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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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JFT June 25 Not just lucky
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The process of coming to believe restores us to sanity. The strength to move into action comes from this belief. Basic Text, p. 25 = Coming to believe is a process that stems from personal experience. Each of us has this experience; all addicts who find recovery in NA have solid evidence of a benevole...
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WWW.NAWOL.ORG
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I feel like I just found a new miracle.I'm sure for many it's not a new FYI,but to me,I just found another miracle.I'm newly clean as of March 24,so NA is a new program to me.I found a post Dalin put up showing the narcotics anon way of life website,and I went on,and I felt like it was this wealth of informati...
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JFT June 23 Surrender
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We didnt stumble into this fellowship brimming with love, honesty, open-mindedness, or willingness.... When we were beaten, we became willing. Basic Text, p. 20 = Surrender may be the necessary foundation for recovery, but sometimes we fight it. Most of us look back after some clean time and won...
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what to do
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hi everyone...im not a user....although ive had my time in the past I haven't gotten into the hard drugs that make this hell possible...what I am asking for is some advice on how to approach things with my gf/exgf. she is a heroin addict and bipolar as well..dating for about 3 years on and off through th...
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JFT June 21 New levels of honesty
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We have been experts at self-deception and rationalization. Basic Text, p. 28 = When we come to our first meeting and hear that we must be honest, we may think, Well now, that shouldnt be too difficult. All I have to do is stop lying. To some of us, this comes easily. We no longer have to lie to our employe...
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JFT June 22 Accepting life as it is
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In our recovery, we find it essential to accept reality. Once we can do this, we do not find it necessary to use drugs in an attempt to change our perceptions. Basic Text, p. 90 = Drugs used to buffer us from the full force of life. When we stop using drugs and enter recovery, we find ourselves confronte...
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JFT June 20 Meditation for beginners
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For some, prayer is asking for Gods help; meditation is listening for Gods answer.... Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us. Basic Text, pp. 46-47 = Be patient when youre learning to meditate, many of us were told. It takes prac...
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help? Im am my home groups key tag person and I dont know what to say
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I am my groups key tag person now and I dont know what to say can someone please help cause I have looked all over the internet and cant find it anywhere?
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advice
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my husband abuse drugs not sure what i need to do. he burn up every penny he had open a account and he spend that money up fast as he got it.. im glad we dont have a joint account at all he get. see next month is our anniversary but i dont think it will be one. cause he has use that money up for us to go on a trip. can s...
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June 18 Indirect amends
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Indirect amends may be necessary where direct ones would be unsafe or endanger other people. Basic Text, p. 41 = When we used, we allowed nothing to stand in the way of that next high. As a result, many of us didnt always know precisely whom we had injured, either financially or emotionally. When it ca...
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JFT June 19 A sense of humor
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We find that when we lose self-obsession, we are able to understand what it means to be happy, joyous, and free. Basic Text, p. 107 = The laughter in our meetings often surprises the newcomer. As a group, we appreciate the healing that healthy laughter brings. Even if we are deeply troubled, the joy t...
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