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March 09, 2019 Small things Page 71 "In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills." Basic Text, p. 90 Making mountains out of molehills seems to be our specialty. Have you heard it said that to an addict, a flat tire is a traumatic event? Or how about those of us...
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March 08, 2019 Learning to love ourselves Page 70 "What we want most is to feel good about ourselves." Basic Text, p. 101 "We'll love you until you can learn to love yourself!" These words, heard so often in our meetings, promise a day we look forward to eagerly-the day when we'll know how to love ourselv...
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March 07, 2019 Priorities Page 69 "The good times can also be a trap; the danger is that we may forget that our first priority is to stay clean." Basic Text, p. 43 Things can get really good in our recovery. Perhaps we've found our "soul mate," built a rewarding career, started a family. Maybe our relatio...
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March 6 Rationalizing away our recovery As a result of the Twelve Steps, Im not able to hold on to old ways of deceiving myself. = We all rationalize. Sometimes we know we are rationalizing, admit we are rationalizing, yet continue to behave according to our rationalizations! Recovery can bec...
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March 05, 2019 From rude awakening to spiritual awakening Page 67 "When a need arises for us to admit our powerlessness, we may first look for ways to exert power against it. After exhausting these ways, we begin sharing with others and find hope." Basic Text, p. 82 We've sometimes heard it said in our m...
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March 04, 2019 The process Page 66 "This program has become a part of me... I understand more clearly the things that are happening in my life today I no longer fight the process." Basic Text, p. 127 In active addiction, things happened seemingly without rhyme or reason. We just "did things" often with...
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March 03, 2019 Relapse Page 65 "There will be times, however, when we really feel like using. We want to run, and we feel lousy We need to be reminded of where we came from and that it will be worse this time. This is when we need the program the most." Basic Text, p. 81 If we're contemplating a relapse, we sho...
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March 02, 2019 Success Page 64 "Any form of success was frightening and unfamiliar." Basic Text, p. 14 Before coming to NA, few of us had much experience with success. Every attempt to stop using on our own had ended in failure. We had begun to give up hope of finding any relief from active addiction. We h...
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March 1 Anxiety attack! [The] Power that brought us to this program is still with us and will continue to guide us if we allow it. Basic Text, p. 27 = Ever had a panic attack? Everywhere we turn, lifes demands overwhelm us. Were paralyzed, and we dont know what to do about it. How do we break an anxiet...
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February 27, 2019 "Pure" motives Page 59 "We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that we've been doing better than we've been feeling." Basic Text, p. 43 Imagine a daily meditation book with this kind of message: "When you wake up in the morning, before you rise from your bed, ta...
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go to http://www.jftna.org/ February 26 Remorse The Eighth Step offers a big change from a life dominated by guilt and remorse. Basic Text, p. 39 = Remorse was one of the feelings that kept us using. We had stumbled our way through active addiction, leaving a trail of heartbreak and devastation t...
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February 25, 2019 Sick as our secrets Page 57 "It would be tragic to write [out an inventory only to] shove it in a drawer. These defects grow in the dark and die in the light of exposure." Basic Text, p. 32 How many times have we heard it said that we are only as sick as our secrets? While many members choose n...
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February 24, 2019 A new influence Page 56 "Personality change was what we really needed. Change from self-destructive patterns of life became necessary." Basic Text, p. 15 In early life, most of us were capable of joy and wonder, of giving and receiving unconditional love. When we started using, we...
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February 23, 2019 Messages and messengers Page 55 "Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities." Tradition Twelve The Twelfth Tradition reminds us of the importance of putting "principles before personalities." In r...
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February 22, 2019 God's will, or mine? Page 54 "We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." Step Ten In Narcotics Anonymous, we've found that the more we live in harmony with our Higher Power's will for us, the greater the harmony in our lives. We use the Tenth S...
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February 21 Self-pity or recoveryits our choice Self-pity is one of the most destructive of defects; it will drain us of all positive energy. Basic Text, p. 80 = In active addiction, many of us used self-pity as a survival mechanism. We didnt believe there was an alternative to living in our disea...
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February 20 Powerlessness and personal responsibility Through our inability to accept personal responsibilities, we were actually creating our own problems. Basic Text, p. 13 = When we refuse to take responsibility for our lives, we give away all of our personal power. We need to remember th...
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February 19 Reservations Relapse is never an accident. Relapse is a sign that we have a reservation in our program. Basic Text, p. 79 = A reservation is something we set aside for future use. In our case, a reservation is the expectation that, if such-and-such happens, we will surely relapse. W...
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February 18, 2019 The recovery partnership Page 50 "As long as I take it easy and make a commitment with my Higher Power to do the best I can, I know I will be taken care of today." Many of us feel that our fundamental commitment in recovery is to our Higher Power. Knowing that we lack the power to stay clean a...
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February 17, 2019 Carrying the message, not the addict Page 49 "They can be analyzed, counseled, reasoned with, prayed over, threatened, beaten, or locked up, but they will not stop until they want to stop." Basic Text, p. 65 Perhaps one of the most difficult truths we must face in our recovery is that...
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February 16, 2019 Faithful feelings Page 48 "When we refuse to accept the reality of today we are denying faith in our Higher Power This can only bring more suffering." IP No. 8,Just for Today Some days just aren't the way we wish they would be. Our problems may be as simple as a broken shoelace or having t...
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February 15, 2019 An awakening of the spirit Page 47 "The last thing we expected was an awakening of the spirit." Basic Text, p. 49 Few of us came to our first Narcotics Anonymous meeting aching to take a personal inventory or believing that a spiritual void existed in our souls. We had no inkling that we...
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February 14, 2019 Honesty and spirituality Page 46 "The right to a God of your understanding is total and without any catches. Because we have this right, it is necessary to be honest about our belief if we are to grow spiritually." Basic Text, pp. 25-26 In meetings, over refreshments, in talks with ou...
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February 13 The ties that bind As long as the ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart, all will be well. Basic Text, p. 60 = Many of us feel that without NA we would surely have died from our disease. Hence, its existence is our very lifeline. However, disunity is an...
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February 12, 2019 Living in the moment Page 44 "We regretted the past, dreaded the future, and weren't too thrilled about the present." Basic Text, p. 7 Until we experience the healing that happens when we work the Twelve Steps, it is doubtful that we can find a statement more true than the quote above....
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February 11, 2019A curse into a blessing Page 43 "We have become very grateful in the course of our recovery.... We have a disease, but we do recover." Basic Text, p. 8 Active addiction was no picnic; many of us barely came out of it alive. But ranting against the disease, lamenting what it has done to us,...
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February 10, 2019Fun! Page 42 "In recovery our ideas of fun change. " Basic Text, p. 107 In retrospect, many of us realize that when we used, our ideas of fun were rather bizarre. Some of us would get dressed up and head for the local club. We would dance, drink and do other drugs until the sun rose. On more...
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February 09, 2019Self-acceptancePage 41 "When we accept ourselves, we can accept others into our lives, unconditionally probably for the first time." IP 19, Self-Acceptance From our earliest memories, many of us felt like we never belonged. No matter how big the gathering, we always felt apart...
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February 8What is a sponsor?an NA sponsor is a member of Narcotics Anonymous, living our program of recovery, who is willing to build a special, supportive, one-on-one relationship with us.IP No. 11, Sponsorship, Revised=What is a sponsor? You know: That nice person with whom you had coffee...
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If you cannot read this message, then please go to http://www.jftna.org/February 7This is not a test...we have found a loving, personal God to whom we can turn.Basic Text, p. 27=Some of us come into recovery with the impression that lifes hardships are a series of cosmic tests designed to teach us...
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