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JFT June 9 Old dreams needn't die
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Lost dreams awaken and new possibilities arise. Basic Text, p. 91 = Most of us had dreams when we were young. Whether we dreamed of a dynamic career, a large and loving family, or travels abroad, our dreams died when our addiction took hold. Anything we ever wanted for ourselves was cast away in our pu...
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JFT June 8 The only requirement
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This program offers hope. All you have to bring with you is the desire to stop using and the willingness to try this new way of life. IP No. 16, For the Newcomer = From time to time we wonder if were doing it right in Narcotics Anonymous. Are we attending enough meetings? Are we using our sponsor, or work...
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JFT June 7 Someone who believes in me
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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. 100 = Not all of us arrive in NA and automatically stay clean. But if we keep coming back, we find in Narcotics Anonymous the support we need for our recovery. Staying clean is easier whe...
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JFT June 6 Recovery doesn't happen overnight
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The Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous are a progressive recovery process established in our daily living. Basic Text, p. 99 = After some time in recovery, we may find we are faced with what seem like overwhelming personal problems, angry feelings, and despair. When we realize whats going on, we...
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JFT June 3 Direct and indirect amends
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We make our amends to the best of our ability. Basic Text, p. 40 = The Ninth Step tells us to make direct amends wherever possible. Our experience tells us to follow up those direct amends with long-lasting changes in our attitudes and our behaviorthat is, with indirect amends. For example, say we'v...
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JFT June 4 Build, don't destroy
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Our negative sense of self has been replaced by a positive concern for others. Basic Text, p. 16 = Spreading gossip feeds a dark hunger in us. Sometimes we think the only way we can feel good about ourselves is to make someone else look bad by comparison. But the kind of self-esteem that can be purchase...
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JFT June 5 Honest prayer
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Although honesty is difficult to practice, it is most rewarding. Basic Text, p. 96 = How difficult we find it to be honest! Many of us come to NA so confused about what really happened in our lives that it sometimes takes months and years to sort it all out. The truth of our history is not always as we have...
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Time keeps on slippin,slippin,into the future!!
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Morning and blessings of this day! An old line from Steve Miller Band(we used to cover)talking about flying like an eagle..Reminds me of one of my favorite spiritual readings I would use especially on Marathon days to remind myself of life with God's (of my understandings) strength and guidance.Wo...
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JFT June2 Sick and tired
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We wanted an easy way out.... When we did seek help, we were only looking for the absence of pain. Basic Text, p. 5 = Somethings not working. In fact, somethings been wrong for a long time, causing us pain and complicating our lives. The problem is that, at any given moment, it always appears easier to c...
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JFT June 1 Keep coming back
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We dont have to be clean when we get here but, after the first meeting, we suggest that newcomers keep coming back and come back clean. We dont have to wait for an overdose or a jail sentence to get help from Narcotics Anonymous. Basic Text, pp. 10-11 = Very few of us arrive in NA brimming with willingnes...
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Newcomer here
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Hello all, I am on day 2 of a cold turkey detox from opiates. I know the worst is yet to Come but it won't last long. I am new here to this forum, but not to the fellowship. I had my first meeting 15 years ago,,my longest stretch of clean time was 6 years. this has been my toughest time coming back, not sure...
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i feel like hell
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Hey y'all. Just checking in. I've been starting to plan my wedding the date is Aug 31 2014 but that's all i got. I've been sick with pneumonia for 3 weeks and will most likely be going to the hospital tomorrow because it could affect other health issues. Anyone heard from Manon recently?
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JFT May 31 Keep it simple
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We live a day at a time but also from moment to moment. When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably. Basic Text, p. 99 = Life often seems too complicated to understand, especially for those of us whove dodged it for so long. When we stopped using drugs, many of us c...
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JFT May 30 Loneliness vs. being alone
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Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone. Basic Text, p. 85 = There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. Being lonely is a state of the heart, an emptiness that makes us feel sad and sometimes hopeless. Loneliness is not always alleviated when we enter into relat...
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i need advice please fast!!!!!!
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Hello all..... I'm bubba and I am a addict no doubt. My drug of choice are opiates. Actually only opiates. i won't take anything but opiates. So I need advice because I can't get methadone or suboxone. I've been taking pain killers since '03 and I'm up to 4 100mg ms contins per day. I was thinking that my s...
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JFT May 29 Carry me
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We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us. Basic Text, p. 58 = We all have times when it seems as though our lives are falling apart. There are days, or even weeks, when it seems that everything that can go wrong is going wrong. Whether its the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, or the end of a...
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Experience, Strength, & Hope dealing with contraversy & disunity within your Home Group
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What can u do when that 1 place u came to find early in recovery where u can feel welcomed, at home, loved, be a part of, get that 1st taste of service, & u call ur home group, gets so complacent or whatever it may be thts causing soooo much disunity, judgement, favoritism, and such a general lack of prac...
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JFT May 28 As we understand
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We examined our lives and discovered who we really are. To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves. Basic Text, p. 36 = As using addicts, the demands of our disease determined our personality. We could be whoever or whatever we needed to be in order to get our fix. We were survival m...
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JFT May 27 Meeting the day's challenges
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...the decision to ask for Gods help is our greatest source of strength and courage. Basic Text, p. 26 = A challenge is anything that dares us to succeed. Things new and unfamiliar serve as challenges, whether those things appear good or bad to us. We are challenged by obstacles and opposition from...
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JFT May 26 The power in the group
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Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us.... We can call it the group, the program, or we can call it God. Basic Text, p. 24 = Many of us have a hard time with the idea of a Higher Power until we fully accept the depth of our own powerlessness over addiction. Once we do, most of us are at least willing to...
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Using our "natural wisdom" !
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Hi all.
My name is raman and im an addict.
Im clean and serene just for today, in NA.
I thought i must post this, a wonderful piece of
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You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night. You pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for the bus: .
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JFT May 25 "Good" and "bad" feelings
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A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow. IP No. 8, Just for Today = Most of us seem to unconsciously judge what happens in our lives each day as good or bad, success or failure. We tend to feel ha...
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JFT May 24 Risking vulnerability
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As we grow, we learn to overcome the tendency to run and hide from ourselves and our feelings. Basic Text, p. 85 = Rather than risk vulnerability, many of us have developed habits that keep others at a safe distance. These patterns of emotional isolation can give us the feeling we are hopelessly loc...
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JFT May23 Amends and sponsors
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We want to be free of our guilt, but we dont wish to do so at the expense of anyone else. Basic Text, p. 40 = Lets face it: Most of us left trails of destruction in our wakes and harmed anyone who got in our way. Some of the people we hurt most in our addiction were the people we loved most. In an effort to pur...
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Newbie....just need connections & common grounds
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Hi, I just wanted to try this since its so hard to make meetings with an active 2 year old. It always refreshing to hear of sobriety of any time amount....encouraging! Also would like to meet people ta chat who know where Im coming from. I am currently looking for a sponsor...anyone with a lil sober time t...
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JFT May 22 Symptoms of a spiritual awakening
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The steps lead to an awakening of a spiritual nature. This awakening is evidenced by changes in our lives. Basic Text, p. 49 = We know how to recognize the disease of addiction. Its symptoms are indisputable. Besides an uncontrollable appetite for drugs, those suffering exhibit self-center...
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JFT May 20 Coming out of isolation
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We find ourselves doing and enjoying things that we never thought we would be doing. Basic Text, p. 102 = Active addiction kept us isolated for many reasons. In the beginning, we avoided family and friends so they wouldnt find out we were using. Some of us avoided all nonaddicts, fearing moral bac...
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JFT May 21 Keep coming back
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Meetings keep us in touch with where weve been, but more importantly, with where we could go in our recovery. Basic Text, p. 56 = In many ways, addicts are different. When we came to Narcotics Anonymous we found others like ourselves, people who understood us and whom we could understand. No longe...
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good news!
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In the midst of my grumpy feeling uncomfortable self the other my boyfriend proposed to me and I said........ YES!
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JFT May 19 A growth inventory
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We review our past performance and our present behavior to see what we want to keep and what we want to discard. Basic Text, p. 29 = As each day winds to a close, many of us reflect on the past twenty-four hours and consider how we can live differently in the future. Its easy for our thoughts to remain tra...
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