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stemfree
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 Posted - 07/10/2008 : 4:44:18 PM
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If anyone is board and looking for something to do. Check out XAspeakers.com and download some tape of Chris R and Ivan L under CA...both powefull and inspirational speakers....if anyone in the NYC area needs some support feel free to PM me...
Patrick T.
Lack of power, that was our dilemma. we had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 07/10/2008 : 9:54:11 PM
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Patrick,
Hi, Welcome, Welcome. Glad to have you. It would be nice to have another clean/sober person's input on this forum. There are a lot of people looking at this site and reading, just not posting. You sound like you have been clean/sober for a while. Can you tell us a little about yourself? This site helps with my sobriety. Hopefully we can help each other. Again, I'm happy that you posted.
Pam
"Reach for the stars...You will at least end up among the clouds"
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stemfree
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Posted - 07/15/2008 : 11:11:49 AM
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Me well time wise i am only at 5.5 months, however i work a strict porgram based on the Big Book so as of now I am out making amends....
Me well I am 26 married with a 4 year old....I was a traveling Phish kid and college student for a large portion of my using days, settlled down on the traveling, but not the drugs, when my son was born.....I cured my xtc and lsd habit with a cocaine habit...then a freebase/crack habit...i then moved onto the pills/dope when the paranoia and weeks without sleep became too much....I was a seriuous cocaine addict during the 3-4 years when that was my DOC, used almost every day to study/function/party...i sold it...and lived the lifestyle to the fullest extent possible...anyway enough of that, you all know the drill. Me in recovery...I am what some would call a Big Book thumper...that is how my sponsor taught me and it is the only method that has given me any significant clean time so i am running with it....I do NA CA and AA...life has gotten progressivley better for me....i have learned to live on gods terms and be of mazimium service to him/her/it and my fellows...my family has accepted me back into the frey, i can spend time with my son without supervision and life is genraly good...You know i never thought i would be capable of living a drug free and happy life...i would shutter at the thought of it, and frankly did not see how it would be possible...IT IS and Today i am very happy without them in my life...it is a whole new world for me...
Patrick T.
Lack of power, that was our dilemma. we had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves |
Edited by - stemfree on 07/15/2008 11:18:54 AM |
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 07/16/2008 : 07:17:45 AM
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Patrick,
You are about ready to pick up your 6 month chip. Way to go!!!!!! Do not down play the time you have. This is a really big deal. You are doing great and keep up whatever works for you. Actually, I agree with your method. Tim and I both go to AA/NA. I believe Tim mostly goes to AA, but I shouldn't speak for him. Most of my time is spent in AA, but I am adding more NA meetings to my week. I don't know of any CA meetings in my area, unless I go into Washington DC area, which I am close to. I would love to attend one though. I usually don't venture out of my county, but I do sometimes. Anyway, I'm so glad that you shared your story and I pray that you stay on the board with us. We don't have many people posting, but we have lots of people looking and reading. I think you could really help some people on this forum, if you just check us out every now and then. We would also love to have another person to talk to. Talking to another alocholic/addict helps us too.
Back to what you were saying. I agree with you. I never thought it was possible that there was a life without drugs and alcohol. And it IS a good life. Life has it's ups and downs, but it is much better facing them clean and sober. It is a whole new world. I'm glad that you are able to spend time with your child and he/she will know you sober. Your child won't remember at that age!!!!! And you, to be so young and get sober now. You have really given yourself a break in life. I waited till later in life and I have such regrets. I have resentments toward myself because of that and am still working on them. I just keep praying. My sponsor got sober at 25 or 26 and she has 12 years clean. Think of it as not wasting the rest of your life away. You are doing a good job and congatulations on your 5 1/2 months. Way to go!!!! Keep coming back.
Pam
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stemfree
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Posted - 07/16/2008 : 10:26:23 AM
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Thanks...Yes i know another addict can always understand what 5.5 months means to me, as 1 day was a struggle....civilians do not get it....I do NA because i think my best chances for helping fresh prospects is there, as i relate well with the dope/coke deal and not so much with the alcohol thing...however i am most ceartinly alcoholic, and i absolutley love the BB so i do that too...CA works the big book so i like that as well....I am making some serious amends to myself for the **** i put my body through...that is helping with the resentments...as far as waiting till i was older...that may have been possible if i was boozing, but with my other habits i think old age for me would have been 35...anyway I am here now, well versed in the Big Book and 12 steps and happy to contribute in anyway possible....
Patrick T.
Lack of power, that was our dilemma. we had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves |
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 07/16/2008 : 10:55:35 PM
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Hi Patrick,
I am going to make a point of finding a CA meeting. It may take me a little while and I will have to travel, but if I can get some of my NA buddies together, we can find one and make a fun trip out of it. I went into AA, in early recovery, because some of the NA meetings I attend in my area, just didn't feel welcoming to me. I just wasn't attending the right meetings. So I went into AA, which welcomed me with open arms. I am truly and addict. I did everything, except the xtc,(don't know how to spell it). Crack was my DOC. I was hooked on the opiates too. I only did the heroin when I couldn't find the pills, because I had to go into the city to get it. It was cheeper than the pills!!!! Well thru all of my years of using, needless to say, I was a trash can. I have done it all and anything you can think of, I did.  Unfortunately! I drank, but I drugged first and I drugged all day, every day. When I drank though, I always drank to get drunk, so I know what you mean by being an alcoholic. So, AA is hard for me, because I can't talk about using. So, now, I am adding more NA meetings to my week. I have found better NA meetings in my area. Coming in new, I had too many resentments and I took them out on NA. NA is really where I belong, so I am giving them a second chance. But, I have so many friends and good experiences in AA. So, I am doing both. I also love the BB. My sponsor is also both AA/NA. I get the best of both worlds. You are doing the right thing and I don't need to tell you this, as long as you are going to meetings, where ever you feel comfortable, it doesn't matter if it is AA or NA or CA. I don't promote one or the other. I like the NA workbook too, for doing my steps. I think it goes into depth. But that is just my choice. The big book, I think is so amazing. It was written 73 yeas ago. How cool is that.  It was written that long ago and it still works for us addicts/alcoholics today. I'm getting ready to make this one NA meeting on Thursday nights, my NA home group and I already have my AA home group on Friday nights. So I will have another service position on Thursday nights. I do most of my meetings on the weekend. I just like those meetings the best. We have a couple of local recovery houses in the area and I enjoy taking a few of the people from there to meetings. I also help out when I can at other meetings. Depends on what is needed to be done. I try to get to meetings early to see if I can be of some help. Sometimes I like to get to the meetings early, just to talk. I love the before and after meetings. Well, I am just rambling here. I'm just glad that you are on board with us. Please keep coming back. Let us know what's going on with you. Post when you can. 
Pam
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momof2
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Posted - 07/17/2008 : 12:58:49 AM
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Patrick, this civilian knows what an effort you have forth to stay clean for 5.5 months. I would hazzard to guess so does anyone else who loves you, as they have been in hell right along with you. This is a battle that can and has been won by so many. It seems to me you are on the right path ro recovery. It sure doesn't hurt to have as many people as you can helping you along the way. I would feel so proud if I could say my youngest son had been clean as long as you. Nice to have you join us. God Bless.
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