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Dave R · Dave R

Although politics makes strange bedfellows, as the old saying goes, addiction makes us one of a kind. Basic Text, p. 87 = What a mixture of folks we have in Narcotics Anonymous! In any given meeting on any given night, well find a variety of people who probably never would have sat down in a room toge...

Dave R · Dave R

Everything we know is subject to revision, especially what we know about the truth. Basic Text, p. 94 = Many of us thought we could recognize The Truth. We believed the truth was one thing, certain and unchanging, which we could grasp easily and without question. The real truth, however, was tha...

Dave R · Dave R

...praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Step Eleven = How do we pray? With little experience, many of us dont even know how to begin. The process, however, is neither difficult nor complicated. We came to Narcotics Anonymous because of our drug addiction....

Dave R · Dave R

We did not choose to become addicts.Basic Text, p. 3=When we were growing up, all of us had dreams. Every child has heard a relative or neighbor ask, What do you want to be when you grow up? Even if some of us didnt have elaborate dreams of success, most of us dreamed of work, families, and a future of...

Dave R · Dave R

With the love that I am shown in Narcotics Anonymous, I have no excuse for loneliness. = Addiction is a lonely disease. We may be surrounded by people but, sooner or later, our addiction drives a wedge between us and even our closest loved ones. Many of us are driven to Narcotics Anonymous by a despe...

John · John

I am considering making a move to Monroe, outside of Athens... just curious... no decision made yet, but it is a possibility.John

IsraeliWoman51 · IsraeliWoman51

I used mari. for intensive 12 years of daily use. I suffer from tendency to get depressed. I was treated to stop by taking SSRI and speak with therapist. After 3 months of therapy I quit the use Totally. Six months later I started to smoke again from time to time with freinds. Did not feel I am falling again...

Dave R · Dave R

Before we got clean, most of our actions were guided by impulse. Today, we are not locked into this type of thinking. Basic Text, p. 90 = Ever been tempted to do something even when you knew the results would be disastrous? Ever thought about how much it was going to hurt to do what you were tempted to d...

Dave R · Dave R

When we admit that our lives have become unmanageable, we dont have to argue our point of view.... We no longer have to be right all the time. Basic Text, p. 58 = Nothing isolates us more quickly from the warmth and camaraderie of our fellow NA members than having to be right. Insecure, we pretend to...

Dave R · Dave R

Our best thinking got us into trouble.... Recovery is an active change in our ideas and attitudes. Basic Text, p. 55 = In active addiction, the world probably looked like a horrible place. Using helped us tolerate the world we saw. Today, however, we understand that the worlds condition wasnt...

Raman · Raman

Hello everybody. How are you this morning ?Here is an interesting one. You all have most probably heard this one before, as i have, but here it is anyway:An addict fell in a hole and couldn't get out. A businessman went by and the addict called out for help. The businessman threw him some money and told h...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

ScarredButSurviving · ScarredButSurviving

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...

Dave R · Dave R

"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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Carnie · Carnie

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

flhubby · flhubby

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...

John · John

-- Edited by John on Monday 9th of September 2013 10:25:36 PM

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	JFT October 18 We all belong (Preview) Although politics makes strange bedfellows, as the old saying goes, addiction makes us one of a kind. Basic Text, p. 87 = What a mixture of folks we have in Narcotics Anonymous! In any given meeting on any given night, well find a variety of people who probably never would have sat down in a room toge...	Dave R	0	218	Oct 18, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT October 17 "The Truth" (Preview) Everything we know is subject to revision, especially what we know about the truth. Basic Text, p. 94 = Many of us thought we could recognize The Truth. We believed the truth was one thing, certain and unchanging, which we could grasp easily and without question. The real truth, however, was tha...	Dave R	0	243	Oct 17, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT October 16 The simplest prayer (Preview) ...praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Step Eleven = How do we pray? With little experience, many of us dont even know how to begin. The process, however, is neither difficult nor complicated. We came to Narcotics Anonymous because of our drug addiction....	Dave R	0	281	Oct 16, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT October 15 Choices (Preview) We did not choose to become addicts.Basic Text, p. 3=When we were growing up, all of us had dreams. Every child has heard a relative or neighbor ask, What do you want to be when you grow up? Even if some of us didnt have elaborate dreams of success, most of us dreamed of work, families, and a future of...	Dave R	0	228	Oct 15, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT October 14 The end of loneliness (Preview) With the love that I am shown in Narcotics Anonymous, I have no excuse for loneliness. = Addiction is a lonely disease. We may be surrounded by people but, sooner or later, our addiction drives a wedge between us and even our closest loved ones. Many of us are driven to Narcotics Anonymous by a despe...	Dave R	0	307	Oct 14, 2013 by Dave R
	Any one live in Georgia?? (Preview) I am considering making a move to Monroe, outside of Athens... just curious... no decision made yet, but it is a possibility.John	John	2	282	Oct 14, 2013 by flametodance
	How to act from now on? (Preview) I used mari. for intensive 12 years of daily use. I suffer from tendency to get depressed. I was treated to stop by taking SSRI and speak with therapist. After 3 months of therapy I quit the use Totally. Six months later I started to smoke again from time to time with freinds. Did not feel I am falling again...	IsraeliWoman51	5	378	Oct 14, 2013 by Raman
	JFT October 10 Consequences (Preview) Before we got clean, most of our actions were guided by impulse. Today, we are not locked into this type of thinking. Basic Text, p. 90 = Ever been tempted to do something even when you knew the results would be disastrous? Ever thought about how much it was going to hurt to do what you were tempted to d...	Dave R	1	229	Oct 14, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT October 12 Being right (Preview) When we admit that our lives have become unmanageable, we dont have to argue our point of view.... We no longer have to be right all the time. Basic Text, p. 58 = Nothing isolates us more quickly from the warmth and camaraderie of our fellow NA members than having to be right. Insecure, we pretend to...	Dave R	0	237	Oct 12, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT October 11 Eyeglasses and attitudes (Preview) Our best thinking got us into trouble.... Recovery is an active change in our ideas and attitudes. Basic Text, p. 55 = In active addiction, the world probably looked like a horrible place. Using helped us tolerate the world we saw. Today, however, we understand that the worlds condition wasnt...	Dave R	0	326	Oct 11, 2013 by Dave R
	A beautiful one minute wisdom ! (Preview) Hello everybody. How are you this morning ?Here is an interesting one. You all have most probably heard this one before, as i have, but here it is anyway:An addict fell in a hole and couldn't get out. A businessman went by and the addict called out for help. The businessman threw him some money and told h...	Raman	6	353	Oct 11, 2013 by kitty doyle
	JFT October 9 Order (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	198	Oct 9, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT October 8 A new pattern of living (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	239	Oct 8, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT October 7 Depending on our higher power (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	300	Oct 7, 2013 by Dave R
	30 days clean and sober (Preview) 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...	ScarredButSurviving	4	561	Oct 7, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT October 4 Thirty-day wonder (Preview) "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...	Dave R	2	290	Oct 7, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT October 6 Amends without expectations (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	253	Oct 6, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT October 5 Ask for mercy, not justice (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	236	Oct 5, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT October 3 Losing self-will (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	255	Oct 3, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT October 2 Keeping faith (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	257	Oct 2, 2013 by Dave R
	I need some help (Preview) 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...	Carnie	3	326	Oct 1, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT October 1 Not just a motivation for growth (Preview) 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...	Dave R	0	323	Oct 1, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT September 29 Just for today (Preview) 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...	Dave R	3	386	Oct 1, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 30 Being ourselves (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	287	Oct 1, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 28 Hope (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	252	Sep 29, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 27 Right back up (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	236	Sep 29, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 26 Seeing ourselves in others (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	283	Sep 29, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT September 25 The Fourth Step--fearing our feelings (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	275	Sep 29, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	Husband of Addict New in Recovery....Advice please. (Preview) 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...	flhubby	5	318	Sep 29, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	Just sharing a piece of the MIP story and me speaking at a AA convention. (Preview) -- Edited by John on Monday 9th of September 2013 10:25:36 PM	John	3	464	Sep 29, 2013 by NeverAloneNeverAgain
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