what word fits for you - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

yippeeciayay · 01-07-2007, 11:59 PM

what word fits for you...
... Recovered or Recovering

windysan · 01-08-2007, 07:09 AM

changed behavior

REZ · 01-08-2007, 10:19 AM

recovering

Sugah · 01-08-2007, 10:34 AM

I'm in a flare from one of my conditions, and in a few days, I know that I will have recovered from it. It follows a pattern. Sometimes because I'm stubborn and sometimes because circumstances put me in a position where I do things I know are going to aggravate me, I have these flares. They won't kill me; they just make me miserable for a few days to a week. My addiction, on the other hand, will kill me if I do things which bring the symptoms out of remission. Therefore, I have recovered from active addiction, but I still have the disease of addiction lying dormant in me. That dormant state is dependent upon my willingness to practice a program of recovery which helps me to head off a spiritual state (or lack thereof) that results in the symptoms (using) returning.

I am recovered from active addiction. I am still an addict, and I still require treatment if I have the desire to be symptom-free. I had the desire to stop using and I have the desire to stay stopped. So I take the treatment to maintain my recovered state.

Peace & Love,
Sugah

yippeeciayay · 01-12-2007, 01:32 PM

Thanks for all your responses.
the reason i ask is, in 2nd edition basic text (fellowship approved) suggests addicts are recovered, so it made me wonder why WS would change it

what is the Narcotics Anonymous program.

2nd edition
We are recovered addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean.

5th edition
We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean.

just wondered how you all felt

***Time2Surrender*** · 01-12-2007, 01:43 PM

Recovering.

I doubt I will ever be recovered.

Emmet Wolf · 01-12-2007, 02:02 PM

"in recovery"

**Phinneas** · 01-12-2007, 02:10 PM

Recovering!

disorderlydamie · 01-12-2007, 10:25 PM

I will spend the rest of my life recovering... there will not come a time when I have ever fully recovered. And for that, somehow, I am grateful.

ANGELINA243 · 01-13-2007, 12:20 PM

"currently in the process of change"---RecoverING

Thundar301 · 01-14-2007, 07:57 PM

ing

mackie · 01-16-2007, 01:53 PM

recoverED ---- is past tense, meaning there's nothing more to do

recoverING ---- is present tense, meaning you're 'doing the do'.

01-07-2007, 11:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
yippeeciayay Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: earth Posts: 74	what word fits for you what word fits for you... ... Recovered or Recovering __________________ NA, Our message is hope and the promise of freedom.

01-08-2007, 10:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sugah Om, Aum, Ohm... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Punxsutawney/Pittsburgh Posts: 2,353	I'm in a flare from one of my conditions, and in a few days, I know that I will have recovered from it. It follows a pattern. Sometimes because I'm stubborn and sometimes because circumstances put me in a position where I do things I know are going to aggravate me, I have these flares. They won't kill me; they just make me miserable for a few days to a week. My addiction, on the other hand, will kill me if I do things which bring the symptoms out of remission. Therefore, I have recovered from active addiction, but I still have the disease of addiction lying dormant in me. That dormant state is dependent upon my willingness to practice a program of recovery which helps me to head off a spiritual state (or lack thereof) that results in the symptoms (using) returning. I am recovered from active addiction. I am still an addict, and I still require treatment if I have the desire to be symptom-free. I had the desire to stop using and I have the desire to stay stopped. So I take the treatment to maintain my recovered state. Peace & Love, Sugah __________________ There's a train leaving nightly called when all is said and done Keep me in your heart for awhile ~WZ ANS 01/29/86 - 08/04/08

01-12-2007, 01:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
yippeeciayay Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: earth Posts: 74	Thanks for all your responses. the reason i ask is, in 2nd edition basic text (fellowship approved) suggests addicts are recovered, so it made me wonder why WS would change it what is the Narcotics Anonymous program. 2nd edition We are recovered addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. 5th edition We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. just wondered how you all felt __________________ NA, Our message is hope and the promise of freedom.

01-12-2007, 01:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
*Time2Surrender* Community Greeter Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hillsboro,Oregon Soon to be Washington State Posts: 6,335 Blog Entries: 3	Recovering. I doubt I will ever be recovered. __________________ "Jack and Diane" painted a picture of my life and my dreams, Suddenly this crazy world made more sense to me Well I heard it today and I couldn't help but sing along Cause everytime I hear that song...

01-12-2007, 02:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
Phinneas Forum Leader Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: fumbling towards ecstasy Posts: 2,596	Recovering! __________________ “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~Marianne Williamson

01-08-2007, 07:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
windysan Large Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: La Posts: 3,547	changed behavior

01-08-2007, 10:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
REZ Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 987	recovering

01-12-2007, 02:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
Emmet Wolf Alcoholic and Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sobersville, a daily reprieve Posts: 14	"in recovery"

01-12-2007, 10:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
disorderlydamie Clean and Fabulous Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 23	I will spend the rest of my life recovering... there will not come a time when I have ever fully recovered. And for that, somehow, I am grateful. __________________ "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde

01-13-2007, 12:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
ANGELINA243 We Do Recover Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,196 Blog Entries: 18	"currently in the process of change"---RecoverING

01-14-2007, 07:57 PM	#11 (permalink)
Thundar301 A Dopeless Hope Fiend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: MID-MICHIGAN Posts: 207	ing

01-16-2007, 01:53 PM	#12 (permalink)
mackie Keeper of the Stars Join Date: May 2006 Location: A little left of center Posts: 170	recoverED ---- is past tense, meaning there's nothing more to do recoverING ---- is present tense, meaning you're 'doing the do'. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mackie "In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back!" (Charlie Brown)

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