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Dave R · Dave R

To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves. Basic Text, p. 36 = Humility is a puzzling concept. We know a lot about humiliation, but humility is a new idea. It sounds suspiciously like groveling, bowing, and scraping. But thats not what humility is at all. True humility is, simp...

Dave R · Dave R

At times during our recovery, the decision to ask for Gods help is our greatest source of strength and courage. Basic Text, p. 26 = When we take the Third Step, we decide to allow a loving Higher Power to guide us and care for us in our daily lives. We make the decision to allow this guidance and care into...

urbaneve · urbaneve

Hello, like everyone else here, i am in need of support. i am in need of people who understand what it is like to live daily with severe pain and takes narcotics to manage the pain. I have been an opiate user for about 16 years now and while I take it for pain, i have become a slave to it and i want it to stop. but...

Davethewave · Davethewave

So I tried to go into an nar anon board, and I was blocked because 'I'm a known spammer'. Give me a brake I am not!! Anyway I get a red light ticket, and see it's not my daughter driving her car. She knows this is forbidden and I'm all twisted about how to respond. Don't want to be an enabler, and I should just c...

Dave R · Dave R

A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take the time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow. IP No. 8, Just for Today = Responsibility, responsibilitythe responsibilities of life are everywhere. Were supposed to wear seat belts. Were s...

Dave R · Dave R

Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us. Basic Text, p. 46-47 = As our recovery progresses, we often reflect on what brought us to Narcotics Anonymous in the first place and are able to appreciate how much the quality of our lives...

LizC · LizC

A boy I went to high school with passed away yesterday due to addiction. He was 19 and the brother of the kid who shot all the students at Chardon High. The disease claims another.

free2bme · free2bme

Made it through Thanksgiving and just got home a few hours ago from an NA meeting... My story.... -Three relapses... -Clean since October 1st -Hydrocodone use....prescribed for fibro, neck and back bulging disks...abused....YES I've been hitting abou 5-6 meetings a week....Tried NA before......

Dave R · Dave R

We entertained the thought that staying clean was not paying off, and the old thinking stirred up self-pity, resentment, and anger. Basic Text, p. 102 = There are days when some of us wallow in self-pity. Its easy to do. We may have expectations about how our lives should be in recovery, expectatio...

Dave R · Dave R

The relief of letting go and letting God helps us develop a life that is worth living. Basic Text, p. 26 = In our addiction, we were afraid of what might happen if we didnt control everything around us. Many of us made up elaborate lies to protect our use of drugs. Some of us manipulated everyone around...

Dave R · Dave R

As we begin to function in society, our creative freedom helps us sort our priorities and do the basic things first. Basic Text, p. 83 = No sooner do we get clean than some of us begin putting other priorities ahead of our recovery. Careers, families, relationshipsall these are part of the life we fi...

Dave R · Dave R

If [character defects] contributed to our health and happiness, we would not have come to such a state of desperation. Basic Text, p. 35 = Getting started on the Sixth and Seventh Steps isnt always easy. We may feel as though we have so much wrong with us that we are totally defective. We might feel li...

Dave R · Dave R

We werent oriented toward fulfillment; we focused on the emptiness and worthlessness of it all. Basic Text, p. 89 = There were probably hundreds of times in our active addiction when we wished we could become someone else. We may have wished we could trade places with someone who owned a nice car or...

dragonfly707 · dragonfly707

iv been in and out of na most of my life. i finally gave up meth and cigs 2 1/2 yrs ago. i started using norcos for my arthritis 1 yr ago. i went from prescribed 1 5mg vicodin to buying off the street and taking 6-8 10mg norcos a day. iam doing a 3 day tapper than iam done. iam scared. my mind is in overdrive and i...

horsemom · horsemom

I'm new here, recovering alcoholic and finally getting honest re my "problem" with vicodin. Was prescribed over a year ago for chronic pain, and I've become dependent on it, crave it, obsess about it, worry about running out, etc. It owns me and I hate that. Started a taper today to get off...

Dave R · Dave R

...the addict would find from the start as much identification as each needed to convince himself that he could stay clean, by the example of others who had recovered for many years. Basic Text, p. 88 = Many of us attended our first meeting and, not being entirely sure that NA was for us, found much to...

Dave R · Dave R

The Tenth Step can help us correct our living problems and prevent their recurrence. Basic Text, p. 42 = Our identities, how we think and feel, have been shaped by our experiences. Some of our experiences have made us better people; others have caused us shame or embarrassment; all of them have inf...

Dave R · Dave R

We never have to use again, no matter how we feel. All feelings will eventually pass. Basic Text, p. 82 = It hurts like never before. You get out of bed after a sleepless night, talk to God, and still dont feel any better. It will pass, a little voice tells you. When? you wonder, as you pace and mutter and...

alyqat4 · alyqat4

Ok I am curious to hear what you guys have to say on this topic because in my 6years around the fellowship I haven't heard about too many successful relationships.... 1.) What is the most challenging aspect for you in a relationship? 2.) What is the best tip you have to make one work? I'll answer when I ha...

Dave R · Dave R

We gradually and carefully pull ourselves out of the isolation and loneliness of addiction and into the mainstream of life. Basic Text, p. 37 = Many of us spent much of our using time alone, avoiding other peopleespecially people who were not usingat all costs. After years of isolation, trying to...

Davethewave · Davethewave

I had to put my best friend to sleep, and I'm just coming to terms with her passing. She really was special. Aja was a rescue dog who had a very hard life prior to finding her way into our lives. Right after we got her, she became very sic and had to go to Penn Vet. Hopsital. The local vet thought she was dying. B...

Dave R · Dave R

Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live. Basic Text, p. 26 = How do we begin the process of letting our Higher Power guide our lives? When we seek advice about situations that trouble us, we often find that our Higher Power works through others. When we accept that we dont have...

Dave R · Dave R

When we were using, our lives became an exercise in survival. Now we are doing much more living than surviving. Basic Text, p. 52 = Id be better off dead! A familiar refrain to a practicing addict, and with good reason. All we had to look forward to was more of the same miserable existence. Our hold on l...

Dave R · Dave R

We are not going to be perfect. If we were perfect, we would not be human. Basic Text, p. 31 = All of us had expectations about life in recovery. Some of us thought recovery would suddenly make us employable or able to do anything in the world we wanted to do. Or maybe we imagined perfect ease in our inter...

Manon · Manon

needless to say i canceled the ball I was supposed to go to saturday night for several reasons but my main reason is beause that many ppl in that smal place which isn't really so small but thier are ppl i would rather not run into so I will be working instead will I ever be comfortable arround crouds after be...

Dave R · Dave R

When we honestly tell our own story, someone else may identify with us. Basic Text, p. 98 = Many of us have heard truly captivating speakers at Narcotics Anonymous conventions. We remember the audience alternating between tears of identification and joyous hilarity. Someday, we may think, Im g...

Dave R · Dave R

"We surrender quietly and let the God of our understanding take care of us. Basic Text, p. 26 = Surrender and acceptance are like infatuation and love. Infatuation begins when we encounter someone special. Infatuation requires nothing but the acknowledgement of the object of our infatua...

lonely joe · lonely joe

Hi, I am addicted to diet pills. It has been a progression throughout several years and now is very costly and effects my moods and energy to a large degree. Is NA the right group for me? Thanks in advance for the feedback.

Dave R · Dave R

No matter how far we ran, we always carried fear with us. Basic Text, p. 14 = For many of us, fear was a constant factor in our lives before we came to Narcotics Anonymous. We used because we were afraid to feel emotional or physical pain. Our fear of people and situations gave us a convenient excuse to u...

Dave R · Dave R

It is our actions that are important. We leave the results to our Higher Power. Basic Text, p. 91 = Theres an old saying we sometimes hear in our meetings: If you want to make God laugh, make plans. When we hear this we usually laugh, too, but theres a nervous edge to our laughter. We wonder if all of our c...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	JFT November 28 Being ourselves (Preview) To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves. Basic Text, p. 36 = Humility is a puzzling concept. We know a lot about humiliation, but humility is a new idea. It sounds suspiciously like groveling, bowing, and scraping. But thats not what humility is at all. True humility is, simp...	Dave R	0	281	Nov 28, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT November 27 Seeking God's help (Preview) At times during our recovery, the decision to ask for Gods help is our greatest source of strength and courage. Basic Text, p. 26 = When we take the Third Step, we decide to allow a loving Higher Power to guide us and care for us in our daily lives. We make the decision to allow this guidance and care into...	Dave R	0	304	Nov 27, 2012 by Dave R
	Today is a new day (Preview) Hello, like everyone else here, i am in need of support. i am in need of people who understand what it is like to live daily with severe pain and takes narcotics to manage the pain. I have been an opiate user for about 16 years now and while I take it for pain, i have become a slave to it and i want it to stop. but...	urbaneve	4	406	Nov 27, 2012 by Dave R
	My daughter (Preview) So I tried to go into an nar anon board, and I was blocked because 'I'm a known spammer'. Give me a brake I am not!! Anyway I get a red light ticket, and see it's not my daughter driving her car. She knows this is forbidden and I'm all twisted about how to respond. Don't want to be an enabler, and I should just c...	Davethewave	2	349	Nov 27, 2012 by avid
	JFT November 26 Responsibility (Preview) A lot happens in one day, both negative and positive. If we do not take the time to appreciate both, perhaps we will miss something that will help us grow. IP No. 8, Just for Today = Responsibility, responsibilitythe responsibilities of life are everywhere. Were supposed to wear seat belts. Were s...	Dave R	0	383	Nov 26, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT November 25 Meditation (Preview) Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us. Basic Text, p. 46-47 = As our recovery progresses, we often reflect on what brought us to Narcotics Anonymous in the first place and are able to appreciate how much the quality of our lives...	Dave R	0	239	Nov 25, 2012 by Dave R
	prayers (Preview) A boy I went to high school with passed away yesterday due to addiction. He was 19 and the brother of the kid who shot all the students at Chardon High. The disease claims another.	LizC	4	367	Nov 25, 2012 by Dean
	Struggling and getting honest... (Preview) Made it through Thanksgiving and just got home a few hours ago from an NA meeting... My story.... -Three relapses... -Clean since October 1st -Hydrocodone use....prescribed for fibro, neck and back bulging disks...abused....YES I've been hitting abou 5-6 meetings a week....Tried NA before......	free2bme	6	480	Nov 25, 2012 by Davethewave
	JFT November 24 Gratefully recovering (Preview) We entertained the thought that staying clean was not paying off, and the old thinking stirred up self-pity, resentment, and anger. Basic Text, p. 102 = There are days when some of us wallow in self-pity. Its easy to do. We may have expectations about how our lives should be in recovery, expectatio...	Dave R	0	339	Nov 24, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT November 23 God's will (Preview) The relief of letting go and letting God helps us develop a life that is worth living. Basic Text, p. 26 = In our addiction, we were afraid of what might happen if we didnt control everything around us. Many of us made up elaborate lies to protect our use of drugs. Some of us manipulated everyone around...	Dave R	0	300	Nov 23, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT November 22 Foundation first (Preview) As we begin to function in society, our creative freedom helps us sort our priorities and do the basic things first. Basic Text, p. 83 = No sooner do we get clean than some of us begin putting other priorities ahead of our recovery. Careers, families, relationshipsall these are part of the life we fi...	Dave R	0	295	Nov 22, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT November 21 Letting our defects go (Preview) If [character defects] contributed to our health and happiness, we would not have come to such a state of desperation. Basic Text, p. 35 = Getting started on the Sixth and Seventh Steps isnt always easy. We may feel as though we have so much wrong with us that we are totally defective. We might feel li...	Dave R	0	332	Nov 21, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT November 20 Finding fulfillment (Preview) We werent oriented toward fulfillment; we focused on the emptiness and worthlessness of it all. Basic Text, p. 89 = There were probably hundreds of times in our active addiction when we wished we could become someone else. We may have wished we could trade places with someone who owned a nice car or...	Dave R	0	286	Nov 20, 2012 by Dave R
	detoxing from norco need support (Preview) iv been in and out of na most of my life. i finally gave up meth and cigs 2 1/2 yrs ago. i started using norcos for my arthritis 1 yr ago. i went from prescribed 1 5mg vicodin to buying off the street and taking 6-8 10mg norcos a day. iam doing a 3 day tapper than iam done. iam scared. my mind is in overdrive and i...	dragonfly707	1	278	Nov 20, 2012 by Dave R
	First day, tapering off hydrocodone, glad to find this forum (Preview) I'm new here, recovering alcoholic and finally getting honest re my "problem" with vicodin. Was prescribed over a year ago for chronic pain, and I've become dependent on it, crave it, obsess about it, worry about running out, etc. It owns me and I hate that. Started a taper today to get off...	horsemom	4	538	Nov 19, 2012 by dragonfly707
	JFT November 19 The language of empathy (Preview) ...the addict would find from the start as much identification as each needed to convince himself that he could stay clean, by the example of others who had recovered for many years. Basic Text, p. 88 = Many of us attended our first meeting and, not being entirely sure that NA was for us, found much to...	Dave R	0	265	Nov 19, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT November 18 Self-discovery (Preview) The Tenth Step can help us correct our living problems and prevent their recurrence. Basic Text, p. 42 = Our identities, how we think and feel, have been shaped by our experiences. Some of our experiences have made us better people; others have caused us shame or embarrassment; all of them have inf...	Dave R	1	1230	Nov 19, 2012 by Grateful Jen
	JFT November 17 Walking through the pain (Preview) We never have to use again, no matter how we feel. All feelings will eventually pass. Basic Text, p. 82 = It hurts like never before. You get out of bed after a sleepless night, talk to God, and still dont feel any better. It will pass, a little voice tells you. When? you wonder, as you pace and mutter and...	Dave R	0	310	Nov 17, 2012 by Dave R
	Relationships (Preview) Ok I am curious to hear what you guys have to say on this topic because in my 6years around the fellowship I haven't heard about too many successful relationships.... 1.) What is the most challenging aspect for you in a relationship? 2.) What is the best tip you have to make one work? I'll answer when I ha...	alyqat4	13	616	Nov 17, 2012 by To Far Gone
	JFT November 16 Alone no more (Preview) We gradually and carefully pull ourselves out of the isolation and loneliness of addiction and into the mainstream of life. Basic Text, p. 37 = Many of us spent much of our using time alone, avoiding other peopleespecially people who were not usingat all costs. After years of isolation, trying to...	Dave R	0	297	Nov 16, 2012 by Dave R
	Lost my Best Friend (Preview) I had to put my best friend to sleep, and I'm just coming to terms with her passing. She really was special. Aja was a rescue dog who had a very hard life prior to finding her way into our lives. Right after we got her, she became very sic and had to go to Penn Vet. Hopsital. The local vet thought she was dying. B...	Davethewave	7	424	Nov 16, 2012 by MIKEF
	JFT November 15 Letting go (Preview) Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live. Basic Text, p. 26 = How do we begin the process of letting our Higher Power guide our lives? When we seek advice about situations that trouble us, we often find that our Higher Power works through others. When we accept that we dont have...	Dave R	0	551	Nov 15, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT November 14 Not just surviving (Preview) When we were using, our lives became an exercise in survival. Now we are doing much more living than surviving. Basic Text, p. 52 = Id be better off dead! A familiar refrain to a practicing addict, and with good reason. All we had to look forward to was more of the same miserable existence. Our hold on l...	Dave R	0	315	Nov 14, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT November 13 Not perfect (Preview) We are not going to be perfect. If we were perfect, we would not be human. Basic Text, p. 31 = All of us had expectations about life in recovery. Some of us thought recovery would suddenly make us employable or able to do anything in the world we wanted to do. Or maybe we imagined perfect ease in our inter...	Dave R	0	267	Nov 13, 2012 by Dave R
	halloween jitters (Preview) needless to say i canceled the ball I was supposed to go to saturday night for several reasons but my main reason is beause that many ppl in that smal place which isn't really so small but thier are ppl i would rather not run into so I will be working instead will I ever be comfortable arround crouds after be...	Manon	6	431	Nov 13, 2012 by cdbuckberry
	JFT November 12 Our own story (Preview) When we honestly tell our own story, someone else may identify with us. Basic Text, p. 98 = Many of us have heard truly captivating speakers at Narcotics Anonymous conventions. We remember the audience alternating between tears of identification and joyous hilarity. Someday, we may think, Im g...	Dave R	2	410	Nov 12, 2012 by Starla
	JFT November 11 From surrender to acceptance (Preview) "We surrender quietly and let the God of our understanding take care of us. Basic Text, p. 26 = Surrender and acceptance are like infatuation and love. Infatuation begins when we encounter someone special. Infatuation requires nothing but the acknowledgement of the object of our infatua...	Dave R	1	405	Nov 11, 2012 by yogiart
	question (Preview) Hi, I am addicted to diet pills. It has been a progression throughout several years and now is very costly and effects my moods and energy to a large degree. Is NA the right group for me? Thanks in advance for the feedback.	lonely joe	5	437	Nov 11, 2012 by yogiart
	JFT November 10 Fear or faith? (Preview) No matter how far we ran, we always carried fear with us. Basic Text, p. 14 = For many of us, fear was a constant factor in our lives before we came to Narcotics Anonymous. We used because we were afraid to feel emotional or physical pain. Our fear of people and situations gave us a convenient excuse to u...	Dave R	0	303	Nov 10, 2012 by Dave R
	JFT November 9 The best-laid plans (Preview) It is our actions that are important. We leave the results to our Higher Power. Basic Text, p. 91 = Theres an old saying we sometimes hear in our meetings: If you want to make God laugh, make plans. When we hear this we usually laugh, too, but theres a nervous edge to our laughter. We wonder if all of our c...	Dave R	1	311	Nov 10, 2012 by alyqat4
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