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JFT April 9 Acting out
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We learn to experience feelings and realize they can do us no harm unless we act on them. IP No. 16, For the Newcomer = Many of us came to Narcotics Anonymous with something less than an overwhelming desire to stop using. Sure, the drugs were causing us problems, and we wanted to be rid of the problems...
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New Member
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Hello everyone, I am a recovering addict and new to this program and wanted to say hi to everyone:) I am an open book so if you have any questions for me ask away!
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Im Nick and Im an addict from Stockholm - Sweden My Cleandate is: June 10 - 1994
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JFT April 8 Happiness
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We come to know happiness, joy, and freedom. Basic Text, p. 91 = If someone stopped you on the street today and asked if you were happy, what would you say? Well, gee, lets see... I have a place to live, food in the refrigerator, a job, my car is running... Well, yes, I guess Im happy, you might respond...
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JFT April 7 The value of the past
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This firsthand experience in all phases of illness and recovery is of unparalleled therapeutic value. We are here to share it freely with any addict who wants to recover. Basic Text, p. 10 = Most of us came into the program with some serious regrets. We had never finished high school, or we had misse...
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JFT April 6 Growing honesty
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On a practical level, changes occur because whats appropriate to one phase of recovery may not be for another. Basic Text, p. 105 = When we first came to Narcotics Anonymous, many of us had no legitimate occupation. Not all of us suddenly decide were going to become honest and productive model citi...
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JFT April 5 Identification
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Someone finally knew the crazy thoughts that I had and the crazy things Id done. = Addicts often feel terminally unique. Were sure that no one used drugs like we did or had to do the things that we did to get them. Feeling that no one really understands us can keep us from recovery for many years. But o...
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JFT April 4 Guarding our recovery
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Remember that we... are ultimately responsible for our recovery and our decisions. Basic Text, p. 103 = Most of us will face choices that challenge our recovery. If we find ourselves in extreme physical pain, for example, we will have to decide whether or not we will take medication. We will hav...
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JFT April 3 For you alone
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The idea of a spiritual awakening takes many different forms in the different personalities that we find in the fellowship. Basic Text, p. 49 = Though we all work the same steps, each of us experiences the spiritual awakening resulting from them in our own way. The shape that spiritual awakening t...
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JFT April 2 Attraction
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Our public image consists of what we have to offer: a successful, proven way of maintaining a drug-free lifestyle. Basic Text, p. 75 = Yes, we are attracting new members. More and more addicts are finding Narcotics Anonymous. But how do we treat our newest members when they arrive, worn out fro...
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JFT April 1 Love and addiction
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Some of us first saw the effects of addiction on the people closest to us. We were very dependent on them to carry us through life. We felt angry, disappointed, and hurt when they found other interests, friends, and loved ones. Basic Text, p. 7 = Addiction affected every area of our lives. Just as w...
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JFT March 31 Insides and outsides
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Our real value is in being ourselves. Basic Text, p. 105 = As we work the steps, were bound to discover some basic truths about ourselves. The process of uncovering our secrets, exposing them, and searching our characters reveals our true nature. As we become acquainted with ourselves, well nee...
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JFT March 30 God-centeredness
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Gradually, as we become more God-centered than self-centered, our despair turns to hope. Basic Text, p. 95 = What a glorious thing to have hope! Before coming to Narcotics Anonymous, many of us lived lives of utter hopelessness. We believed we were destined to die from our disease. Many member...
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JFT March 29 Our own true will
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...Gods will for us consists of the very things we most value. Gods will... becomes our own true will for ourselves. Basic Text, p. 48 = Its human nature to want something for nothing. We may be ecstatic when a store cashier gives us back change for a twenty though we only paid with a ten. We tend to t...
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JFT March 28 Facing feelings
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We may fear that being in touch with our feelings will trigger an overwhelming chain reaction of pain and panic. Basic Text, p. 30 = While we were using, many of us were unable or unwilling to feel many emotions. If we were happy, we used to make us happier. If we were angry or depressed, we used to mas...
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JFT March 27 Looking for the assets
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In accordance with the principles of recovery, we try not to judge, stereotype, or moralize with each other. Basic Text, p. 11 = How many times in our recovery have we misunderstood the behavior of another, immediately formed a judgment, applied a label, and neatly tucked the individual into a pig...
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Stubborn youth
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I have mt ex girl friends son helping me do some things, 20 year old pot head but i knew him before he ever took a drug and he was such a good boy then she moved a short distance way to a really suck ass town and he ended up getting in with kids whos lives werent as protected as his and he fell right in. Unstable fam...
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JFT March 25 I can't but we can
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From the isolation of our addiction, we find a fellowship of people with a common bond... Our faith, strength, and hope come from people sharing their recovery... Basic Text, p. 98 = Admit no weakness, conceal all shortcomings, deny every failure, go it alonethat was the creed many of us followed....
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JFT March 26 Trusting a sponsor--worth the risk
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In seeking a sponsor, most members look for someone they feel they can learn to trust, someone who seems compassionate IP No. 11, Sponsorship, Revised = The idea of sponsorship may be new to us. We have spent many years without direction, relying only on self-interest, suspecting everyone, tr...
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JFT March 24 Letting go of the past
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It is not where we were that counts, but where we are going. Basic Text, p. 23 = When we first find recovery, some of us feel shame or despair at calling ourselves addicts. In the early days, we may be filled with both fear and hope as we struggle to find new meaning in our lives. The past may seem inescap...
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JFT March 6 Rationalizing away our recovery
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As a result of the Twelve Steps, Im not able to hold on to old ways of deceiving myself. = We all rationalize. Sometimes we know we are rationalizing, admit we are rationalizing, yet continue to behave according to our rationalizations! Recovery can become very painful when we decide that, for...
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JFT March 23 God's gifts
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We do the footwork and accept whats being given to us freely on a daily basis. Basic Text, p. 47 = Our relationship with our Higher Power is a two-way street. In prayer, we speak and God listens. When we meditate, we do our best to listen for the will of our Higher Power. We know that we are responsible...
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JFT March 22 The principle of self-support
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In our addiction, we were dependent upon people, places, and things. We looked to them to support us and supply the things we found lacking in ourselves. Basic Text, pp. 70-71 = In the animal kingdom, there is a creature that thrives on others. It is called a leech. It attaches itself to people and...
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JFT March 21 A treatable illness
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Addiction is a disease that involves more than the use of drugs. Basic Text, p. 3 = At our first meeting, we may have been taken aback at the way members shared about how the disease of addiction had affected their lives. We thought to ourselves, Disease? Ive just got a drug problem! What in the worl...
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JFT March 20 Higher Power
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Most of us have no trouble admitting that addiction had become a destructive force in our lives. Our best efforts resulted in ever greater destruction and despair. At some point, we realized that we needed the help of some Power greater than our addiction. Basic Text, p. 24 = Most of us know witho...
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March 19 Something valuable to share
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A simple, honest message of recovery from addiction rings true. Basic Text, p. 51 = Youre in a meeting. The sharing has been going on for some time. One or two members have described their spiritual experiences in an especially meaningful way. Another has had us all rolling in the aisles with ent...
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JFT March 18 The full message
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There is a special feeling for addicts when they discover that there are other people who share their difficulties, past and present. Basic Text, pp. 55-56 = The wealth of our recovery is too good to keep to ourselves. Some of us believe that when we talk in meetings, we should remember the newcomer...
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JFT March 17 True courage
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Those who make it through these times show a courage not their own. Basic Text, p. 86 = Before coming to NA, many of us thought we were brave simply because we had never experienced fear. We had drugged all our feelings, fear among them, until we had convinced ourselves that we were tough, courageous...
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JFT March 16 Inventory
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The purpose of a searching and fearless moral inventory is to sort through the confusion and the contradiction of our lives so that we can find out who we really are. Basic Text, p. 27 = Using addicts are a confused and confusing bunch of people. Its hard to tell from one minute to the next what theyre g...
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JFT March 15 Feeling "a part of"
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March 15 Feeling a part of The get-togethers after our meetings are good opportunities to share things that we didnt get to discuss during the meeting. Basic Text, p. 98 = Active addiction set us apart from society, isolating us. Fear was at the core of that alienation. We believed that if we let othe...
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