Thursday, May 26, 2011

E-Meeting Week Of :MAY 25 2011


E-Meeting Week Of :MAY 25 2011


Welcome to the e-Meeting of Earth Group of Narcotics Anonymous! Please imagine we are sitting around in a comfortable, cozy meeting room. 
On the walls are NA posters of the 12 Stepsand 12 Traditions. Over in the corner, a big silver coffee pot just finished percolating. On a table by 
the door is NA literature. There's an empty chair in the middle of the room signifying the addict who has yet to find the rooms of Narcotics 
Anonymous. There’s a warm, comfortable feeling in the room. You've come home. 
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"Every N.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions."(7th Traditon). "We need money to run our group; there is rent to pay, supplies and literature to buy. We take a collection in our meetings to cover these expense and whatever is left goes to support our services and to further our primary purpose."-BT pg71 (7th Tradition).
To donate via PayPal you can just click "donatation" on our home page. You may also send donations by U.S. Mail. We accept checks, money orders,travellers checks and cash (be sure to wrap it up good). The address is below. Thanks Family.
Earth Group of Narcotics Anonymous4407 Shetland Way Westville, NJ 08093
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Hi Family. I'm Jim T, and I am an addict and Earth Group NA e-Meeting chairperson/mailer. We would like to open this meeting with a moment of silence for the addicts who still suffer, both in and out of these rooms, followed by the Serenity Prayer:
God. Grant us the Serenity to accept the things we cannot change. Courage to change the things we can, and the Wisdom to know the difference. ______________________________________________
Earth Group NA Announcements:
We are pleased to offer Earth Group NA members a new concept in on line meetings: Voice Chat!! We have opened up a room at a service called Voxli. We have had very successful meetings at Voxli. The site is still in the "beta" stage so there are still some bugs and kinks we are working on but the "voice chat" format is great!! There are plans to migrate a couple of other meetings to "voice chat" in the near future so grab a microphone for your computer and let's get started talking to each other!! :) Heck!! You don’t even need a microphone because you can still type your text for those in the meeting to read.
Here's a link to get there!
See you there!!______________________________________________
NA READINGS
If you would like to read the NA Readings, please click on the NAWS link below.______________________________________________
Who is an addict?
What Is The Narcotics Anonymous Program?
Why Are We Here?
How It Works
The Twelve Traditions of NA
Hello and hugs Earth Group NA family
My name is Caren K. and I am an addict and the group’s current online meeting servant. I would like to remind our fellowship that we offer 11 NA online meetings weekly with daily nooners (12 PM EDT) Tuesday-Friday and several meetings at night on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Sunday sunrise at 7:30 AM EDT. Our newest meeting is the Saturday Step study meeting which starts at 10 AM EDT. Our chat room is open 24/7 for our membership. If you would like further information or are interested in being of service for our meetings or chat room, please contact me at chat@earthgroupna.org. Thank you and be blessed in your recovery. ((hugs)) Caren K._____________________________________________
Clean Time Celebrants!!
We love to celebrate clean time anniversaries in Narcotics Anonymous! It is such a miracle for any addict to go one day without using, but to put together 30 days or more is beyond our wildest dreams and truly a miracle worth celebrating. Below are those celebrating their accomplishment this week. Please join us in congratulating each one of these miracles! ____________________________________________
Wednesday 5/18/2011
Cheryl T.---------------------------------------6 Months Today!Tim S.---------------------------------------------8 Years Today!
Thursday5/19/2011
Jennifer F.---------------------------------------6 Years Today!Michael L.---------------------------------------8 Years Today!Bill T.--------------------------------------------14 Years Today!Ronette S.-------------------------------------16 Years Today! ____________________________________________ Friday5/20/2011
Chyrstal D.-------------------------------------7 Years Today!Bruno---------------------------------------------8 Years Today!Terri G.-----------------------------------------12 Years Today!Fred V.-----------------------------------------14 Years Today!Dawn O.---------------------------------------29 Years TodaySaturday 5/21/2011
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Bob T.-------------------------------------------7 Years Today!___________________________________________
Sunday 5/22/2011
Cynthia C.--------------------------------------8 Years Today!Monday 5/23/2011
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Jamie A.---------------------------------------8 Years Today!Yvette P.-------------------------------------10 Years Today!Yvonne M.-----------------------------------20 Years Today!
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Tuesday 5/24/2011
Pete K.----------------------------------------30 Days Today!Ty B.--------------------------------------------3 Years Today!John C.-----------------------------------------6 Years Today!Sonu G.--------------------------------------18 Years Today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THANK (GOD) THAT WE ALL HAVE TODAY!!
If we miss announcing your clean time anniversary, please let us know! If you would like to celebrate with us, please send an email with your first name, last initial, and email address and clean date to congratulator@earthgroupna.org. Thank you! Congratulations everyone! Keep coming back!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A few quick notes on our eMeeting:
1. You are welcome to use your first name and last initial or the name you use to log into Earth Group's BBS to identify yourself when you submit your share for publishing in our eMeeting.2. Our eMeeting is a once a week mailer that is generally emailed out on Wednesdays. Ever so often it may be sent out a little early or a little late depending on participation. There no deadlines for sharing. We include all shares received right up until the moment the meeting is sent out. We strongly encourage everyone's participation. After all, we keep what we have by giving it back. You may not always need the meeting, but the meeting almost always needs you and your experience, strength, and hope.3. Please share your personal experience, strength, and hope as you would in a live face-to-face meeting, either on the topic provided, or whatever may be affecting your recovery. We ask that no outside issues, written materials, non-NA recovery oriented documentsor plagiarism be sent in as a share. 4. We do not publish the email address of the person sharing, nor any email addresses or website addresses that might be included in a share. Of course, email addresses or website addresses that are included as part of an announcement may be published, after the group has reviewed the announcement for adherence to the 12 Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous and Earth Group NA group policy. 5. If you've used today, or need help in your efforts to stay clean, please feel free to reach out to one of our online sponsors at sponsors@earthgroupna.org. 6. Please visit our website at www.earthgroupna.org for detailed information regarding functions, locating NA Meetings, Online Sponsorship, Message Board, Chat Room, Online NA Meetings, NA Literature, etc. Thank you.
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The Topic for this eMeeting: Never Alone
Hi, family! I’m Vic and I’m an addict. And it has been an honor to serve Earth Group’s eMeeting this past year as Discussion Leader. I’ve had the pleasure of teaming with Jim T in making sure this meeting went out even when we doubted whether anyone read it; in the end, that didn’t matter. I brought a topic and Jim shared about it. Neither of us were alone. Sometimes life was a challenge and so I simply quoted our NA literature. Sometimes life was a challenge and I left a bit of my heart on the page, as I freely shared my life and recover.
This is my last topic lead. My term is over. And you think I’d end my term with a gallant and incisive review. How could Vic let such a chance go by? Well, that’s exactly what I’m doing. Last night, I celebrated my 2-Year Clean-time Anniversary with the friends I found here in this little corner of Georgia. My sponsee was there, and my sponsor said many lovely things which still make me cry to think about. My grand-sponsor and a few other folk came in from out of town to join our regulars. My family came. (My God! How did I get them back again?) And I cannot and refuse to write about that experience now. Stop. Not yet, anyway. There are no words for how I still feel a day later. So instead, may I wish you all the companionship of the NA fellowship and the faith and forgiveness of family. Be well, my friends. I’m still around, you know. With you guys plus the ones who hang out in Covington, I’m not alone unless I choose to be. I will say that I know there are addicts out there right now. They call those they love, and can’t stop saying ‘I’m sorry’ over and over again as they weep, and you know you can’t help them, and they won’t stop saying they aren’t using. They are so alone they’d risk their loved ones’ judgment just to talk to them. Okay. Stop now, Vic. No use crying again. Just close with a nice quote, ok? One of my favorites and the subject I’ve discussed here probably too often this year. Your turn to share. Next week, there will be, most likely, a new voice here. Take her away, boys…. (A slow waltz starts and a voice softly reads. There is no one at the podium. Fade to black.)
Addiction is a lonely disease. We may be surrounded by people but, sooner or later, our addiction drives a wedge between us and even our closest loved ones. Many of us are driven to Narcotics Anonymous by a desperate loneliness.
Though we may approach the rooms of NA with caution and suspicion, we are welcomed with a hug, a smile, and a warm “keep coming back.” This may be the first place where we have felt welcome in a long, long while. We watch other members talking and laughing, leaving the meeting in groups for more talk at the local coffee shop. We wonder if we, too, could become a part of this loving bunch.
Our pattern of isolation can make it difficult for us to join in. Over time, however, we begin to feel “a part of” rather than “apart from.” Soon, when we walk into the rooms, we feel at home. We begin to make friends and our lives start to change.
NA teaches us how to overcome our isolation. Through our first tentative friendships formed in our home group, we start to find that making friends isn’t hard. A sense of belonging comes when we share ourselves with others. - Just for Today, October 14
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The floor is open: Chris F. Hi my name is Chris and I'm an addict. I just want to say briefly that I'm struggling so much not to use drugs and not to take more of my medication and abuse them in high quantities. I just suffer so much with severe anxiety and depression. I become desperate for some relief from the pain and the mental torment that goes’s with it. I'm too scared to go to meetings cause of the anxieties that I suffer from just makes me feel very scared among others evenfellow addicts. I didn't want this to be a downer share but even today I abused my medicationss and I am just getting worse with the fear and anxiety that I experience on a daily basis. I'm a little bit desperate I don't know where to go from hear. At the moment my bi polar is calling the shots and I don't know who to turn to for the help I need and this in spite of what my psychiatrist, general practicitioner and psychologist try to do for me. I do have faith in God but when I'm really anxious, depressed and fearful my faith is badly affected and right now this is the best I'm able to do now which is to share on line. I am really desperate for any help I can get. Chris________________________________________ Melanye
Hello family!  I'm Melanye and I'm an addict. Never alone...wow...not exactly something I would have agreed on for most of my life. In a room full of people I was dreadfully alone. I was shy, had low self-esteem, poor body image, and with each year I felt the heartache of never knowing my father. He was hit by a car when my mother was pregnant. It took me doing a 4th Step to finally deal with the resentment, anger, and pure torture I felt. I also worked on my feelings of abandonment and isolation. Isolation...just what abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs made me do more of daily. I was in the abyss, so I did just what would only make it worse. It never ever helped. It destroyed my life. It destroyed me. I've spent the last 2 years 3 months rebuilding who I am and repairing bridges I'd just about burned.
When I became housebound I thought now I'd really be isolated. I spent a number of months wallowing in my sorrow about no longer being able to attend face- to-face meetings. They were my only contact with people other than my husband since becoming disabled in 2004. All my friends left me behind. Then, I got the bright idea to check online and see if there were any options there. Boy was I thrilled to find EGNA. I started attending chat meetings and making friends...friends who understood my hang ups, accepted me as an addict, and just had my best interest at heart.  At times I didn't feel I deserved the support; but, with work on the Steps I came to understand that I wasn't so bad after all. I'm not the worst person in the world, nor am I the best. You guys have taught me to stop beating myself up and start building myself up. You've taught me that it's okay to fight as long as you come back around to the fact that we are family. You've taught me that I am not, under any circumstances, ever alone. And when I need a hand there is always one waiting for mine. Thank you, family, for being just that...a family. ______________________________________________ Cheryl T.
Hi family, I'm an addict called Cat. First, I want to thank Vic for his service work as Discussion Leader. I've found myself emotionally stirred at many of the topics 
since I've been a member, and this one is no exception. It may be that I'm ultra raw today, as I lost a loved one to cancer. He was my pet cat for 19 years. It may 
seem silly to people who haven't connected with animals on an emotional level, but to me, he was a family member, I dare say he was my first child, since I was 
present to witness his birth and from that day, we had a special bond. When I was at my lowest, in active addiction, after having a using induced seizure, I went to 
my parents house, to sleep it off, not caring enough about myself to seek medical attention and my cat crawled up on my chest and put his face in mine and purred 
so loudly as he touched my face with his paw, I knew he sensed the pain I was in and that was his way of comforting me. I can't possibly explain the many wonderful 
memories I have of my life with him now, that's why I'm writing a memoir (lol). 
I'm grateful to my Higher Power for sharing his beautiful creation with me, and that I was a part of his life. I was isolating during active addiction and in those few 
years that I continued to relapse after coming to NA, I was going to NA meetings daily, I lost my job, had no responsibilities other than to stay clean, and learned 
(was told by an old timer) that unless I got into the center of the fellowship, with service and step work, I was going to fall off of the edge I was walking. The one thatdoesn't guarantee I'd get back on, if you get what I'm saying. I struggled with feeling a part of for years in the beginning, the winners were women who had husbands 
and families and careers, and here I was, in my mid twenties, and my career was using, I felt like I couldn't relate to those women, I didn't add up. 
Then I stared sharing my self with them, even though I didn't know who I was, and they began to get to know me, and love me. They saved my life. I continued relapsingand at the end of my road, they had an intervention for me, and it was at that moment, the light bulb glowed and burst, I finally saw what I was doing to myself, and to 
those who loved me, in the fellowship and to my family. I gave myself a break, tried acceptance for real and stayed clean. From that point I began to grow in recovery and 
was very active in service. 
When life happened to throw me several challenges at the same time, I fell into old thinking and behaviors. I fired my sponsor over something petty and found another,then she suddenly became too sick to work with her sponsees after a Grand Mal seizure, I had trouble finding a replacement, I had a botched surgery that left me 
with permanent organ damage and problems and my thyroid took a downward spiral which added to my depression. I begged to know why my child's father didn't want 
to raise our son with me, and I refused to accept why he wouldn't tell me. 
Thanks to my Higher Power, I was living in housing for single moms in recovery, and as part of that program I had to drop urine which kept me clean. I was smart enough 
to realize losing my child and the roof over our head wasn't worth the risk of using, but I became dangerously isolated from NA. My current service commitments had endedat that time and I found myself feeling the exact same way I did when I last used drugs...I was so miserable I wanted to die. I was the cliché "clean and crazy addict" as a 
single mom with a one year old child. I became closed minded, saw with tunnel vision, and was back into 24/7 lock down isolation with over four years clean. I stayed in 
that hell for another 18 months, by choice.
It was then that I reached out and forced myself to go to a meeting and share where I was at. It happened to be my six year anniversary that night. Once I opened my mind, 
accepted the impossible-that I can still get acceptance with life and don't have to know the reasons why, I was free. I began doing service work again and I found my first 
sponsor at our state convention and asked her if she was willing to work with me again, and so began a new journey for me, one in which my Higher Power put several women 
into my life to take through the steps as I completed my first round with the twelve steps. 
I graduated from school with a new found excitement for life, and set goals to begin my career to build a good life for my son and I. I took a big risk moving away to doit, and that was almost two years ago. Once again, I found myself isolating, unable to attend the meetings here due to my work schedule, and having been a member of 
EGNA in early recovery, I joined again, as I knew I needed to reconfigure my recovery now that I was in a new area with less meetings and fewer members in the fellowship. 
Thank God for the EGNA members for encouraging me to join the home group here and step up to be of service. Now that my schedule has changed, a result of my HP no 
doubt, I prayed for a solution, and he made a way. I still struggle to get to face-to-face meetings on a consistent basis, and just for today, I attended two meetings and shared 
with the members in town and here at EGNA exactly as it has been suggested. I have hope that I continue to grow in recovery and help other addicts along the way. 
Thanks for listening and hugs. Cat
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Pete K.
Hello, Family, I'm Pete K and I'm an addict. Until I found Earth Group, and started getting familiar with NA, I had felt that alone was just a fact of life--my life. I had never
felt myself to be a part of anything, including my family, and I told myself that I wanted it this way. My earliest memories are of thinking that some how I had ended up in the wrong family--it was some kind of mistake--my real home was someplace else but I was stuck with these people I lived with. I felt that my parents could never understand me; I wasn't sure if anyone could. I was struck by what a weird strange place the world I perceived was. It seemed like everyone around me was comfortable in it--I wasn't.  I felt like a "stranger in a strange land."
     When I started having trouble, beginning in elementary school, adapting my behaviors to the social situation, I was sent to talk with, Doctors, Counselors, and Therapists.  When I was honest with my parents or these experts about my thoughts and feelings, I interpreted their reactions as uncomprehending disbelief in what they were hearing.  I began to doubt my sanity. Why did everyone else seem so at ease in the world, appearing to know how to live their lives? I thought there was something fundamentally wrong with me and that I was lacking some key piece of information that everyone else took for granted.
     In this alienated and disoriented frame of mind, I discovered psychedelic drugs at the age of 14. Wow--this was an eye-opener times ten!! These drugs were a profound lesson to me in how drastically my mental state could be altered with chemicals. Nothing was as it seemed, I interpreted my experiences as being validated--it was everyone else that could not see all the different layers of reality that I saw. I felt more alienated and outside of society--I reveled in it--I had "special insight." Since I couldn't coherently explain any of this to anyone else, I didn't even try to relate to others. In fact, I fueled my arrogance by putting others down and rejecting them. I was a universe unto myself, and didn't need anyone else. All I wanted was stronger and larger doses of LSD to take me further out of my mind.
     But it wasn't long before I hit a snag. As the drugs took me deeper into myself, I didn't like what I saw. I began experiencing terrifying thoughts and feelings--about myself. I couldn't escape from myself--I saw myself as a disgusting misfit--I was a fraud and a loser--I couldn't stand myself. I had rejected everyone around me and now I felt lost to myself. That's when I discovered booze, painkillers, and narcotics. I thought it was a miracle--under the influence of these chemicals I felt "normal"--for the first time in my life. I was off and running.
      All I had to do was stay "comfortably numb"--I could tolerate the company of other people--mostly because under the influence of these drugs I thought I was God's gift to everyone --and didn't give a s&*t about anyone either. My idea of a relationship was anyone that suited my pleasure at the moment. I hurt and manipulated others without concern--any "feelings" were just an annoyance that meant that I needed more drugs. So when "I" was feeling good I liked the company of others--when I wasn't I didn't want anything to do with them--this
included, wives, family, friends. It didn't take long for them to get sick of putting up with my moods and selfish demands.
     The drugs and booze didn't seem to be working as well as they had at first. I sought oblivion and isolation--I cared nothing for life--I was close to welcoming the ultimate oblivion of death. Any sense of being a part of society had died long ago--I had cut myself off from everyone and anything that gave life meaning.
     For some reason my Higher Power gave me a glimpse of a way out. It started with a woman who showed me what unconditional love was. She cared about others, made sacrifices for others--including myself--and did it without seeming to be concerned with what she "got out of it." With her I experienced feelings I had never felt with anyone else--I guess I found myself actually caring about someone else besides myself.
      She was not, and never had been an addict and she made it clear to me that she would not tolerate my active addiction. If I wanted any kind of relationship with her, I would need to start dealing with my addiction. Again my Higher Power was at work, my normal reaction to ultimatums, especially about me would have been to F--off if you can't handle it. For some reason she got through to me and I reached out to NA for help. That's when I discovered hope--for me.
      I was amazed to find that NA was nothing like my sick mind had thought it would be. I met fellow addicts who understood the things I was feeling. They had been there or worse and were living examples of what this program had done for them and what it could do for me. What struck me most was that they were people who genuinely cared about me and were willing to freely share their way of life with me. I was welcomed just because I was there.
      Since those first days my feelings for this Fellowship have only grown stronger. Recovery from addiction I've found out is a life-long project, but that's OK--actually a blessing. I feel that I have found my real family--the one I had felt missing throughout my life. I know that many struggles await me, but I am not concerned. I am never alone. All I have to do is reach- out.  My family is always here to guide me. What a miracle and a gift!  I am so grateful to have found what I had come so close to throwing away--life.  Thomas Merton said, "No man is an island." I understand a little better what that means now--the essence of Life is Fellowship--a gift from God. NA has shown me that I am never alone.
       Thank-you all for being a part of my family and my recovery.  I am truly blessed. -- Stutteringhand
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Jim T.
Welcome home to all the new members of our Earth Group family and congratulations to all the members of our family celebrating clean time anniversaries. Always remember that you never have to use again and that you never, ever have to go through anything alone again. Today, by the grace of my Higher Power; I am a grateful, recovering addict, my name is Jim T. I have the feeling that loneliness will increase as I grow older. I feel almost certain that when those I have been blessed with coming into my life begin to complete their journey here on this material world there will be a new kind of loneliness that comes into my life that will not easily be dealt with. Their loss will be permanent and leave a deep hole in my heart. I can not begrudge their ascension into the heavenly realms as I know that eventually, I too shall complete the work God has for me to do here and He will call me home. It is the period of time that lies between the moving on of those I have come to love and when I will be blessed with reunion with them that has been occupying my mind for a season or so now. Vic mentioned in his topic that he wanted to see no more deaths from the agonies of addiction and I so desperately share that feeling with him. However, as much as no one wants to think of this horrible disease claiming one more life, it happens every 24 hours we live through. Somewhere, someone's loved ones succumb to the ravages of addiction and (more often than not) take an active part in the early termination of their existence here on this world. As much as I suffer the pain of losing someone I have come to know and love as a result of our blessed fellowship to this dreadful disease, I must constantly remind myself that pain and death are a part of life and to reject them is to reject life itself. I think as I grow closer to the end of my journey and the completion of whatever projects God as I have come to understand Him has for me to do; as my recovery family's numbers dwindle as the most certainly will, it is then; only when I truly realize that I am all alone that I will finally comprehend just how much I need others in my life. For me, loneliness is perhaps the scariest thing I can imagine. The losses of my family, friends and loved ones shouts out to me, like nothing else can, that “nothing lasts”—especially those things I most love. Loneliness is part of the human condition, and I will, through the help of a loving Higher Power's guidance make it through the darkness of loneliness one day at a time because I am certain that there is a definite difference between “loneliness” and “aloneness.” While I am absolutely certain that I will feel the sting of grief and loneliness as my friends go on before me, one thing is equally as certain: I am actually never alone because of the conscious contact I have with my Higher Power. My story of recovery from the certain death of addiction and all the memories I have been blessed with during my time here in Narcotics Anonymous are unique. No one else can feel them as I do. But, it is in that discreteness of my personal recollections that I have also found a divine connection with each one of you here at Earth Group. We have all walked our own paths through the hell of addiction and the joy of recovery and it is that common ground that we share that defeats loneliness instantly. Each of us are unique individuals, but each of us has the same fundamental nature—we are recovering addicts, we have walked through the same valleys, climbed the same mountains and each of us have touched the same fringes of death from addiction only to be pulled from the brink by a power so much greater than any of us. It is through our shared rescue from certain death that we are able to carry the message and connect so easily with others who suffer our common malady and (by doing so) defeat loneliness and the pain it brings simply by reaching out and touching each other's lives in that fundamental nature so unique to Narcotics Anonymous. I know that as time continues its inevitable march forward, there will be many times when I will feel the sting of loneliness. But, thanks to this beautiful fellowship we share; I know in my heart that we are all in this together; and where two or more addicts are together, loneliness is held at bay. It has been from this realization that I feel an abiding joy because loneliness has no pathway into recovery as long as the unity of our fellowship stands. How wonderful a blessing it is that we are able to share this barrier that prevents loneliness from wrapping its dark tentacles around anyone of us who chooses to live life by the spiritual principals of our program. What a miracle!! In the days that lie ahead, as I think of my friends like reviewing the list of those going for sick call (knowing what other list some will all too soon appear on) I am blessed by the sense of our embodied connection with each other as together we strive to keep the loneliness and isolation of this disease at bay. I can rejoice today because I find a sense of spiritual fulfillment, peace and pure serenity where 'aloneness' (me alone) in silent meditation with God is nothing but positive and spiritually refreshing. Yet my heart aches with these thoughts, however; because there are many I know who, for whatever reason, seem to believe that if they are 'alone', they are somehow “incomplete”. I believe that it is important; no, in fact; crucial, to realize that even though I may be alone; Jim alone, is complete; whole; worthy of – and entitled to – love and respect. The foundamental of realizing “we’re all in this together” is realizing even when I am 'alone' (“Jim, all one”) I am whole and complete and so are you, and you, and you .... I know today, that when I am alone, I’m together with myself and my God – and rather than loneliness; it is peaceful solitude. When I’m lonely, I’m deserted not only by others but by myself. Being alone isn't necessarily the same as loneliness. I recall one of the first things my sponsor ever shared with me as we began our walk together: "You're never going to be alone again, from this moment on." So please remember my dear friends; "So long as I follow that way, I have nothing to fear." I ask but one thing of each of you today: Let me be the one who never leaves you all alone. Please keep coming back. I love and need each and every one of you! Never alone! Never again! ____________________________________________
The topic for next week's eMeeting:
Hello family. First I give praise to my Higher Power and thank our EGNA home group for the privilege to serve as Discussion Leader. My journey in recovery has been filled 
with lessons on many aspects of life. I can see blessings today, have felt true happiness and experienced intense ranges of emotional feelings and physical pain too, (just toname a few examples) as a result of living the NA program. 
My Higher Power gave me guidance to reflect on the chapter, "More Will Be Revealed" from the Basic Text and when I did, it provoked in me, thought and touched meemotionally, as I hope it does you. With encouragement, I hope you will be inspired to read the entire chapter as I was. In loving service, Cat.
"The responsible, productive, drug-free lives of thousands of members illustrates the effectiveness of our program. Recovery is a reality for us today. By working thesteps, we are rebuilding our fractured personalities. Narcotics Anonymous is a healthy environment for growth. As a fellowship, we love and cherish one another, supporting our new way of life together.
As we grow, we come to understand humility as acceptance of both our assets and our liabilities. What we want most is to feel good about ourselves. Today, we have 
real feelings of love, joy, hope, sadness, excitement. Our feelings are not our old drug induced feelings. Sometimes we find ourselves caught up in old ideas, even with 
time in the program.
The basics are always important to recovery. We need to avoid old thinking patterns, both the old ideas and the tendency toward complacency. We cannot afford to 
become complacent, because our disease is with us twenty-four hours a day. If, while practicing these principles, we allow ourselves to feel superior or inferior, we isolate 
ourselves. We are headed for trouble if we feel apart from other addicts. Separation from the atmosphere of recovery and from the spirit of service to others slows our 
spiritual growth. Complacency keeps us from good will, love and compassion.
If we are unwilling to listen to others, we will deny the need for improvement. We learn to become flexible and to admit when others are right and we are wrong. As newthings are revealed, we feel renewed. We need to stay open-minded and willing to do that one extra thing, go to one extra meeting, stay on the phone one extra minute,and help a newcomer stay clean one extra day. This extra effort is vital to our recovery."
Basic Text page 101-102 sixth edition._____________________________________________
NA READINGS
We Do Recover
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Just For Today
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If you have any questions, please contact us at www.earthgroupna.org for more information.
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We invite you to join us in any of our real time weekly online NA meetings. You can find our meetings by going to www.earthgroupna.org and clicking on Schedule. Our weekly schedule is also listed on our Forum accessible from the Home Page. Hope to see you there. If you are interested in doing service in our meetings, we would love to hear from you. We have available spots for Greeters and Chairpersons. If you would like to be of service and need any info or have questions about our online meetings, you can write Caren K. at chat@earthgroupna.org _____________________________________________
Remember, all shares need to be sent to: mailer@earthgroupna.org and in Plain Text, not html or any fancy fonts or colors. This E-mail address is for Shares only! If your share comes back undeliverable; please contact the Jim T. at mailer@earthgroupna.org for assistance! All other email needs to be sent to the Trusted Servant responsible for your concern. _____________________________________________
"Every N.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions."(7th Traditon) "We need money to run our group; there is rent to pay, supplies and literature to buy. We take a collection in our meetings to cover these expenses and whatever is left goes to support our services and to further our primary purpose."-BT pg71 (7th Tradition) To donate via PayPal you can just click "donatation" on our homepage, You may also send donations by U.S. Mail. We accept checks, money orders, travellers checks and cash (be sure to wrap it up good). The address is below. Thanks Family.
Earth Group of Narcotics Anonymous 4407 Shetland Way Westville, NJ 08093
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As outlined by IP#2-The Group, we have a team of individuals who've made a home group commitment to Earth Group of Narcotics Anonymous. If you'd like to become involved in service as a member of the home group, simply write our home group chairperson for more information. We'd love to have you participate in service to our home group and maintenance of our internet site! Please feel free to send any question, concerns, comments or suggestions to our home group chairperson. Thanks. The current home group chair is Vic F. You can contact him at choose.again.vf@gmail.com_____________________________________________
Let's all hold each other's hands in the Spirit of Unity; and please join in a moment of silence to close our eMeeting; remembering the empty chair in the middle of the floor; the addict who may die without hearing the message of recovery and HOPE; followed by the WE version of "Our Gratitude Speaks" and the Third Step Prayer....
....in order that no addict, anywhere, need die from the horrors of addiction.... Our Gratitude Speaks, When We Care, and When We Share, With Others, the NA WAY!
Many of us have said:
Take, our will and our life, Guide us in our recovery, Show Us How to Live!!_____________________________________________
Earth Group NA Trusted Servants (Feel free to contact us at any time about anything.)
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Webservant Sam B.
webservant@earthgroupna.org _____________________________________________
Online Meeting Coordinator Caren K.
Chat@earthgroupna.org _____________________________________________
BBS Coordinator Judy O.
coordinator@earthgroupna.org _____________________________________________
Discussion Leader Vic F.
discussion@earthgroupna.org _____________________________________________
Clean Time Congratulator Judy O. Congratulator@earthgroupna.org _____________________________________________
e-Meeting Chairperson/mailer Jim T.
mailer@earthgroupna.org _____________________________________________
Secretary/TreasurerKev B.
secretary@earthgroupna.org _____________________________________________ e-Sponsor Coordinator Ross W.
sponsors@earthgroupna.org_____________________________________________
Home Group Chairperson Vic F.
hgchair@earthgroupna.org _____________________________________________
Home Group GSR/PI Melanye C. gsr@earthgroupna.org
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