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JFT December 4 God's will, not ours
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We know that if we pray for Gods will we will receive what is best for us, regardless of what we think. Basic Text, p. 46 = By the time we came to NA, our inner voices had become unreliable and self-destructive. Addiction had warped our desires, our interests, our sense of what was best for ourselves. ...
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JFT December 3 Vision without limits
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Perhaps for the first time, we see a vision of our new life. Basic Text, p. 35 = In our addiction, our vision of ourselves was very limited. Each day, we went through the same routine: getting, using, and finding ways and means to get more. And thats all we could reasonably expect for the duration of o...
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JFT November 29 Our Higher Power's care
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We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us. Basic Text, p. 58 = Our program is based on the idea that the application of simple principles can produce profound effects in our lives. One such principle is that, if we ask, our Higher Power will care for us. Because this principle is so basic...
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JFT November 30 Sharing the real me
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Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone. Basic Text, p. 85 = Intimacy is the sharing of our innermost thoughts and feelings with another human being. Many of us long for the warmth and companionship intimacy brings, but those things dont come without effort. In our addictio...
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JFT December 1 Life's rewards
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We begin to pray only for Gods will for us. That way, we get only what we are capable of handling. Basic Text, p. 49 = Imagine what might happen if God gave us everything we wanted. A fabulous new car, straight As, a triple salary raiseall ours without effort, just for the asking. Now imagine the probl...
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JFT December 2 Recovery: our first priority
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We have to keep our recovery first and our priorities in order. Basic Text, p. 82 = Before coming to NA, we used many excuses to justify our use of drugs: He yelled at me. She said this. My partner left. I got fired. We used these same excuses for not seeking help for our drug problem. We had to reali...
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I start doing step work today
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I am so excited and happy I am going to start writing on my NA Step Working Guide I am on Step 1. I am so excited to begin my Recovery. I will have 30 days clean tomorrow but have 60 days in the program. Wish me luck, I need all the luck I can get. Have a good day. RSB
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JFT November 26 Responsibility
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A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take the time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow. IP No. 8, Just for Today = Responsibility, responsibilitythe responsibilities of life are everywhere. Were supposed to wear seat belts. Wer...
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JFT November 27 Seeking God's help
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At times during our recovery, the decision to ask for Gods help is our greatest source of strength and courage. Basic Text, p. 26 = When we take the Third Step, we decide to allow a loving Higher Power to guide us and care for us in our daily lives. We make the decision to allow this guidance and care into...
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JFT November 28 Being ourselves
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To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves. Basic Text, p. 36 = Humility is a puzzling concept. We know a lot about humiliation, but humility is a new idea. It sounds suspiciously like groveling, bowing, and scraping. But thats not what humility is at all. True humility is, s...
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step working guide
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I would like an online link to print out or save the step working guide... thanks
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JFT November 21 Letting our defects go
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If [character defects] contributed to our health and happiness, we would not have come to such a state of desperation. Basic Text, p. 35 = Getting started on the Sixth and Seventh Steps isnt always easy. We may feel as though we have so much wrong with us that we are totally defective. We might feel...
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One hit wonders!
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I guess it's just a part of the new digital age of smartphones, we seem to get so many One Hit Wonders...you know the one post and done...it seems strange. I thought we ALWAYS did more then one??
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strong hearted
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Hey everyone. How are you all doing? I got 62 days clean and I'm going strong. Let's just hope I keep it that way. I have a couple things on my mind. I'm still very depressed. I can't afford to go see a therapist or go to the doctor. What should I do about that? Also anyone heard from Manon. I know she said she's...
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Ugggh!
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My son, as some of you are aware, has been a real pressure point in my sustained sobriety and for some reason I am doing well and feeling the squeeze of my inner demons. We now know for certain that he has the combined disorders of ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) supplemented with a heaping...
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JFT November 25 Meditation
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Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us. Basic Text, p. 46-47 = As our recovery progresses, we often reflect on what brought us to Narcotics Anonymous in the first place and are able to appreciate how much the quality of our lives...
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Struggling to accept powerlessness - Please Help
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Hello, I am new here. I need help. I know I have addiction issues but I cannot seem to admit that I am powerless over drugs or alcohol. I can easily say my life was and still is very unmanageable but not that I don't have the power to control it. I feel like when I say that I am powerless over these things that it...
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Yikes. I got done playing a show last night and the thought that Id like to drive out to the country under the full moon light and get high came up. Just then, I got a text from a female coworker asking me to come over and get drunk with her! Ive been really lonely lately and havent been with a woman in 2 years so...
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Sponsor Needed
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I am. 35 yr old female who is in need to extra support and encouragement. =
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JFT November 24 Gratefully recovering
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We entertained the thought that staying clean was not paying off, and the old thinking stirred up self-pity, resentment, and anger. Basic Text, p. 102 = There are days when some of us wallow in self-pity. Its easy to do. We may have expectations about how our lives should be in recovery, expectat...
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Rides to NA Meetings
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Is there anyone in the Northeastern PA area who could give me a ride to an NA meeting?
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JFT November 23 God's will
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The relief of letting go and letting God helps us develop a life that is worth living. Basic Text, p. 26 = In our addiction, we were afraid of what might happen if we didnt control everything around us. Many of us made up elaborate lies to protect our use of drugs. Some of us manipulated everyone arou...
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KEIRA NOELLE
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Hello and blessings of this day! Sharing our JOY as my 24 yr old had her 2nd child, Keira Noelle, yesterday .She will get out of ICU Today as a few complications but God is good ,all is well. Poppy so blessed and truly humbled. This is my 6th grandchild, and also 2nd great grandchildren. God has allowed me...
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JFT November 22 Foundation first
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As we begin to function in society, our creative freedom helps us sort our priorities and do the basic things first. Basic Text, p. 86 = No sooner do we get clean than some of us begin putting other priorities ahead of our recovery. Careers, families, relationshipsall these are part of the life we f...
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I KNOW it WORKS!
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We have never seen an addict relapse who throughly "LIVES" the Program! My story is like so many others....I lived to use and used to live. Very simple! Brief History: Both parents addicts. One of five children. We ate depending upon whether they got to the Grocery Store first or the Liq...
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Looking for some help
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I have been struggling for quite a while with addition to pain killers. I am looking for some help, someone that wants to listen and provide any guidance. Please reply. Thank you.
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11th Step Spiritual Plan
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Flexibility but completeness through diligence sums up my directive. My spiritual plan shouldnt be displeasing, but life is exactly that. Or rather, its not unusual to see life as tiresome, demanding, and even exhausting. But then, I've been inculcated by a society steeped in negativity. Is...
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JFT October 25 Principles before personalities
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Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. Tradition Twelve = Principles before personalities. Many of us chant these words along with the reader whenever the Twelve Traditions are read. The fact that these words...
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JFT November 20 Finding fulfillment
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We werent oriented toward fulfillment; we focused on the emptiness and worthlessness of it all. Basic Text, p. 89 = There were probably hundreds of times in our active addiction when we wished we could become someone else. We may have wished we could trade places with someone who owned a nice car or...
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JFT November 19 The language of empathy
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...the addict would find from the start as much identification as each needed to convince himself that he could stay clean, by the example of others who had recovered for many years. Basic Text, p. 88 = Many of us attended our first meeting and, not being entirely sure that NA was for us, found much to...
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