Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-08-2014, 09:07 AM
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July 31
Freedom From Active Addiction
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July 31
Freedom From Active Addiction
"Narcotics Anonymous offers only one promise and that is freedom from active addiction, the solution that eluded us for so long."
Basic Text, p.102
NA...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-07-2014, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 30
Regular Inventory
"Continuing to...
July 30
Regular Inventory
"Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, attitudes, and relationships on a regular basis."
Basic Text,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-07-2014, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 29
Expectations
"As we realize our...
July 29
Expectations
"As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving."
Basic Text, p.38
Our behavior toward other people in our life is a mirror of our behavior toward...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-07-2014, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 28
Secrets And Intimacy
"We feared...
July 28
Secrets And Intimacy
"We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected."
Basic Text, p.31
Having relationships without barriers, ones in which we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-07-2014, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 27
We Do Recover
"After coming to NA,...
July 27
We Do Recover
"After coming to NA, we found ourselves among a very special group of people who have suffered like us and found recovery. In their experiences, freely shared, we found hope...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-07-2014, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 26
Unconditional Surrender
"Help...
July 26
Unconditional Surrender
"Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat. This can be frightening, but it is the foundation on which we have built our lives."...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-07-2014, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 25
Twelfth Step "Failure"?
"Having...
July 25
Twelfth Step "Failure"?
"Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-07-2014, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 24
The Masks Have To Go
"... we...
July 24
The Masks Have To Go
"... we covered low self-esteem by hiding behind phony images that we hoped would fool people. The masks have to go"
Basic Text, p.32
Over-sensitivity,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-06-2014, 10:22 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 23
Surrendering Self-Will
"We want...
July 23
Surrendering Self-Will
"We want and demand that things always go our way. We should know from our past experience that our way of doing things did not work."
Basic Text, p.78
All of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-06-2014, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 22
Spiritual Death
"For us, to use...
July 22
Spiritual Death
"For us, to use is to die, often in more ways than one."
Basic Text, p.78
As newcomers, many of us came to our first meeting with only a small spark of life...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-06-2014, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 21
Surrender Is For Everyone
"If,...
July 21
Surrender Is For Everyone
"If, after a period of time, we find ourselves in trouble with our recovery, we have probably stopped doing one or more of the things that helped us in the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-06-2014, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 20
Step 0ne
"We admitted that we...
July 20
Step 0ne
"We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable."
Step One
The First Step begins with "we," and there's a reason for that....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-06-2014, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 19
Fulfilling Our Dreams
"Dreams...
July 19
Fulfilling Our Dreams
"Dreams that we gave up long ago can now become realities."
Basic Text, p. 68
All things begin with a dream. But how many of us fulfilled our dreams while...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-06-2014, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 18
The Gift Of Desperation
"Our...
July 18
The Gift Of Desperation
"Our disease always resurfaced or continued to progress until, in desperation, we sought help from each other in Narcotics Anonymous."
Basic Text, p. 13
When...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-06-2014, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 17
Using Our "Using Dreams"
"Do we...
July 17
Using Our "Using Dreams"
"Do we fully accept the fact that our every attempt to stop using or to control our using failed?"
Basic Text, p. 18
The room is dark. Your forehead is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-06-2014, 10:17 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 16
Self-esteem
"Deep inside, I had...
July 16
Self-esteem
"Deep inside, I had feellngs of inadequacy and inferiority."
Basic Text, p. 112
Somewhere along the way, many of us developed strong feelings of inadequacy and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-05-2014, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 15
Relations With Others
"We made...
July 15
Relations With Others
"We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all."
Step Eight
All human beings struggle with self-centeredness. The...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-05-2014, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 14
An "Inside Job"
"Social...
July 14
An "Inside Job"
"Social acceptability does not equal recovery."
Basic Text, p.21
One of the first things that happens to many of us in recovery is that we start to look better. We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-05-2014, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 13
Humility In Action
"If we are...
July 13
Humility In Action
"If we are hurting, and most of us do from time to time, we learn to ask for help."
Basic Text, p.80
Sometimes recovery gets downright difficult. It can be even...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-05-2014, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 12
Patience
"We were trapped by...
July 12
Patience
"We were trapped by our need for the instant gratification that drugs gave us."
Basic Text, pp.24-25
"I want what I want, and I want it now!" That's about as patient as...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-05-2014, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 11
Encouragement
"We share comfort...
July 11
Encouragement
"We share comfort and encouragement with others."
Basic Text, p.95
Many of us have watched as babies take their first steps. The mother holds the child on its feet....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-05-2014, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 10
A Positive Attitude
"That old nest...
July 10
A Positive Attitude
"That old nest of negativism followed me everywhere I went." Basic Text, p.135
A negative attitude is the trademark of active addiction. Everything that occurred in...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-05-2014, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 9
We Do Recover!
"....the time has...
July 9
We Do Recover!
"....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."...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
07-05-2014, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 8
The "G" Word
"It is important for...
July 8
The "G" Word
"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...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2014, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 7
God In Each Other
"One aspect of...
July 7
God In Each Other
"One aspect of our spiritual awakening comes through the new understanding of our Higher Power that we develop by sharing another addict's recovery."
Basic Text, p.51
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2014, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 6
"I'm Sorry"
"The main thing the...
July 6
"I'm Sorry"
"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."...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2014, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 5
Exploring Spiritual Options
"The...
July 5
Exploring Spiritual Options
"The nature of our belief will determine the manner of our prayers and meditation."
Basic Text, p.43
How do we pray? For each NA member, this is a deeply...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2014, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 4
Conflict
"We learn that conflicts...
July 4
Conflict
"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.87
From time to time, we all experience...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2014, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 3
Quiet Time
"Many of us have found...
July 3
Quiet Time
"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.92
Most of us pay lip-service...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2014, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
July 2
Comparing
"Our personal stories...
July 2
Comparing
"Our personal stories may vary in individual pattern, but in the end we all have the same thing in common."
Basic Text, p.84
We addicts are a varied bunch, coming from...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
06-29-2014, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,733
NA Just For Today - July
July 1
A Simple Program
"The program is simply sharing, working the Twelve Steps, attending meetings, and practicing the principles of the program."
Basic Text, p.188
Our complicated lives...
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