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hippietrippiechick89 · hippietrippiechick89

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.

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

rikki · rikki

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

hippietrippiechick89 · hippietrippiechick89

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...

dave_uk · dave_uk

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

LizC · LizC

Happy Birthday to me! I made it 23 years and havent died yet hope yall had a great day!

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

LizC · LizC

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. Afte...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

[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....

Dave R · Dave R

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...

LizC · LizC

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?

John · John

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...

bdpurtle · bdpurtle

are there any call in meetings? Sure would appreciate knowing how to call in if there are....thanks

Dave R · Dave R

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,...

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...

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	chat room (Preview) 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.	hippietrippiechick89	2	368	Mar 15, 2014 by LizC
	JFT March 14 Relationships (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	241	Mar 14, 2014 by Dave R
	JFT March 13 That one special person (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	350	Mar 13, 2014 by Dave R
	sponsor relapse- looking for experience, strength, and hope (Preview) 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...	rikki	5	321	Mar 12, 2014 by Davethewave
	JFT March 12 Getting out of the rut (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	351	Mar 12, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	New here. Introduction. could use some support (Preview) 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...	hippietrippiechick89	5	379	Mar 12, 2014 by kitty doyle
	Meetings in Albania? (Preview) 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...	dave_uk	1	501	Mar 11, 2014 by Davethewave
	JFT March 10 Our own recovery (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	250	Mar 11, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 11 Lightening the load (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	242	Mar 11, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	woohoo (Preview) Happy Birthday to me! I made it 23 years and havent died yet hope yall had a great day!	LizC	4	365	Mar 10, 2014 by kitty doyle
	JFT March 9 Small things (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	242	Mar 9, 2014 by Dave R
	JFT March 8 Learning to love ourselves (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	273	Mar 8, 2014 by Dave R
	JFT March 7 Priorities (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	284	Mar 7, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 5 From rude awakening to spiritual awakening (Preview) 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...	Dave R	2	333	Mar 7, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	What's going on (Preview) 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. Afte...	LizC	6	408	Mar 5, 2014 by avid
	JFT March 3 Relapse (Preview) 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...	Dave R	2	373	Mar 4, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 4 The process (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	509	Mar 4, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 1 Anxiety attack! (Preview) [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....	Dave R	3	487	Mar 2, 2014 by mikah
	JFT March 2 Success (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	285	Mar 2, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	Ugh (Preview) 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?	LizC	12	435	Mar 2, 2014 by BigV
	My car stolen in a Meeting!! (closed) (Preview) 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...	John	13	537	Mar 2, 2014 by BigV
	na phone meetings (Preview) are there any call in meetings? Sure would appreciate knowing how to call in if there are....thanks	bdpurtle	9	4632	Mar 1, 2014 by Brian_YellowEyes
	JFT February 27 "Pure" motives (Preview) 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,...	Dave R	3	3121	Feb 28, 2014 by Mike M
	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	311	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	432	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	351	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	340	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	292	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	357	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	2099	Feb 25, 2014 by dave_uk
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