Hi folks. Has anyone tried NA? Got any advice? I went to a meeting a few weeks ago but haven't been back. I know you need to keep going back for it to work but I really struggled with the higher power thing. I'm not religious (I know it's not all about god) nor do I really believe in anything unless it's there in front of me in black and white. I'd like to get into NA as I could really relate to a lot of what people said, it's just this one little thing holding me back.
Any advice?
Linz x
Linz, if you think it will help you in your recovery go for it girl!! The god thing freaked me out aswell. I know peeps that go and are right into the god thing and push it on you, and i know people who go and they hardly ever mention it. Imo anything that keeps you clean is a good thing, not for everyone but still a good thing. Take it easy, Kev
i went to n/a for a while and enjoyed it,no one should push anything on u that u dont want to hear,i think its about a group of people wanting to stay clean and sober .sometimes i used to listen to people who had been clean awhile and got a biy inspiration ,others were just smarmy gits that probably had an anadin habit,u go and take from it what u want,its about a day at a time so maybe one day u will think it differently from the last but if it helps stay clean u go for it girl.
Cheers guys! Eckie, anadin habit........... like it!
I know where you're both coming from thanks. I'm pretty stright down the line with everything and kind of got a bit p*ssed off that we "wasted" the first 15 minutes of the meeting reading cards out loud. Would much rather have listened to someone's success story to be honest. I feel like I've let the people at the meeting down a bit as they were good enough to open up to me on my fist night and all taht. Then I just don't go back. They must all be para!
I'd love to believe in a higher power thingie but I just can't seem to do it.
Linz x
I know where you're both coming from thanks. I'm pretty stright down the line with everything and kind of got a bit p*ssed off that we "wasted" the first 15 minutes of the meeting reading cards out loud. Would much rather have listened to someone's success story to be honest. I feel like I've let the people at the meeting down a bit as they were good enough to open up to me on my fist night and all taht. Then I just don't go back. They must all be para!
I'd love to believe in a higher power thingie but I just can't seem to do it.
Linz x
Linz agree with the lads ...i.e anything that works.Ive never been to one for the same reason as yerself ...that higher power voodoo....not for me its seems just too much pie in the sky and harder to believe if you dont believe in organised religion like me......keep an open mind on it though seems like part of you enjoyed the meeting maybe give it another go?
Take care now...........Davey
Take care now...........Davey
let those who want to look for something that may or may not be there do it.sounds like yer abit like me that way by the fact that your head is f***ed up enough without some f***in nut who reads too much into things doin your nut in.u go if u want girl and take it at your pace,anyone gets too heavy tell them to back off.people should not be there to look for a victim as we r all vulnerable at the early stages of n/a.
Linz, they are all different...............not in principle, but the people and all.....NA has helped save many lives..............they ain't for me either..........I can do the higher power thing..............I just don't need my business all out in the entire free world.................and no supposedly they ain't all like that either.......but the ones around HERE...........by the next morning somebody told somebody told somebody...................now everybody looking at the heroin addict.
Maybe try another meeting at another locale, Linz, and yeah some of the people at NA are the most generous, good hearted people ever..........like the guys here said it's worth a try..................ya know if it helps.
Maybe try another meeting at another locale, Linz, and yeah some of the people at NA are the most generous, good hearted people ever..........like the guys here said it's worth a try..................ya know if it helps.
