Narcotics Anonymous Message Board

dana12 · dana12

thankyou all for your suggestion i have bipolar as well as adiction and i go to a duel diagnois on tuesday at my day program and we support each others in our addiction at that group i also go to aa at the day program and it small and close meeting which i really enjoy i also have a addiction counselor as well a...

anonymousmember87 · anonymousmember87

Hi guys, I am not too familiar with the whole NA meeting thing to be honest. My mom attends AA meetings on a regular basis and I have been to a few of those, but never an NA meeting. Here's the deal: I am 17 years old and I will have been completely clean/sober for an entire year on Saturday January 11, which is...

cdbuckberry · cdbuckberry

It has been a long journey ,lots of meetings , both live and online,I have done my Step Work With my sponsor .I have had two me that sponsor me.They both have led me on the journey to a new way of life .My cleandate is January 10th , 2014 . ( 9 years clean ) -- Edited by cdbuckberry on Thursday 2nd of January 201...

Davethewave · Davethewave

The only thing an addict does in moderation..... is to work the steps!

Archiecat · Archiecat

This may have been covered elsewhere, but I was trying to find out if the word "sober" appears in in any of the stories in the Basic Text? I am reading through it again, but somewhere in the back of this old brain I thought I remembered being surprised to find the phrase "clean and sober&...

LizC · LizC

The new year is among us. What are your resolutions?

JennBa · JennBa

I would like to attend some meetings online as I have been attending in person for the last year but have recently started working and my schedule isn't allowing me to go to meetings. Where I live all the meetings are in the evenings and I work evenings. I have to attend at least 3 meetings a week for probat...

Ben_K · Ben_K

I'm writing a book about the Denver Young People's Group, and the daily meditation book written by some of their members, Day By Day. I would like to include testimonials from people who use Day By Day to support their recoveries. If you're interested in submitting your experience with Day By Day for i...

TeeTee927 · TeeTee927

Hello everyone. My name is Kristina. I'm 37 days clean from opiates. I currently live on Long Island, NY but moving to Jewett City, CT on Thursday. Hoping to connect with others from CT considering I will be new to the area. Also looking to meet some new people to chat with on here too

MJE · MJE

I have just experienced a relapse after four months clean. I am currently away from my support network, on vacation. I have spoken to my sponsor....are there any people out there who are willing to share their recovery after relapse....

avid · avid

This comes up from time to time. Some NA members I know are really forceful about not using the term "sober" it seems to imply an endorsement of AA in their opinion. I had one long term NA member say to me "Sober means Short Of Being Entirelly Ready" these days there are alot of dicti...

Em · Em

I was sitting outside this morning taking my partners inventory when I had an epiphany about my own state of mind. I'm on the slippery slope. I have a pain condition called Fibro Mialgia and of late I've had access to codein because of it. I've taken a few times when my body has been very sore, but to be hone...

Brian_YellowEyes · Brian_YellowEyes

Loving Our Longtimers, a new phone mtg featuring speakers w/30 yrs or more clean, each Wednesday at 8:oopm Eastern. This weekly meeting will be recorded for later playback. Hosted by Historical Significance (559) 726-1300, 108786# Playback (559) 726-1399, 108786#. Please pass this on

avid · avid

My mom is not doing well. I'm flying up to NY this afternoon, may be gone a week or more. I may not have regular access to a computer, so moderating the board could be an issue. I'll send a pm to BigV...maybe he can keep an eye on things. Prayers for peace and for an end to suffering.

Dave R · Dave R

As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life. Basic Text, p. 25 = We are people accustomed to placing all our eggs in one basket. Many of us had one particular drug of choice that was our favorite. We relied on it to get us through each day and make life bearable. We were faithfu...

John · John

I surrendered to the process of recovery and started this amazing journey. Thank you for trudging the road of happy destiny with me. John

Manon1973 · Manon1973

hi yes I am still around my life turned into fear after Kelli A drained all parts of me as I found myself in isolation too deep to express I will not post often or with details yet I thought you deserved to know I am alive

Dave R · Dave R

The drive for personal gain... which brought so much pain in the past falls by the wayside if we adhere to the principle of anonymity. Basic Text, p. 76 = The word anonymity itself means namelessness, but theres a larger principle at work in the anonymity of the NA program: the principle of selflessn...

Dave R · Dave R

The Twelfth Step of our personal program also says that we carry the message to the addict who still suffers. The group is the most powerful vehicle we have for carrying the message. Basic Text, p. 68 = When we first come to Narcotics Anonymous meetings, we meet recovering addicts. We know they are...

surrender to faith · surrender to faith

Hi. This is a poem I wrote my 3rd day in rehab. I am in early recovery now. Thought this might relate to the people in rehab or recently released and their feelings. You are not alone, because this was for sure my feelings while in that situation. But it does get better. If I Should Die Before My Time If I sho...

Dave R · Dave R

We reevaluate our old ideas so we can become acquainted with the new ideas that lead to a new way of life. Basic Text, p. 94 = Learning to live a new way of life can be difficult. Sometimes, when the going gets especially hard, were tempted to follow the path of least resistance and live by our old ideas a...

Dave R · Dave R

When at the end of the road we find that we can no longer function as a human being, either with or without drugs, we all face the same dilemma.... Either go on as best we can to the bitter endsjails, institutions, or deathor find a new way to live. Basic Text, p. 87 = What was the worst aspect of active add...

Brian_YellowEyes · Brian_YellowEyes

Loving Our Longtimers, a new phone mtg featuring speakers w/30 yrs or more clean, each Wednesday at 8:oopm Eastern. This weekly meeting will be recorded for later playback. Hosted by Historical Significance (559) 726-1300, 108786# Playback (559) 726-1399, 108786#. Please pass this on Tonigh...

Dave R · Dave R

Freedom to change seems to come after acceptance of ourselves. Basic Text, p. 58 = Fear and denial are the opposites of acceptance. None of us are perfect, even in our own eyes; all of us have certain traits that, given the chance, we would like to change. We sometimes become overwhelmed when conte...

Dave R · Dave R

Words mean nothing until we put them into action. Basic Text, p. 58 = The Twelfth Step reminds us to practice these principles in all our affairs. In NA, we see living examples of this suggestion all around us. The more experienced members, who seem to have an aura of peace surrounding them, demons...

Dave R · Dave R

The fact that we, each and every group, focus on carrying the message provides consistency; addicts can count on us. Basic Text, p. 68 = Tales of our antics in active addiction may be funny. Stories of our old bizarre reactions to life when using may be interesting. But they tend to carry the mess m...

deannae · deannae

I am currently on a sixth step, the step working guide states "our goal is to raise awareness of our defects so we can become entirely ready. well in the mist of rasing this awareness I fins myself being humiliated and miserable .. im praying and then I try to control them.. the hope is this is a proce...

John · John

Hi everyone,Just throwing this out there, into the four winds tonight. I got a call this afternoon from my son, from jail. As some of you already know, this time last year (the same week before Christmas), I bailed him out of jail and he jumped the bond and ran three days later. I had to go through the pr...

A Woven Silence · A Woven Silence

So I started reading the basic text yesterday in preparation for a meeting I was supposed to attend tonight. It would have been the first meeting I went to, and I've been agonizing over it all day. I spent over an hour, I believe, talking to Dusty on the phone trying to get myself in the right place to not be...

A Woven Silence · A Woven Silence

I'm posting for the first time in an attempt to find support. While I have family and friends who are being supportive and sympathetic to my situation, they can't be truly empathetic because they haven't experienced what I have. I want to be able to find someone who's been through what I've been throug...

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	thank you all for danaq12 (Preview) thankyou all for your suggestion i have bipolar as well as adiction and i go to a duel diagnois on tuesday at my day program and we support each others in our addiction at that group i also go to aa at the day program and it small and close meeting which i really enjoy i also have a addiction counselor as well a...	dana12	3	393	Jan 15, 2014 by Davethewave
	Question about my first meeting first meeting (Preview) Hi guys, I am not too familiar with the whole NA meeting thing to be honest. My mom attends AA meetings on a regular basis and I have been to a few of those, but never an NA meeting. Here's the deal: I am 17 years old and I will have been completely clean/sober for an entire year on Saturday January 11, which is...	anonymousmember87	4	481	Jan 15, 2014 by Peter111
	NA Birthday 9 Years (Preview) It has been a long journey ,lots of meetings , both live and online,I have done my Step Work With my sponsor .I have had two me that sponsor me.They both have led me on the journey to a new way of life .My cleandate is January 10th , 2014 . ( 9 years clean ) -- Edited by cdbuckberry on Thursday 2nd of January 201...	cdbuckberry	8	311	Jan 11, 2014 by cdbuckberry
	The only thing an addict does in moderation... (Preview) The only thing an addict does in moderation..... is to work the steps!	Davethewave	0	243	Jan 9, 2014 by Davethewave
	Basic Text and recovery language (Preview) This may have been covered elsewhere, but I was trying to find out if the word "sober" appears in in any of the stories in the Basic Text? I am reading through it again, but somewhere in the back of this old brain I thought I remembered being surprised to find the phrase "clean and sober&...	Archiecat	11	4858	Jan 9, 2014 by msharp170
	new year (Preview) The new year is among us. What are your resolutions?	LizC	10	340	Jan 5, 2014 by avid
	New with questions (Preview) I would like to attend some meetings online as I have been attending in person for the last year but have recently started working and my schedule isn't allowing me to go to meetings. Where I live all the meetings are in the evenings and I work evenings. I have to attend at least 3 meetings a week for probat...	JennBa	4	361	Jan 4, 2014 by MIKEF
	Do you read the "Day By Day" book? (Preview) I'm writing a book about the Denver Young People's Group, and the daily meditation book written by some of their members, Day By Day. I would like to include testimonials from people who use Day By Day to support their recoveries. If you're interested in submitting your experience with Day By Day for i...	Ben_K	0	270	Jan 3, 2014 by Ben_K
	New Here! (Preview) Hello everyone. My name is Kristina. I'm 37 days clean from opiates. I currently live on Long Island, NY but moving to Jewett City, CT on Thursday. Hoping to connect with others from CT considering I will be new to the area. Also looking to meet some new people to chat with on here too	TeeTee927	9	372	Jan 3, 2014 by flametodance
	recovery and relapse (Preview) I have just experienced a relapse after four months clean. I am currently away from my support network, on vacation. I have spoken to my sponsor....are there any people out there who are willing to share their recovery after relapse....	MJE	6	584	Jan 3, 2014 by MJE
	Clean or sober? (Preview) This comes up from time to time. Some NA members I know are really forceful about not using the term "sober" it seems to imply an endorsement of AA in their opinion. I had one long term NA member say to me "Sober means Short Of Being Entirelly Ready" these days there are alot of dicti...	avid	8	6210	Jan 2, 2014 by Dustina ILia
	Warning bells (Preview) I was sitting outside this morning taking my partners inventory when I had an epiphany about my own state of mind. I'm on the slippery slope. I have a pain condition called Fibro Mialgia and of late I've had access to codein because of it. I've taken a few times when my body has been very sore, but to be hone...	Em	9	512	Jan 2, 2014 by Dustina ILia
	Loving Our Longtimers (Preview) Loving Our Longtimers, a new phone mtg featuring speakers w/30 yrs or more clean, each Wednesday at 8:oopm Eastern. This weekly meeting will be recorded for later playback. Hosted by Historical Significance (559) 726-1300, 108786# Playback (559) 726-1399, 108786#. Please pass this on	Brian_YellowEyes	0	296	Dec 30, 2013 by Brian_YellowEyes
	Emergency in NY (Preview) My mom is not doing well. I'm flying up to NY this afternoon, may be gone a week or more. I may not have regular access to a computer, so moderating the board could be an issue. I'll send a pm to BigV...maybe he can keep an eye on things. Prayers for peace and for an end to suffering.	avid	11	517	Dec 28, 2013 by Davethewave
	JFT December 26 Never-failing power (Preview) As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life. Basic Text, p. 25 = We are people accustomed to placing all our eggs in one basket. Many of us had one particular drug of choice that was our favorite. We relied on it to get us through each day and make life bearable. We were faithfu...	Dave R	0	213	Dec 26, 2013 by Dave R
	24 years ago today.... (Preview) I surrendered to the process of recovery and started this amazing journey. Thank you for trudging the road of happy destiny with me. John	John	6	267	Dec 25, 2013 by avid
	been awhile (Preview) hi yes I am still around my life turned into fear after Kelli A drained all parts of me as I found myself in isolation too deep to express I will not post often or with details yet I thought you deserved to know I am alive	Manon1973	5	308	Dec 25, 2013 by avid
	JFT December 25 Anonymity and self-will (Preview) The drive for personal gain... which brought so much pain in the past falls by the wayside if we adhere to the principle of anonymity. Basic Text, p. 76 = The word anonymity itself means namelessness, but theres a larger principle at work in the anonymity of the NA program: the principle of selflessn...	Dave R	0	301	Dec 25, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT December 24 Thegroup (Preview) The Twelfth Step of our personal program also says that we carry the message to the addict who still suffers. The group is the most powerful vehicle we have for carrying the message. Basic Text, p. 68 = When we first come to Narcotics Anonymous meetings, we meet recovering addicts. We know they are...	Dave R	1	402	Dec 24, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	poem (Preview) Hi. This is a poem I wrote my 3rd day in rehab. I am in early recovery now. Thought this might relate to the people in rehab or recently released and their feelings. You are not alone, because this was for sure my feelings while in that situation. But it does get better. If I Should Die Before My Time If I sho...	surrender to faith	2	368	Dec 24, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT December 23 New ideas (Preview) We reevaluate our old ideas so we can become acquainted with the new ideas that lead to a new way of life. Basic Text, p. 94 = Learning to live a new way of life can be difficult. Sometimes, when the going gets especially hard, were tempted to follow the path of least resistance and live by our old ideas a...	Dave R	1	303	Dec 23, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 22 A new way to live (Preview) When at the end of the road we find that we can no longer function as a human being, either with or without drugs, we all face the same dilemma.... Either go on as best we can to the bitter endsjails, institutions, or deathor find a new way to live. Basic Text, p. 87 = What was the worst aspect of active add...	Dave R	1	334	Dec 23, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	Loving Our Longtimers Loving Our Longtimers-30+yrs every Wednesday (Preview) Loving Our Longtimers, a new phone mtg featuring speakers w/30 yrs or more clean, each Wednesday at 8:oopm Eastern. This weekly meeting will be recorded for later playback. Hosted by Historical Significance (559) 726-1300, 108786# Playback (559) 726-1399, 108786#. Please pass this on Tonigh...	Brian_YellowEyes	3	675	Dec 23, 2013 by Brian_YellowEyes
	JFT December 21 Acceptance and change (Preview) Freedom to change seems to come after acceptance of ourselves. Basic Text, p. 58 = Fear and denial are the opposites of acceptance. None of us are perfect, even in our own eyes; all of us have certain traits that, given the chance, we would like to change. We sometimes become overwhelmed when conte...	Dave R	1	288	Dec 21, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 19 Walking the way we talk (Preview) Words mean nothing until we put them into action. Basic Text, p. 58 = The Twelfth Step reminds us to practice these principles in all our affairs. In NA, we see living examples of this suggestion all around us. The more experienced members, who seem to have an aura of peace surrounding them, demons...	Dave R	1	351	Dec 20, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT December 18 The message of our meetings (Preview) The fact that we, each and every group, focus on carrying the message provides consistency; addicts can count on us. Basic Text, p. 68 = Tales of our antics in active addiction may be funny. Stories of our old bizarre reactions to life when using may be interesting. But they tend to carry the mess m...	Dave R	1	285	Dec 20, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	humilty or humilation (Preview) I am currently on a sixth step, the step working guide states "our goal is to raise awareness of our defects so we can become entirely ready. well in the mist of rasing this awareness I fins myself being humiliated and miserable .. im praying and then I try to control them.. the hope is this is a proce...	deannae	8	380	Dec 20, 2013 by BigV
	Addict son in jail, and Porter Potty Paul in detox... (Preview) Hi everyone,Just throwing this out there, into the four winds tonight. I got a call this afternoon from my son, from jail. As some of you already know, this time last year (the same week before Christmas), I bailed him out of jail and he jumped the bond and ran three days later. I had to go through the pr...	John	4	365	Dec 20, 2013 by BigV
	Disappointment (Preview) So I started reading the basic text yesterday in preparation for a meeting I was supposed to attend tonight. It would have been the first meeting I went to, and I've been agonizing over it all day. I spent over an hour, I believe, talking to Dusty on the phone trying to get myself in the right place to not be...	A Woven Silence	6	419	Dec 20, 2013 by flametodance
	Newbie (Preview) I'm posting for the first time in an attempt to find support. While I have family and friends who are being supportive and sympathetic to my situation, they can't be truly empathetic because they haven't experienced what I have. I want to be able to find someone who's been through what I've been throug...	A Woven Silence	11	512	Dec 20, 2013 by flametodance
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