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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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chat room
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Hello, I was just wondering if anyone that was on here would like to chat. Im withdrawing off my pain meds, and I just need someone to talk to.
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JFT March 14 Relationships
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Also, our inventories usually include material on relationships. Basic Text, p. 29 = What an understatement this is! Especially in later recovery, entire inventories may focus on our relationships with others. Our lives have been filled with relationships with lovers, friends, parents, c...
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JFT March 13 That one special person
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A sponsor is not necessarily a friend, but may be someone in whom we confide. We can share things with our sponsor that we might not be comfortable sharing in a meeting. IP No. 11, Sponsorship, Revised = Weve asked someone to sponsor us, and the reasons we have for asking that particular person are...
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sponsor relapse- looking for experience, strength, and hope
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Feeling lots of emotions. Just found out that my sponsor relapsed and has been using for the past 6 months. Feeling sad, angry, betrayed, sad, denial, sad... Can't stop crying. I don't want a new sponsor- I want my sponsor back! Please share your experience, strength, and hope! I could really...
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JFT March 12 Getting out of the rut
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Many times in our recovery, the old bugaboos will haunt us. Life may again become meaningless, monotonous, and boring. Basic Text, p. 78 = Sometimes it seems as though nothing changes. We get up and go to the same job every day. We eat dinner at the same time every night. We attend the same meeting...
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New here. Introduction. could use some support
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Hello, My name is Stacie and I used to be a member of this wonderful group several years ago, and am so glad to have access to a computer again, so I can participate in this group. I've been bouncing in and out of the program for many years, and am just so tired of it. I desire recovery and could use some suppor...
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Meetings in Albania?
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Hi all :) Does anybody know if there are any meetings in Albania? I am working there for 2.5 weeks from Tuesday. I cant find any on google etc. I would even do the "other" meetings ,, you know,, the place that has 2 letters the same. And not the Boys Brigade :p Thanks Dave :) -- Edited by dave_uk...
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JFT March 10 Our own recovery
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The steps are our solution. They are our survival kit. They are our defense against addiction, a deadly disease. Our steps are the principles that make our recovery possible. Basic Text, p. 19 = Theres lots to like in Narcotics Anonymous. The meetings, for one, are great. We get to see our fri...
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JFT March 11 Lightening the load
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It will not make us better people to judge the faults of another. It will make us feel better to clean up our lives... Basic Text, p. 38 = Sometimes we need something tangible to help us understand what holding a resentment is doing to us. We may not be aware of how destructive resentments actually a...
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woohoo
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Happy Birthday to me! I made it 23 years and havent died yet hope yall had a great day!
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JFT March 9 Small things
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In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills. Basic Text, p. 90 = Making mountains out of molehills seems to be our specialty. Have you heard it said that to an addict, a flat tire is a traumatic event? Or how about those of us who forget all pretense o...
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JFT March 8 Learning to love ourselves
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What we want most is to feel good about ourselves. Basic Text, p. 101 = Well love you until you can learn to love yourself. These words, heard so often in our meetings, promise a day we look forward to eagerlythe day when well know how to love ourselves. Self-esteemwe all want this elusive quality as s...
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JFT March 7 Priorities
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The good times can also be a trap; the danger is that we may forget that our first priority is to stay clean. Basic Text, p. 43 = Things can get really good in our recovery. Perhaps weve found our soul mate, built a rewarding career, started a family. Maybe our relationships with our family members h...
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JFT March 5 From rude awakening to spiritual awakening
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When a need arises for us to admit our powerlessness, we may first look for ways to exert power against it. After exhausting these ways, we begin sharing with others and find hope. Basic Text, p. 82 = Weve sometimes heard it said in our meetings that rude awakenings lead to spiritual awakenings. W...
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What's going on
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I need to share what I have been up to the past month.
I was using. Worse than ever before. Not a care in the world. Didn't care how I got the drugs, what they were, or if I died. I eventually did end up in the hospital after an overdose. Didn't know where I was, what was going on, or how I ended up there.
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JFT March 3 Relapse
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There will be times, however, when we really feel like using. We want to run, and we feel lousy. We need to be reminded of where we came from and that it will be worse this time. This is when we need the program the most. Basic Text, p. 81 = If were contemplating a relapse, we should think our using throu...
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JFT March 4 The process
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This program has become a part of me.... I understand more clearly the things that are happening in my life today. I no longer fight the process. Basic Text, p. 127 = In active addiction, things happened seemingly without rhyme or reason. We just did things, often without knowing why or what the...
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JFT March 1 Anxiety attack!
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[The] Power that brought us to this program is still with us and will continue to guide us if we allow it. Basic Text, p. 27 = Ever had a panic attack? Everywhere we turn, lifes demands overwhelm us. Were paralyzed, and we dont know what to do about it. How do we break an anxiety attack? First, we stop....
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JFT March 2 Success
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Any form of success was frightening and unfamiliar. Basic Text, p. 14 = Before coming to NA, few of us had much experience with success. Every attempt to stop using on our own had ended in failure. We had begun to give up hope of finding any relief from active addiction. We had grown accustomed to fa...
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Ugh
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Hey everyone. I would like your opinions. I was recently fired from my job because I told my boss I was being sexually harassed. Thoughts?
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My car stolen in a Meeting!!
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While at a meeting last night, I put my keys, phone and cup of coffee under the seat I was sitting in. A woman sitting behind me, quietly took my keys and left the meeting. No one in the meeting thought anything of it. I went outside about half way through it, not knowing my keys had been taken... walked int...
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na phone meetings
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are there any call in meetings? Sure would appreciate knowing how to call in if there are....thanks
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JFT February 27 "Pure" motives
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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 = Imagine a daily meditation book with this kind of message: When you wake up in the morning, before you rise from your bed, take a moment for reflection. Lie back,...
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JFT FEbruary 28 The greatest gift
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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...
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JFT FEbruary 24 A new influence
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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...
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JFT February 23 Messages and messengers
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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...
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JFT February 26 Remorse
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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...
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