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Adderall Help
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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...
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JFT March 3 Relapse
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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...
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Tough time for Sponsee
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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...
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JFT March 2 Success
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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...
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JFT March 1 Anxiety attack!
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[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...
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JFT February 28 The greatest gift
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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...
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I am not sure how this works. I need advice. Evicted 33 yr old daughter.
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JFT February 27 "Pure" motives
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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...
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A VACATION!!!!
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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...
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Has Narcotics Anonymous started you on a greater spiritual journey?
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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,...
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JFT February 26 Remorse
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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...
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JFT February 25 Sick as out secrets
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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...
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JFT February 24 A new influence
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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 February 23 Messages and messengers
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Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. Tradition Twelve = The Twelfth Tradition reminds us of the importance of putting principles before personalities. In recovery meetings, this might be paraphrased, don...
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I leave the light on... (video)
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This beautiful woman is amazing and Miracles In Progress was blessed to have the opportunity to play a part in her journey, which started 4 years ago.
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JFT February 22 God's will, or mine?
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We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step Ten = In Narcotics Anonymous, weve found that the more we live in harmony with our Higher Powers will for us, the greater the harmony in our lives. We use the Tenth Step to help us maintain that harmony. On a dail...
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Dealing with a Chronic Illness in Recovery
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Hi Everyone, I am new to this forum and would love some input. I have been blessed to be clean in the Narcotics Anonymous program since October 17, 1998. Since September of last year, I have been dealing with a chronic, undiagnosed health condition. I have a few questions. Are there NA forums, maybe in t...
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JFT February 21 Self-pity or recovery--it's our choice
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Self-pity is one of the most destructive of defects; it will drain us of all positive energy. Basic Text, p. 80 = In active addiction, many of us used self-pity as a survival mechanism. We didnt believe there was an alternative to living in our diseaseor perhaps we didnt want to believe. As long as w...
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Opinion on reading Living Clean instead of Basic Text at meetings
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I have a question , should Living Clean be used at meetings to read instead of the Basic Text ? I think this book is great but they are stories not the Steps that we all use to help us in our recovery . Some groups where I live , use it at step study meetings . It is a book of recovery stories , not the steps and Tra...
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Can you believe this ? 21002 views to a topic !
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Hi all... Im seeing a Great Show here...... By the Grace of God,,, and in the time of recovering addicts, one of the topics I started in MIP has scored 21002 views... Incredible, amazing etc...... It's called "Recovery Quotes" an was a topic started by me on Nov. 1 .2005...., I thank yall th...
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JFT February 20 Powerlessness and personal responsibility
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Through our inability to accept personal responsibilities, we were actually creating our own problems. Basic Text, p. 13 = When we refuse to take responsibility for our lives, we give away all of our personal power. We need to remember that we are powerless over our addiction, not our personal be...
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JFT February 19 Reservations
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Relapse is never an accident. Relapse is a sign that we have a reservation in our program. Basic Text, p. 79 = A reservation is something we set aside for future use. In our case, a reservation is the expectation that, if such-and-such happens, we will surely relapse. What event do we expect will be t...
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JFT February 18 The recovery partnerships
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As long as I take it easy and make a commitment with my Higher Power to do the best I can, I know I will be taken care of today. = Many of us feel that our fundamental commitment in recovery is to our Higher Power. Knowing that we lack the power to stay clean and find recovery on our own, we enter into a partne...
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NA to your cell phone?
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Does anyone know how I can get the just for today sent to my blackberry? Or any NA related material? Or where can I go to get a daily message sent to my e-mail? I would like to be able to get daily stuff sent to me. I can't seem to find anything online. Thanks for your help
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JFT February 17 Carrying the message, not the addict
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They can be analyzed, counseled, reasoned with, prayed over, threatened, beaten, or locked up, but they will not stop until they want to stop. Basic Text, p. 65 = Perhaps one of the most difficult truths we must face in our recovery is that we are as powerless over anothers addiction as we are over ou...
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JFT February 16 Faithful feelings
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When we refuse to accept the reality of today, we are denying faith in our Higher Power. This can only bring more suffering. IP No. 8, Just for Today = Some days just arent the way we wish they would be. Our problems may be as simple as a broken shoelace or having to stand in line at the supermarket. Or we m...
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JFT February 15 An awakening of the spirit
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The last thing we expected was an awakening of the spirit. Basic Text, p. 49 = Few of us came to our first Narcotics Anonymous meeting aching to take a personal inventory or believing that a spiritual void existed in our souls. We had no inkling that we were about to embark on a journey which would awak...
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JFT February 14 Honesty and spirituality
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The right to a God of your understanding is total and without any catches. Because we have this right, it is necessary to be honest about our belief if we are to grow spiritually. Basic Text, pp. 25-26 = In meetings, over refreshments, in talks with our sponsor, we hear our NA friends talking about th...
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JFT February 13 The ties that bind
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As long as the ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart, all will be well. Basic Text, p. 60 = Many of us feel that without NA we would surely have died from our disease. Hence, its existence is our very lifeline. However, disunity is an occasional fact of life in Narco...
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JFT February 12 Living in the moment
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We regretted the past, dreaded the future, and werent too thrilled about the present. Basic Text, p. 7 = Until we experience the healing that happens when we work the Twelve Steps, it is doubtful that we can find a statement more true than the quote above. Most of us come to NA hanging our heads in sham...
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