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Dave R · Dave R

Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future. Basic Text, p. 96 = When we begin coming to meetings, we hear other addicts talking about the gifts they have received as a result of this program, things we never thought of as gifts before. One such gift is the renewed abili...

Dave R · Dave R

Personality change was what we really needed. Change from self-destructive patterns of life became necessary. Basic Text, p. 15 = In early life, most of us were capable of joy and wonder, of giving and receiving unconditional love. When we started using, we introduced an influence into our l...

Dave R · Dave R

Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. Tradition Twelve = The Twelfth Tradition reminds us of the importance of putting principles before personalities. In recovery meetings, this might be paraphrased, don...

Dave R · Dave R

The Eighth Step offers a big change from a life dominated by guilt and remorse. Basic Text, p. 39 = Remorse was one of the feelings that kept us using. We had stumbled our way through active addiction, leaving a trail of heartbreak and devastation too painful to consider. Our remorse was often inte...

Dave R · Dave R

It would be tragic to write [out an inventory only to] shove it in a drawer. These defects grow in the dark and die in the light of exposure. Basic Text, p. 32 = How many times have we heard it said that we are only as sick as our secrets? While many members choose not to use meetings to share the intimate...

LizC · LizC

This week is going to be a rough one for me and my entire hometown. On Thursday it will be the 2yr anniversary of the school shooting that took 3 lives and injured 3 more. Our town is small. Everyone knows everyone and it's the happiest place on earth to many. Please support us by wearing red and black on Thu...

oniongirl82 · oniongirl82

Due to some life on life's terms stuff I may be moving woth my husband to a country (Albania) that to my knowledge does not have any presence of NA yet. I am wondering if anyone has EXPERIENCE on living somewhere without the fellowship but remaining in recovery. I have always worked my program by sponsor...

Dave R · Dave R

Self-pity is one of the most destructive of defects; it will drain us of all positive energy. Basic Text, p. 80 = In active addiction, many of us used self-pity as a survival mechanism. We didnt believe there was an alternative to living in our diseaseor perhaps we didnt want to believe. As long as w...

Dave R · Dave R

Through our inability to accept personal responsibilities, we were actually creating our own problems. Basic Text, p. 13 = When we refuse to take responsibility for our lives, we give away all of our personal power. We need to remember that we are powerless over our addiction, not our personal b...

Dave R · Dave R

We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step Ten = In Narcotics Anonymous, weve found that the more we live in harmony with our Higher Powers will for us, the greater the harmony in our lives. We use the Tenth Step to help us maintain that harmony. On a dai...

Stillfromny · Stillfromny

Here I go again. Detoxing for the 100th time. I feel like such a failure. I've wasted so much money on opiates, I do have pain and get a legit script each month but I always run out early. Anyway, I'm scared...my husband has no clue. One time he said I looked like I was on drugs and I lied and told him I took a klo...

mikah · mikah

....hello,,I'm Michael,,I'm an addict,,,,relieved to have finally accepted narcotics anonymous as an important part of my life,and happy to be clean today. ....as I've been getting clear of the chaos of active drug addiction from my life,,,I realized a couple of weeks ago,that I was involved in a...

Dave R · Dave R

Relapse is never an accident. Relapse is a sign that we have a reservation in our program. Basic Text, p. 79 = A reservation is something we set aside for future use. In our case, a reservation is the expectation that, if such-and-such happens, we will surely relapse. What event do we expect will b...

John · John

I have a little pressure washing and painting business. I enjoy making things appear new again, refreshing them. And I'm good at it. It's how I make a living. This winter has been rough. Winters always are in this kind of business, but this year seems to be the slowest I have ever seen. I haven't ha...

BigV · BigV

I wish all a blessed day in recovery, remember this is truly your most important thing you will do this day, stay clean , reach out in prayer and meditation to a higher power and admit your weakness, find power and strength to get past the demon of addiction and be saved this day, one day at a time . I have man...

Angee · Angee

It has been one of those days. I have been thinking of wrongs done to me in the past, and for some reason it is really getting to me. I thought I had left the grudges behind, I am happy in my recovery. I think maybe I am just tired of reminders of where I was in the past. I thought I could live with minor irri...

Dave R · Dave R

When we refuse to accept the reality of today, we are denying faith in our Higher Power. This can only bring more suffering. IP No. 8, Just for Today = Some days just arent the way we wish they would be. Our problems may be as simple as a broken shoelace or having to stand in line at the supermarket. O...

avid · avid

I am resigning as moderator. I'll continue on for a little while to give some time for a new mod to take over. I'll be messaging John and BigV and letting them know. Anyone wanting to be moderator should message them as well.

John · John

It's 7 AM, morning prayer and mediation is done, the coffee is brewing, first cig of the day is sitting in the ash tray. (just haven't found the willingness or desperation to put them down). Each morning I pick up my NA Basic Text and just randomly open it and read a paragraph or two. This morning it op...

BigV · BigV

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. " -Theodore Roosevelt My last relapse wi...

mikah · mikah

...when we enter the rooms of NA for the first time,,things can be overwhelming--the mind can scramble with many new thoughts of recovery,,,VERY different than what occupied our minds before!!..in my area,,it's usually at meetings end,,that the newcomer is asked to read the following message,...

BigV · BigV

Actually theres 12 steps but there not all simple, the simple plan of action was asked of me from my higher power, spoken to me loudly after having a few years clean but pretty much just dry. Having not have worked the program once again and having just relapsed after 5 years clean and not working the prog...

flametodance · flametodance

My name is Sarah and I am an addict, I went to a face to face meeting yesterday and it gave me a sad. Some of the members that had been my life lines when I first started coming to meetings went back out. Yes, I am beyond glad that they came back and are still alive, but I am struggling with the why. I am also mad...

Devisissy · Devisissy

I am very new to this. I tried other NA boards but the moderators never got back to me on my registration. I am 35 years old. I have a sister who is 24 who I barely know as we have different fathers and we did not grow up together. The last time I saw my sister she was 16. My mom and I have however stayed in tou...

Angell · Angell

Im unsure of how to say this but Id like to open a discourse on the higher power concept. The spiritual journey that NA has afforded me is the best gift I have received from my twenty years in the program. That said, I am an atheist. Twenty years of recovery has taught me acceptance when the topic is God, or w...

Seeking · Seeking

Hi everyone! I'm seeking a new way to recover. I have been here before but since than my email that I had before was compromised as well as my PC.. So I had to start fresh on so many things. The only thing that I haven't had to change for a few 24hrs is my clean time. However, I wonder sometimes if I shouldn...

sonny · sonny

I am recovering, just over two months clean. I am married and when I was using my wife caught me both using and chatting online with women. I have been with her for 15 years and never chatted when sober, she did some investigating and found this to be true. My question is, have any of you dealt with getting...

tony 666 · tony 666

what if anything can i do about meetings closing with the lords prayer. there are three meetings in my area that close with that prayer. myself and a few other addicts refuse to circle up with them. weve been thinking about creatating our own circle and close with serenity prayer. but the first traditi...

Brian_YellowEyes · Brian_YellowEyes

Jimmy K., one of the founders of Narcotics Anonymous, began his recovery February 2, 1950 when he found Alcoholics Anonymous. Jimmy would become involved in the founding of Narcotics Anonymous in 1953 and his contributions have forever changed the lives of countless addicts, their families an...

JT · JT

jasonltimmons@gmail.com Thank you all for your help and time concerning this inquiry! JT

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	JFT FEbruary 28 The greatest gift (Preview) Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future. Basic Text, p. 96 = When we begin coming to meetings, we hear other addicts talking about the gifts they have received as a result of this program, things we never thought of as gifts before. One such gift is the renewed abili...	Dave R	1	263	Feb 28, 2014 by Mike M
	JFT FEbruary 24 A new influence (Preview) Personality change was what we really needed. Change from self-destructive patterns of life became necessary. Basic Text, p. 15 = In early life, most of us were capable of joy and wonder, of giving and receiving unconditional love. When we started using, we introduced an influence into our l...	Dave R	2	381	Feb 26, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 23 Messages and messengers (Preview) Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. Tradition Twelve = The Twelfth Tradition reminds us of the importance of putting principles before personalities. In recovery meetings, this might be paraphrased, don...	Dave R	1	311	Feb 26, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 26 Remorse (Preview) The Eighth Step offers a big change from a life dominated by guilt and remorse. Basic Text, p. 39 = Remorse was one of the feelings that kept us using. We had stumbled our way through active addiction, leaving a trail of heartbreak and devastation too painful to consider. Our remorse was often inte...	Dave R	1	280	Feb 26, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 25 Sick as our secrets (Preview) It would be tragic to write [out an inventory only to] shove it in a drawer. These defects grow in the dark and die in the light of exposure. Basic Text, p. 32 = How many times have we heard it said that we are only as sick as our secrets? While many members choose not to use meetings to share the intimate...	Dave R	1	250	Feb 26, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	This week (Preview) This week is going to be a rough one for me and my entire hometown. On Thursday it will be the 2yr anniversary of the school shooting that took 3 lives and injured 3 more. Our town is small. Everyone knows everyone and it's the happiest place on earth to many. Please support us by wearing red and black on Thu...	LizC	3	323	Feb 25, 2014 by kitty doyle
	Recovering without NA meetings to turn to. (Preview) Due to some life on life's terms stuff I may be moving woth my husband to a country (Albania) that to my knowledge does not have any presence of NA yet. I am wondering if anyone has EXPERIENCE on living somewhere without the fellowship but remaining in recovery. I have always worked my program by sponsor...	oniongirl82	34	2051	Feb 25, 2014 by dave_uk
	JFT February 21 Self-pity or recovery--it's our choice (Preview) Self-pity is one of the most destructive of defects; it will drain us of all positive energy. Basic Text, p. 80 = In active addiction, many of us used self-pity as a survival mechanism. We didnt believe there was an alternative to living in our diseaseor perhaps we didnt want to believe. As long as w...	Dave R	1	377	Feb 22, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 20 Powerlessness and personal responsibility (Preview) Through our inability to accept personal responsibilities, we were actually creating our own problems. Basic Text, p. 13 = When we refuse to take responsibility for our lives, we give away all of our personal power. We need to remember that we are powerless over our addiction, not our personal b...	Dave R	2	738	Feb 22, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 22 God's will, or mine? (Preview) We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step Ten = In Narcotics Anonymous, weve found that the more we live in harmony with our Higher Powers will for us, the greater the harmony in our lives. We use the Tenth Step to help us maintain that harmony. On a dai...	Dave R	1	237	Feb 22, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Day -4- of no opiates!... (Preview) Here I go again. Detoxing for the 100th time. I feel like such a failure. I've wasted so much money on opiates, I do have pain and get a legit script each month but I always run out early. Anyway, I'm scared...my husband has no clue. One time he said I looked like I was on drugs and I lied and told him I took a klo...	Stillfromny	5	571	Feb 22, 2014 by mikah
	...powerless over -CHAOS-.......... (Preview) ....hello,,I'm Michael,,I'm an addict,,,,relieved to have finally accepted narcotics anonymous as an important part of my life,and happy to be clean today. ....as I've been getting clear of the chaos of active drug addiction from my life,,,I realized a couple of weeks ago,that I was involved in a...	mikah	6	332	Feb 20, 2014 by mikah
	JFT February 19 Reservations (Preview) Relapse is never an accident. Relapse is a sign that we have a reservation in our program. Basic Text, p. 79 = A reservation is something we set aside for future use. In our case, a reservation is the expectation that, if such-and-such happens, we will surely relapse. What event do we expect will b...	Dave R	2	339	Feb 19, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Work is extremely slow this year! (Preview) I have a little pressure washing and painting business. I enjoy making things appear new again, refreshing them. And I'm good at it. It's how I make a living. This winter has been rough. Winters always are in this kind of business, but this year seems to be the slowest I have ever seen. I haven't ha...	John	7	491	Feb 19, 2014 by mikah
	power up with prayer (Preview) I wish all a blessed day in recovery, remember this is truly your most important thing you will do this day, stay clean , reach out in prayer and meditation to a higher power and admit your weakness, find power and strength to get past the demon of addiction and be saved this day, one day at a time . I have man...	BigV	2	364	Feb 18, 2014 by BigV
	Old Hurts Resurface (Preview) It has been one of those days. I have been thinking of wrongs done to me in the past, and for some reason it is really getting to me. I thought I had left the grudges behind, I am happy in my recovery. I think maybe I am just tired of reminders of where I was in the past. I thought I could live with minor irri...	Angee	8	410	Feb 17, 2014 by mikah
	JFT February 16 Faithful feelings (Preview) When we refuse to accept the reality of today, we are denying faith in our Higher Power. This can only bring more suffering. IP No. 8, Just for Today = Some days just arent the way we wish they would be. Our problems may be as simple as a broken shoelace or having to stand in line at the supermarket. O...	Dave R	1	290	Feb 17, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Time for a new moderator (Preview) I am resigning as moderator. I'll continue on for a little while to give some time for a new mod to take over. I'll be messaging John and BigV and letting them know. Anyone wanting to be moderator should message them as well.	avid	21	640	Feb 14, 2014 by mikah
	Good Morning! ...(the 12 principles) (Preview) It's 7 AM, morning prayer and mediation is done, the coffee is brewing, first cig of the day is sitting in the ash tray. (just haven't found the willingness or desperation to put them down). Each morning I pick up my NA Basic Text and just randomly open it and read a paragraph or two. This morning it op...	John	3	395	Feb 13, 2014 by mikah
	This saved me once (Preview) "Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. " -Theodore Roosevelt My last relapse wi...	BigV	3	595	Feb 13, 2014 by BigV
	...JUST FOR TODAY....some words of inspiration and hope for NEWCOMERS... Welcome Newcomer just for today serenity (Preview) ...when we enter the rooms of NA for the first time,,things can be overwhelming--the mind can scramble with many new thoughts of recovery,,,VERY different than what occupied our minds before!!..in my area,,it's usually at meetings end,,that the newcomer is asked to read the following message,...	mikah	4	4330	Feb 10, 2014 by mikah
	5 simple steps (Preview) Actually theres 12 steps but there not all simple, the simple plan of action was asked of me from my higher power, spoken to me loudly after having a few years clean but pretty much just dry. Having not have worked the program once again and having just relapsed after 5 years clean and not working the prog...	BigV	1	380	Feb 8, 2014 by mikah
	Grateful today (Preview) My name is Sarah and I am an addict, I went to a face to face meeting yesterday and it gave me a sad. Some of the members that had been my life lines when I first started coming to meetings went back out. Yes, I am beyond glad that they came back and are still alive, but I am struggling with the why. I am also mad...	flametodance	7	339	Feb 8, 2014 by BigV
	Mother wants my sister to move in with me. (Preview) I am very new to this. I tried other NA boards but the moderators never got back to me on my registration. I am 35 years old. I have a sister who is 24 who I barely know as we have different fathers and we did not grow up together. The last time I saw my sister she was 16. My mom and I have however stayed in tou...	Devisissy	14	1298	Feb 5, 2014 by avid
	On the subject of God (Preview) Im unsure of how to say this but Id like to open a discourse on the higher power concept. The spiritual journey that NA has afforded me is the best gift I have received from my twenty years in the program. That said, I am an atheist. Twenty years of recovery has taught me acceptance when the topic is God, or w...	Angell	21	640	Feb 5, 2014 by John
	Hello I'm Seeking (Preview) Hi everyone! I'm seeking a new way to recover. I have been here before but since than my email that I had before was compromised as well as my PC.. So I had to start fresh on so many things. The only thing that I haven't had to change for a few 24hrs is my clean time. However, I wonder sometimes if I shouldn...	Seeking	3	395	Feb 5, 2014 by flametodance
	Question/problem (Preview) I am recovering, just over two months clean. I am married and when I was using my wife caught me both using and chatting online with women. I have been with her for 15 years and never chatted when sober, she did some investigating and found this to be true. My question is, have any of you dealt with getting...	sonny	2	300	Feb 5, 2014 by flametodance
	the lords prayer. (Preview) what if anything can i do about meetings closing with the lords prayer. there are three meetings in my area that close with that prayer. myself and a few other addicts refuse to circle up with them. weve been thinking about creatating our own circle and close with serenity prayer. but the first traditi...	tony 666	12	5469	Feb 3, 2014 by cmoreride
	64 Years ago today (Preview) Jimmy K., one of the founders of Narcotics Anonymous, began his recovery February 2, 1950 when he found Alcoholics Anonymous. Jimmy would become involved in the founding of Narcotics Anonymous in 1953 and his contributions have forever changed the lives of countless addicts, their families an...	Brian_YellowEyes	1	307	Feb 3, 2014 by Dave R
	Newcomer In Search Of The Spiritual Principles (list of all) And Their Opposites (7 Deadly Sins?) Anyone able to Help?? (Preview) jasonltimmons@gmail.com Thank you all for your help and time concerning this inquiry! JT	JT	4	1142	Jan 30, 2014 by Davethewave
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