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Great News and an update on my son!
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First... there's an NA meeting starting up in my city again!! I'm so excited and I'm so scared all rolled into one! So I think I'll lurk outside for a bit to see if I recognize anyone that may blab my situation to everyone and their dog... regardless though, I'm still not sure if I have what it takes to walk t...
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JFT July 9 We do recover!
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...the time has come when that tired old lie, Once an addict, always an addict, will no longer be tolerated by either society or the addict himself. We do recover.Basic Text, p. 89=From time to time, we hear speakers share that they dont really understand spiritual principles yet. They tell us th...
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Hi All...
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I had 12 years clean,But lost my tools on the way,(RELAPSED)Which i have since found....So my best guest is August 17 2010....Best i can remember,sO AFTER MY "BUMP" On Meth,I have about 1 yr + clean,Glad to be here....Drummer
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JFT July 6 "I'm sorry"
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The main thing [the Eighth Step] does for us is to help build awareness that, little by little, we are gaining new attitudes about ourselves and how we deal with other people.Basic Text, p. 39=To say Im sorry probably isnt such a foreign idea to most of us. In our active addiction, it may have been a ve...
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JFT Jul 7 God in each other
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One aspect of our spiritual awakening comes through the new understanding of our Higher Power that we develop by sharing another addicts recovery.Basic Text, p. 52=Weve heard it said that we often see God most clearly in one another. We see the truth of this when we practice our Twelfth Step. Whe...
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JFT July 8 The "G" word
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It is important for you to know that you will hear God mentioned at NA meetings. What we are referring to is a Power greater than ourselves that makes possible what seems impossible.IP No. 22, Welcome to NA=Most of us come to Narcotics Anonymous with a variety of preconceptions about what the word G...
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4th July Cape Cod
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i enjoy holidays and don't drink. Looking up an old friend in P town. GG where are you? Hope she isn't using.
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New on the board
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Just got on to the message board. Been clean for 6 months. I'm looking for a sponser. I need some help dealing with family and the views they have of addicts like me. Glad NA is here for me.
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DAMMIT
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stupid me.
I went on YouTube, surfin around... Stubled across some stuff about aa and bill w. Video about a letter from some chick Henrietta to some dude Horace, where she writes a few things about his behavior. Followed by lookin at bill ws use of LSD (and at this point I'm pissed he got to claim a spi...
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wah
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ok im going to let myself be vulnerable for a couple minutes. im going mad with my emotions and i really need to go to a meeting. the only problems is im scared. i havent gone to a meeting in years and im scared to death. how do i overcome this?
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mugshots
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If I pay to remove my arrest record from Mugshots.com, will my mugshot and info also be removed from other websites appearing in search results?
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JFT July 3 Quiet time
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Many of us have found that setting aside quiet time for ourselves is helpful in making conscious contact with our Higher Power.Basic Text, p. 95=Most of us pay lip-service to the value of conscious contact with a Higher Power. Yet how many of us consistently take time to improve that conscious con...
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JFT July 4 Conflict
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We learn that conflicts are a part of reality, and we learn new ways to resolve them instead of running from them.Basic Text, p. 90=From time to time, we all experience conflicts. It may be that we just cant get along with that new coworker. Maybe our friends are driving us crazy. Or perhaps our par...
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JFT July 5 Exploring spiritual options
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The nature of our belief will determine the manner of our prayers and meditation.Basic Text, p. 44=How do we pray? For each NA member, this is a deeply personal matter. Many of us find that, over time, we develop a manner of prayer and meditation based on what we learn from others and what we are comf...
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hey
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I am a 55-year old mother of three beautiful children and a recovering alcoholic/addict who relapsed last fall. i am clean again now, as of May 7, 2012, and having a hard time. Alcohol is not the problem, that's easy enough for me not to use at this point, it's the vicodin and Tylenol 3 and, I was never...
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Playing games!
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hi all.. heres a share request. Id love to hear yall on this follwing topic. Its like this; I know that developing or renewing a hobby is something that many of us do on the recovery route. I was lucky to be introduced to billiards/snooker when I was a few years clean. It was explained by a psychiatrist fri...
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Anyone interested in camping and hunting on here?
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Hi Folks! My name is Mac. I will have 24 years sober/clean in November of this year (2012). I am a bowhunter and am interested in having an event in the fall that would include some camping with a bonfire meeting at the end of the day. I have a thread open on Archery Talk (a large archery forum) asking if ther...
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JFT July 2 Comparing
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Our personal stories may vary in individual pattern, but in the end we all have the same thing in common.Basic Text, p. 87=We addicts are a varied bunch, coming from different backgrounds, having used different drugs, and recalling different experiences. Our differences dont disappear in rec...
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JFT July1 A simple program
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The program is simply sharing, working the Twelve Steps, attending meetings, and practicing the principles of the program. =Our complicated lives can be made a lot less complicated if we concentrate on a few simple thingssharing our experience, strength, and hope with others, regular meetin...
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Tradition Workbooks
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The first is one we put together for a (non-na) traditions study after we took the steps together.
The second is an unapproved workbook put together by the Lone Star Region.
Narcotics Anonymous actually ceased to exist in 1959 for several weeks because... yes, it was because we were not followin...
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Clean 30 days
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I been clean for 30 days and it fells so good was using meth for 35 years and I don't know why it's like one day just ran into the next till 30 days ago I said this is it I hope to never use again because the feeling is so good
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JFT June 30 Maintaining the foundation
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Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future.Basic Text, p. 96=The foundation of our lives is what the rest of our lives is built upon. When we were using, that foundation affected everything we did. When we decided that recovery was important, thats where we began t...
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No coincidences up in my mind!
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Blessings of the day! Been in a "poor me funk for a minute and when I did my gratitude list this a.m. seemed like I had to equal sides of positives and negatives,for me that is very unbalanced.You see been whining cause I aint working,not in a band ,minimal $$$ coming daughter and husband still livi...
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JFT June 29 Keeping recovery fresh
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Complacency is the enemy of members with substantial clean time. If we remain complacent for long, the recovery process ceases.Basic Text, p. 84=After the first couple of years in recovery, most of us start to feel like there are no more big deals. If weve been diligent in working the steps, the p...
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spouse of new recovering addict
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Is it "normal" for my spouse to assume that everyone that has a beer or two at a party is an addict? He's about 3 weeks into the NA program. thanks
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JFT June 28 Group conscience
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Working with others is only the beginning of service work.Basic Text, p. 59=Service work calls for a selfless devotion to carrying the message to the still-suffering addict. But our attitude of service cannot stop there. Service also requires that we look at ourselves and our motives. Our ef...
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Retrain your brain.
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You wouldn't think it, but everytime I hit a speaker meeting, I leave feeling like using. I know it's not the rooms... It's me. It's that my brain doesn't want to remember the hospitalizations. But does anyone know how to overcome this?
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JFT June 26 Surrendering self-will
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Our fears are lessened and faith begins to grow as we learn the true meaning of surrender. We are no longer fighting fear, anger, guilt, self-pity, or depression.Basic Text, p. 27=Surrender is the beginning of a new way of life. When driven primarily by self-will, we constantly wondered whethe...
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June 27 Change and growth
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When someone points out a shortcoming, our first reaction may be defensive. There will always be room for growth.Basic Text, p. 36=Recovery is a process that brings about change in our lives. We need that change if we are to continue our growth toward freedom. Its important that we remain open-...
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JFT June 25 Not just lucky
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The process of coming to believe restores us to sanity. The strength to move into action comes from this belief.Basic Text, p. 25=Coming to believe is a process that stems from personal experience. Each of us has this experience; all addicts who find recovery in NA have solid evidence of a benevo...
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