Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-21-2014, 10:45 AM
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January 31
Trust
" Just for today I will...
January 31
Trust
" Just for today I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery."
Basic Text p. 90
Learning to trust is a risky proposition. Our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-21-2014, 10:44 AM
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January 30
Giving It Away
" We must give...
January 30
Giving It Away
" We must give freely and gratefully that which has been freely and gratefully given to us."
Basic Text p. 47
In recovery, we receive many gifts. Perhaps one of the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-21-2014, 10:44 AM
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January 29
The First Step - An Action Step
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January 29
The First Step - An Action Step
" Do we understand that we have no real control over drugs?"
Basic Text p. 18
At first, many of us may have thought the First Step required no...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-21-2014, 10:44 AM
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January 28
An Every-Day Addict
" We can...
January 28
An Every-Day Addict
" We can never fully recover, no matter how long we stay clean."
Basic Text p. 80
After getting a little time in the program, some of us begin to think we have...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-21-2014, 10:44 AM
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January 27
Learning how to live again
" We...
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 other...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-21-2014, 10:43 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 around...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-21-2014, 10:43 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: Daily Recovery Readings
01-21-2014, 10:43 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: Daily Recovery Readings
01-12-2014, 12:06 PM
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January 23
Serenity Check
" Lack of daily...
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: Daily Recovery Readings
01-12-2014, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 30
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January 22
The School Of Recovery
" This...
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: Daily Recovery Readings
01-12-2014, 12:05 PM
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January 21
Unity And Uniformity
" Unity is...
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, and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-12-2014, 12:05 PM
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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 arrived at...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-12-2014, 12:05 PM
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January 19
Making Mountains Into Molehills
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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 of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-12-2014, 12:05 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: Daily Recovery Readings
01-12-2014, 12:04 PM
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January 17
Forgiveness
" As we realize our...
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 Text,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-12-2014, 12:04 PM
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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 our...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-05-2014, 09:35 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: Daily Recovery Readings
01-05-2014, 09:35 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. 24...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-05-2014, 09:35 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. Surrender-to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-05-2014, 09:35 AM
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January 12
Spiritual Awakenings
" Having...
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: Daily Recovery Readings
01-05-2014, 09:35 AM
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January 11
Faith
" As we develop faith in...
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: Daily Recovery Readings
01-05-2014, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 10
Gratitude
"I'm very grateful to...
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 go...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-05-2014, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 9
Returning Our Sponsor's Kindness
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January 9
Returning Our Sponsor's Kindness
"Our earliest involvements with others often begin with our sponsor"
Basic Text p. 55
Our sponsor can be an abundant source of recovery information,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-05-2014, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 30
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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 anniversaries,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-31-2013, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 30
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January 7
"Recovery"
"Narcotics Anonymous...
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: Daily Recovery Readings
12-31-2013, 10:29 AM
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January 6
"How Does It Work?"
"I used to...
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: Daily Recovery Readings
12-31-2013, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 30
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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 recovery,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-31-2013, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 30
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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: Daily Recovery Readings
12-31-2013, 10:28 AM
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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: Daily Recovery Readings
12-31-2013, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 27,923
January 2
Take a deep breath and talk to God
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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 Text p....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
12-31-2013, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 30
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NA Just For Today - January
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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