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jftna.org/jft - 2019 02 01
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February 1HardshipsWe felt different.... Only after surrender are we able to overcome the alienation of addiction.Basic Text, p. 22=But you dont understand! we spluttered, trying to cover up. Im different! Ive really got it rough! We used these lines over and over in our active addiction,...
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 01 31
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January 31, 2019TrustPage 31 "Just for today I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery." Basic Text, p. 93 Learning to trust is a risky proposition. Our past experience as using addicts has taught us that our companions could not be trusted. Most of all, we co...
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 01 30
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January 30, 2019Giving it awayPage 30 "We must give freely and gratefully that which has been freely and gratefully given to us." Basic Text, p. 49 In recovery, we receive many gifts. Perhaps one of the greatest of these gifts is the spiritual awakening that begins when we stop using, growing stronge...
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 01 29
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January 29, 2019The First Step - an action step Page 29 "Do we understand that we have no real control over drugs?" Basic Text, p. 18 At first, many of us may have thought the First Step required no action-we just surrender and go on to Step Two. But Step One doesrequire action! The action we take in the F...
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 01 28
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January 28, 2019An every-day addictPage 28 "We can never fully recover, no matter how long we stay clean." Basic Text, p. 84 After getting a little time in the program, some of us begin to think we have been cured. We've learned everything NA has to teach us; we've grown bored with the meetings; and our s...
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 01 27
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January 27, 2019Learning how to live again Page 27 "We learn new ways to live. We are no longer limited to our old ideas." Basic Text, p. 56 We may or may not have been taught right from wrong and other basics of life as children. No matter, by the time we found recovery, most of us had only the vaguest idea of...
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January 26, 2019Self-centeredness Page 26 "The spiritual part of our disease is our total self-centeredness." Basic Text, p. 20 What is self-centeredness? It is our belief that the world revolves around us. Our wishes, our demands are the only ones worth consideration. Our self-centered minds b...
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 01 25
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January 25, 2019 An added gift Page 25 "We see it happening among us every day This miraculous turnabout is evidence of a spiritual awakening." Basic Text p. 51 We watch them walk in to their first meeting defeated, their spirits broken. Their suffering is obvious, and their desire for help even more a...
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 jan. 24
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January 24, 2019From isolation to connectionPage 24 "Our disease isolated us... Hostile, resentful, self-centered, and self-seeking, we cut ourselves off from the outside world." Basic Text, p. 4 Addiction is an isolating disease, closing us off from society, family, and self. We hid. We lied....
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 jan. 23
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January 23, 2019Serenity check Page 23 "Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways." Basic Text, p. 95 Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply "It stinks"? When this happens, we are probably suffering from a lack of daily maintenance in our program. In...
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 jan. 22
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January 22, 2019The school of recoveryPage 22 "This is a program for learning." Basic Text, p. 16 Learning in recovery is hard work. The things we most need to know are often the hardest to learn. We study recovery to prepare ourselves for the experiences life will give us. As we listen to others share i...
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 jan. 21
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January 21, 2019Unity and uniformity Page 21 "Unity is a must in Narcotics Anonymous." Basic Text, p. 63 Unity is not uniformity. Unity springs from the fact that we have unity of purpose-to recover, and to help others stay clean. Even so, we often find that while we strive to fulfill the same purpose,...
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 jan. 20
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January 20, 2019One promise, many giftsPage 20 "Narcotics Anonymous offers only one promise, and that is freedom from active addiction..." Basic Text, p. 106 Imagine how it might be if we had arrived at the doors of Narcotics Anonymous, desperate, wanting to stop using drugs, only to be met by a sale...
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Exposing cheaters
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WE see all seen us Evidence ane we will blast it all over the web
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 jan. 19
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January 19, 2019Making mountains into molehills Page 19 "When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably." Basic Text, p. 99 Some of us seem to make mountains out of molehills with our problems. Even those of us who've found some measure of serenity have probably b...
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 jan. 18
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January 18, 2019The simple inventoryPage 18 "Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, our attitudes, and our relationships on a regular basis." Basic Text, p. 42 The daily inventory is a tool we can use to simplify our lives. The most com...
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Hello, I have never posted. I don't know if or where I belong. Do people get addicted to ephedrine? Is that a thing? I might be odd. I may be the only one. Is it even a real drug? Is NA the right place? Or would it be not enough in common? Help, thanks, I dont know where to go with this.
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 jan. 17
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January 17, 2019Forgiveness Page 17 "As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving. At least we know that we are no longer intentionally making life miserable for people." Basic Text, pp. 39-40 In our addiction we often treated others badly, sometimes deliberately finding ways...
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jftna.org/jft - 2019 jan. 16
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January 16, 2019Make that call!Page 16 "We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected.... [But] our fellow members do understand us." Basic Text, p. 32 We need our fellow NA members-their experience, their friendship, their laughter, their guidance, and much...
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jftna.org/jft - 15. Jan. 2019
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January 15, 2019FearPage 15 "We grow to feel comfortable with our Higher Power as a source of strength. As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life" Basic Text, p. 25 Powerless as we are, living on self-will is a frightening, unmanageable experience. In recovery, we have turn...
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jftna.org/jft - 14. Jan. 2019
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January 14A loving GodOur understanding of a Higher Power is up to us.... The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves.Basic Text, p. 24=Weve been told that we can believe in any kind of Higher Power we want as long as it is loving and, of course, grea...
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jftna.org/jft - 13. Jan. 2019
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January 13, 2019Surrender to winPage 13 "Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat." Basic Text, p. 22 Complete defeat-what a concept! That must mean surrender. Surrender-to give up absolutely. To quit with no reservations. To put up our hands and quit fighting. Mayb...
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Dating someone new in recovery
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hi, i know this might not be something you're really supposed to post on here, but i'm not sure who to talk to about it. I recently started dating someone who is new to recovery... only about 4 months. It has been going really well and we have been together for two of those months. I knew going into it tha...
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Hello all I got 18 yrs clean from AA re the NA alcohol is a drug period I disagree with it. I call drugs dope cocaine etc and Crack. This is why I don't go to NA meetings much in my area. I been clean from booze since 2000 DEC thanks Rodney
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jftna.org/jft - 12. Jan. 2019
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January 12, 2019Spiritual awakeningsPage 12 "Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps..." Step Twelve "How will I know when I have had a spiritual awakening?" For many of us, a spiritual awakening comes gradually. Perhaps our first spiritual awareness is as simple as a new apprec...
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jftna.org/jft - 11. Jan. 2019
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January 11, 2019FaithPage 11 "As we develop faith in our daily lives, we find that our Higher Power supplies us with the strength and guidance that we need." Basic Text, p. 94 Some of us come into recovery very frightened and insecure. We feel weak and alone. We are uncertain of our direction and don't k...
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jftna.org/jft - 10. Jan. 2019
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January 10, 2019Gratitude Page 10 "I'm very grateful to have come to believe." IP No. 21, The Loner Belief in a Higher Power can make all the difference when the going gets tough! When things don't go our way in recovery, our sponsor may direct us to make a "gratitude list." When we do, we should include...
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jftna.org/jft - 09. Jan. 2019
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January 9Returning our sponsors kindnessOur earliest involvements with others often begin with our sponsor.Basic Text, p. 57=Our sponsors can be abundant sources of recovery information, wisdom, and loving words. Theyve done so much for us. From the late night telephone calls to the hours sp...
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jftna.org/jft - 08. Jan. 2019
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January 08, 2019Growing up Page 8 "Our spiritual condition is the basis for a successful recovery that offers unlimited growth." Basic Text, p. 44 When our members celebrate their recovery anniversaries, they often say that they've "grown up" in NA. Well, then, we think, what does that mean? W...
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