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JFT October 9 Order
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We emphasize setting our house in order because it brings us relief. Basic Text, p. 97 = Focusing on what others are doing can provide momentary relief from having to take a look at ourselves. But one of the secrets of success in Narcotics Anonymous is making sure our own house is in order. So what d...
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JFT October 8 A new pattern of living
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We suspect that if we do not use what we have, we will lose what we have. Basic Text, p. 78 = Addiction gave a pattern to our lives, and with it a meaninga dark, diseased meaning, to be sure, but a meaning nonetheless. The Narcotics Anonymous recovery program gives us a new pattern of living to replace o...
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JFT October 7 Depending on our higher power
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As recovering addicts, we find that we are still dependent, but our dependence has shifted from the things around us to a loving God and the inner strength we get in our relationship with Him. Basic Text, pp. 71 = For many addicts, rebelliousness is second nature. We didnt want to depend on anyone or...
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30 days clean and sober
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I just wanted to share with you all that I've been clean and sober for 30 days. At tonights NA meeting I will be getting my 30 day key chain. I am so excited and feel so blessed. I thank my Higher Power God for my many blessings. I am proof that if this addict can get clean so can anyone else. Everyone have a bl...
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JFT October 4 Thirty-day wonder
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"When we first begin to enjoy relief from our addiction, we run the risk of assuming control of our lives again. We forget the agony and pain that we have known. Basic Text, p. 50 = Many of us have been thirty-day wonders. We were desperate and dying when we showed up at our first NA meeting. We i...
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JFT October 6 Amends without expectations
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Projections about actually making amends can be a major obstacle both in making the list and in becoming willing. Basic Text, p. 39 = The Eighth Step asks us to become willing to make amends to all persons we have harmed. As we approach this step, we may wonder what the outcome of our amends will be. W...
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JFT October 5 Ask for mercy, not justice
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Many of us have difficulty admitting that we caused harm for others... We cut away our justifications and our ideas of being a victim. Basic Text, p. 38 = Our lives are progressing nicely. Things are going good, and each year in recovery brings more material and spiritual gifts. We may have a litt...
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JFT October 3 Losing self-will
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Our egos, once so large and dominant, now take a back seat because we are in harmony with a loving God. We find that we lead richer, happier, and much fuller lives when we lose self-will. Basic Text, p. 105 = Addiction and self-will go hand in hand. The unmanageability that we admitted to in Step One w...
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JFT October 2 Keeping faith
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We grasp the limitless strength provided for us through our daily prayer and surrender as long as we keep faith and renew it. Basic Text, p. 46 = There are two parts to recovery: getting clean, and staying clean. Getting clean is comparatively easy because we only have to do it once. Staying clean i...
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I need some help
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Before I left rehab my therapist there gave me a few very small workbooks for steps 1-5 but they aren't much help does anyone know of any actually helpful ones I can find online and print out or maybe pick up at a bookstore or something. I'm on my own with all this because of where I live and don't really know...
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JFT October 1 Not just a motivation for growth
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We learn that pain can be a motivating factor in recovery. Basic Text, p. 30 = Painwho needs it! we think whenever were in it. We see no good purpose for pain. It seems to be a pointless exercise in suffering. If someone happens to mention spiritual growth to us while were in pain, we most likely snor...
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JFT September 29 Just for today
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When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably. Basic Text, p. 99 = Just for todayits a comforting thought. If we try to live in the past, we may find ourselves torn by painful, disquieting memories. The lessons of our using are not the teachers we seek for recov...
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JFT September 30 Being ourselves
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Our real value is in being ourselves. Basic Text, p. 105 = Over and over, we have tried to live up to the expectations of those around us. We may have been raised believing that we were okay if we earned good grades in school, cleaned our rooms, or dressed a certain way. Always wanting to belong and be...
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JFT September 28 Hope
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Gradually, as we become more God-centered than self-centered, our despair turns to hope. Basic Text, p. 95 = As using addicts, despair was our relentless companion. It colored our every waking moment. Despair was born of our experience in active addiction: No matter what measures we tried to m...
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JFT September 27 Right back up
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There is something in our self-destructive personalities that cries for failure. Basic Text, p. 80 = Poor me; woe is me; look at me, my life is such a mess! Ive fallen, and no matter how hard I try, I continue to fail. Many of us came to NA singing this sad refrain. Life isnt like that anymore. True, so...
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JFT September 26 Seeing ourselves in others
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It will not make us better people to judge the faults of another. Basic Text, p. 38 = How easy it is to point out the faults of others! Theres a reason for this: The defects we identify most easily in others are often the defects we are most familiar with in our own characters. We may notice our best fri...
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JFT September 25 The Fourth Step--fearing our feelings
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We may fear that being in touch with our feelings will trigger an overwhelming chain reaction of pain and panic. Basic Text, p. 30 = A common complaint about the Fourth Step is that it makes us painfully conscious of our defects of character. We may be tempted to falter in our program of recovery. T...
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Husband of Addict New in Recovery....Advice please.
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Hello all, I have posted in a couple places but thought it is best to get advice directly from those in my wife's shoes. Starting beginning of 2012 my wife and I had problems. She claimed she wasnt happy and didn't know what to do. that she was not in love with me anymore and wanted me to move out. In jul...
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Just sharing a piece of the MIP story and me speaking at a AA convention.
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-- Edited by John on Monday 9th of September 2013 10:25:36 PM
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Continued 9TH STEP work
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Hello and blessings of this day! I wanted to share this with my support group here at MIP(I seek my Higher Powers will and knowledge daily to the best of my effort) .Today is my 47 year old daughters birthday.Michelle and her brother Michael(46) from my 1st of 3 marriages and divorces .Both live in Tejas...
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Curiosity on "rock bottom"
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Hello all: I am new here and was just curious as to the term "rock bottom". Many addicts that I know say that you have to hit rock bottom in order to even attempt to see the addiction that has taken over. But what if you don't have a rock bottom, as my addict claims. I understand that this is differ...
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As new as it gets
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Hi everyone I'm extremely new to all this. I have 39 days in 33 of which was spent in a rehab in Philadelphia. I don't know how all this message board stuff works that's for sure but I'm sure I'll figure it out. Most of the reason I signed on to this is because there are no NA meetings where I live so I'm going to...
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God always in the house
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So tonight my daughter from Tejas calls and we have a long talk and discuss a lot of things..She tells me she is not holding resentments,once again rehashes some of the "good" times we had when she was a kid before they left town and an honest sharing of our feelings both coming from a place of...
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Seeking advice
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Dear NA Members, I should start by admitting that I am not (and have never been) a drug user myself, and I do not participate in NA. I don't know if this message board is designed to offer the same confidentiality and exclusive support that NA meetings offer, and I am genuinely sorry if I have offended an...
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JFT September 23 Dealing with gossip
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In accordance with the principles of recovery, we try not to judge, stereotype, or moralize with each other. Basic Text, p. 11 = Lets face it: In Narcotics Anonymous, we live in a glass house of sorts. Our fellow members know more about our personal lives than anyone has ever known before. They kn...
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JFT September 22 Keeping the gift
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Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift. Basic Text, p. 107 = Neglecting our recovery is like neglecting any other gift weve been given. Suppose someone gave you a new car. Would you let it sit in the driveway until the tires rotted? Would you just drive it, ignoring routine m...
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JFT September 21 Prayer
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Prayer takes practice, and we should remind ourselves that skilled people were not born with their skills. Basic Text, p. 46 = Many of us came into recovery with no experience in prayer and worried about not knowing the right words. Some of us remembered the words wed learned in childhood but weren...
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Question
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Has anyone ever been addicted to ephedrine? Is it even addictive? Just wondering. I am thankful for any responses.
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JFT September 20 Courage to change
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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Serenity Prayer = Recovery involves change, and change means doing things differently. The problem is, many of us resist doing things differently; what w...
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JFT September 19 Fellowship
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In NA, our joys are multiplied by sharing good days; our sorrows are lessened by sharing the bad. For the first time in our lives, we dont have to experience anything alone. IP No. 16, For the Newcomer = When we practice using the steps and the other tools of our program to work through our hardships, w...
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