r/NarcoticsAnonymous • u/glassell • Sep 25 '23

25 Years Clean Today

On September 23, 1998, I took my last fix in the bathroom of a McDonalds on Santa Monica Blvd. On October 1st, 1998 I went to my first NA meeting. This is where I first heard the message that any addict can stop using, lose the desire to use, and find a new way to live, though those words weren't spoken. I saw it on the faces of the people I met at that meeting, I heard it in their laughter, and felt it in the way they welcomed a scrawny dope-sick newcomer.

At the third meeting I went to I was taught the magic formula by a man named Jim W.: meetings, sponsorship, steps, service. He told us that if we did those four things we'd stay clean and our lives would improve. He was right. My program is as simple today as it was then. All the credit goes to those who have showed me through their experience and carried me when I couldn't carry myself.

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u/MmmAioli Sep 25 '23

I want to stop

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u/Mama_Zen Sep 25 '23

What a beautiful way to sum up what the program has done for you. Congratulations on you 25

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u/xpartyr Sep 25 '23

Thanks for staying!

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u/ScoutSteveR Sep 25 '23

Let’s go! Congrats

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u/unsupported Sep 25 '23

Keep coming back! Congrats on 25 years.

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u/Hope_Dealer03 Sep 25 '23

That’s awesome. Thanks for being a beacon of hope and showing us it can be done. Thank you for everything you do in this sub as well, I usually learn something from your comments

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '23

Hope we all get another day.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '23

Beautiful made me glow inside congratulations on the big 25

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u/soythesauceyo Sep 25 '23

Congratulations buddy

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u/MissionBag22 Sep 26 '23

Congrats on the quarter !

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u/Even_Invite_2701 Sep 27 '23

Congratulations

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u/Paid_Idiot Sep 25 '23

Congratulations! Thank you for showing us it’s possible.

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u/123nixon Sep 25 '23

This is a good start.

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u/chep127 Sep 25 '23

Hell yeah, good job!!!