Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-31-2014, 12:07 AM
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Learned to trust by watching people who were...
Learned to trust by watching people who were walking their talk. This is a living program. The program is meant to be taken out of the group and applied to our daily living at home, at work, and in...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-30-2014, 12:49 AM
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I bought more Just for Today meditation books...
I bought more Just for Today meditation books than any other and in today, have none at home, if I lose my internet, I will have to go buy one.
Service is important to me and I did a term as H & I...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-29-2014, 02:52 AM
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-28-2014, 01:08 AM
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-27-2014, 12:38 AM
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January 27
Learning how to live again
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January 27
Learning how to live again
" We learn new ways to live. We are no longer limited to our old ideas."
Basic Text p. 54
We may or may not have been taught right from wrong and...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-26-2014, 01:46 AM
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January 26
Self-Centeredness
" The...
January 26
Self-Centeredness
" The spiritual part of our disease is our total self-centeredness."
Basic Text p. 20
What is self-centeredness? It is our belief that the world revolves...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-26-2014, 01:45 AM
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January 25
An Added Gift
" We see it...
January 25
An Added Gift
" We see it happening among us every day This miraculous turnabout is evidence of a spiritual awakening."
Basic Text p. 49
We watch them walk in to their first...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-24-2014, 02:50 AM
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January 24
From Isolation To Connection
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January 24
From Isolation To Connection
" Our disease isolated us... Hostile, resentful, self-centered, and self-seeking, we cut ourselves off from the outside world."
Basic Text p. 3-4
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-23-2014, 12:44 AM
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January 23
Serenity Check
" Lack of...
January 23
Serenity Check
" Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways."
Basic Text p. 91
Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply "It...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-22-2014, 12:58 AM
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January 22
The School Of Recovery
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January 22
The School Of Recovery
" This is a program for learning."
Basic Text p. 16
Learning in recovery is hard work. The things we most need to know are often the hardest to learn. We...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-21-2014, 01:27 AM
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January 21
Unity And Uniformity
" Unity...
January 21
Unity And Uniformity
" Unity is a must in Narcotics Anonymous."
Basic Text p. 60
Unity is not uniformity. Unity springs from the fact that we have unity of purpose-to recover,...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-20-2014, 01:25 AM
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January 20
One Promise, Many Gifts
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January 20
One Promise, Many Gifts
" Narcotics Anonymous offers only one promise, and that is freedom from active addiction..."
Basic Text, p. 102
Imagine how it might be if we had...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-19-2014, 03:38 AM
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January 19
Making Mountains Into Molehills ...
January 19
Making Mountains Into Molehills
" When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably."
Basic Text, p. 96
Some of us seem to make mountains out...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-18-2014, 01:53 PM
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January 18
The Simple Inventory
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January 18
The Simple Inventory
" Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, our attitudes, and our relationships on a regular...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-17-2014, 12:31 AM
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January 17
Forgiveness
" As we realize...
January 17
Forgiveness
" As we realize our need to be forgiven, we tend to be more forgiving. At least we know that we are no longer intentionally making life miserable for people."
Basic...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-16-2014, 12:49 AM
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January 16
Make That Call!
" We feared...
January 16
Make That Call!
" We feared that if we ever revealed ourselves as we were, we would surely be rejected.... [But] our fellow members do understand us."
Basic Text, p. 31
We need...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-15-2014, 02:34 AM
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January 15
Fear
" We grow to feel...
January 15
Fear
" We grow to feel comfortable with our Higher Power as a source of strength. As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life."
Basic Text, p. 24
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-14-2014, 01:08 AM
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January 14
A Loving God
" Our...
January 14
A Loving God
" Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us.... The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring, and greater than ourselves."
Basic Text, p....
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-13-2014, 04:31 AM
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January 13
Surrender To Win
" Help for...
January 13
Surrender To Win
" Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat."
Basic Text, p. 22
Complete defeat-what a concept! That must mean surrender....
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-12-2014, 01:51 AM
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January 12
Spiritual Awakenings
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January 12
Spiritual Awakenings
" Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps..."
Step Twelve
" How will I know when I have had a spiritual awakening?" For many of us, a...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-11-2014, 07:17 AM
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January 11
Faith
" As we develop faith...
January 11
Faith
" As we develop faith in our daily lives, we find that our Higher Power supplies us with the strength and guidance that we need."
Basic Text, p. 91
Some of us come into...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-10-2014, 03:07 AM
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January 10
Gratitude
"I'm very grateful...
January 10
Gratitude
"I'm very grateful to have come to believe."
IP No. 21, "The Loner"
Belief in a Higher Power can make all the difference when the going gets tough! When things don't...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-09-2014, 01:05 AM
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-08-2014, 12:18 AM
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January 8
Growing Up
"Our spiritual...
January 8
Growing Up
"Our spiritual condition is the basis for a successful recovery that offers unlimited growth."
Basic Text p. 43
When our members celebrate their recovery...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-07-2014, 03:08 AM
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January 7
"Recovery"
"Narcotics...
January 7
"Recovery"
"Narcotics Anonymous offers addicts a program of recovery that is more than just a life without drugs. Not only is this way of life better than the hell we lived, it is...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-06-2014, 01:12 AM
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Views: 10,901
January 6
"How Does It Work?"
"I used...
January 6
"How Does It Work?"
"I used to think that I had all the answers, but today I am glad that I don't"
Basic Text p. 272
What are the two favorite words of most addicts? "I know!"...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-05-2014, 07:26 AM
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January 5
Recovery at Home
"We can...
January 5
Recovery at Home
"We can enjoy our families in a new way and may become a credit to them instead of an embarrassment or a burden."
Basic Text p. 100
We're doing great in...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-04-2014, 01:20 AM
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January 4
The Love of the Fellowship
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January 4
The Love of the Fellowship
"Today secure in the love of the fellowship, we can finally look another human being in the eye and be grateful for who we are."
Basic Text p. 89
When...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-03-2014, 01:12 AM
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Views: 10,901
January 3
Our Greatest Need
"We...
January 3
Our Greatest Need
"We eventually redefine our beliefs and understanding to the point where we see that our greatest need is for knowledge of God's will for us and the strength to...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-02-2014, 12:11 AM
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Views: 10,901
January 2
Take a deep breath and talk to God...
January 2
Take a deep breath and talk to God
"Sometimes when we pray, a remarkable thing happens: We find the means, ways, and energies to perform tasks far beyond our capacities."
Basic...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
01-01-2014, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 10,901
NA JFT - January 2014
January 1
Vigilance
"We keep what we have only with vigilance..."
Basic Text, p. 57
How do we remain vigilant about our recovery? First, by realizing that we have a disease we will always...
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