Jeeez Louise....have you ever had to actually stay away from certain live NA metings because of the over-emphasis on "drug nostalgia" and lack of attention to getting clean, staying clean, working the steps & living a program of recovery?
AAAARRRGGGHHH
That should be the LAST place to have to protect oneself from triggers.
OK-I feel better now! Thanks for listening.
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From dying and surviving to living and thriving. LeeU
I'm hearin ya Lee, all we can do is to lead by example and pray for those that are still suffering..... Thank God it's not me up there glorifying my using days....
I will re-direct the table and literally tell the person who is shareing to wrap it up......I had a guy telling the table that he had and i quote "no plans of quitting dope"....I go "okay, he's done talking, tables open!"
Hey Lee,was sharing at an H&I facility one night and young kid says after I was finished,yeah thats nice about sponsors and hugs and literature and all that stuff but I want to hear about "drugs" I aint hugging nobody or gettin no sponsor..Iusually always share recovery based rather than war story and you could see he was trying to get a rise out of the group..We taught him a lesson at end of night.We all gave him big hug,told him keep coming back and gave him tons of literature!!He tried hard ,but you could see his eyes grinning!!!God was no doubt,in the house....
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
Let me be perfectly honest, it's been MONTHS since i went to an NA meeting because of what your saying Lee but i found myself directed to go by my higher power to one a few days ago and I am SO GLAD I WENT.
I heard some GREAT recovery coming from the chairperson then from a few members who shared , chairperson set the stage and chose people he knew had good recovery going. The ball was rolling and I only heard one real whiner, complainer LOL someone brought up that someone else was keeping them from going to meetings by another member ( whos name wasn't mention and she stressed that LOL ) which we know is BS and an excuse.
As triggers are also a kind measuring tape for me, I ask myself, how far am i from the thought of using and how far am I from fanatasizing about it or letting the thought of using bother me ? If im around others who go into detail WHY does it bother me? am i done ? am i over it ?
I have to be honest getting high F'n felt FELT good but the results of using SUCKED and its not worth a few minutes or hours of getting high to have the same old results occur, I dont just use i ABUSE !!!!!! it aint no party, it aint no disco, it aint no foolin around im powerless after that first hit or drink.
-- Edited by BigV on Sunday 14th of November 2010 02:29:09 PM
Some meetings are better than others but any meeting is better than no meetings. Many of the meetings in my area are, unfortunately, bitch and whine sessions. But there are also many good meetings where people focus on the message of NA recovery. You got to go to meetings that work for you.
Id like to share some strenth based on hard won experience..............
Each group is autonomous. This freedom brings with it a great responsibility; to onself, group and Fellowship. However, local culture will decide local protocol and that will decide what is appropriate and what isnt !!!
Group Conscience is the means by which we allow God and Goodness into our decision making. Yes, Ive been at the recieving end of so-called "bad-decisions" and I was hurt till I decided that Id made decisions based on self that placed me in positions to be hurt. I nedd to get off my high-horse,,,, and stop being ego-centric..
Now that said, just because I take myself off the pedestal does not mean these conflicting situations will not arise again; but when they do I will not be in the "disturbance " too.
And yes, sometimes ive found that too much recovery-consciouness in sharings gets too abstract and leaves me feeling other than an addict in recovery and by the same token, too much war story gets frightening.
So in my shares, especially as in speaker meet8iins, Conventions or for newcomers, I do add lines that indicate what drugs I did and what they did to me, just for identification sake....
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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 !!!
Jeeez Louise....have you ever had to actually stay away from certain live NA metings because of the over-emphasis on "drug nostalgia" and lack of attention to getting clean, staying clean, working the steps & living a program of recovery? 
I will re-direct the table and literally tell the person who is shareing to wrap it up......I had a guy telling the table that he had and i quote "no plans of quitting dope"....I go "okay, he's done talking, tables open!"
