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Dave R · Dave R

Emotional balance is one of the first results of meditation, and our experience bears this out. Basic Text, p.47 = Though each of us defines emotional balance a little differently, all of us must find it. Emotional balance can mean finding and maintaining a positive outlook on life, regardless o...

Dave R · Dave R

We may think that we have done enough by writing about our past. We cannot afford this mistake. Basic Text, p. 32 = Some of us arent too keen on writing out our Fourth Step; others take it to an obsessive extreme. To our sponsors growing dismay, we inventory ourselves again and again. We discover ev...

Dave R · Dave R

One of the most profound changes in our lives is in the realm of personal relationships. Basic Text, p. 57 = Recovery gives many of us relationships that are closer and more intimate than any weve had before. As time passes, we find ourselves gravitating toward those who eventually become our fri...

verwirrt · verwirrt

Maybe it's... That I started my 4 step, that I'm pmsing, that I watched the episode of drs explaining the bacteria and parasites and natural flora fauna in on near and around our bodies, maybe it's that my mother in law just visited, or that I'm taking bio 3 on parasites, or that I realized I've been slack...

Dave R · Dave R

Eventually we are shown that we must get honest, or we will use again. Basic Text, p. 85 = Everyone has secrets, right? Some of us have little secrets, items that would cause only minor embarrassment if found out. Some of us have big secrets, whole areas of our lives cloaked in thick, murky darknes...

Dave R · Dave R

...we think that if we can just get enough food, enough sex, or enough money, well be satisfied and everything will be alright. Basic Text, p. 80 = In our addiction, we could never get enough drugs, or money, or sex, or anything else. Even too much was never enough! There was a spiritual emptiness in...

avid · avid

How ya doin?

Dave R · Dave R

We had to have something different, and we thought we had found it in drugs. Basic Text, p. 13 = Many of us have always felt different from other people. We know were not unique in feeling that way; we hear many addicts share the same thing. We searched all our lives for something to make us all right,...

Dave R · Dave R

My life is well-rounded and I am becoming a more comfortable version of myself, not the neurotic, boring person that I thought Id be without drugs. = Is there really life without drugs? Newcomers are sure that they are destined to lead a humdrum existence once they quit using. That fear is far fro...

John · John

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/09/10/dnt-thief-returns-money-12-years-later.wtvf.html

Dave R · Dave R

We learn to become flexible... As new things are revealed, we feel renewed. Basic Text, p. 102 = Flexibility was not a part of the vocabulary we used in our using days. Wed become obsessed with the raw pleasure of our drugs and hardened to all the softer, subtler, more infinitely varied pleasures o...

bevd625 · bevd625

I have had the same sponsor for 2 years now. I have found lately that she is just not working for me. She has a lot of obligations in her life and I have difficulty getting in touch with her. I realize she has a life, but sometimes its days before she will return my call, if she does. I would like someone who is a...

zanyKing · zanyKing

You did what you knew how to do, and when you knew better, you did better. Maya Angelou

Dave R · Dave R

We find that we suffer from a disease, not a moral dilemma. We were critically ill, not hopelessly bad. Basic Text, p. 16 = For many of us, Narcotics Anonymous was the answer to a personal puzzle of long standing. Why did we always feel alone, even in a crowd, we wondered? Why did we do so many crazy,...

Dave R · Dave R

We learn that a simple, loving hug can make all the difference in the world... Basic Text, p. 91 = Perhaps there have been times in our recovery when we were close to someone who was in great pain. We struggled with the question, What can I do to make them feel better? We felt anxious and inadequate to r...

Dave R · Dave R

One of the biggest stumbling blocks to recovery seems to be placing unrealistic expectations on... others. Basic Text, p. 82 = Many of us come into Narcotics Anonymous feeling pretty poorly about ourselves. By comparison, the recovering addicts we meet at meetings may seem almost super-huma...

volfan111 · volfan111

I live in a small town in TN where we only have two NA meetings yet 13 AA meetings. I have been to 3 or 4 AA meetings and everyone seemed to be fine with me declaring myself as an addict. Tonight however a 69 year old fart asked to speak to me. He started drilling me about it was an AA not an NA meeting. I feel t...

Dave R · Dave R

We try to remember that when we make amends we are doing it for ourselves. Basic Text, p. 41 = As long as we still owe amends, our spirits are cluttered with things we dont need. Were carrying the extra load of an apology owed, a resentment held, or unexpressed remorse. Its like having a messy house. ...

Dave R · Dave R

We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean. Basic Text, p. 9 = The NA program gives us a new pattern of living. One of the basic elements of that new pattern is regular meeting attendance. For the newcomer, living clean is a brand-new ex...

Dave R · Dave R

We need not lose faith when we become rebellious. Basic Text, p. 35 = Many of us have lived our entire lives in revolt. Our initial response to any type of direction is often negative. Automatic rejection of authority seems to be a troubling character defect for many addicts. A thorough self-exam...

LizC · LizC

How's everyone doing? I'm slipping and falling fast hoping to never wake again.

Raman · Raman

In Bangalore, India area, about 100 of us gathered for sharing, dinner and a telephone hook up with World Convention, Philly main share and regional countdown. It is also our local area annivrrsary (21) and we celebrated that too. We were Blessed with 7 newcomers too !!! What did you guys do ?

Radder Knott · Radder Knott

I was under the spell of amphetamines for several years. It took chest pains to snap me out of it. You see, your nervous system is the result of billions of years of evolution, from the Big Bang up until today. Your neurotransmitters operate on the principal that an electrochemical signal gets sent fr...

Dave R · Dave R

Where there has been wrong, the program teaches us the spirit of forgiveness. Basic Text, p. 12 = In NA, we begin to interact with the world around us. We no longer live in isolation. But freedom from isolation has its price: The more we interact with people, the more often well find someone steppi...

IHateEndo · IHateEndo

I need some help and strength to get through this as it is basically where I am right now. I had surgery last wednesday for my endometriosis (which causes me severe pain and is the reason I have an issue with prescription drugs) and I took my last pill this morning. The pain is not so bad but because I have...

Dave R · Dave R

Humility is a by-product that allows us to grow and develop in an atmosphere of freedom and removes the fear of becoming known by our employers, families, or friends as addicts. Basic Text, pp. 75-76 = Many of us may not have understood the idea that anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our tr...

md52186 · md52186

I have started 2 new meetings in rural Illinois. These meetings are not very big. Usually 5 - 10 people show up. Out of the people that show up. I'm the only one that has a sponsor and is working steps. It's very cut and dry in "How it Works" ... If you want what we have to offer; and are willing to ma...

Dave R · Dave R

Daily practice of our Twelve Step program enables us to change from what we were to people guided by a Higher Power. Basic Text, p. 86 = Who have we been, and who have we become? There are a couple of ways to answer this question. One is very simple: We came to Narcotics Anonymous as addicts, our addic...

Dave R · Dave R

We become able to make wise and loving decisions based on principles and ideals that have real value in our lives. Basic Text, p. 105 = Addiction gave us a certain set of values, principles we applied in our lives. You pushed me, one of those values told us, so I pushed back, hard. Its minewas another...

kitty doyle · kitty doyle

19 years clean of active addiction yesterday and as always I am so thankful and blessed to do so!

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	JFT September 16 Emotional balance (Preview) Emotional balance is one of the first results of meditation, and our experience bears this out. Basic Text, p.47 = Though each of us defines emotional balance a little differently, all of us must find it. Emotional balance can mean finding and maintaining a positive outlook on life, regardless o...	Dave R	2	278	Sep 19, 2013 by jft2013
	JFT September 17 Going beyond Step Five (Preview) We may think that we have done enough by writing about our past. We cannot afford this mistake. Basic Text, p. 32 = Some of us arent too keen on writing out our Fourth Step; others take it to an obsessive extreme. To our sponsors growing dismay, we inventory ourselves again and again. We discover ev...	Dave R	2	306	Sep 19, 2013 by Jamez99
	JFT September 18 Honest relationships (Preview) One of the most profound changes in our lives is in the realm of personal relationships. Basic Text, p. 57 = Recovery gives many of us relationships that are closer and more intimate than any weve had before. As time passes, we find ourselves gravitating toward those who eventually become our fri...	Dave R	0	250	Sep 18, 2013 by Dave R
	Clean house, clean everything (Preview) Maybe it's... That I started my 4 step, that I'm pmsing, that I watched the episode of drs explaining the bacteria and parasites and natural flora fauna in on near and around our bodies, maybe it's that my mother in law just visited, or that I'm taking bio 3 on parasites, or that I realized I've been slack...	verwirrt	12	768	Sep 18, 2013 by AmyCruz
	JFT September 14 Secrets are reservations (Preview) Eventually we are shown that we must get honest, or we will use again. Basic Text, p. 85 = Everyone has secrets, right? Some of us have little secrets, items that would cause only minor embarrassment if found out. Some of us have big secrets, whole areas of our lives cloaked in thick, murky darknes...	Dave R	1	248	Sep 17, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 15 Filling the emptiness (Preview) ...we think that if we can just get enough food, enough sex, or enough money, well be satisfied and everything will be alright. Basic Text, p. 80 = In our addiction, we could never get enough drugs, or money, or sex, or anything else. Even too much was never enough! There was a spiritual emptiness in...	Dave R	0	296	Sep 15, 2013 by Dave R
	Shout out to Liz (Preview) How ya doin?	avid	3	221	Sep 13, 2013 by avid
	JFT September 13 Something different (Preview) We had to have something different, and we thought we had found it in drugs. Basic Text, p. 13 = Many of us have always felt different from other people. We know were not unique in feeling that way; we hear many addicts share the same thing. We searched all our lives for something to make us all right,...	Dave R	0	202	Sep 13, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT September 12 New horizons (Preview) My life is well-rounded and I am becoming a more comfortable version of myself, not the neurotic, boring person that I thought Id be without drugs. = Is there really life without drugs? Newcomers are sure that they are destined to lead a humdrum existence once they quit using. That fear is far fro...	Dave R	0	230	Sep 12, 2013 by Dave R
	Amends after 12 years... "I am an addict"... (Preview) http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/09/10/dnt-thief-returns-money-12-years-later.wtvf.html	John	2	375	Sep 12, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 11 Bend with the wind (Preview) We learn to become flexible... As new things are revealed, we feel renewed. Basic Text, p. 102 = Flexibility was not a part of the vocabulary we used in our using days. Wed become obsessed with the raw pleasure of our drugs and hardened to all the softer, subtler, more infinitely varied pleasures o...	Dave R	2	282	Sep 12, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	help (Preview) I have had the same sponsor for 2 years now. I have found lately that she is just not working for me. She has a lot of obligations in her life and I have difficulty getting in touch with her. I realize she has a life, but sometimes its days before she will return my call, if she does. I would like someone who is a...	bevd625	3	355	Sep 11, 2013 by avid
	when we know better we do better. (Preview) You did what you knew how to do, and when you knew better, you did better. Maya Angelou	zanyKing	1	224	Sep 11, 2013 by avid
	JFT September 5 Not hopelessly bad (Preview) We find that we suffer from a disease, not a moral dilemma. We were critically ill, not hopelessly bad. Basic Text, p. 16 = For many of us, Narcotics Anonymous was the answer to a personal puzzle of long standing. Why did we always feel alone, even in a crowd, we wondered? Why did we do so many crazy,...	Dave R	4	284	Sep 11, 2013 by avid
	JFT September 10 More powerful than words (Preview) We learn that a simple, loving hug can make all the difference in the world... Basic Text, p. 91 = Perhaps there have been times in our recovery when we were close to someone who was in great pain. We struggled with the question, What can I do to make them feel better? We felt anxious and inadequate to r...	Dave R	0	196	Sep 10, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT September 9 Feet of clay (Preview) One of the biggest stumbling blocks to recovery seems to be placing unrealistic expectations on... others. Basic Text, p. 82 = Many of us come into Narcotics Anonymous feeling pretty poorly about ourselves. By comparison, the recovering addicts we meet at meetings may seem almost super-huma...	Dave R	0	348	Sep 9, 2013 by Dave R
	An addict forced to go to AA. HELP (Preview) I live in a small town in TN where we only have two NA meetings yet 13 AA meetings. I have been to 3 or 4 AA meetings and everyone seemed to be fine with me declaring myself as an addict. Tonight however a 69 year old fart asked to speak to me. He started drilling me about it was an AA not an NA meeting. I feel t...	volfan111	2	443	Sep 9, 2013 by zanyKing
	JFT September 4 Cluttered spirits (Preview) We try to remember that when we make amends we are doing it for ourselves. Basic Text, p. 41 = As long as we still owe amends, our spirits are cluttered with things we dont need. Were carrying the extra load of an apology owed, a resentment held, or unexpressed remorse. Its like having a messy house. ...	Dave R	2	286	Sep 9, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 6 Regular meeting attendance (Preview) We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean. Basic Text, p. 9 = The NA program gives us a new pattern of living. One of the basic elements of that new pattern is regular meeting attendance. For the newcomer, living clean is a brand-new ex...	Dave R	2	253	Sep 9, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 8 Rebellion (Preview) We need not lose faith when we become rebellious. Basic Text, p. 35 = Many of us have lived our entire lives in revolt. Our initial response to any type of direction is often negative. Automatic rejection of authority seems to be a troubling character defect for many addicts. A thorough self-exam...	Dave R	1	299	Sep 9, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	see ya later alligator (Preview) How's everyone doing? I'm slipping and falling fast hoping to never wake again.	LizC	3	248	Sep 8, 2013 by avid
	Happy World Unity Day !!! (Preview) In Bangalore, India area, about 100 of us gathered for sharing, dinner and a telephone hook up with World Convention, Philly main share and regional countdown. It is also our local area annivrrsary (21) and we celebrated that too. We were Blessed with 7 newcomers too !!! What did you guys do ?	Raman	7	385	Sep 7, 2013 by Raman
	The illusion of happiness (Preview) I was under the spell of amphetamines for several years. It took chest pains to snap me out of it. You see, your nervous system is the result of billions of years of evolution, from the Big Bang up until today. Your neurotransmitters operate on the principal that an electrochemical signal gets sent fr...	Radder Knott	6	323	Sep 7, 2013 by Raman
	JFT September 7 Resentment and forgiveness (Preview) Where there has been wrong, the program teaches us the spirit of forgiveness. Basic Text, p. 12 = In NA, we begin to interact with the world around us. We no longer live in isolation. But freedom from isolation has its price: The more we interact with people, the more often well find someone steppi...	Dave R	0	233	Sep 7, 2013 by Dave R
	Withdrawal/detox (Preview) I need some help and strength to get through this as it is basically where I am right now. I had surgery last wednesday for my endometriosis (which causes me severe pain and is the reason I have an issue with prescription drugs) and I took my last pill this morning. The pain is not so bad but because I have...	IHateEndo	5	273	Sep 5, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT September 3 Humility expressed by anonymity (Preview) Humility is a by-product that allows us to grow and develop in an atmosphere of freedom and removes the fear of becoming known by our employers, families, or friends as addicts. Basic Text, pp. 75-76 = Many of us may not have understood the idea that anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our tr...	Dave R	1	219	Sep 3, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	New Meeting in Rural Illinois. Need help motivating people to want to work steps! (Preview) I have started 2 new meetings in rural Illinois. These meetings are not very big. Usually 5 - 10 people show up. Out of the people that show up. I'm the only one that has a sponsor and is working steps. It's very cut and dry in "How it Works" ... If you want what we have to offer; and are willing to ma...	md52186	4	226	Sep 3, 2013 by MIKEF
	JFT September 2 Higher powered (Preview) Daily practice of our Twelve Step program enables us to change from what we were to people guided by a Higher Power. Basic Text, p. 86 = Who have we been, and who have we become? There are a couple of ways to answer this question. One is very simple: We came to Narcotics Anonymous as addicts, our addic...	Dave R	1	219	Sep 3, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 1 Real values (Preview) We become able to make wise and loving decisions based on principles and ideals that have real value in our lives. Basic Text, p. 105 = Addiction gave us a certain set of values, principles we applied in our lives. You pushed me, one of those values told us, so I pushed back, hard. Its minewas another...	Dave R	1	268	Sep 1, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	Just dropping a line to day hello (Preview) 19 years clean of active addiction yesterday and as always I am so thankful and blessed to do so!	kitty doyle	6	258	Sep 1, 2013 by St4rvingx4rtist
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