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Dave R · Dave R

A sponsor is not necessarily a friend, but may be someone in whom we confide. We can share things with our sponsor that we might not be comfortable sharing in a meeting. IP No. 11, Sponsorship, Revised = Weve asked someone to sponsor us, and the reasons we have for asking that particular person are a...

Dave R · Dave R

Many times in our recovery, the old bugaboos will haunt us. Life may again become meaningless, monotonous, and boring. Basic Text, p. 78 = Sometimes it seems as though nothing changes. We get up and go to the same job every day. We eat dinner at the same time every night. We attend the same meetings e...

Dave R · Dave R

It will not make us better people to judge the faults of another. It will make us feel better to clean up our lives... Basic Text, p. 38 = Sometimes we need something tangible to help us understand what holding a resentment is doing to us. We may not be aware of how destructive resentments actually are...

learning to trust other members · kateallen

I am coming back from relapse and have had mostly wonderful contact with NA over the last 20 years. But I have also been really burned by trust, and I don't want to trust anyone again. Lucky I have a good sponsor, but I dont know how to say hello without wondering why you'd talk to me. so hello. feel free to sa...

Dave R · Dave R

The steps are our solution. They are our survival kit. They are our defense against addiction, a deadly disease. Our steps are the principles that make our recovery possible. Basic Text, p. 19 = Theres lots to like in Narcotics Anonymous. The meetings, for one, are great. We get to see our friends...

JGump · JGump

I'm in need of advice... I guess a little background is in need. I come from an alcoholic and pot smoking mother who passed away several years ago. I was married to a pot smoking husband, since divorced. I use to drink and smoke pot, quit both... I started attending Al-Anon last year and I sometimes have u...

Dave R · Dave R

In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills. Basic Text, p. 90 = Making mountains out of molehills seems to be our specialty. Have you heard it said that to an addict, a flat tire is a traumatic event? Or how about those of us who forget all pretense of princ...

Dave R · Dave R

What we want most is to feel good about ourselves. Basic Text, p. 101 = Well love you until you can learn to love yourself. These words, heard so often in our meetings, promise a day we look forward to eagerlythe day when well know how to love ourselves. Self-esteemwe all want this elusive quality as s...

Dave R · Dave R

The good times can also be a trap; the danger is that we may forget that our first priority is to stay clean. Basic Text, p. 43 = Things can get really good in our recovery. Perhaps weve found our soul mate, built a rewarding career, started a family. Maybe our relationships with our family members ha...

Manon · Manon

I have been inHouston for the past week with socail anxiety trip got cut short...I got home sick :P missed mom and being close to her although this was the best time i have had since all the pysco shrinks bullshit on here for me to leave town and relax with no worries of "is he around to find me?" t...

Dave R · Dave R

As a result of the Twelve Steps, Im not able to hold on to old ways of deceiving myself. = We all rationalize. Sometimes we know we are rationalizing, admit we are rationalizing, yet continue to behave according to our rationalizations! Recovery can become very painful when we decide that, for on...

Manon · Manon

when they say Texas is big they mean it in every aspect the drink cups are HUGE i am shocked by some of the stuff here but the fact that i can relax with out looking over my shoulder is great it feels so good to be less anxious its unreal. Knowing I dont have to "sneak" around is good for me the weathe...

ANNY · ANNY

I have not been on this form for a few years now. I receive e-mails for a post I subscribed to, the Birthdays post. So i did not forget about this forum. I am working with one of my sponsees and she is having a hard time getting to meetings, so i remembered what I did when I had that issue...I found you wonde...

avid · avid

I heard someone share at a meeting the other day, that their sponsor told them that the important phrase in the basic test says "Unless you change absolutely everything about your thoughts and actions you WILL, not might but you WILL return to using" He said this with tremendous convictio...

Astrid · Astrid

I'm new here and hoping that this forum will help me kick my addiction with adderall. I was diagnosed as "ADD" four years ago and prescribed concerta. I have poor attention skills, but basically I was looking to get on methamphetimines solely for the purpose of losing weight. When concert...

Dave R · Dave R

When a need arises for us to admit our powerlessness, we may first look for ways to exert power against it. After exhausting these ways, we begin sharing with others and find hope. Basic Text, p. 82 = Weve sometimes heard it said in our meetings that rude awakenings lead to spiritual awakenings. Wha...

Dave R · Dave R

This program has become a part of me.... I understand more clearly the things that are happening in my life today. I no longer fight the process. Basic Text, p. 127 = In active addiction, things happened seemingly without rhyme or reason. We just did things, often without knowing why or what the res...

pegcmp0822 · pegcmp0822

Hello, new to the forum here. I will try to be brief in my post: - I am unable to stop a ravenous addiction to adderall - I have told nobody and am hesitant to do so - I am here wondering if anyone has experience with adderall addiction and hopefully some advice on a path to recovery - Has anyone here been in me...

Dave R · Dave R

There will be times, however, when we really feel like using. We want to run, and we feel lousy. We need to be reminded of where we came from and that it will be worse this time. This is when we need the program the most. Basic Text, p. 81 = If were contemplating a relapse, we should think our using through...

Davethewave · Davethewave

I have a young sponsee that is struggling. He is very smart, but dumb too, like many of us!! He has been doing the work, and calling me regularly as well. So he called me the other day, and said he was having the worse day of his life. His estranged father had just taken his own life, and he felt really bad th...

Dave R · Dave R

Any form of success was frightening and unfamiliar. Basic Text, p. 14 = Before coming to NA, few of us had much experience with success. Every attempt to stop using on our own had ended in failure. We had begun to give up hope of finding any relief from active addiction. We had grown accustomed to fail...

Dave R · Dave R

[The] Power that brought us to this program is still with us and will continue to guide us if we allow it. Basic Text, p. 27 = Ever had a panic attack? Everywhere we turn, lifes demands overwhelm us. Were paralyzed, and we dont know what to do about it. How do we break an anxiety attack? First, we stop. We...

Dave R · Dave R

Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future. Basic Text, p. 96 = When we begin coming to meetings, we hear other addicts talking about the gifts they have received as a result of this program, things we never thought of as gifts before. One such gift is the renewed abili...

want2live · want2live

Dave R · Dave R

We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that weve been doing better than weve been feeling. Basic Text, p. 43 = Imagine a daily meditation book with this kind of message: When you wake up in the morning, before you rise from your bed, take a moment for reflection. Lie back, gath...

Manon · Manon

finally throwing FEAR out the window and going to the beach to meet some new friends 8 to 9 hours away so I am proud to say i am getting better since all the drama seems to have finally ceased this will be the second time to take trip since mal practice suite been planning on this all month been on a social site...

avid · avid

Most of us came into the program because we wanted to get off, and stay off drugs. But for many of us, that goal has been reached (one day at a time) and by working the 12 steps, going to meetings, discussing recovery with our sponsor etc. we have discovered a deeper purpose to our belonging. Personally,...

Dave R · Dave R

The Eighth Step offers a big change from a life dominated by guilt and remorse. Basic Text, p. 39 = Remorse was one of the feelings that kept us using. We had stumbled our way through active addiction, leaving a trail of heartbreak and devastation too painful to consider. Our remorse was often inten...

Dave R · Dave R

It would be tragic to write [out an inventory only to] shove it in a drawer. These defects grow in the dark and die in the light of exposure. Basic Text, p. 32 = How many times have we heard it said that we are only as sick as our secrets? While many members choose not to use meetings to share the intimate de...

Dave R · Dave R

Personality change was what we really needed. Change from self-destructive patterns of life became necessary. Basic Text, p. 15 = In early life, most of us were capable of joy and wonder, of giving and receiving unconditional love. When we started using, we introduced an influence into our live...

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	JFT March 13 That one special person (Preview) A sponsor is not necessarily a friend, but may be someone in whom we confide. We can share things with our sponsor that we might not be comfortable sharing in a meeting. *IP No. 11, Sponsorship,* Revised** = Weve asked someone to sponsor us, and the reasons we have for asking that particular person are a...	Dave R	0	293	Mar 13, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT March 12 Getting out of the rut (Preview) Many times in our recovery, the old bugaboos will haunt us. Life may again become meaningless, monotonous, and boring. Basic Text, p. 78 = Sometimes it seems as though nothing changes. We get up and go to the same job every day. We eat dinner at the same time every night. We attend the same meetings e...	Dave R	1	207	Mar 12, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT March 11 Lightening the load (Preview) It will not make us better people to judge the faults of another. It will make us feel better to clean up our lives... Basic Text, p. 38 = Sometimes we need something tangible to help us understand what holding a resentment is doing to us. We may not be aware of how destructive resentments actually are...	Dave R	0	183	Mar 11, 2013 by Dave R
	learning to trust other members relapse trust surrender service burn-out decades in NA (Preview) I am coming back from relapse and have had mostly wonderful contact with NA over the last 20 years. But I have also been really burned by trust, and I don't want to trust anyone again. Lucky I have a good sponsor, but I dont know how to say hello without wondering why you'd talk to me. so hello. feel free to sa...	kateallen	4	4707	Mar 11, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT March 10 Our own recovery (Preview) The steps are our solution. They are our survival kit. They are our defense against addiction, a deadly disease. Our steps are the principles that make our recovery possible. Basic Text, p. 19 = Theres lots to like in Narcotics Anonymous. The meetings, for one, are great. We get to see our friends...	Dave R	0	214	Mar 10, 2013 by Dave R
	Advice for a not so much of a "normie" (Preview) I'm in need of advice... I guess a little background is in need. I come from an alcoholic and pot smoking mother who passed away several years ago. I was married to a pot smoking husband, since divorced. I use to drink and smoke pot, quit both... I started attending Al-Anon last year and I sometimes have u...	JGump	4	535	Mar 10, 2013 by avid
	JFT March 9 Small things (Preview) In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills. Basic Text, p. 90 = Making mountains out of molehills seems to be our specialty. Have you heard it said that to an addict, a flat tire is a traumatic event? Or how about those of us who forget all pretense of princ...	Dave R	0	265	Mar 9, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT March 8 Learning to love ourselves (Preview) What we want most is to feel good about ourselves. Basic Text, p. 101 = Well love you until you can learn to love yourself. These words, heard so often in our meetings, promise a day we look forward to eagerlythe day when well know how to love ourselves. Self-esteemwe all want this elusive quality as s...	Dave R	0	340	Mar 8, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT March 7 Priorities (Preview) The good times can also be a trap; the danger is that we may forget that our first priority is to stay clean. Basic Text, p. 43 = Things can get really good in our recovery. Perhaps weve found our soul mate, built a rewarding career, started a family. Maybe our relationships with our family members ha...	Dave R	2	348	Mar 7, 2013 by MIKEF
	trip is coming to an end! (Preview) I have been inHouston for the past week with socail anxiety trip got cut short...I got home sick :P missed mom and being close to her although this was the best time i have had since all the pysco shrinks bullshit on here for me to leave town and relax with no worries of "is he around to find me?" t...	Manon	3	277	Mar 7, 2013 by MIKEF
	JFT March 6 Rationalizing away our recovery (Preview) As a result of the Twelve Steps, Im not able to hold on to old ways of deceiving myself. = We all rationalize. Sometimes we know we are rationalizing, admit we are rationalizing, yet continue to behave according to our rationalizations! Recovery can become very painful when we decide that, for on...	Dave R	0	272	Mar 6, 2013 by Dave R
	loving Texas (Preview) when they say Texas is big they mean it in every aspect the drink cups are HUGE i am shocked by some of the stuff here but the fact that i can relax with out looking over my shoulder is great it feels so good to be less anxious its unreal. Knowing I dont have to "sneak" around is good for me the weathe...	Manon	4	269	Mar 6, 2013 by BigV
	Almost 5 yrs (Preview) I have not been on this form for a few years now. I receive e-mails for a post I subscribed to, the Birthdays post. So i did not forget about this forum. I am working with one of my sponsees and she is having a hard time getting to meetings, so i remembered what I did when I had that issue...I found you wonde...	ANNY	6	273	Mar 6, 2013 by BigV
	Anyone ever hear this? (Preview) I heard someone share at a meeting the other day, that their sponsor told them that the important phrase in the basic test says "Unless you change absolutely everything about your thoughts and actions you WILL, not might but you WILL return to using" He said this with tremendous convictio...	avid	7	492	Mar 6, 2013 by BigV
	Adderall Addict of three years. (Preview) I'm new here and hoping that this forum will help me kick my addiction with adderall. I was diagnosed as "ADD" four years ago and prescribed concerta. I have poor attention skills, but basically I was looking to get on methamphetimines solely for the purpose of losing weight. When concert...	Astrid	4	2609	Mar 6, 2013 by helloguys
	JFT March 5 From rude awakening to spiritual awakening (Preview) When a need arises for us to admit our powerlessness, we may first look for ways to exert power against it. After exhausting these ways, we begin sharing with others and find hope. Basic Text, p. 82 = Weve sometimes heard it said in our meetings that rude awakenings lead to spiritual awakenings. Wha...	Dave R	0	318	Mar 5, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT March 4 The process (Preview) This program has become a part of me.... I understand more clearly the things that are happening in my life today. I no longer fight the process. Basic Text, p. 127 = In active addiction, things happened seemingly without rhyme or reason. We just did things, often without knowing why or what the res...	Dave R	0	260	Mar 4, 2013 by Dave R
	Adderall Help (Preview) Hello, new to the forum here. I will try to be brief in my post: - I am unable to stop a ravenous addiction to adderall - I have told nobody and am hesitant to do so - I am here wondering if anyone has experience with adderall addiction and hopefully some advice on a path to recovery - Has anyone here been in me...	pegcmp0822	5	338	Mar 4, 2013 by pegcmp0822
	JFT March 3 Relapse (Preview) There will be times, however, when we really feel like using. We want to run, and we feel lousy. We need to be reminded of where we came from and that it will be worse this time. This is when we need the program the most. Basic Text, p. 81 = If were contemplating a relapse, we should think our using through...	Dave R	0	353	Mar 3, 2013 by Dave R
	Tough time for Sponsee (Preview) I have a young sponsee that is struggling. He is very smart, but dumb too, like many of us!! He has been doing the work, and calling me regularly as well. So he called me the other day, and said he was having the worse day of his life. His estranged father had just taken his own life, and he felt really bad th...	Davethewave	2	270	Mar 3, 2013 by avid
	JFT March 2 Success (Preview) Any form of success was frightening and unfamiliar. Basic Text, p. 14 = Before coming to NA, few of us had much experience with success. Every attempt to stop using on our own had ended in failure. We had begun to give up hope of finding any relief from active addiction. We had grown accustomed to fail...	Dave R	0	233	Mar 2, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT March 1 Anxiety attack! (Preview) [The] Power that brought us to this program is still with us and will continue to guide us if we allow it. Basic Text, p. 27 = Ever had a panic attack? Everywhere we turn, lifes demands overwhelm us. Were paralyzed, and we dont know what to do about it. How do we break an anxiety attack? First, we stop. We...	Dave R	0	225	Mar 1, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT February 28 The greatest gift (Preview) Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future. Basic Text, p. 96 = When we begin coming to meetings, we hear other addicts talking about the gifts they have received as a result of this program, things we never thought of as gifts before. One such gift is the renewed abili...	Dave R	1	255	Mar 1, 2013 by Mike M
	I am not sure how this works. I need advice. Evicted 33 yr old daughter. (Preview)	want2live	2	335	Mar 1, 2013 by avid
	JFT February 27 "Pure" motives (Preview) We examine our actions, reactions, and motives. We often find that weve been doing better than weve been feeling. Basic Text, p. 43 = Imagine a daily meditation book with this kind of message: When you wake up in the morning, before you rise from your bed, take a moment for reflection. Lie back, gath...	Dave R	0	208	Feb 27, 2013 by Dave R
	A VACATION!!!! (Preview) finally throwing FEAR out the window and going to the beach to meet some new friends 8 to 9 hours away so I am proud to say i am getting better since all the drama seems to have finally ceased this will be the second time to take trip since mal practice suite been planning on this all month been on a social site...	Manon	4	243	Feb 27, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	Has Narcotics Anonymous started you on a greater spiritual journey? (Preview) Most of us came into the program because we wanted to get off, and stay off drugs. But for many of us, that goal has been reached (one day at a time) and by working the 12 steps, going to meetings, discussing recovery with our sponsor etc. we have discovered a deeper purpose to our belonging. Personally,...	avid	6	357	Feb 27, 2013 by Raman
	JFT February 26 Remorse (Preview) The Eighth Step offers a big change from a life dominated by guilt and remorse. Basic Text, p. 39 = Remorse was one of the feelings that kept us using. We had stumbled our way through active addiction, leaving a trail of heartbreak and devastation too painful to consider. Our remorse was often inten...	Dave R	0	263	Feb 26, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT February 25 Sick as out secrets (Preview) It would be tragic to write [out an inventory only to] shove it in a drawer. These defects grow in the dark and die in the light of exposure. Basic Text, p. 32 = How many times have we heard it said that we are only as sick as our secrets? While many members choose not to use meetings to share the intimate de...	Dave R	0	243	Feb 25, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT February 24 A new influence (Preview) Personality change was what we really needed. Change from self-destructive patterns of life became necessary. Basic Text, p. 15 = In early life, most of us were capable of joy and wonder, of giving and receiving unconditional love. When we started using, we introduced an influence into our live...	Dave R	0	258	Feb 24, 2013 by Dave R
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