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JFT August 17 Tell the truth
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A symptom of our disease is alienation, and honest sharing will free us to recover.Basic Text, p. 83=Truth connects us to life while fear, isolation, and dishonesty alienate us from it. As using addicts, we hid as much of the truth about ourselves from as much of the world as we possibly could. Our...
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Really Needing Experience, Strength and Hope
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Maybe I'm just bitching, but be that as it may, I'm struggling immensely with a threat to my recovery lately. My roommate and I have been struggling since I got into recovery to resolve our issues, or rather, I've been struggling to resolve things with him and he is apparently unwilling, but doesn't wa...
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JFT August 16 Up or down
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This is our road to spiritual growth. We change every day.... This growth is not the result of wishing but of action and prayer.Basic Text, pp. 37=Our spiritual condition is never static; if its not growing, its decaying. If we stand still, our spiritual progress will lose its upward momentum....
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JFT August 18 "How long do I have to go?"
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The way to remain a productive, responsible member of society is to put our recovery first.Basic Text, p. 106=The meetings have been great! Each night weve attended, weve gathered with other addicts to share experience, strength, and hope. And each day, weve used what weve learned in the meeti...
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18 years!
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Well this day is coming to a close for me and dare I say that there are many moments in the past year that I wasn't sure my journey would make it to this hour... but it has and by the grace of my God I'll be clean another day. I am very happy and encouraged about my future and most importantly my son's. Just quic...
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moving on in life fro the better (quick update)
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still alive and doing well have been getting out in the real worls instead of stuck in my apt i never thought i would catcha glace at the real me again bu i am coming back slowly its refreshing finally moving on Fear no longer confines me i have anxity issues and poor socail skils but other then tht i am ok I a...
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How do you study the literature?
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Sorry for posting so much, I really don't have a life, so I make NA my life. I'm just curious how everyone else studies the literature. Lately I've been going through the basic text and highlighting different points in different colors (JFT in blue, spiritual principles in pink, orange for things to w...
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JFT August 15 Over time, not overnight
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We found that we do not recover physically, mentally, or spiritually overnight.Basic Text, p. 28=Have you ever approached a recovery celebration with the feeling that you should be further along in your recovery than you are? Maybe you have listened to newcomers sharing in meetings, members w...
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higher power
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i have seen and heard many members share their belief in their higher power. but nobody has defined or explained higher power to me in clear terms. can anyone help me? i am doing my second step but don"t have the concept of higher power very clear in my mind
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JFT August 14 Letting go of our limitations
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We dont have to settle for the limitations of the past. We can examine and reexamine our old ideas.Basic Text, p. 11=Most of us come to the program with a multitude of self-imposed limitations that prevent us from realizing our full potential, limitations that impede our attempts to find the valu...
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JFT August 8 Responsible recovery
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...we accept responsibility for our problems and see that were equally responsible for our solutions.Basic Text, p. 97=Some of us, well accustomed to leaving our personal responsibilities to others, may attempt the same behavior in recovery. We quickly find out it doesnt work.For instance,...
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You....
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Try this one,, its fun.. -- Edited by Raman on Wednesday 1st of August 2012 03:32:47 AM
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Get a sponser and do a 4th
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Some folks on this board need to work a program.
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JFT August 13 Difficult people
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By giving unconditional love... we become more loving, and by sharing spiritual growth we become more spiritual.Basic Text, p.103=Most of us have one or two exceptionally difficult people in our lives. How do we deal with such a person in our recovery?First, we take our own inventory. Have we w...
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JFT August 12 Enough!
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Something inside cries out, Enough, enough, Ive had enough, and then they are ready to take that first and often most difficult step toward dealing with their disease. =Have we really had enough? This is the crucial question we must ask ourselves as we prepare to work the First Step in Narcotics A...
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addict and alcoholic b/f
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im an alanoner ,my b/f is a a/d,no recovery program for him,not none he dont beleive in it,he works everyday so far in construction,and is very clingy to me wants me to love him back as hard as he is loveing me ,ive broke it off with him 30x in the last 5 yrs cause of his useing but now he has landed this gr8t pay...
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says his is dormant.
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can hepc be dormant?and if it can be dormant is it still considered sexually transmitted?
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JFT August 11 Active listening
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Through active listening, we hear things that work for us.Basic Text, p. 106-107=Most of us arrived in Narcotics Anonymous with a very poor ability to listen. But to take full advantage of the therapeutic value of one addict helping another, we must learn to listen actively.What is active liste...
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Weird Experience - Need Insight
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Hey everyone. I'm having a rough day and need some help. It's not so much the so-called "bad things" that happened today that are bothering me as much as something that happened while I was at a meeting. I was sitting at the tables and was feeling really weird, like something was missing. The...
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Surrender Experiences?
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Hi, I'm an addict named Taryn. I'm new here, just joined about five minutes ago after reading the Just for Today on unconditional surrender. I figured that asking for other people's experiences on it would be a good idea since I seem to be struggling so hard with it. Lately I've been thinking about the t...
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A Mother's Pain
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Hello everyone, this is the first time I have ever joined a Message Board, but I wanted to reach out to those who have struggled with drugs for some help. My son who is 17 was into smoking weed heavily. I am not familiar with drugs and have never raised my kids around people who do. I tried very hard to keep my...
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spouse of recovering addict
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i guess i am coming on here to get some insite. My husband went into detox tuesday night after many years of using and lying to me continously. he asked me to drive him there and i did but i decided that when he got out that he needed to live somewhere else until he can prove to me that this is something he is goi...
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true or not true
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ive heard both sides of weather or not one can get hepc from sex,ive been told from dr that yes u can or will get hepc from sex and no its really hard too,or just no you cant get it.so does anyone here know if one can get hepc from sex,? yes or no??,im female and am concerned about thisd matter.im not got hepc bu...
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JFT August 10 Regular prayer and meditation
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Most of us pray when we are hurting. We learn that if we pray regularly, we wont be hurting as often or as intensely.Basic Text, p. 45=Regular prayer and meditation are two more key elements in our new pattern of living. Our active addiction was more than just a bad habit waiting to be broken by force o...
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Another Year Clean
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It is with great gratitude that I report July 25th marked 23 years, thanks to my family of choice. Sorry I'm a couple weeks late with this. I almost let it slide by.
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home not so sweet home.
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well im back from my adventure to africa. it was awesome. and now im home. my sister stole my car. child services took my niece from my sister. my mom hasnt talked to me for 4 weeks because of my tattoos. i knew there was a reason i didnt want to come home.
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JFT August 9 The power of love
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We begin to see that Gods love has been present all the time, just waiting for us to accept it.Basic Text, p. 47=Gods love is the transforming power that drives our recovery. With that love, we find freedom from the hopeless, desperate cycle of using, self-hatred, and more using. With that love, w...
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I do not need the Mayor of Boston to tell me wher to dine
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In recovery we have freedom so lets all go out for a chicken meal.
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JFT August 7 The gratitude list
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We focus on anything that isnt going our way and ignore all the beauty in our lives.Basic Text, p. 80=Its easy to be grateful when everything runs smoothly. If we get a raise at work, were grateful. If we get married, were grateful. If someone surprises us with a nice present or an unasked favor, we...
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JFT August 6 The joy within
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Since the beginning of our recovery, we have found that joy doesnt come from material things but from within ourselves.Basic Text, p. 107=Some of us came to Narcotics Anonymous impoverished by our disease. Everything wed owned had been lost to our addiction. Once we got clean, we put all our ene...
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