Hello family! I just stumbled onto this board and have read alot! Although I am not "new" to NA been introduced in 1983.....I put 8 years together and decided I needed more pain!
I moved out of my original state (NJ) got married and today I celebrate 6 months and 8 days! I am here to tell you recovery is alive and well in OHIO!
I am wondering where all you are from. When I had those 8 years I still did it my way! I never worked the steps got a sponsor or anything. No wonder I had a big black hole in the middle of my soul and I was miserable!
Today I have a sponsor, and throughly working the steps from the HOW and WHY work book,. Attend at least 3 meetings a week and I am celbrating my one year wedding Aniversary! LIFE TODAY is bliss.
I live in DELAWARE COUNTY. I am a GSR for my homegroup HOW AND WHY on Thursday night here!
I heard of the TAR HOLLOW thing but you have to realize I am a FORMER JERSEY girl and these wooded outside things kind of scare me....
BEARS....Bats.....Oh my!~ I know there are alot of long letters COS >>>>>>but I really dont understand actually what area I am in...do I sound stupid or what? I live about 20 miles NORTH of Columbus...
Hi There Honey Bear, I'm in Indianapolis, practically nest door!! Glad to ear from you and welcome. Congratulations on the 6 months and on your Anniversary. Recovery is GOOD!!! Look forward to seeing you here in the future. Big NA Hugs- Dan
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"With a sweet tongue of kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair." ~Persian Proverb
I wish I was! I love moving to new places. Every time I meet/listen to a new member, I swear to God I feel like I've known them for years. Please pardon me, I'm an Absurdist. A shape-changer. It keeps me happy most of the time to try on new things....religion, race, saint, slave, president, etc. Please pardon me, but I'm Christian....if I cannot love a certain person, I cannot love Christ. So I embrace it all, and I embrace you.
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I think people are full of guile.....I enjoy that.
Hiya Honey bear,, my name is Raman and I am from about 10000 miles away in Bangalore City of Inida,,,, way out there ,,,but here I am too !!he,he he,,,
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Raman an addict clean and serene just for today in NA Worldwide ; live to love and love to live the NA Way !!!
You're probably in COASCNA - Central Ohio Area Service Committee of Narcotics Anonymous...LOL. I'm about an hour north of you.
There aren't any bears or bats at Tar Hollow...just a large pond/reservoir, a bunch of trees, good food and a bunch of crazy addicts. You should give it try...recovery is about trying new stuff right? There's something about being outside and seeing so many stars in one place - it'll blow your mind.
The first year I went after the speaker meeting we had to go outside because the circle was so large, we're all starting to get formed and I just started looking up because the stars were so plentiful...the moment we started saying the Serenity Prayer, there was this huge falling star that streaked across the sky...I try my best to look up when we pray in a circle, since I've looked down long enough in my life...anyways, it was spectacular~!
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." ~Oscar Wilde~
