Narcotics Anonymous Message Board

Davethewave · Davethewave

OK I have been asked by a fellow addict to be his sponsor, and he's been on his first step for 8 months. of course I said yes, I am happy to be of service. My questions is......WHAT do I do now? Try to follow the path my sponsor helped me travel or what? I did call my sponsor and asked for help, and plan to meet wit...

Dave R · Dave R

When we accept ourselves, we can accept others into our lives, unconditionally, probably for the first time. IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance = From our earliest memories, many of us felt like we never belonged. No matter how big the gathering, we always felt apart from the crowd. We had a hard time fitt...

Manon · Manon

thought i would check in and say hello and how grateful I am to be here since 2005 I have known many of youfor years and just getting to know some of you its been a journy good and bad combined but over all I know i was never alone hope this finds you blessed

Dave R · Dave R

an NA sponsor is a member of Narcotics Anonymous, living our program of recovery, who is willing to build a special, supportive, one-on-one relationship with us. IP No. 11, Sponsorship, Revised = What is a sponsor? You know: That nice person with whom you had coffee after your first meeting. That...

BigV · BigV

Dave R has stepped down from moderator position and handed the torch to avid. Thanks so very much Dave for your support here, it's been greatly appreciated. Avid flame on LOL

stel_428 · stel_428

I would like to share my brief story. First of all I would like to say I never thought in a milion years I would have gone sober. I thought I love the thrill of it looking, selling, hanging out and using, however this last year changed. It started in sequince I need to buy pills to past my pissed test for th...

tamstaff · tamstaff

Hello Im from town that does not have many woman in recovery of Na loads of AA but NA very few ones who are are clean times less than mine Im only 7 months clean I need sponsor I tried AA sponsor just not working Help

vander · vander

I just came home from a NA meeting. Its my 7th one so far. Im on drug court and they require me to go. Granted, I've been clean for one and a half years already. My court case was lenthy and I had cleaned up long befoe i actually was officially given drug court. I find going to these meetings horrible. I dont wa...

John · John

CaleNashville · CaleNashville

Wanted to say hello to everyone as I am new here. My clean date is Dec 8 2012. It is great to plug in to a new community. I live in a half way house 40 minutes from home and commute to work there. Was pulled over for driving on suspended license and have been at my parents house last 2 days to get taken care of. My b...

mlnultra · mlnultra

Hello, I am a part of an area that has a difficult time retaining female members with clean time. It is not as if all female members with clean time have stopped coming around, but it would be good to have more so as to be more attractive to newcomer females. I am not interested in hearing about my indivi...

LizC · LizC

Hey friends. Sorry i havent been around. Im doing this from my phone which is quite difficult. Ill start with good news for a change. Me and my boyfriend are moving in together! Finally i can get out of my parents house and live my own life. Everything has been decent. Not fabulous but not dreadful ei...

Dave R · Dave R

...we have found a loving, personal God to whom we can turn. Basic Text, p. 27 = Some of us come into recovery with the impression that lifes hardships are a series of cosmic tests designed to teach us something. This belief is readily apparent when something traumatic happens and we wail, My Higher...

Dave R · Dave R

We had convinced ourselves that we could make it alone and proceeded to live life on that basis. The results were disastrous and, in the end, each of us had to admit that self-sufficiency was a lie. Basic Text, p. 62 = I cant, but we can. This simple but profound truth applies initially to our first nee...

nclark79 · nclark79

I hadn't done any drugs in almost a year, now I've been hanging out with some people that still so them and I've started again. Every time I have a few drinks, I have the urge to use. I am tired. I do not want to use anymore, and I need to talk to people that are not using. I can't tell anyone what I've been go...

Dave R · Dave R

We are grateful that we were made so welcome at meetings that we felt comfortable. Basic Text, p. 83 = Remember how scared we were when we walked into our first NA meeting? Even if we walked in with a friend, most of us recall how difficult it was to attend that first meeting. What was it that kept us comi...

Dave R · Dave R

For us, recovery is more than just pleasure. Basic Text, p. 43 = In our active addiction, most of us knew exactly how we were going to feel from one day to the next. All we had to do was read the label on the bottle or know what was in the bag. We planned our feelings, and our goal for each day was to feel good....

letlive27 · letlive27

My intelligent, loving, wonderful boyfriend of over a year is an opiate addict. When we first starting dating, I knew he was in recovery and had spend some time in rehab in college. At the time, recovery was something I really respected and admired about him. I thought that it was something he had dealt...

Dave R · Dave R

Anyone may join us, regardless of age, race, sexual identity, creed, religion, or lack of religion. Basic Text, p. 9 = Addiction closed our minds to anything new or different. We didnt need anyone or anything, we thought. There was nothing of value to be found in anyone from a different neighborho...

Dave R · Dave R

Goodwill is best exemplified in service; proper service is Doing the right thing for the right reason. Basic Text, p. xv = The spiritual core of our disease is self-centeredness. In dealing with others, the only motive our addiction taught us was selfishnesswe wanted what we wanted when we wante...

Dave R · Dave R

We felt different.... Only after surrender are we able to overcome the alienation of addiction. Basic Text, p. 22 = But you dont understand! we spluttered, trying to cover up. Im different! Ive really got it rough! We used these lines over and over in our active addiction, either trying to escape t...

Dave R · Dave R

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. 93 = Learning to trust is a risky proposition. Our past experience as using addicts has taught us that our companions could not be trusted. Most of all, we couldnt trust ourselves. Now...

Dave R · Dave R

We must give freely and gratefully that which has been freely and gratefully given to us. Basic Text, p. 49 = In recovery, we receive many gifts. Perhaps one of the greatest of these gifts is the spiritual awakening that begins when we stop using, growing stronger each day we apply the steps in our li...

Dave R · Dave R

Do we understand that we have no real control over drugs? Basic Text, p. 18 = At first, many of us may have thought the First Step required no actionwe just surrender and go on to Step Two. But Step One does require action! The action we take in the First Step will be evident in the way we live, even from ou...

LaraD · LaraD

Can someone Please tell me how,what and where do i get JFT readings sent to My mobile???

avid · avid

If your a regular just laying low how about a shout out? If your new or a lurker...let's hear from you!

Dave R · Dave R

We can never fully recover, no matter how long we stay clean. Basic Text, p. 84 = After getting a little time in the program, some of us begin to think we have been cured. Weve learned everything NA has to teach us; weve grown bored with the meetings; and our sponsor keeps droning the same old refrain: T...

Dave R · Dave R

We learn new ways to live. We are no longer limited to our old ideas. Basic Text, p. 56 = We may or may not have been taught right from wrong and other basics of life as children. No matter, by the time we found recovery, most of us had only the vaguest idea of how to live. Our isolation from the rest of socie...

Dave R · Dave R

The spiritual part of our disease is our total self-centeredness. Basic Text, p. 20 = What is self-centeredness? It is our belief that the world revolves around us. Our wishes, our demands are the only ones worth consideration. Our self-centered minds believe they are capable of getting everyt...

Dave R · Dave R

We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected.... [But] our fellow members do understand us. Basic Text, p. 32 = We need our fellow NA memberstheir experience, their friendship, their laughter, their guidance, and much, much more. Yet many of us hesitate to ca...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Sponsorship....HOW? (Preview) OK I have been asked by a fellow addict to be his sponsor, and he's been on his first step for 8 months. of course I said yes, I am happy to be of service. My questions is......WHAT do I do now? Try to follow the path my sponsor helped me travel or what? I did call my sponsor and asked for help, and plan to meet wit...	Davethewave	7	475	Feb 10, 2013 by blessed with sobriety
	JFT February 10 Self-acceptance (Preview) When we accept ourselves, we can accept others into our lives, unconditionally, probably for the first time. IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance = From our earliest memories, many of us felt like we never belonged. No matter how big the gathering, we always felt apart from the crowd. We had a hard time fitt...	Dave R	0	272	Feb 9, 2013 by Dave R
	still kickin (Preview) thought i would check in and say hello and how grateful I am to be here since 2005 I have known many of youfor years and just getting to know some of you its been a journy good and bad combined but over all I know i was never alone hope this finds you blessed	Manon	4	250	Feb 9, 2013 by avid
	JFT February 8 What is a sponsor? (Preview) an NA sponsor is a member of Narcotics Anonymous, living our program of recovery, who is willing to build a special, supportive, one-on-one relationship with us. *IP No. 11, Sponsorship,* Revised** = What is a sponsor? You know: That nice person with whom you had coffee after your first meeting. That...	Dave R	0	174	Feb 8, 2013 by Dave R
	It's official (Preview) Dave R has stepped down from moderator position and handed the torch to avid. Thanks so very much Dave for your support here, it's been greatly appreciated. Avid flame on LOL	BigV	5	290	Feb 8, 2013 by clifton
	New here where do i go first? (Preview) I would like to share my brief story. First of all I would like to say I never thought in a milion years I would have gone sober. I thought I love the thrill of it looking, selling, hanging out and using, however this last year changed. It started in sequince I need to buy pills to past my pissed test for th...	stel_428	4	333	Feb 8, 2013 by clifton
	Sponsor (Preview) Hello Im from town that does not have many woman in recovery of Na loads of AA but NA very few ones who are are clean times less than mine Im only 7 months clean I need sponsor I tried AA sponsor just not working Help	tamstaff	5	238	Feb 8, 2013 by clifton
	NA meetings are almost like a trigger, Am I alone in this feeling? (Preview) I just came home from a NA meeting. Its my 7th one so far. Im on drug court and they require me to go. Granted, I've been clean for one and a half years already. My court case was lenthy and I had cleaned up long befoe i actually was officially given drug court. I find going to these meetings horrible. I dont wa...	vander	7	434	Feb 8, 2013 by clifton
	Illusion... (Preview)	John	7	303	Feb 8, 2013 by clifton
	New here (Preview) Wanted to say hello to everyone as I am new here. My clean date is Dec 8 2012. It is great to plug in to a new community. I live in a half way house 40 minutes from home and commute to work there. Was pulled over for driving on suspended license and have been at my parents house last 2 days to get taken care of. My b...	CaleNashville	2	238	Feb 8, 2013 by MIKEF
	Fellowship Development (Preview) Hello, I am a part of an area that has a difficult time retaining female members with clean time. It is not as if all female members with clean time have stopped coming around, but it would be good to have more so as to be more attractive to newcomer females. I am not interested in hearing about my indivi...	mlnultra	3	326	Feb 8, 2013 by MIKEF
	why hello (Preview) Hey friends. Sorry i havent been around. Im doing this from my phone which is quite difficult. Ill start with good news for a change. Me and my boyfriend are moving in together! Finally i can get out of my parents house and live my own life. Everything has been decent. Not fabulous but not dreadful ei...	LizC	6	225	Feb 8, 2013 by clifton
	JFT February 7 This is not a test (Preview) ...we have found a loving, personal God to whom we can turn. Basic Text, p. 27 = Some of us come into recovery with the impression that lifes hardships are a series of cosmic tests designed to teach us something. This belief is readily apparent when something traumatic happens and we wail, My Higher...	Dave R	1	261	Feb 7, 2013 by avid
	JFT February 6 I can't--we can (Preview) We had convinced ourselves that we could make it alone and proceeded to live life on that basis. The results were disastrous and, in the end, each of us had to admit that self-sufficiency was a lie. Basic Text, p. 62 = I cant, but we can. This simple but profound truth applies initially to our first nee...	Dave R	0	252	Feb 6, 2013 by Dave R
	people,places, and things (Preview) I hadn't done any drugs in almost a year, now I've been hanging out with some people that still so them and I've started again. Every time I have a few drinks, I have the urge to use. I am tired. I do not want to use anymore, and I need to talk to people that are not using. I can't tell anyone what I've been go...	nclark79	5	444	Feb 6, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT February 5 Keep coming back (Preview) We are grateful that we were made so welcome at meetings that we felt comfortable. Basic Text, p. 83 = Remember how scared we were when we walked into our first NA meeting? Even if we walked in with a friend, most of us recall how difficult it was to attend that first meeting. What was it that kept us comi...	Dave R	0	223	Feb 5, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT February 4 Feeling good isn't the point (Preview) For us, recovery is more than just pleasure. Basic Text, p. 43 = In our active addiction, most of us knew exactly how we were going to feel from one day to the next. All we had to do was read the label on the bottle or know what was in the bag. We planned our feelings, and our goal for each day was to feel good....	Dave R	3	228	Feb 5, 2013 by Pato
	Live-in BF Addicted to Oxy- Advice Needed Please (Preview) My intelligent, loving, wonderful boyfriend of over a year is an opiate addict. When we first starting dating, I knew he was in recovery and had spend some time in rehab in college. At the time, recovery was something I really respected and admired about him. I thought that it was something he had dealt...	letlive27	4	308	Feb 5, 2013 by Davethewave
	JFT February 3 We need each other (Preview) Anyone may join us, regardless of age, race, sexual identity, creed, religion, or lack of religion. Basic Text, p. 9 = Addiction closed our minds to anything new or different. We didnt need anyone or anything, we thought. There was nothing of value to be found in anyone from a different neighborho...	Dave R	0	204	Feb 3, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT February 2 Goodwill (Preview) Goodwill is best exemplified in service; proper service is Doing the right thing for the right reason. Basic Text, p. xv = The spiritual core of our disease is self-centeredness. In dealing with others, the only motive our addiction taught us was selfishnesswe wanted what we wanted when we wante...	Dave R	0	188	Feb 2, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT February 1 Hardships (Preview) We felt different.... Only after surrender are we able to overcome the alienation of addiction. Basic Text, p. 22 = But you dont understand! we spluttered, trying to cover up. Im different! Ive really got it rough! We used these lines over and over in our active addiction, either trying to escape t...	Dave R	0	218	Feb 1, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT January 31 Trust (Preview) 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. 93 = Learning to trust is a risky proposition. Our past experience as using addicts has taught us that our companions could not be trusted. Most of all, we couldnt trust ourselves. Now...	Dave R	0	175	Jan 31, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT January 30 Giving it away (Preview) We must give freely and gratefully that which has been freely and gratefully given to us. Basic Text, p. 49 = In recovery, we receive many gifts. Perhaps one of the greatest of these gifts is the spiritual awakening that begins when we stop using, growing stronger each day we apply the steps in our li...	Dave R	0	182	Jan 30, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT January 29 The First Step--an action step (Preview) Do we understand that we have no real control over drugs? Basic Text, p. 18 = At first, many of us may have thought the First Step required no actionwe just surrender and go on to Step Two. But Step One does require action! The action we take in the First Step will be evident in the way we live, even from ou...	Dave R	0	309	Jan 29, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT to mobile (Preview) Can someone Please tell me how,what and where do i get JFT readings sent to My mobile???	LaraD	1	212	Jan 29, 2013 by avid
	Quiet here lately... (Preview) If your a regular just laying low how about a shout out? If your new or a lurker...let's hear from you!	avid	7	289	Jan 29, 2013 by avid
	JFT January 28 An every-day addict (Preview) We can never fully recover, no matter how long we stay clean. Basic Text, p. 84 = After getting a little time in the program, some of us begin to think we have been cured. Weve learned everything NA has to teach us; weve grown bored with the meetings; and our sponsor keeps droning the same old refrain: T...	Dave R	0	212	Jan 28, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT January 27 Learning how to live again (Preview) We learn new ways to live. We are no longer limited to our old ideas. Basic Text, p. 56 = We may or may not have been taught right from wrong and other basics of life as children. No matter, by the time we found recovery, most of us had only the vaguest idea of how to live. Our isolation from the rest of socie...	Dave R	0	227	Jan 27, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT January 26 Self-centeredness (Preview) The spiritual part of our disease is our total self-centeredness. Basic Text, p. 20 = What is self-centeredness? It is our belief that the world revolves around us. Our wishes, our demands are the only ones worth consideration. Our self-centered minds believe they are capable of getting everyt...	Dave R	0	211	Jan 26, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT January 16 Make that call! (Preview) We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected.... [But] our fellow members do understand us. Basic Text, p. 32 = We need our fellow NA memberstheir experience, their friendship, their laughter, their guidance, and much, much more. Yet many of us hesitate to ca...	Dave R	4	299	Jan 25, 2013 by Makingithappen
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