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Dave R · Dave R

When at the end of the road we find that we can no longer function as a human being, either with or without drugs, we all face the same dilemma.... Either go on as best we can to the bitter endsjails, institutions, or deathor find a new way to live. Basic Text, p. 87 = What was the worst aspect of active add...

Dave R · Dave R

Freedom to change seems to come after acceptance of ourselves. Basic Text, p. 58 = Fear and denial are the opposites of acceptance. None of us are perfect, even in our own eyes; all of us have certain traits that, given the chance, we would like to change. We sometimes become overwhelmed when contem...

Manon · Manon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqds0B_meys

Dave R · Dave R

In living the steps, we begin to let go of our self-obsession. Basic Text, p. 97 = Many of us came to the program convinced that our feelings, our wants, and our needs were of the utmost importance to everyone. We had practiced a lifetime of self-seeking, self-centered behavior and believed it was t...

Dave R · Dave R

Words mean nothing until we put them into action. Basic Text, p. 58 = The Twelfth Step reminds us to practice these principles in all our affairs. In NA, we see living examples of this suggestion all around us. The more experienced members, who seem to have an aura of peace surrounding them, demonst...

Dave R · Dave R

The fact that we, each and every group, focus on carrying the message provides consistency; addicts can count on us. Basic Text, p. 68 = Tales of our antics in active addiction may be funny. Stories of our old bizarre reactions to life when using may be interesting. But they tend to carry the mess mor...

Kashmiranda · Kashmiranda

I am a single mother who needs to move into an Oxford house as soon as possible. I have made a few calls but there are not very many options for mothers with children. I don't mind moving as far as Oregon but prefer to stay within a 50 mile radius of my current location. I am really serious about staying clean...

Dave R · Dave R

Everything that occurs in the course of NA service must be motivated by the desire to more successfully carry the message of recovery to the addict who still suffers. Basic Text, p. xxvi = Our motives are often a surprise to us. In our early days of recovery, they were almost always a surprise! Weve l...

momswings · momswings

I am new to NA I am formiliar with the 12 step program. I was in aa recovery 20 yrs ago but became a drinker of less to get buzzed. Now with my back injury and the stress I have in the house pain pills have beceom more convient and noone really knows the difference but me. There is no alcohol no one drinks but...

Dave R · Dave R

Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases. Basic Text, p. 84 = Recognizing complacency in our recovery is like seeing smoke in a room. The smoke thickens when our meeting attendance drops, contact with newcome...

Tahir · Tahir

Two of my friends from the Fellowship went on Interferon treatment this week and they are down with fever and stomach cramps. I was considering going for it myself and might go on it myself in a few months. Are there others here who have undergone this treatment for their hepatitis C? I would really appr...

Dave R · Dave R

There is a spiritual principle of giving away what we have been given in Narcotics Anonymous in order to keep it. By helping others to stay clean, we enjoy the benefit of the spiritual wealth that we have found. Basic Text, p. 49 = Time and again in our recovery, others have freely shared with us what w...

Dave R · Dave R

Addiction is a physical, mental, and spiritual disease that affects every area of our lives. Basic Text, p. 20 = Before we started using, most of us had a stereotype, a mental image of what addicts were supposed to look like. Some of us pictured a junkie robbing convenience markets for drug money. O...

mrsgray0618 · mrsgray0618

Hello everyone my name is Tamara and I have been a struggling addict for the last 4 years with sprouts of clean time. One very important thing ladies and gentlmen is NEVER EVER get to cocky in your soberity and think you are above and beyond it. I was the girl going to the classes swearing up and down I would...

Dave R · Dave R

There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using. Basic Text, p. 9 = We all know people who could benefit from Narcotics Anonymous. Many people we encounter from all walks of lifeour family members, old friends, and coworkerscould really use a program of recovery in their li...

Mike T · Mike T

I am going to call World on this, but I just wanted some opinions on "facility rules." We recently had to move our homegroup to another facility due to this disease taking our landlord to the final of the three absolutes stopping active addiction. This facility wants us to read "faci...

Dave R · Dave R

By working the steps, we come to accept a Higher Powers will.... We lose our fear of the unknown. We are set free. Basic Text, p. 16 = Life is a series of changes, both large and small. Although we may know and accept this fact intellectually, chances are that our initial emotional reaction to change i...

momswings · momswings

Anyone in recovery that would like to chat on facebook please send me a friend request at Candice Fanning Gibson. I would love to talk to some newbies an some people with some real sobriety behind them. im on and off most the day and briefly at night. Thanks candi

sanjay_2011 · sanjay_2011

Hi, I am 18 months clean in NA and I am from India and I use to visit this site but today I registered.I am dying to get a sponsor and after reading here a lot I found Raman can help me.How do I contact Raman please help. Hius and love to ALL

LizC · LizC

I will try not to ramble too much since it is past 3am and I am not sleeping. Sorry Ive been gone for a while. I was running amuck causing chaos to myself and others. Using to the point of giving up, not caring, suicidal thoughts, and desperation. Im clean today. Ive been clean for almost a week. The lovely M...

William · William

I'm in Boston...where are the meetings?

William · William

I'm a forty year old man who needs a mentor to guide me through the process of getting away from opiates and into the NA system. I live in Arlington, near Davis Square in Somerville.

amanda819 · amanda819

Please help. I am on 3 days of having no percocet 30s. I am hurting so bad, I have no energy, I have a 2 1/2 year old son at home and I CANNOT get off my butt!!! Any suggestions would be very helpfull on how I CAN GET SOME ENERGY, and stop feeling as miserable as I do. I am trying so hard.

Dave R · Dave R

No one is forcing us to give up our misery. Basic Text, p. 29 = Its funny to remember how reluctant we once were to surrender to recovery. We seemed to think we had wonderful, fulfilling lives as using addicts and that giving up our drugs would be worse than serving a life sentence at hard labor. In real...

Dave R · Dave R

I started to imitate some of the things the winners were doing. I got caught up in NA. I felt good... Basic Text, p. 153 = We often hear it said in meetings that we should stick with the winners. Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Winners are easily identified. They work an active program of re...

Dave R · Dave R

This ability to listen is a gift and grows as we grow spiritually. Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift. Basic Text, p. 107 = Have you ever watched two small children carry on a conversation? One will be talking about purple dragons while the other carries on about the discom...

Dave R · Dave R

When we see how our defects exist in our lives and accept them, we can let go of them and get on with our new life. Basic Text, p. 35 = Sometimes our readiness to have our character defects removed depends on what we call them. If misnaming our defects makes them seem less defective, we may be unable to se...

Manon · Manon

you know after all these years I do not remember saying ty to the ppl who regualrly post in my threads showing support so even in my disater of a lfe i still remain grateful not easy life is coming at me in all ways but trying to stay sane!!

Dave R · Dave R

We use the tools available to us and develop the ability to survive our emotions. Basic Text, p. 31 = Survive my emotions? some of us say. Youve got to be kidding! When we were using, we never gave ourselves the chance to learn how to survive them. You dont survive your feelings, we thoughtyou drug the...

Dave R · Dave R

Relationships can be a terribly painful area. Basic Text, p. 82 = Love is like an elixir for some of us. The excitement of a new lover, the intrigue of exploring intimacy, the sense of release we get from allowing ourselves to become vulnerablethese are all powerful emotions. But we cant forget tha...

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	JFT December 22 A new way to live (Preview) When at the end of the road we find that we can no longer function as a human being, either with or without drugs, we all face the same dilemma.... Either go on as best we can to the bitter endsjails, institutions, or deathor find a new way to live. Basic Text, p. 87 = What was the worst aspect of active add...	Dave R	0	238	Dec 22, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT December 21 Acceptance and change (Preview) Freedom to change seems to come after acceptance of ourselves. Basic Text, p. 58 = Fear and denial are the opposites of acceptance. None of us are perfect, even in our own eyes; all of us have certain traits that, given the chance, we would like to change. We sometimes become overwhelmed when contem...	Dave R	0	275	Dec 21, 2012 by Dave R
	this is a perfet song to expipast three years and then some (Preview) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqds0B_meys	Manon	1	308	Dec 21, 2012 by avid
	JFT December 20 Overcoming self-obsession (Preview) In living the steps, we begin to let go of our self-obsession. Basic Text, p. 97 = Many of us came to the program convinced that our feelings, our wants, and our needs were of the utmost importance to everyone. We had practiced a lifetime of self-seeking, self-centered behavior and believed it was t...	Dave R	0	236	Dec 20, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT December 19 Walking the way we talk (Preview) Words mean nothing until we put them into action. Basic Text, p. 58 = The Twelfth Step reminds us to practice these principles in all our affairs. In NA, we see living examples of this suggestion all around us. The more experienced members, who seem to have an aura of peace surrounding them, demonst...	Dave R	0	227	Dec 19, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT December 18 The message of our meetings (Preview) The fact that we, each and every group, focus on carrying the message provides consistency; addicts can count on us. Basic Text, p. 68 = Tales of our antics in active addiction may be funny. Stories of our old bizarre reactions to life when using may be interesting. But they tend to carry the mess mor...	Dave R	0	233	Dec 18, 2012 by Dave R
	Oxford House for W/C in Seattle Any Suggestions?? Oxford house clean and sober housing Island living (Preview) I am a single mother who needs to move into an Oxford house as soon as possible. I have made a few calls but there are not very many options for mothers with children. I don't mind moving as far as Oregon but prefer to stay within a 50 mile radius of my current location. I am really serious about staying clean...	Kashmiranda	1	336	Dec 18, 2012 by avid
	JFT DEcember 17 Service motives (Preview) Everything that occurs in the course of NA service must be motivated by the desire to more successfully carry the message of recovery to the addict who still suffers. Basic Text, p. xxvi = Our motives are often a surprise to us. In our early days of recovery, they were almost always* a surprise! Weve l...*	Dave R	0	232	Dec 17, 2012 by Dave R
	New to NA have past AA recovery help please (Preview) I am new to NA I am formiliar with the 12 step program. I was in aa recovery 20 yrs ago but became a drinker of less to get buzzed. Now with my back injury and the stress I have in the house pain pills have beceom more convient and noone really knows the difference but me. There is no alcohol no one drinks but...	momswings	18	981	Dec 17, 2012 by momswings
	JFT December 16 Where there's smoke (Preview) Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases. Basic Text, p. 84 = Recognizing complacency in our recovery is like seeing smoke in a room. The smoke thickens when our meeting attendance drops, contact with newcome...	Dave R	1	339	Dec 17, 2012 by yogiart
	Experiences with the Interferon Treatment (Preview) Two of my friends from the Fellowship went on Interferon treatment this week and they are down with fever and stomach cramps. I was considering going for it myself and might go on it myself in a few months. Are there others here who have undergone this treatment for their hepatitis C? I would really appr...	Tahir	11	1251	Dec 16, 2012 by banjopaul100
	JFT December 15 The joy of sharing (Preview) There is a spiritual principle of giving away what we have been given in Narcotics Anonymous in order to keep it. By helping others to stay clean, we enjoy the benefit of the spiritual wealth that we have found. Basic Text, p. 49 = Time and again in our recovery, others have freely shared with us what w...	Dave R	0	364	Dec 15, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT December 14 Addiction, drugs, and recovery (Preview) Addiction is a physical, mental, and spiritual disease that affects every area of our lives. Basic Text, p. 20 = Before we started using, most of us had a stereotype, a mental image of what addicts were supposed to look like. Some of us pictured a junkie robbing convenience markets for drug money. O...	Dave R	0	300	Dec 14, 2012 by Dave R
	WE ARE ALL THE SAME (Preview) Hello everyone my name is Tamara and I have been a struggling addict for the last 4 years with sprouts of clean time. One very important thing ladies and gentlmen is NEVER EVER get to cocky in your soberity and think you are above and beyond it. I was the girl going to the classes swearing up and down I would...	mrsgray0618	4	377	Dec 14, 2012 by avid
	JFT December 13 Membership (Preview) There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using. Basic Text, p. 9 = We all know people who could benefit from Narcotics Anonymous. Many people we encounter from all walks of lifeour family members, old friends, and coworkerscould really use a program of recovery in their li...	Dave R	0	256	Dec 13, 2012 by Dave R
	Facility Rules (Preview) I am going to call World on this, but I just wanted some opinions on "facility rules." We recently had to move our homegroup to another facility due to this disease taking our landlord to the final of the three absolutes stopping active addiction. This facility wants us to read "faci...	Mike T	4	361	Dec 13, 2012 by Mike T
	JFT December 12 Fear of change (Preview) By working the steps, we come to accept a Higher Powers will.... We lose our fear of the unknown. We are set free. Basic Text, p. 16 = Life is a series of changes, both large and small. Although we may know and accept this fact intellectually, chances are that our initial emotional reaction to change i...	Dave R	0	262	Dec 12, 2012 by Dave R
	facebook (Preview) Anyone in recovery that would like to chat on facebook please send me a friend request at Candice Fanning Gibson. I would love to talk to some newbies an some people with some real sobriety behind them. im on and off most the day and briefly at night. Thanks candi	momswings	4	373	Dec 12, 2012 by momswings
	Looking for online sponsor (Preview) Hi, I am 18 months clean in NA and I am from India and I use to visit this site but today I registered.I am dying to get a sponsor and after reading here a lot I found Raman can help me.How do I contact Raman please help. Hius and love to ALL	sanjay_2011	7	322	Dec 12, 2012 by sanjay_2011
	Your mind is a powerful thing (Preview) I will try not to ramble too much since it is past 3am and I am not sleeping. Sorry Ive been gone for a while. I was running amuck causing chaos to myself and others. Using to the point of giving up, not caring, suicidal thoughts, and desperation. Im clean today. Ive been clean for almost a week. The lovely M...	LizC	3	324	Dec 12, 2012 by avid
	Are you on FaceBook...can we talk on there? Boston FaceBook (Preview) I'm in Boston...where are the meetings?	William	2	497	Dec 12, 2012 by avid
	In Arlington, would like to meet other men or women struggling with opiate abuse...need a mentor. Mentor one on one NA HELP (Preview) I'm a forty year old man who needs a mentor to guide me through the process of getting away from opiates and into the NA system. I live in Arlington, near Davis Square in Somerville.	William	3	5316	Dec 12, 2012 by avid
	Day 3 of no opiates detoxing cold turkey (Preview) Please help. I am on 3 days of having no percocet 30s. I am hurting so bad, I have no energy, I have a 2 1/2 year old son at home and I CANNOT get off my butt!!! Any suggestions would be very helpfull on how I CAN GET SOME ENERGY, and stop feeling as miserable as I do. I am trying so hard.	amanda819	23	9457	Dec 12, 2012 by theRightpath
	JFT December 11 Misery is optional (Preview) No one is forcing us to give up our misery. Basic Text, p. 29 = Its funny to remember how reluctant we once were to surrender to recovery. We seemed to think we had wonderful, fulfilling lives as using addicts and that giving up our drugs would be worse than serving a life sentence at hard labor. In real...	Dave R	0	247	Dec 11, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT December 10 Winners (Preview) I started to imitate some of the things the winners were doing. I got caught up in NA. I felt good... Basic Text, p. 153 = We often hear it said in meetings that we should stick with the winners. Who are the winners in Narcotics Anonymous? Winners are easily identified. They work an active program of re...	Dave R	0	263	Dec 10, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT December 9 Listening (Preview) This ability to listen is a gift and grows as we grow spiritually. Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift. Basic Text, p. 107 = Have you ever watched two small children carry on a conversation? One will be talking about purple dragons while the other carries on about the discom...	Dave R	0	266	Dec 9, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT December 8 Calling a defect a defect (Preview) When we see how our defects exist in our lives and accept them, we can let go of them and get on with our new life. Basic Text, p. 35 = Sometimes our readiness to have our character defects removed depends on what we call them. If misnaming our defects makes them seem less defective, we may be unable to se...	Dave R	0	341	Dec 8, 2012 by Dave R
	thanx MIP (Preview) you know after all these years I do not remember saying ty to the ppl who regualrly post in my threads showing support so even in my disater of a lfe i still remain grateful not easy life is coming at me in all ways but trying to stay sane!!	Manon	2	352	Dec 8, 2012 by avid
	JFT December 7 Surviving our emotions (Preview) We use the tools available to us and develop the ability to survive our emotions. Basic Text, p. 31 = Survive my emotions? some of us say. Youve got to be kidding! When we were using, we never gave ourselves the chance to learn how to survive them. You dont survive your feelings, we thoughtyou drug the...	Dave R	0	256	Dec 7, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT DEcember 6 Romance and recovery (Preview) Relationships can be a terribly painful area. Basic Text, p. 82 = Love is like an elixir for some of us. The excitement of a new lover, the intrigue of exploring intimacy, the sense of release we get from allowing ourselves to become vulnerablethese are all powerful emotions. But we cant forget tha...	Dave R	0	270	Dec 6, 2012 by Dave R
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