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Some people called me an angel because of what I am doing? I am on the road to recovery.
You would think that living in a location for three and a half years would finally let me get more of a sense of cohesiveness in my living situation.
Where do I live? I live just south of Brooks, Oregon where is said to have the highest concentration of mental health disorders in the nation. Well, as this is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest territory, there is no surprise there.

An angel. In times of mania I have felt that I was an angel in my mania. Is this delusion?
So why did my friends call me an angel?

I want to write a grant to get people living places who are on social security and need a place to live in. People particularly from southern California can come up and get plugged in with the many mental health resources available in Salem. Make your own position.
September 26th-29th I am going to training to be a mentor with Project ABLE. ABLE stands for a better life experience.
I want to lead writing circles. The first step would be WRAP, wellness recovery action plan, the second step would be a web log group. The third step would be autobiographical novels perhaps? I could help lead these groups.
The groups would mesh: ABLE, STEP (skills training enhancement program/DBT) and ROCC (regional outreach community program), and NA. Narcotics anonymous because cigarettes contain nicotine, which is a narcotic and a high percentage of people with mental health diagnosis have an addiction to tobacco.
STEP offers tobacco and you and tobacco reduction, ABLE offers TIPS to end smoking, ROCC has nicotine anonymous meetings, SOS has NA groups.
With these groups I will definitely have the help I need with stopping tobacco.
The idea or thought is that of a higher power. All four groups: STEP, ABLE, ROCC and SOS should address the concept of working the steps. STEP and ABLE can bypass the spiritual component but only to a point. The steps are very important for a person who has a nicotine addiction to use and follow.

So what are the STEPS, or steps and traditions of NA? Marijuana is a narcotic and a medicine.

The Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous

1. We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Tomorrow I am beginning with Step One. Instead of a sponsor I have a mentor, Dale who has worked the steps.

The Twelve Traditions
of Narcotics Anonymous

1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends on NA unity.
2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
3. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using.
4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or NA as a whole.
5. Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry the message to the addict who still suffers.
6. An NA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the NA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, or prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
7. Every NA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
8. Narcotics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
9. NA, as such, ought never be organized, but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
10. Narcotics Anonymous has no opinions on outside issues; hence the NA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

Are the twelve steps and traditions of NA the same as those of nicotine anonymous or nicA?

The Twelve Steps of Nicotine Anonymous

We admitted we were powerless over nicotine – that our lives had become unmanageable. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to nicotine users and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

and the traditions:

The Twelve Traditions of Nicotine Anonymous

Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon Nicotine Anonymous unity. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. The only requirement for Nicotine Anonymous membership is a desire to stop using nicotine. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or Nicotine Anonymous as a whole. Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the nicotine addict who still suffers. A Nicotine Anonymous group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the Nicotine Anonymous name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. Every Nicotine Anonymous group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. Nicotine Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers. Nicotine Anonymous, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve. Nicotine Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the Nicotine Anonymous name ought never be drawn into public controversy. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, TV, and films. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.