If you're looking to have an image in NA, look around at the meetings you go to and take a look at whom you're trying to impress.
An addict is a person who wants to be held while he's isolating.
Addiction is the leading cause of relapse.
I often obsessively pursue feeling good, no matter how bad it makes me feel.
When I was new, I didn't think I had any obsessions until I started thinking about it. Then it was all I could think about.
If you want to quit USING; you are going to have to quit USING.
Newcomer: How do I know how many meetings I should attend each week? Old-timer: Gradually cut back until you USE. Then you'll know.
I would rather go through life CLEAN, believing I am an ADDICT, than go through life USING (HIGH), trying to convince myself that I am not an ADDICT.
Resentments are like stray cats: if you don't feed them, they'll go Away.
Before I came into NA, I was dead, but I did not know enough to lay down.
I USED when I was happy. I USED when I was unhappy. Actually, I am a reason to USE.
You don't have to be sick to want to get well. But if you don't want to get well, you ARE sick.
The good news is you get your emotions back; the bad news is you get your emotions back.
All we ask is that you completely change your attitude as soon as Possible.
Joy isn't the absence of pain -- it's the presence of God.
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
