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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...

Dave R · Dave R

We see it happening among us every day. This miraculous turnabout is evidence of a spiritual awakening. Basic Text, p. 51 = We watch them walk in to their first meeting defeated, their spirits broken. Their suffering is obvious, and their desire for help even more apparent. They collect a welcome...

Lumbee Lady · Lumbee Lady

IM on suboxin now im feeling ive traded one drug for another. I want to taper down but the dr said if i get off of it too soon i may relapse because ive used pain meds for soo many years. I dnt know what to do. Any advise would be appreciated.

Dave R · Dave R

Our disease isolated us... Hostile, resentful, self-centered, and self-seeking, we cut ourselves off from the outside world. Basic Text, p. 4 = Addiction is an isolating disease, closing us off from society, family, and self. We hid. We lied. We scorned the lives we saw others living, surely be...

Dave R · Dave R

Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways. Basic Text, p. 95 = Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply It stinks? When this happens, we are probably suffering from a lack of daily maintenance in our program. In recovery, life can get pretty hectic. Ma...

Dave R · Dave R

This is a program for learning. Basic Text, p. 16 = Learning in recovery is hard work. The things we most need to know are often the hardest to learn. We study recovery to prepare ourselves for the experiences life will give us. As we listen to others share in meetings, we take mental notes we can refer...

kerrie wallen · kerrie wallen

i am looking for a copy of the lone star workbook on the tradtios . can anyone help me

Dave R · Dave R

Unity is a must in Narcotics Anonymous. Basic Text, p. 63 = Unity is not uniformity. Unity springs from the fact that we have unity of purposeto recover, and to help others stay clean. Even so, we often find that while we strive to fulfill the same purpose, our means and methods may be radically diffe...

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	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	456	Feb 8, 2013 by clifton
	Illusion... (Preview)	John	7	325	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	261	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	351	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	245	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	282	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	272	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	467	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	243	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	247	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	328	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	225	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	207	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	243	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	195	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	201	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	335	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	234	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	310	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	236	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	247	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	233	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	318	Jan 25, 2013 by Makingithappen
	JFT January 25 An added gift (Preview) We see it happening among us every day. This miraculous turnabout is evidence of a spiritual awakening. Basic Text, p. 51 = We watch them walk in to their first meeting defeated, their spirits broken. Their suffering is obvious, and their desire for help even more apparent. They collect a welcome...	Dave R	0	206	Jan 25, 2013 by Dave R
	suboxine (Preview) IM on suboxin now im feeling ive traded one drug for another. I want to taper down but the dr said if i get off of it too soon i may relapse because ive used pain meds for soo many years. I dnt know what to do. Any advise would be appreciated.	Lumbee Lady	9	512	Jan 25, 2013 by avid
	JFT January 24 From isolation to connection (Preview) Our disease isolated us... Hostile, resentful, self-centered, and self-seeking, we cut ourselves off from the outside world. Basic Text, p. 4 = Addiction is an isolating disease, closing us off from society, family, and self. We hid. We lied. We scorned the lives we saw others living, surely be...	Dave R	0	214	Jan 24, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT January 23 Serenity check (Preview) Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways. Basic Text, p. 95 = Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply It stinks? When this happens, we are probably suffering from a lack of daily maintenance in our program. In recovery, life can get pretty hectic. Ma...	Dave R	0	204	Jan 23, 2013 by Dave R
	JFT January 22 The school of recovery (Preview) This is a program for learning. Basic Text, p. 16 = Learning in recovery is hard work. The things we most need to know are often the hardest to learn. We study recovery to prepare ourselves for the experiences life will give us. As we listen to others share in meetings, we take mental notes we can refer...	Dave R	0	221	Jan 22, 2013 by Dave R
	tradtions work book (Preview) i am looking for a copy of the lone star workbook on the tradtios . can anyone help me	kerrie wallen	3	464	Jan 22, 2013 by MIKEF
	JFT Unity and uniformity (Preview) Unity is a must in Narcotics Anonymous. Basic Text, p. 63 = Unity is not uniformity. Unity springs from the fact that we have unity of purposeto recover, and to help others stay clean. Even so, we often find that while we strive to fulfill the same purpose, our means and methods may be radically diffe...	Dave R	0	255	Jan 21, 2013 by Dave R
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