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JFT September 9 Feet of clay
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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...
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An addict forced to go to AA. HELP
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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...
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JFT September 4 Cluttered spirits
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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. ...
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JFT September 6 Regular meeting attendance
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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...
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JFT September 8 Rebellion
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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...
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see ya later alligator
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How's everyone doing? I'm slipping and falling fast hoping to never wake again.
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Happy World Unity Day !!!
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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 ?
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The illusion of happiness
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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...
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JFT September 7 Resentment and forgiveness
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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...
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Withdrawal/detox
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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...
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JFT September 3 Humility expressed by anonymity
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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...
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New Meeting in Rural Illinois. Need help motivating people to want to work steps!
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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...
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JFT September 2 Higher powered
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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...
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JFT September 1 Real values
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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...
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Just dropping a line to day hello
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19 years clean of active addiction yesterday and as always I am so thankful and blessed to do so!
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WORLD?
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Is anyone going to World in Philly?? If so I'm jealous...and...have a blast!! !!
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JFT August 31 Gratitude
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Hopeless living problems have become joyously changed. Our disease has been arrested, and now anything is possible. Basic Text, p. 106 = The NA program has given us more freedom than we ever dreamed possible. Sometimes, though, in the daily routine, we lose track of how much weve been given. Ho...
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JFT August 30 Doing good, feeling good
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We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that weve been doing better than weve been feeling. Basic Text, p.43 = The way we treat others often reveals our own state of being. When we are at peace, were most likely to treat others with respect and compassion. However, when were...
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JFT August 29 Don't look back
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The steps offer a big change from a life dominated by guilt and remorse. Our futures are changed because we dont have to avoid those who we have harmed. As a result... we receive a new freedom that can end isolation. Basic Text, p. 39 = Many of us come to Narcotics Anonymous full of regrets about our...
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New to board- want to share my story
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I am an addict. I have a history of self medicating because I cannot deal with my own negative feelings. My most recent drug of choice was pain killers. I lost my job because of this and have been arrested. I am an Iraq war veteran and may loose my 19 years of military service. I have 3 boys and I do not know if t...
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A Lesson Learned
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Throughout my recovery I have always kept myself separated from my 'old life' as it were and have only felt the lure of my internal demons challenging my sobriety. Through happenstance I bumped into an old friend this spring that I hadn't seen in 25 years. Our addictions were identical in the old days...
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Our message board serves many purposes.
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One of the ones I see come up often is as an outlet for confused newcomers. All of us have questions from time to time, or need to vent if something is really bugging us, but one thing I see come up regularly is a brand new person to the forum posts a long and troubled message, often looking for advice or help i...
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JFT August 28 The light of exposure
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These defects grow in the dark and die in the light of exposure. Basic Text, p.32 = The Fifth Step asks us to share our true nature with God, with ourselves, and with another human being. It doesnt encourage us to tell everyone every little secret about ourselves. It doesnt ask us to disclose to the...
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JFT August 27 Choosing life
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Change from self-destructive patterns of life became necessary. Basic Text, p. 15 = Active addiction is a smoldering death-wish. Each of us courted death every time we used. Our lifestyles, too, put us at risk. The life of an addict is sold cheaply with every day and every dose. In recovery, the...
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JFT August 26 Tenth step inventory
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We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step Ten = A daily Tenth Step keeps us on a sound spiritual footing. While each member asks different questions, some questions have been found to be helpful to almost everyone. Two key Tenth Step questions are,...
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JFT August 19 First things first
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We apply effort to our most obvious problems and let go of the rest. We do the job at hand and, as we progress, new opportunities for improvement present themselves. Basic Text, p.56 = Its been said that recovery is simpleall weve got to change is everything! That can seem a pretty tall order, espec...
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JFT August 25 The Ninth Step--reclaiming life
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We are achieving freedom from the wreckage of our past. Basic Text, p. 42 = When we start the Ninth Step, weve reached an exciting stage in our recovery. The damage done in our lives is what led many of us to seek help in the first place. Now, we have a chance to clean up that wreckage, amend our past, and...
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JFT August 24 Seeking God's will
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We learn to be careful of praying for specific things. Basic Text, p. 46 = In our active addiction, we usually did not pray for knowledge of Gods will for us and the power to carry it out. On the contrary, most of our prayers were for God to get us out of the mess we had made for ourselves. We expected mira...
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The right place?
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I hope I have found the right place for support? I have custody of my nephew who is/was an addict.... he is just new out of rehab. His mother and sister are also addicts. I really need some support with this and the emotions I am feeling about my sister. Before I post about things I need help with and need to w...
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JFT August 23 Decision-making
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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 = Life is a series of decisions, actions, and consequences. When we were using, our decisions were usually driven by our disease, resulting in self-destructive a...
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