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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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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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JFT May 18 Friends and amends—keeping it simple
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We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Step Nine = In every relationship, we dont always handle things the way we would have hoped. But friendships dont have to end when we make mistakes; instead, we can make amends. If we are sincere...
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JFT May 17 "Defects"
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We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Step Six = After taking the Fifth Step, many of us spend some time considering the exact nature of our wrongs and the part theyd played in making us who we were. What would our lives be like without, say, our arrogance? Sure, arr...
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Hey everyone I'm on vacation with my boyfriends family and they are so full of drama. And stress. They ate nuts and making me stressed out. They were talking about the news in Cleveland about the three girls who were kidnapped and raped for 10 years and it made me uncomfortable because I was raped and I wa...
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JFT May 16 Our Higher Power's will
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Gods will for us becomes our own true will for ourselves. Basic Text, p. 48 = The Twelve Steps are a path to spiritual awakening. This awakening takes the form of a developing relationship with a loving Higher Power. Each succeeding step strengthens that relationship. As we continue to work the st...
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JFT May 15 Fear of the fourth step
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As we approach this step, most of us are afraid that there is a monster inside of us that, if released, will destroy us. Basic Text, p. 27 = Most of us are terrified to look at ourselves, to probe our insides. Were afraid that if we examine our actions and motives, well find a bottomless black pit of sel...
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JFT May 14 Oops!
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Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results. Basic Text, p. 23 = Mistakes! We all know how it feels to make them. Many of us feel that our entire lives have been a mistake. We often regard our mistakes with shame or guiltat the very least, with frustration and impatience...
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JFT May 13 Onward on the journey
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The progression of recovery is a continuous uphill journey. Basic Text, p. 83 = The longer we stay clean, the steeper and narrower our path seems to become. But God doesnt give us more than we can handle. No matter how difficult the road becomes, no matter how narrow, how winding the turns, there is h...
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JFT May 12 Living with spiritual experiences
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For meditation to be of value, the results must show in our daily lives. Basic Text, p. 47 = In working our program, we are given many indirect indications of a Higher Powers presence in our lives: the clean feeling that comes to so many of us in taking our Fifth Step; the sense that we are finally on the...
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Online Sponsorship
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Hi All, I have been sponsorless for almost two years. I work out of town in the bush so it is difficult for me to attend as many meetings as I wish. I attend NA meetings in Edmonton close to where I live when I am on days off however after keeping my eyes open for the past 1.5 years, I find it very hard to find wo...
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JFT May 11 Balancing the scales
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A lot of our chief concerns and major difficulties come from our inexperience with living without drugs. Often when we ask an oldtimer what to do, we are amazed at the simplicity of the answer. Basic Text, p. 43 = Finding balance in recovery is quite a bit like sitting down with a set of scales and a pil...
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I said "I never would because I know I'll like it".
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Well thats what I said about H.I did,I do,now want to ween myself off with methadone.Anyone done this before? And how?
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JFT May 10 Becoming entirely ready
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We... get a good look at what these defects are doing to our lives. We begin to long for freedom from these defects. Basic Text, p. 34 = Becoming entirely ready to have our defects of character removed can be a long process, often taking place over the course of a lifetime. Our state of readiness grow...
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God's grace and blessings in recovery a day at a time!
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Thought I would share with my MIP support group some pictures of my kids with their permission to share and also their personal anonymity.My son Eric(27) in recovery from 7 devastating years of heroin addiction with God's grace and mercy renewing our relationship ,each a day at a time and my 46 year ol...
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JFT May 8 Teachable
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We have learned that it is okay to not know all the answers, for then we are teachable and can learn to live our new life successfully. Basic Text, p. 96 = In a way, addiction is a great teacher. And if addiction teaches us nothing else, it will teach us humility. We hear it said that it took our very best t...
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My mom is an addict - how to deal with it
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Hey Narcotics Anonymous Message Board, My name is Steven Rodriguez and this is a song I wrote for my mom two years ago that really helped her realize how her drug use was affecting me and my two little brothers. Sometimes we don't realize how the addiction impact the people who love you. She just recen...
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JFT May 9 Write about it
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"We sit down with a notebook, ask for guidance, pick up our pen, and start writing." Basic Text, p. 30 = When we're confused or in pain, our sponsor sometimes tells us to "write about it." Though we may groan as we drag out the notebook, we know that it will help. By laying it all o...
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resentments
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do you carry a resentment against someone? If so, how do you use your program to deal with the situation? As for me, I have pretty much resolved most of my resentments against people in the program. It's easier for me to "let it go" when it involves someone in program then say a close relative....
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JFT May 7 Turning turmoil into peace
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With the world in such a turmoil, I feel I have been blessed to be where I am. Basic Text, p. 145 = Some days it doesnt pay to turn on the news, we hear so many stories about violence and mayhem. When we used, many of us grew accustomed to violence. Through the fog of our addiction, we rarely got too disturb...
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Online sponsor.
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Hi my name is Samantha, I have been sober off of my DOC since December, 18, 09. However throughout the three years I "occasionally" drank alcohol. And always made excuses and was in denial, because my life was managable unlike it was while on drugs living in Minnesota. I never worked the ste...
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JFT May 6 Are we having fun yet?
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In time, we can relax and enjoy the atmosphere of recovery. Basic Text, p. 56 = Imagine what would happen if a newcomer walked into one of our meetings and was met by a group of grim-faced people gripping the arms of their chairs with white knuckles. That newcomer would probably bolt, perhaps mutte...
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JFT May 5 Any lengths
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...I was ready to go to any lengths to stay clean. Basic Text, p. 132 = Any lengths? newcomers ask. What do you mean, any lengths? Looking back at our active addiction and the lengths we were willing to go to in order to stay high can help to explain. Were we willing to drive many miles to get drugs? Yes, w...
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JFT May 4 What about the newcomer?
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Each group has but one primary purposeto carry the message to the addict who still suffers. Tradition Five = Our home group means a lot to us. After all, where would we be without our favorite NA meeting? Our group sometimes sponsors picnics or other activities. Often, home group members get toge...
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JFT May 3 Sharing our gratitude
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My gratitude speaks when I care and when I share with others the NA way. Gratitude Prayer = The longer we stay clean, the more we experience feelings of gratitude for our recovery. These feelings of gratitude arent limited to particular gifts like new friends or the ability to be employed. More fre...
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