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    Weekly Recovery Reflections for A Year: One Addicts Journey of Growing Up in The Fellowship
    Weekly Recovery Reflections for A Year: One Addicts Journey of Growing Up in The Fellowship
    Weekly Recovery Reflections for A Year: One Addicts Journey of Growing Up in The Fellowship
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    Weekly Recovery Reflections for A Year: One Addicts Journey of Growing Up in The Fellowship

    By Joe R

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    Weekly Recovery Reflections for A Year is one addicts journey of growing up in the fellowship of NA. Each week we will reflect on topics that effect our recovery. Reading interesting stories, discussing the steps and exploring how to navigating life and the fellowship. In addition, there is a feelings dictionary at the end of the book. This section consists of a list of feelings broken down by categories with their definitions.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateDec 21, 2021
    ISBN9781716141010
    Weekly Recovery Reflections for A Year: One Addicts Journey of Growing Up in The Fellowship

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      Weekly Recovery Reflections for A Year - Joe R

      Weekly Recovery Reflections

      for A Year

      Weekly Recovery Reflections

      for A Year

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      One Addicts Journey of Growing Up in The Fellowship

      By Joe R.

      Introduction

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      Hi Family, I’m Joe, and I’m an addict. At the times of this writing, my recovery measurements are 33/50 which means I have been clean for thirty-three years, and I’m fifty years old. That’s pretty long in the length. I hit my bottom when I was sixteen years old. Even at an early age, drugs made a mess of my life, and I didn’t expect to reach my eighteenth birthday. Near the end I remember saying the addict's prayer, God help or kill me! I was given a second chance to turn my life around when I found Narcotics Anonymous.

      This has been an amazing experience, and I have been blessed to grow up in the fellowship of NA. It has afforded me a life I could have never dreamed.

      This book consists of things I have learned and experienced while recovering in NA. These things have taken a lifetime to figure out and understand. Hopefully, What I know and have gone through can help others. 

      The best way to use this book is to read each reflection at the beginning of the week. If you lose track of what week you're on, you can google what number of the week is it.  Take time to think about each week's reflection.

      The last paragraph of each reflection will ask you to take some type of action for your recovery. These actions will help us on the road to recovery and potentially help avoid some of the pitfalls and frustration that I went through. By doing these positive actions, you will also experience the spiritual benefits I have.

      It’s important to mention that these readings should not replace NA-approved literature only enhance it. Feel free to let me know if any of these writings have helped to inspire and encourage you. My email address is [email protected]

      Weekly Recovery Reflection

      Week #1

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      Freedom

      Step One means that we do not have to use, and this is a great freedom.

      Basic Text Pg.22

      We hear in meetings the phrase, happy, joyous, and free. This is not just something we share just at a meeting. This freedom comes from not using drugs. By starting our day with an attitude of gratitude that comes from not using and choosing to make our recovery a lifestyle, we open the door to true freedom.

      🙜

      This week, let us focus and reflect on how we can be happy, joyous, and free.

      Weekly Recovery Reflection

      Week #2

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      Don't Hang Up!

      As important as it is to figure out what our Higher Power is to us, it is more important that we develop a relationship with whatever we understand that Power to be.

      Step Working Guides Pg.24

      Praying in the morning is like making a call to your higher power. It is a great way to start your day.

      Even better, never hang up the phone – let’s put our Higher Power on speaker. Taking our God with us throughout the day will give us the strength to handle whatever life throws at us and will help us deal with things we thought were impossible.

      🙜

      This week let us focus and reflect on we can tap into that source of power and live our best lives.

      Weekly Recovery Reflection

      Week #3

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      Being a student of Recovery

      This is a program for learning.

      Just For Today - January 22nd

      Being a student will take on a different meaning depending on where you are in your recovery. If you’re relatively new, being a student may mean that we realize we have a lot to learn and that we need help. That help can come from going to meetings, reading literature, listening to audiobooks on NA literature, or listening to recorded conventions and event speakers.

      Then there are the teachers of recovery. These members show us there is a new way of life with their experience, strength, and hope that comes from years of working the program. These are the people who will help guide and instruct us. It is wise to pay attention in class, because, when these members graduate and these courses and lessons are no longer available, we'll wish we could go back and take them over again.

      Just as studying and paying attention to the teachers of recovery are essential, doing our homework is just as vital. Step work is the physical manifestation, and practical application, of what we are learning. Going through the steps is a journey, and over time we learn to trust in the process. If we work the steps, we will get better. It's been proven in the lives of many successful addicts. Just ask the members in our meetings who have been through the steps and are living this program of recovery. They will say, It Works!

      Then there are the quizzes. These are the opportunities to apply what we have learned. We gain knowledge and understanding of the principles embodied within the steps through working the steps. We apply them to situations in our life, and we mature and grow.

      Also, there are the exams. These are the no matter what moments because of life on life's terms or our actions that put us in positions where we have to practice everything we've learned to stay clean.

      Completing our homework and taking the quizzes give us confidence while taking the exams. Passing means that the burning desire and obsession have lifted, and we have made it through.

      Ultimately, it's a mindset of embracing these resources and utilizing them to recover and move from one grade to the next. Each homework assignment, quiz, and exam we experience will lead us to the next grade in our recovery, adding to our knowledge and giving us the skills needed to handle life on life's terms.

      For the mature recovering addict, being a student takes on a different meaning than when we first got clean. A wise, knowledgeable member knows school is never out. There is always something new to learn.

      The potential problem for the oldtimers is with:

      Each year we stay clean.

      Each convention we speak at.

      Each round through the steps.

      The multitude of sponsees we take on.

      We may think we are superior to others who haven't achieved what we have accomplished. Becoming closed-minded and not allowing others to express their opinions, especially when wrong, is a clear sign of self-centeredness and egotism. What these attitudes do are close avenues of learning. We may stop being teachable or choose to receive instructions from only those deemed worthy of teaching. We cannot afford to hold on to this type of arrogance. We never know where our help may come from. Something that may have eluded us for years can be taught to us in a clear and simplistic way by a relative newcomer.

      These negatives only apply to a small percentage of our members. Most are not cocky, close-minded, or arrogant. Many act selflessly and give of their time. These are the type of people that the newcomer should surround themselves with.

      Being a good student for the experienced member means not selfishly hoarding knowledge. We remember the people who were selfless with their time and energy and how much patience they showed us. It's an amazing feeling to encourage and help someone eager to learn and see them become a successful, productive member of society.

      Since part of being a good student is effectively relaying what we have learned, it can be a challenge to defend what we believe. Additionally, by teaching others what we have learned, based on our experience, strength, and hope, we find we get a deeper understanding by sharing what we know. Allowing our sponsees to teach us something can be a humbling experience, but we are all on this journey of recovery and trying to be the best we can be.

      I have always believed in the unity found in our first tradition, that what we do serve to divide us, or will it bring us closer together. Allowing someone to be wrong and still teaching them can be difficult. It's ok to disagree with someone and attempt to correct them, but, ultimately, people must go through their processes. In the end, who are we to deny them of the pain and frustration they need to go through to learn and recover.

      🙜

      This week, let us focus and reflect on how we are students of recovery?

      Weekly Recovery Reflection

      Week #4

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      The Monkey Trap:

      Many of us have said, Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live. The relief of letting go and letting God"

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