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Not 'enough'
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Hello everyone! It has been awhile since I have posted on here. I was wondering how you handle those days when you don't feel good enough. What do you guys feel inadequate about? Mine usually has to do with my appearance...seems a little shallow. I know my head will always lie to me but I know the truth is t...
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Procrastination
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Ok since you guys are such smarty pantses What are some tips for overcoming procrastination?? I have gotten into the habit of putting things off and then bursting into a frenzy of "no-time left" crises mode to complete tasks. They get done, but I am afraid I am giving myself wrinkles...
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JFT October 27 Living in the present
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We want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today. Basic Text, p. 29 = For many of us, the past is like a bad dream.Our lives arent the same any more, but we still have fleeting, highly charged emotional memories of a really uncomfortable past.The guilt...
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JFT October 26 The path to self-acceptance
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The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery. IP No. 19, Self-Acceptance = Our addiction has been a source of shame to many of us. We have hidden ourselves from others, sure that if anyone got to know who we really were they would reject us....
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NA meetings in San Francisco/ Bay Area suggestions
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Looking for mtg suggestions in the City/ Bay Area. Gonna be there saturday afternoon through tuesday morning. Looking at the schedule I noticed alot of the meetings have changed. Monday Olaf house moved (wonder how its doing in its new place.) 924 Gilman monday night is still there one of my favorite...
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New Member Question on how to practice or work the 12 Steps of N.A.
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Hello Everyone, This is my first question on this Message Board. How do you practice or work the 12 Steps on Narcotics Anonymous? I have been to a few face to face N.A. meetings both Open and Closed and identified myself as an Addict. I bought the books Narcotics Anonymous, a Green and Gold book calle...
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JFT October 25 Principles before personalities
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Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. Tradition Twelve = Principles before personalities. Many of us chant these words along with the reader whenever the Twelve Traditions are read. The fact that these word...
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New Member
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Hello, I just joined. I'm 4 weeks pregnant and struggling to overcome my marijuana addiction. just looking to be accepted and not judged, as well as looking for support and tips/advice. thanks.
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JFT October 24 Responsibility
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We are not responsible for our disease, only for our recovery. As we begin to apply what we have learned, our lives begin to change for the better. Basic Text, p. 91 = The further we go in recovery, the less we avoid responsibility for ourselves and our actions. By applying the principles of the Narc...
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Online sponsor
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I am looking for an sponsor. How do I go about finding one to fit me?
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JFT October 23 Surrendering
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By surrendering control, we gain a far greater power. Basic Text, p. 44 = When we were using, we did everything we could to run things our way. We used every scheme imaginable to bring our world under control. When we got what we wanted, we felt powerful, invincible; when we didnt, we felt vulnerab...
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Avid
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sorry you miss my posts trying to keep my stress down as much as possible I will try to post at least weekly so I am not missed so much :P
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JFT October 22 Look who's talking
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Our disease is so cunning that it can get us into impossible situations. Basic Text, p. 83 = Some of us say, My disease is talking to me. Others say, My head wont turn off. Still others refer to the committee in my mind or the monkey on my back. Lets face it. We suffer from an incurable malady that cont...
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JFT October 21 God's will today
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"This decision demands continued acceptance, ever-increasing faith, and a daily commitment to recovery. IP No. 14, One Addicts Experience = Sometimes, we really live the Third Stepand its great! We dont regret the past, we arent afraid of the future, and were generally pleased with the pr...
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A recovering addict needs help!!!
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I am all alone, in a new country, with strange people, and maybe have lost the love of my life. I have been clean for about 8 months now and I am all alone and desperate for someone, anyone to listen to my story, give me support, and make me feel that people are here with me. I don't know where to start but...
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JFT October 20 Freedom to choose
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Enforced morality lacks the power that comes to us when we choose to live a spiritual life. Basic Text, p. 45 = In our active addiction, many of us lived our lives by default. We were unwilling or unable to make choices about how we wanted to act, what we preferred to do, or even where we would live. We a...
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This week.
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Hi all. My name is Raman and im an addict. Clean and serene in NA, by the Grace of God. The new week is here and Im setting a few targets for behaviour. Just for today; 1. Watch less TV: do more Prayer and Meditation. 2. Walk at least 30 minutes and walk everyday. Spend more time in Yoga and Breath Exercis...
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made it past the dreary day
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well the anniversary of my stupoidity has come and gone I am still a bit of an emotional wreck but other wise I am doing ok thought I would check in
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JFT October 19 Standing for something
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...we could feel time, touch reality, and recognize spiritual values long lost to many of us. Basic Text, p. 88 = In our active addiction, we were prepared to compromise everything we believed in just to get our hands on more drugs. Whether we stole from our families and friends, sold ourselves, or...
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JFT October 17 "The truth"
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Everything we know is subject to revision, especially what we know about the truth. Basic Text, p. 94 = Many of us thought we could recognize The Truth. We believed the truth was one thing, certain and unchanging, which we could grasp easily and without question. The real truth, however, was tha...
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Topics
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Can someone give me some topics that we learn about in NA meetings?
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JFT October 16 The simplest prayer
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...praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Step Eleven = How do we pray? With little experience, many of us dont even know how to begin. The process, however, is neither difficult nor complicated. We came to Narcotics Anonymous because of our drug addiction....
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JFT October 15 Choices
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We did not choose to become addicts. Basic Text, p. 3 = When we were growing up, all of us had dreams. Every child has heard a relative or neighbor ask, What do you want to be when you grow up? Even if some of us didnt have elaborate dreams of success, most of us dreamed of work, families, and a future of d...
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JFT October 14 The end of loneliness
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With the love that I am shown in Narcotics Anonymous, I have no excuse for loneliness. = Addiction is a lonely disease. We may be surrounded by people but, sooner or later, our addiction drives a wedge between us and even our closest loved ones. Many of us are driven to Narcotics Anonymous by a despe...
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Recovery Surveys
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Are You a Member or a Former Member of a 12-Step Fellowship? Complete an online survey and enter for a chance to win an Amazon.com gift card! If you are a member of AA or NA or if you were a member in the last year, you are invited to participate in a 25-40 minute online survey about your experiences as a 12-...
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JFT October 13 Making a difference
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Words cannot describe the sense of spiritual awareness that we receive when we have given something, no matter how small, to another person. Basic Text, p. 104 = Sometimes it seems as though there is so much wrong with the world that we might as well forget trying to make a difference. After all, we t...
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overwhelmed as the anniversary is near!
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October is here and all i can thinkof is knocking on deaths door oct 11 2009 I have yet to be the same. wondering where I went wrong in my life as there are not many happy times in my overworked mind wondering why God did let me come home knowing the p...
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The Balance Sheet
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Hello and blessings of this day! I don't write too much but wanted to share where we are at after 5 months of our move from New York to Florida. After more than a year of prayer and communication we decided to leave our jobs(mine of 34 years)step out on Faith and move to Florida to be near to my wifes parents w...
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JFT October 12 Being right
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When we admit that our lives have become unmanageable, we dont have to argue our point of view.... We no longer have to be right all the time. Basic Text, p. 58 = Nothing isolates us more quickly from the warmth and camaraderie of our fellow NA members than having to be right. Insecure, we pretend to b...
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yikes! an update
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Hi all. I would like to fall off the face of the earth today and never come back. i am overly stressed out and can't do anything about it. Thats it. Bye.
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