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EAlmen · EAlmen

Here are some exerpts from my eBook Rehabilitatin' We may begin to comprehend addiction by looking at it as though it were a game. Lets call it the Lie Till You Drop game. The name sounds innocent but dont let that fool you. It is a brutal and deadly game that rarely has any survivors. It is built on the pr...

Dave R · Dave R

In accordance with the principles of recovery, we try not to judge, stereotype, or moralize with each other. Basic Text, p. 11 = How many times in our recovery have we misunderstood the behavior of another, immediately formed a judgment, applied a label, and neatly tucked the individual into a pi...

Dave R · Dave R

In seeking a sponsor, most members look for someone they feel they can learn to trust, someone who seems compassionate IP No. 11, Sponsorship, Revised = The idea of sponsorship may be new to us. We have spent many years without direction, relying only on self-interest, suspecting everyone, trus...

MIKEF · MIKEF

Morning and blessings of this day! Please join me today in reflection and grattitude as this addict,with the God of my understandings grace and mercy celebrate 65 years of LIFE. After 25 years of devastation and making my 37th birthday not looking promising I was graced to be able to choose between L...

John · John

Chapter 3 Why Are We Here?Before coming to the Fellowship of N.A., we could not manage our own lives. We could not live and enjoy life as other people do. We had to have something different and we thought we had found it in drugs. We placed their use ahead of the welfare of our families, our wives, husbands...

Dave R · Dave R

From the isolation of our addiction, we find a fellowship of people with a common bond... Our faith, strength, and hope come from people sharing their recovery... Basic Text, p. 98 = Admit no weakness, conceal all shortcomings, deny every failure, go it alone that was the creed many of us followed...

avid · avid

I thought it would be fun to start a thread on some of the wisdom we hear at meetings. Heard a good one today. "Having a resentment is like setting yourself on fire and expecting the other person to get burned." Heard any good ones lately?

monkeyman · monkeyman

During my treatment in a rehab and mind you before this happened I never thought I was insane , one fine morning I was reading the NA Big Blue Book , and going through it I read a definition of WHAT IS INSANITY : It Read - Repeating the same mistakes again and again and expecting different results . This one d...

Dave R · Dave R

It is not where we were that counts, but where we are going. Basic Text, p. 23 = When we first find recovery, some of us feel shame or despair at calling ourselves addicts. In the early days, we may be filled with both fear and hope as we struggle to find new meaning in our lives. The past may seem inescapa...

John · John

MIP NA Meeting/Chat Room MIP NA Group Message Board Hi everyone, Tonight we have a scheduled online NA meeting in our room tonight at 10 p.m. eastern time, so please join us and help carry the message of Narcotics Anonymous. Please try to keep in mind that we have two meetings scheduled per week at this t...

BossRoss11 · BossRoss11

I am a recovering Crackhead, Weedhead, two time crystal meth user and two time heroin user who hasn't used in over 6 years but who lives with my fiance who i have known for over 10 years and originally met in recovery. She has put herself and myself through a lot for over a year continually relapsing on cry...

Dave R · Dave R

We do the footwork and accept whats being given to us freely on a daily basis. Basic Text, p. 47 = Our relationship with our Higher Power is a two-way street. In prayer, we speak and God listens. When we meditate, we do our best to listen for the will of our Higher Power. We know that we are responsible fo...

John · John

Hi Everyone, As has been noted in a previous post, I did some work on the site, regarding upgrading the web site entrance, so people could get into the room without a problem with the java or the irc server we were using. I have tested its level of functionality and it past with flying colors! Our meetin...

Dave R · Dave R

In our addiction, we were dependent upon people, places, and things. We looked to them to support us and supply the things we found lacking in ourselves. Basic Text, pp. 70-71 = In the animal kingdom, there is a creature that thrives on others. It is called a leech. It attaches itself to people and ta...

Dave R · Dave R

Addiction is a disease that involves more than the use of drugs. Basic Text, p. 3 = At our first meeting, we may have been taken aback at the way members shared about how the disease of addiction had affected their lives. We thought to ourselves, Disease? Ive just got a drug problem! What in the world a...

BigV · BigV

Miracles in progress AA part will be holding meetings on Tuesday nights 9 East coast time and Saturday morning 11am East coast time. Our NA room is open now and working it seems and i guess if you'd have some clean time and want to run meetings get a hold of John and let him know, not sure if there using the o...

Dave R · Dave R

A simple, honest message of recovery from addiction rings true. Basic Text, p. 51 = Youre in a meeting. The sharing has been going on for some time. One or two members have described their spiritual experiences in an especially meaningful way. Another has had us all rolling in the aisles with enter...

Dave R · Dave R

Most of us have no trouble admitting that addiction had become a destructive force in our lives. Our best efforts resulted in ever greater destruction and despair. At some point, we realized that we needed the help of some Power greater than our addiction. Basic Text, p. 24 = Most of us know without...

Dave R · Dave R

There is a special feeling for addicts when they discover that there are other people who share their difficulties, past and present. Basic Text, pp. 55-56 = The wealth of our recovery is too good to keep to ourselves. Some of us believe that when we talk in meetings, we should remember the newcomer...

Dave R · Dave R

Those who make it through these times show a courage not their own. Basic Text, p. 86 = Before coming to NA, many of us thought we were brave simply because we had never experienced fear. We had drugged all our feelings, fear among them, until we had convinced ourselves that we were tough, courageou...

Dave R · Dave R

Also, our inventories usually include material on relationships. Basic Text, p. 29 = What an understatement this is! Especially in later recovery, entire inventories may focus on our relationships with others. Our lives have been filled with relationships with lovers, friends, parents, c...

Dave R · Dave R

The purpose of a searching and fearless moral inventory is to sort through the confusion and the contradiction of our lives so that we can find out who we really are. Basic Text, p. 27 = Using addicts are a confused and confusing bunch of people. Its hard to tell from one minute to the next what theyre g...

Raman · Raman

A wonderful share, reposted with permission. When we question whether or not we are worthy of something it is important at that time to shift into gratitude. We all know what its like to finally get something we want, only to find ourselves feeling as if we dont deserve it. Whether its a car, a new j...

Dave R · Dave R

The get-togethers after our meetings are good opportunities to share things that we didnt get to discuss during the meeting. Basic Text, p. 98 = Active addiction set us apart from society, isolating us. Fear was at the core of that alienation. We believed that if we let others get to know us, they w...

Manon · Manon

just got back from houston on friday as i stayed one night at hotel to pass out as the drive was a last minute choice the ppl i was with are the real kinda con artist they have ppl visit that they meet online i barely made it home a friend had to rent a room for me that i actually met on this site in 05 as i was falli...

BigV · BigV

Its been a very rough 6 months or so, I found out after one more time of trying to be in a relationship with long time girlfriend that she married her second best boy friend HAH. She wanted me to marry her, she had left him after being engaged to him to see if it would work with me, she did everything in her pow...

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...

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	eBook taken from my diary before and after entering a Salvation Army rehab center. (Preview) Here are some exerpts from my eBook Rehabilitatin' We may begin to comprehend addiction by looking at it as though it were a game. Lets call it the Lie Till You Drop game. The name sounds innocent but dont let that fool you. It is a brutal and deadly game that rarely has any survivors. It is built on the pr...	EAlmen	2	515	Mar 28, 2013 by avid
	JFT March 27 Looking for the assets (Preview) In accordance with the principles of recovery, we try not to judge, stereotype, or moralize with each other. Basic Text, p. 11 = How many times in our recovery have we misunderstood the behavior of another, immediately formed a judgment, applied a label, and neatly tucked the individual into a pi...	Dave R	0	238	Mar 27, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT March 26 Trusting a sponsor--worth the risk (Preview) In seeking a sponsor, most members look for someone they feel they can learn to trust, someone who seems compassionate *IP No. 11, Sponsorship,* Revised** = The idea of sponsorship may be new to us. We have spent many years without direction, relying only on self-interest, suspecting everyone, trus...	Dave R	0	307	Mar 26, 2013 by Dave R
	Join me in celebration (Preview) Morning and blessings of this day! Please join me today in reflection and grattitude as this addict,with the God of my understandings grace and mercy celebrate 65 years of LIFE. After 25 years of devastation and making my 37th birthday not looking promising I was graced to be able to choose between L...	MIKEF	2	291	Mar 26, 2013 by avid
	Why Are We Here (Preview) Chapter 3 Why Are We Here?Before coming to the Fellowship of N.A., we could not manage our own lives. We could not live and enjoy life as other people do. We had to have something different and we thought we had found it in drugs. We placed their use ahead of the welfare of our families, our wives, husbands...	John	6	6258	Mar 25, 2013 by an addict named judy
	JFT March 25 I can't but we can (Preview) From the isolation of our addiction, we find a fellowship of people with a common bond... Our faith, strength, and hope come from people sharing their recovery... Basic Text, p. 98 = Admit no weakness, conceal all shortcomings, deny every failure, go it alone that was the creed many of us followed...	Dave R	0	321	Mar 25, 2013 by Dave R
	Catchy sayings heard at meetings. (Preview) I thought it would be fun to start a thread on some of the wisdom we hear at meetings. Heard a good one today. "Having a resentment is like setting yourself on fire and expecting the other person to get burned." Heard any good ones lately?	avid	7	583	Mar 25, 2013 by Dean
	Second Step (2,II,Two) Discussions Repeating Same mistakes . . . (Preview) During my treatment in a rehab and mind you before this happened I never thought I was insane , one fine morning I was reading the NA Big Blue Book , and going through it I read a definition of WHAT IS INSANITY : It Read - Repeating the same mistakes again and again and expecting different results . This one d...	monkeyman	7	3572	Mar 25, 2013 by an addict named judy
	JFT March 24 Letting go of the past (Preview) It is not where we were that counts, but where we are going. Basic Text, p. 23 = When we first find recovery, some of us feel shame or despair at calling ourselves addicts. In the early days, we may be filled with both fear and hope as we struggle to find new meaning in our lives. The past may seem inescapa...	Dave R	0	367	Mar 24, 2013 by Dave R
	Scheduled Online NA meeting tonight at 10 PM Eastern time (Preview) MIP NA Meeting/Chat Room MIP NA Group Message Board Hi everyone, Tonight we have a scheduled online NA meeting in our room tonight at 10 p.m. eastern time, so please join us and help carry the message of Narcotics Anonymous. Please try to keep in mind that we have two meetings scheduled per week at this t...	John	0	555	Mar 24, 2013 by John
	Dual Addicts. One long recovering, one relapsing and putting me through her whirlwind (Preview) I am a recovering Crackhead, Weedhead, two time crystal meth user and two time heroin user who hasn't used in over 6 years but who lives with my fiance who i have known for over 10 years and originally met in recovery. She has put herself and myself through a lot for over a year continually relapsing on cry...	BossRoss11	5	474	Mar 24, 2013 by an addict named judy
	JFT March 23 God's gifts (Preview) We do the footwork and accept whats being given to us freely on a daily basis. Basic Text, p. 47 = Our relationship with our Higher Power is a two-way street. In prayer, we speak and God listens. When we meditate, we do our best to listen for the will of our Higher Power. We know that we are responsible fo...	Dave R	0	303	Mar 23, 2013 by Dave R
	Online NA Meetings Starting Here Again! (Preview) Hi Everyone, As has been noted in a previous post, I did some work on the site, regarding upgrading the web site entrance, so people could get into the room without a problem with the java or the irc server we were using. I have tested its level of functionality and it past with flying colors! Our meetin...	John	0	3083	Mar 23, 2013 by John
	JFT March 22 The principle of self-support (Preview) In our addiction, we were dependent upon people, places, and things. We looked to them to support us and supply the things we found lacking in ourselves. Basic Text, pp. 70-71 = In the animal kingdom, there is a creature that thrives on others. It is called a leech. It attaches itself to people and ta...	Dave R	0	326	Mar 22, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT March 21 A treatable illness (Preview) Addiction is a disease that involves more than the use of drugs. Basic Text, p. 3 = At our first meeting, we may have been taken aback at the way members shared about how the disease of addiction had affected their lives. We thought to ourselves, Disease? Ive just got a drug problem! What in the world a...	Dave R	3	395	Mar 21, 2013 by MIKEF
	Looks like Johns been working on the meeting room (Preview) Miracles in progress AA part will be holding meetings on Tuesday nights 9 East coast time and Saturday morning 11am East coast time. Our NA room is open now and working it seems and i guess if you'd have some clean time and want to run meetings get a hold of John and let him know, not sure if there using the o...	BigV	1	404	Mar 21, 2013 by avid
	JFT March 19 Something valuable to share (Preview) A simple, honest message of recovery from addiction rings true. Basic Text, p. 51 = Youre in a meeting. The sharing has been going on for some time. One or two members have described their spiritual experiences in an especially meaningful way. Another has had us all rolling in the aisles with enter...	Dave R	4	444	Mar 20, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT March 20 Higher power (Preview) Most of us have no trouble admitting that addiction had become a destructive force in our lives. Our best efforts resulted in ever greater destruction and despair. At some point, we realized that we needed the help of some Power greater than our addiction. Basic Text, p. 24 = Most of us know without...	Dave R	0	324	Mar 20, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT March 18 The full message (Preview) There is a special feeling for addicts when they discover that there are other people who share their difficulties, past and present. Basic Text, pp. 55-56 = The wealth of our recovery is too good to keep to ourselves. Some of us believe that when we talk in meetings, we should remember the newcomer...	Dave R	0	442	Mar 18, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT March 17 True courage (Preview) Those who make it through these times show a courage not their own. Basic Text, p. 86 = Before coming to NA, many of us thought we were brave simply because we had never experienced fear. We had drugged all our feelings, fear among them, until we had convinced ourselves that we were tough, courageou...	Dave R	1	373	Mar 17, 2013 by cdbuckberry
	JFT March 14 Relationships (Preview) Also, our inventories usually include material on relationships. Basic Text, p. 29 = What an understatement this is! Especially in later recovery, entire inventories may focus on our relationships with others. Our lives have been filled with relationships with lovers, friends, parents, c...	Dave R	2	380	Mar 17, 2013 by avid
	JFT March 16 Inventory (Preview) The purpose of a searching and fearless moral inventory is to sort through the confusion and the contradiction of our lives so that we can find out who we really are. Basic Text, p. 27 = Using addicts are a confused and confusing bunch of people. Its hard to tell from one minute to the next what theyre g...	Dave R	0	316	Mar 16, 2013 by Dave R
	Sense of worthiness. (Preview) A wonderful share, reposted with permission. When we question whether or not we are worthy of something it is important at that time to shift into gratitude. We all know what its like to finally get something we want, only to find ourselves feeling as if we dont deserve it. Whether its a car, a new j...	Raman	5	421	Mar 16, 2013 by Raman
	JFT March 15 Feeling "a part of" (Preview) The get-togethers after our meetings are good opportunities to share things that we didnt get to discuss during the meeting. Basic Text, p. 98 = Active addiction set us apart from society, isolating us. Fear was at the core of that alienation. We believed that if we let others get to know us, they w...	Dave R	0	356	Mar 15, 2013 by Dave R
	holiday from hell (Preview) just got back from houston on friday as i stayed one night at hotel to pass out as the drive was a last minute choice the ppl i was with are the real kinda con artist they have ppl visit that they meet online i barely made it home a friend had to rent a room for me that i actually met on this site in 05 as i was falli...	Manon	4	398	Mar 14, 2013 by BigV
	I can learn something here from you all (Preview) Its been a very rough 6 months or so, I found out after one more time of trying to be in a relationship with long time girlfriend that she married her second best boy friend HAH. She wanted me to marry her, she had left him after being engaged to him to see if it would work with me, she did everything in her pow...	BigV	5	345	Mar 13, 2013 by BigV
	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	356	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	268	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	242	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	6200	Mar 11, 2013 by Dave R
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