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JFT October 3 Losing self-will
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Our egos, once so large and dominant, now take a back seat because we are in harmony with a loving God. We find that we lead richer, happier, and much fuller lives when we lose self-will. Basic Text, p. 105 = Addiction and self-will go hand in hand. The unmanageability that we admitted to in Step One w...
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Convention themes
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Hello, everyone, my area is hosting a regional convention in 2014 and we are looking for a theme. I know that there are some gifted people out there with great ideas so let me hear it. Im at a member of the Coastal Bend Area which is in the Tejas Blue Bonnet Region. Thanks and God Bless.
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JFT October 2 Keeping faith
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We grasp the limitless strength provided for us through our daily prayer and surrender as long as we keep faith and renew it. Basic Text, p. 46 = There are two parts to recovery: getting clean, and staying clean. Getting clean is comparatively easy because we only have to do it once. Staying clean i...
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JFT October 1 Not just a motivation for growth
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We learn that pain can be a motivating factor in recovery. Basic Text, p. 30=Painwho needs it! we think whenever were in it. We see no good purpose for pain. It seems to be a pointless exercise in suffering. If someone happens to mention spiritual growth to us while were in pain, we most likely snor...
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your help is needed
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went to the na meeting at milwuakie oregon work release center last night ended up run n the show with my buddy and we were the only outside infuince there and i guess the only in the last 3 weeks after the meeting every 1 of the guys in there came up and shook our hands and thanked us big time for coming in sa...
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Fourth Step
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Today i finished writing my first fourth step. I am so relieved to be done with it, but also, i have been relieved of alot of feelings of my past. Ive begun sleeping better at night. Im feeling better, as my relationshgip with my hp has grown stronger. I had to turn to him many times and get the courage to sta...
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JFT September 30 Being ourselves
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Our real value is in being ourselves.Basic Text, p. 105=Over and over, we have tried to live up to the expectations of those around us. We may have been raised believing that we were okay if we earned good grades in school, cleaned our rooms, or dressed a certain way. Always wanting to belong and be l...
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Hello again from Japan....
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Just checkin in.......Minimal N/A here in Japan unfortunately. Mostly in Tokyo and Osaka, and I am far away from either of those places. I'm about an hour south of Hiroshima. Anywa-would be cool to hear from you guys---I feel alone out here a lot. Not using----and it's tough to do that for the most part...
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JFT September 29 Just for today
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When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably.Basic Text, p. 99=Just for todayits a comforting thought. If we try to live in the past, we may find ourselves torn by painful, disquieting memories. The lessons of our using are not the teachers we seek for recov...
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JFT September 28 Hope
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Gradually, as we become more God-centered than self-centered, our despair turns to hope. Basic Text, p. 95 = As using addicts, despair was our relentless companion. It colored our every waking moment. Despair was born of our experience in active addiction: No matter what measures we tried to m...
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I need help with a question in step 1 please!
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I don't have a sponsor yet but I am looking. So i was hoping someone on here could help me understand this question.Am I comparing a current manifestation of my addiction to the way my life was before I got clean? Am I plagued by the idea that I should know better? I've read it over and over again but I just d...
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I DONT KNOW WHY
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HI my name is Kris and im new here.... If u guys could please read my bio otherwise il get to going and write a book (im tired of dis). my dads a recovering addict whos bn telling me "Kris get help man" . he got clean about 17 or 18 years ago thru the na program.... and i remeber being a kid and going wi...
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Not sure where to start
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Hello, I am new to the forum and new to drug addiction. My husband is in federal prison for conspircy to manufacture meth. When he was arrested and sent to prison we were not together. We meet when we were younger. When we went to high school we went our seperate ways. We met up again after 30 years of...
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FEELING GREAT
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i jus went to my first meeting .... im gonna do 90 in 90 days for starters but i jus wanted to say that first meeting has me FEELING GREAT FAMILY...I LOVE U ALL FOR UR SUPPORT ON THIS JOURNEY AND I THANK U ALL.
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JFT September 27 Right back up
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There is something in our self-destructive personalities that cries for failure. Basic Text, p. 80 = Poor me; woe is me; look at me, my life is such a mess! Ive fallen, and no matter how hard I try, I continue to fail. Many of us came to NA singing this sad refrain. Life isnt like that anymore. True, so...
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Scared.
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Hello, I am new to this forum. My name is Ashley. Hopefully you have 5 minutes to read my Bio before responding. I used last night. I am on probation and am suppose to screen for home arrest on Thusday but now it is obvious I will not pass the drug tests. So, I'm going to jail. But what I am the most scare...
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JFT September 26 Seeing ourselves in others
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It will not make us better people to judge the faults of another. Basic Text, p. 38 = How easy it is to point out the faults of others! Theres a reason for this: The defects we identify most easily in others are often the defects we are most familiar with in our own characters. We may notice our best fri...
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JFT September 25 The Fourth step--fearing our feelings
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We may fear that being in touch with our feelings will trigger an overwhelming chain reaction of pain and panic.Basic Text, p. 30=A common complaint about the Fourth Step is that it makes us painfully conscious of our defects of character. We may be tempted to falter in our program of recovery. Th...
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JFT September 24 A growing concept of God
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The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves. We dont have to be religious to accept this idea. The point is that we open our minds to believe. Basic Text, p. 24 = In a lifelong process of coming to believe, our understanding of God will change. Th...
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JFT September 22 Keeping the gift
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Life takes on a new meaning when we open ourselves to this gift. Basic Text, p. 107 = Neglecting our recovery is like neglecting any other gift weve been given. Suppose someone gave you a new car. Would you let it sit in the driveway until the tires rotted? Would you just drive it, ignoring routine m...
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JFT September 23 Dealing with gossip
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In accordance with the principles of recovery, we try not to judge, stereotype, or moralize with each other. Basic Text, p. 11 = Lets face it: In Narcotics Anonymous, we live in a glass house of sorts. Our fellow members know more about our personal lives than anyone has ever known before. They kn...
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The two visibly active defects in my life !
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Hi.
My name is Raman an addict.
I want to share that the most visible defects in my life now is
laziness and anger.
Im lazy somehow or other and when i try and get out and be active, im getting angry.
Sometimes im thinking its because im single and at other times i attribute that
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JFT September 21 Prayer
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Prayer takes practice, and we should remind ourselves that skilled people were not born with their skills. Basic Text, p. 46 = Many of us came into recovery with no experience in prayer and worried about not knowing the right words. Some of us remembered the words wed learned in childhood but weren...
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JFT September 17 Going beyond Step Five
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We may think that we have done enough by writing about our past. We cannot afford this mistake.Basic Text, p. 32=Some of us arent too keen on writing out our Fourth Step; others take it to an obsessive extreme. To our sponsors growing dismay, we inventory ourselves again and again. We discover ev...
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A day clean is a day won !
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Hi all, my name is Raman and Im an addict ( thanks for letting me remind myself !!) A day clean is a day won. I spent Sunday morning with my daughter and we had lunch together and also watched "National Treasure". Nice time...... Then my daily walk, shower and Im ready to goto work. And, I had a...
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A great book to check out
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Memoirs Aren't Fairytales: A Story of Addiction by Marni Mann Just got done with it.... took me 1 day to read it bc I couldn't put it down. Its a book all of us can relate to! It will stick with you.... trust me. Her story is incredible
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JFT September 20 Courage to change
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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Serenity Prayer = Recovery involves change, and change means doing things differently. The problem is, many of us resist doing things differently; what w...
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JFT September 19 Fellowship
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In NA, our joys are multiplied by sharing good days; our sorrows are lessened by sharing the bad. For the first time in our lives, we dont have to experience anything alone. IP No. 16, For the Newcomer = When we practice using the steps and the other tools of our program to work through our hardships, w...
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New video-voice chat meetings are available.
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Hello,we have video-voice chat meetings at navoices.com.They camn be found at http://yeechat.com/navoices.We do not use any information and say it is ours.Our forum can be found at http://navoices.com.All are welcome at these meetings,there is also text chat during these meetings.The meeti...
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Need help for my sister
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Hi everyone! I joined this site to can information and to talk about my little sister. My sister is 24 years old and recently her and her bf split up. This was her first love and they were together for 3 years. Well after the break up she moved back home and came out and told my family that she has been using he...
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