For everyone... I hope this helps (Preview) 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...	Wildcard	8	435	Aug 9, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 8 Responsible recovery (Preview) ...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...	Dave R	1	302	Aug 8, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 7 The gratitude list (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	281	Aug 7, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 6 The joy within (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	255	Aug 6, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 5 The shape of our thoughts (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	286	Aug 5, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT August 4 When is a secret not a secret? (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	394	Aug 4, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Dating people in the program (Preview) 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?	lizzielulu	23	6028	Aug 3, 2014 by nicky
	JFT August 3 Trusting people (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	230	Aug 3, 2014 by cdbuckberry
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