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Drug of choice?
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It really annoys me sometimes when I hear addicts talk about their drug of choice. It is like they think that they really only had a problem with a particular drug. I've heard the following recently from a newcomer: "Yeah, I wasn't really an addict until I started doing opiates. Before then, I s...
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JFT July 12 Patience
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We were trapped by our need for the instant gratification that drugs gave us. Basic Text, p. 25 = I want what I want, and I want it now! Thats about as patient as most of us ever got in our active addiction. The obsession and compulsion of our disease gave us a one-track way of thinking; when we wanted so...
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JFT July 11 Encouragement
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We share comfort and encouragement with others. Basic Text, p. 99 = Many of us have watched as babies take their first steps. The mother holds the child on its feet. The father kneels nearby with outstretched arms, encouraging the little one, his face flooded with devotion. The baby takes a few s...
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JFT July 10 A positive attitude
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That old nest of negativism followed me everywhere I went. Basic Text, p. 137 = A negative attitude is the trademark of active addiction. Everything that occurred in our lives was someone or something elses fault. We had blaming others for our shortcomings down to a fine science. In recovery,...
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JFT July 9 We do recover!
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...the time has come when that tired old lie, Once an addict, always an addict, will no longer be tolerated by either society or the addict himself. We do recover. Basic Text, p. 89 = From time to time, we hear speakers share that they dont really understand spiritual principles yet. They tell us...
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Things I Learned in Rehab
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I wrote a story about my trip to rehab (my most recent one!) and I put it up on amazon. I was wondering if anyone was interested in checking it out. It's on amazon only. I really need the support. It's slow getting started and I worked really hard on it. It's really funny and a little vulgar, but that's where...
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JFT July 8 The "G" word
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It is important for you to know that you will hear God mentioned at NA meetings. What we are referring to is a Power greater than ourselves that makes possible what seems impossible. IP No. 22, Welcome to NA = Most of us come to Narcotics Anonymous with a variety of preconceptions about what the word G...
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seeking recovery in a new place
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JFT July 6 "I'm sorry"
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The main thing [the Eighth Step] does for us is to help build awareness that, little by little, we are gaining new attitudes about ourselves and how we deal with other people. Basic Text, p. 39 = To say Im sorry probably isnt such a foreign idea to most of us. In our active addiction, it may have bee...
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JFT July 7 God in each other
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One aspect of our spiritual awakening comes through the new understanding of our Higher Power that we develop by sharing another addicts recovery. Basic Text, p. 52 = Weve heard it said that we often see God most clearly in one another. We see the truth of this when we practice our Twelfth Step. Whe...
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7 years clean today
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Something made a noise in my ear just a bit ago to come and check the board out and as i'm here reading I realized today, july 5th is my clean date LOL isn't that something ? i say it is for this hope to die addict. And no it hasn't gotten easier but, I have learned that this to shall pass, hang on tight for the ri...
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I'm a Newbie.
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I'm a newbie, named Paige. I feel like I don't have much Strength to share. But, I do have hope and way more experience(the bad kind) than I care to admit. Currently, I am in self imposed exile. Not just because I can't get too far from the facilities. But, because this last time I went buying on the stree...
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new to the forum but not to NA
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just saying helo to all. just moved back to portland oregon after many yrs. I moved from here when i quit drugs in 1988. odd to be back it is a true test for me. Happy to see the place that I owe for my 1st learning of NA still exists the URS club cant wait to attend a meeting there. Anyhoo looking to make fri...
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Late night NA Meeting near Culver City CA? Hi. Just starting out..
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I cant ever seem to make it to a meeting during the day or by the time im ready to actually go, it's too late to find a meeting. Any suggestions? (Other than the obvious please ie; getting my self together and planning, yada yada). That's why I need to go!
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JFT July 5 Exploring spiritual options
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The nature of our belief will determine the manner of our prayers and meditation. Basic Text, p. 44 = How do we pray? For each NA member, this is a deeply personal matter. Many of us find that, over time, we develop a manner of prayer and meditation based on what we learn from others and what we are com...
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JFT July 3 Quiet time
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Many of us have found that setting aside quiet time for ourselves is helpful in making conscious contact with our Higher Power. Basic Text, p. 95 = Most of us pay lip-service to the value of conscious contact with a Higher Power. Yet how many of us consistently take time to improve that conscious con...
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JFT July 4 Conflict
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We learn that conflicts are a part of reality, and we learn new ways to resolve them instead of running from them. Basic Text, p. 90 = From time to time, we all experience conflicts. It may be that we just cant get along with that new coworker. Maybe our friends are driving us crazy. Or perhaps our par...
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JFT July 2 Comparing
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"Our personal stories may vary in individual pattern, but in the end we all have the same thing in common." Basic Text, p.84 We addicts are a varied bunch, coming from different backgrounds, having used different drugs, and recalling different experiences. Our differences don't disap...
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JFT July 1 A simple program
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The program is simply sharing, working the Twelve Steps, attending meetings, and practicing the principles of the program. = Our complicated lives can be made a lot less complicated if we concentrate on a few simple thingssharing our experience, strength, and hope with others, regular meetin...
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JFT June 30 Maintaining the foundation
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Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future. Basic Text, p. 96 = The foundation of our lives is what the rest of our lives is built upon. When we were using, that foundation affected everything we did. When we decided that recovery was important, thats where we began t...
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Newbie here..
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not sure how the site works but very interested in online meetings as i ushually work to late to make them every night
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JFT June 29 Keeping recovery fresh
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Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases. Basic Text, p. 84 = After the first couple of years in recovery, most of us start to feel like there are no more big deals. If weve been diligent in working the steps, the pas...
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JFT June 28 Group conscience
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Working with others is only the beginning of service work. Basic Text, p. 59 = Service work calls for a selfless devotion to carrying the message to the still-suffering addict. But our attitude of service cannot stop there. Service also requires that we look at ourselves and our motives. Our effor...
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Need Help With Addict PLEASE HELP!!
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I am writing because I am in desperate need of advice on my relationship with someone in my family who is an addict. The details of this persons addiction is really not the important part. The most important part is that she is sober!!! Thank God!!! This person has been sober for I believe 3 or 4 years and I...
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JFT June 27 Change and growth
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When someone points out a shortcoming, our first reaction may be defensive. There will always be room for growth. Basic Text, p. 36 = Recovery is a process that brings about change in our lives. We need that change if we are to continue our growth toward freedom. Its important that we remain open-min...
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Angry
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I'm new to this my patience has reach my very lowest. I'm on the verge going my separated ways cause all he think I am is some money bag I know I'm more than that been with him for 5 years he gave me money to go buy fridge and plan a trip so in the last week or so he wanted it back look like he only cares for hisself...
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NEW ON HERE! NEED HELP FINDING THE ONLINE MEETINGS! THANK YOU
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hello every one, I am totally new to online meetings. I see where there are meetings every night at 10 pm eastern time. I was on here at 10 pm and could not find the meeting. could some one please help me? thank you very much
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JFT June 26 Surrendering self-will
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Our fears are lessened and faith begins to grow as we learn the true meaning of surrender. We are no longer fighting fear, anger, guilt, self-pity, or depression. Basic Text, p. 27 = Surrender is the beginning of a new way of life. When driven primarily by self-will, we constantly wondered whether w...
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Wives of Narcotic Abusers
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Hello. Is there anyone out there who has a spouse addicted to narcotics? How are you coping? My husband has been addicted to Vicodin on and off for the past two years. He also sometimes takes an excessive amount of zanax which makes him angry and violent.
I feel as if I am goi...
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JFT June 24 Tolerance
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...ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. Tradition Twelve = Sometimes its hard to accept others character defects. As we recover together, we not only listen to others talk in meetings, we also watch how they walk through their recovery. The more we get to know other member...
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