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Dave R · Dave R

...we covered low self-esteem by hiding behind phony images that we hoped would fool people. The masks have to go. Basic Text, p. 33 = Over-sensitivity, insecurity, and lack of identity are often associated with active addiction. Many of us carry these with us into recovery; our fears of inadeq...

Dave R · Dave R

For us, to use is to die, often in more ways than one. Basic Text, p. 82 = As newcomers, many of us came to our first meeting with only a small spark of life remaining. That spark, our spirit, wants to survive. Narcotics Anonymous nurtures that spirit. The love of the fellowship quickly fans that sp...

Dave R · Dave R

We want and demand that things always go our way. We should know from our past experience that our way of doing things did not work. Basic Text, p. 93 = All of us have ideas, plans, goals for our lives. Theres nothing in the NA program that says we shouldnt think for ourselves, take initiative, and put...

Dave R · Dave R

If, after a period of time, we find ourselves in trouble with our recovery, we have probably stopped doing one or more of the things that helped us in the earlier stages of our recovery. Basic Text, p. 95 = Surrender is just for newcomers, right? Wrong! After weve been around awhile, some of us succum...

TurtleBear · TurtleBear

Good evening everyone. Im new hereI really dont know where to startso here I go. My ex-husband, Robert, is a crack addict. It was a HUGE shock to everyone who knew him, including me. We dated for 5 and a half years (Oct 2002 to March 2008), lived together for four and a half (Sept 2003 to March 2008), before...

Nicole B · Nicole B

hi I'm an addict named Nicole B, from Eugene OR I am new to this forum, and I have some clean time, been through the steps in the NA Step working guide a few times, and I want to explore other formats that other members may have used, I am willing to go to any length at this point in my life for continued recove...

Dave R · Dave R

Our disease always resurfaced or continued to progress until, in desperation, we sought help from each other in Narcotics Anonymous. Basic Text, p. 13 = When we think of being desperate, we envision an undesirable state: a poor, bedraggled soul frantically clawing at something sorely needed, a...

Dave R · Dave R

Dreams that we gave up long ago can now become realities. Basic Text, p. 71 = All things begin with a dream. But how many of us fulfilled our dreams while using? Even if we managed to complete something we had started, our addiction usually robbed us of any pride in our accomplishment. Perhaps whe...

avid · avid

It has been confirmed. Corey Monteith died of an overdose. So sad that another young life gets snuffed out too soon. It just proves yet again, that money, fame and success are no protection from this deadly disease. Rest in peace Corey

Troy05 · Troy05

Hi All - I am looking for some much needed advice - I've really been out of balance lately. I am approaching the 10 month mark and working on my 4th step. I feel like in the time between finishing my 3rd step and now (probably about 90-100 days) I've really become off balance and resistant. I think maybe...

cdbuckberry · cdbuckberry

One of the hardest things I have had to do is have one of my cats down friday night .He was a Maine Coon Cat , known as Gentle Giants , he was 15 lbs and almost a yard long . My Whylie had a heart attack the vet thinks , he was panting in pain so we sent him to Kitty Heaven . RIP : Whylie Woo . -- Edited by c...

EmpireCat · EmpireCat

Im 5 months into my recovery. I was doing my step work every day when i started. Kinda stopped for 2 months, and just picked the packet back up. Im on the Surrender section, and the question is Do I accept that I'll never regain control, even after a long period of abstinence? My answer is no. I am not conv...

Dave R · Dave R

Do we fully accept the fact that our every attempt to stop using or to control our using failed? Basic Text, p. 19 = The room is dark. Your forehead is bathed in cold sweat. Your heart is racing. You open your eyes, sure that youve just blown your clean time. Youve had a using dream, and it was just lik...

Dave R · Dave R

Deep inside, I had feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. = Somewhere along the way, many of us developed strong feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. Deep inside was a voice that continually cried out, Youre worthless! Many of us learn to recognize this characteristic of low self-estee...

LizC · LizC

Hey everyone! How's it going? The board has been too quiet the past couple days...

Dave R · Dave R

We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Step Eight = All human beings struggle with self-centeredness. The chronic self-centeredness that lies at the very core of addiction makes that struggle doubly difficult for people like us. Many of us have l...

Dave R · Dave R

If we are hurting, and most of us do from time to time, we learn to ask for help. Basic Text, p. 83 = Sometimes recovery gets downright difficult. It can be even more difficult to get humble enough to ask for help. We think, I have all this time clean. I should be better than this! But the reality of rec...

Dave R · Dave R

Social acceptability does not equal recovery. Basic Text, p. 22 = One of the first things that happens to many of us in recovery is that we start to look better. We get healthier; we bathe; we dress more appropriately. And without the goading of active addiction, many of us finally stop stealing,...

avid · avid

Just a shout out to let you know that you are always in our thoughts. Some here are missing you, and yes maybe a little worried, so if you see this please just let us know your ok. (((((Mannon)))))

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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,...

Dave R · Dave R

...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...

StacyB · StacyB

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

jethro85 · jethro85

Dave R · Dave R

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...

Dave R · Dave R

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...

BigV · BigV

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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	JFT July 24 The masks have to go (Preview) ...we covered low self-esteem by hiding behind phony images that we hoped would fool people. The masks have to go. Basic Text, p. 33 = Over-sensitivity, insecurity, and lack of identity are often associated with active addiction. Many of us carry these with us into recovery; our fears of inadeq...	Dave R	2	550	Jul 25, 2013 by avid
	JFT July 22 Spiritual death (Preview) For us, to use is to die, often in more ways than one. Basic Text, p. 82 = As newcomers, many of us came to our first meeting with only a small spark of life remaining. That spark, our spirit, wants to survive. Narcotics Anonymous nurtures that spirit. The love of the fellowship quickly fans that sp...	Dave R	2	349	Jul 23, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT July 23 Surrendering self-will (Preview) We want and demand that things always go our way. We should know from our past experience that our way of doing things did not work. Basic Text, p. 93 = All of us have ideas, plans, goals for our lives. Theres nothing in the NA program that says we shouldnt think for ourselves, take initiative, and put...	Dave R	1	319	Jul 23, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT July 21 Surrender is for everyone (Preview) If, after a period of time, we find ourselves in trouble with our recovery, we have probably stopped doing one or more of the things that helped us in the earlier stages of our recovery. Basic Text, p. 95 = Surrender is just for newcomers, right? Wrong! After weve been around awhile, some of us succum...	Dave R	4	405	Jul 22, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	new here....could ex-husband be using??? (Preview) Good evening everyone. Im new hereI really dont know where to startso here I go. My ex-husband, Robert, is a crack addict. It was a HUGE shock to everyone who knew him, including me. We dated for 5 and a half years (Oct 2002 to March 2008), lived together for four and a half (Sept 2003 to March 2008), before...	TurtleBear	3	410	Jul 21, 2013 by MIKEF
	6th step alternative desired (Preview) hi I'm an addict named Nicole B, from Eugene OR I am new to this forum, and I have some clean time, been through the steps in the NA Step working guide a few times, and I want to explore other formats that other members may have used, I am willing to go to any length at this point in my life for continued recove...	Nicole B	4	391	Jul 21, 2013 by Mike M
	JFT July 18 The gift of desperation (Preview) Our disease always resurfaced or continued to progress until, in desperation, we sought help from each other in Narcotics Anonymous. Basic Text, p. 13 = When we think of being desperate, we envision an undesirable state: a poor, bedraggled soul frantically clawing at something sorely needed, a...	Dave R	2	277	Jul 20, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT July 19 Fulfilling our dreams (Preview) Dreams that we gave up long ago can now become realities. Basic Text, p. 71 = All things begin with a dream. But how many of us fulfilled our dreams while using? Even if we managed to complete something we had started, our addiction usually robbed us of any pride in our accomplishment. Perhaps whe...	Dave R	3	284	Jul 20, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	The disease of Addiction claims another (Preview) It has been confirmed. Corey Monteith died of an overdose. So sad that another young life gets snuffed out too soon. It just proves yet again, that money, fame and success are no protection from this deadly disease. Rest in peace Corey	avid	9	362	Jul 19, 2013 by avid
	Step 3, Recent Struggles, Off Balance.... (Preview) Hi All - I am looking for some much needed advice - I've really been out of balance lately. I am approaching the 10 month mark and working on my 4th step. I feel like in the time between finishing my 3rd step and now (probably about 90-100 days) I've really become off balance and resistant. I think maybe...	Troy05	9	541	Jul 19, 2013 by Davethewave
	Hardest thing in recovery is putting down a pet (Preview) One of the hardest things I have had to do is have one of my cats down friday night .He was a Maine Coon Cat , known as Gentle Giants , he was 15 lbs and almost a yard long . My Whylie had a heart attack the vet thinks , he was panting in pain so we sent him to Kitty Heaven . RIP : Whylie Woo . -- Edited by c...	cdbuckberry	7	372	Jul 19, 2013 by Davethewave
	If I do not fully surrender, cannot I not finish step one? (Preview) Im 5 months into my recovery. I was doing my step work every day when i started. Kinda stopped for 2 months, and just picked the packet back up. Im on the Surrender section, and the question is Do I accept that I'll never regain control, even after a long period of abstinence? My answer is no. I am not conv...	EmpireCat	7	1355	Jul 18, 2013 by Davethewave
	JFT July 17 Using our "using dreams" (Preview) Do we fully accept the fact that our every attempt to stop using or to control our using failed? Basic Text, p. 19 = The room is dark. Your forehead is bathed in cold sweat. Your heart is racing. You open your eyes, sure that youve just blown your clean time. Youve had a using dream, and it was just lik...	Dave R	0	298	Jul 17, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT July 16 Self-esteem (Preview) Deep inside, I had feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. = Somewhere along the way, many of us developed strong feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. Deep inside was a voice that continually cried out, Youre worthless! Many of us learn to recognize this characteristic of low self-estee...	Dave R	1	306	Jul 17, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	Shalom (Preview) Hey everyone! How's it going? The board has been too quiet the past couple days...	LizC	14	663	Jul 15, 2013 by Raman
	JFT July 15 Relations with others (Preview) We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Step Eight = All human beings struggle with self-centeredness. The chronic self-centeredness that lies at the very core of addiction makes that struggle doubly difficult for people like us. Many of us have l...	Dave R	0	233	Jul 15, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT July 13 Humility in action (Preview) If we are hurting, and most of us do from time to time, we learn to ask for help. Basic Text, p. 83 = Sometimes recovery gets downright difficult. It can be even more difficult to get humble enough to ask for help. We think, I have all this time clean. I should be better than this! But the reality of rec...	Dave R	1	411	Jul 14, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT July 14 An "inside" job (Preview) Social acceptability does not equal recovery. Basic Text, p. 22 = One of the first things that happens to many of us in recovery is that we start to look better. We get healthier; we bathe; we dress more appropriately. And without the goading of active addiction, many of us finally stop stealing,...	Dave R	1	321	Jul 14, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	Hey Manon....folks here are thinking about you. (Preview) Just a shout out to let you know that you are always in our thoughts. Some here are missing you, and yes maybe a little worried, so if you see this please just let us know your ok. (((((Mannon)))))	avid	1	343	Jul 13, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	Drug of choice? (Preview) 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...	Dave R	12	603	Jul 12, 2013 by Mike M
	JFT July 12 Patience (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	274	Jul 12, 2013 by avid
	JFT July 11 Encouragement (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	297	Jul 12, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT July 10 A positive attitude (Preview) 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,...	Dave R	1	283	Jul 12, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT July 9 We do recover! (Preview) ...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...	Dave R	1	297	Jul 10, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	Things I Learned in Rehab (Preview) 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...	StacyB	4	328	Jul 9, 2013 by Raman
	JFT July 8 The "G" word (Preview) 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...	Dave R	2	331	Jul 8, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	seeking recovery in a new place (Preview)	jethro85	8	451	Jul 8, 2013 by DontCutMyWings
	JFT July 6 "I'm sorry" (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	280	Jul 8, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT July 7 God in each other (Preview) 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...	Dave R	1	334	Jul 8, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	7 years clean today (Preview) 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...	BigV	8	345	Jul 7, 2013 by Raman
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