At my Narcotics Anonymous Meeting we were discussing IF a "Higher Power" could help us with drug addiction. Good Question... Especially Tricky Since I Don't Believe in God.

It's a basic concept in Both AA and NA. One of the steps in any 12 step program is The Belief that a "Higher Power" will return us to sanity...

Many People in the program believe that God is The "Higher Power" that is mentioned in the 12 steps. Members that do not believe in God often have trouble with a concept of a Higher Power. We Question: Does God Exist? Well, we simply do not know. No one does... However, if we cannot get help from a Deity, we can still use the power of the Group itself to help.

I believe that the G.O.D. (Group Of Drunks) can help me in my recovery. When I joined AA I moved from San Jose to Chico,  California and made all new friends. Everyone I knew in Chico was a member of the AA program. Since I had constant reinforcement of the ideals and concepts... It was easy to enjoy my new sober life... Frankly speaking, I was having more fun as a member of AA than I was before...

to be continued...

God, Heal Me - a How to guide. An Exercise and Meditation Program to Improve My Circulation. I'm Pre-Diabetic... Frankly Speaking, I Don't Believe in God BUT Maybe God Believes in ME!

I started doing this about a Week Ago and I Can Feel Some Improvement. However, I'm Still Going to Go to My Doctor Soon... 

My Main Exercise is Bouncing on the Balls of My Feet while Holding onto a Bar Mounted on the Wall of The Bathroom. While Standing, I Raise my Heels about an Inch off the Floor and then Lower them to About a Quarter Inch. Bouncy, Bouncy, Bouncy for about a Minute. I Do this Every Time I Go to the Bathroom... Maybe Eight Times a Day? I Don't Know... Occasionally I Bend my Knees but That's not the Main Event. 

The Meditation is Done Lying Down While Watching TV. During the Commercials I Turn Off the Sound and Close my Eyes. 

I Take an Extremely Large Breath and say the Word "God" - Then I Exhale Normally. Then I Inhale and Say "Heal" Exhale and Inhale and say "Me" Exhale... 

The Fundamental Technique is to Inhale as Much as Possible... Pushing My Belly out to Inflate My Diaphram... Say a Word... and Then Relax and Exhale Whatever Feels Natural... and All The While I'm Moving My Toes in a Circular Motion... Moving them as Far as Possible as I Rotate Them... 

The REASON I Do this Lying Down is I want to Make Sure I Don't Fall Down When I Get Dizzy... and after about Nine Breaths I'm Starting to Get Dizzy from Hyperventilating... and Then It's Time to Check to See IF The TV Show Has Restarted. At the Very Least, I Get to Reject The Advertising Brainwashing... and Contact God Instead! I often Change the Words... Like: "God, What Should I Write?" or "God, What is My Divine Purpose?" WhatEVER... 

I saw this Breathing Technique in a TV Show about Wim Hof. Supposedly He Cured Frostbite in His Feet Doing This... and Many Other "Unbelievable" Actions... Like: Climbing Mount Everest in Shorts and Tennis Shoes without Oxygen Tanks... Swimming in 32 Degree Water... and Training Other People to Be Able to Withstand Extreme Cold... I Don't Know if Any of This BBC TV Show was True but... I'm Taking What I can Learn and Doing It Myself!

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bwtn6q

and then Joe Blow on Mastodon said: 

There is no god. If you have pre-diabetes, better get a prescription of Metformin. That would be much more helpful.

and I Replied: I have a Real Doctor and He Prescribes Many Pre-Diabetes Drugs... and I test my Blood Daily - and Go to the Clinic every 6 months... OF COURSE, My health is NOT an Either/Or situation... I do Both! I don't actually believe in GOD but I might be wrong... anyway... Doing Meditation using a Sanskrit Mantra seems Absurd... So I Choose to Chant a Mantra IN ENGLISH...

Mural on a Health Food Store in Eureka, CA, USA

Of Course, I Stopped Eating Sugar a Year Ago.

No Coca Cola. Sugar Free Syrup on Waffles.

I Eat a Lot of Fruits and Vegetables but I

Still Eat Hamburgers, Bacon and Corn Dogs... 

http://gvan42.bravesites.com/

My Practice is Kinda Like Stating: "Every Day in Every Way I'm Getting Better and Better." a Quote by Émile Coué de la Châtaigneraie (26 February 1857 – 2 July 1926) was a French psychologist and pharmacist who introduced a popular method of psychotherapy and self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion.^[1][2]  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Cou%C3%A9

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I Also Participate in the Webinars Hosted By Spiritual Teacher Sonya Sophia - She Does Healing Workshops at The Rainbow Gathering and Burning Man... and Online... 

Here is a Video of a Healing Ceremony She Lead at a Rainbow Gathering... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2r0I8VoxJY

I met her at the Rainbow Gathering in Utah and Participated in her Workshop. I Took a Business Card and Later Participated in the Online Self Help Broadcasts. She Has a Fundamentally Valid Concept. I did it for about a Year... It's Worthwhile Technique... It's a A Combination of Acupuncture (without using actual needles) and Positive Ideas... I Still Use What I Learned... I plan to Use The Guided Meditation technique to relax and Focus Attention for the Rest of My Life... We put pressure on Specific Locations of our body by tapping lightly with our fingers while she told us reassuring statements and we would all repeat what she said... Like: "I Love and Respect Myself..." or... "I Love and ACCEPT Myself..."

Sonya Sophia at the Goddess Temple Chico California

WHAT IS THE WORLD TAPPING CIRCLE?

Join us for a weekly interactive livestream self-healing event hosted by EFT master practitioner Sonya Sophia. Every Monday at 8pm CST / 6pm PST, an ever-expanding global community gathers to heal issues ranging from creative blocks to PTSD to chronic illness and pain.

WHAT IS EFT TAPPING?

EFT also called ‘Tapping’ is a scientifically proven self-healing technique which allows you to naturally release accumulated stress, trauma and pain from both mind & body at an accelerated pace.

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https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/05/god-heal-my-feet.html

American River Alano - an Alcoholics Anonymous Group in Orangevale near Sacramento, California

http://www.americanriveralano.org/

Today's meeting subject was "All about the We in the Program."

Not I but US...
Group Consciousness...
It's a Group Of Drunks=G.O.D. - an acronym...
"We are all One 'neath the Infinite Sun, Forever, Forever, For EVER..."

https://aa-intergroup.org/directory_chat.php


Keywords: AA, NA, 12 step, group, Alano, American, River, Orangevale, Alcoholics, Anonymous, meeting

At Narcotics Anonymous I found help with quitting Marijuana and Tobacco... and now... Sugar...

You get to choose your own drugs to get help with... Many other members choose to use marijuana and doctor prescribed pain pills... but... that's their own way...

For me, it turned out that Oregon Legal Marijuana was more than I could handle. I smoked it all day every day for about 8 months and then quit totally. I wanted to take a springtime driving vacation and did not want to have a confrontation with the police. At that time Marijuana was Illegal in California where I live and camping out in my van often triggers meetings with law enforcement... so, I just left the marijuana at home when I set out on my voyage...

What I didn't realize was that the vast quantities of THC stored in my body kept me stoned for about a month... without smoking at all. I was making decisions based on my intoxicated view of reality... as it turned out, sometimes I experienced events that didn't happen...

So, I ended up in a hospital with an infected blister on my foot. I was doing a lot of walking around and needed medical attention. The doctors treated my foot and also tested my blood... I tested positive for THC even though I had not smoked in a month... I was staying at the hospital enjoying good food, nurses and cable TV when THE POLICE CAME INTO MY ROOM. They asked me to go downstairs and get in an ambulance that took me to a mental hospital... I tried to explain to them that I did not need any Mental Health treatment but they insisted... I was handcuffed to the gurney and off we went...

I stayed in the mental hospital for 15 days and then the released me... It turned out that there was nothing wrong with me at all... go figure... I guess the doctors needed patients to justify their paychecks and I was an easy target...

to be continued...

Wind Power Swirl...

Why not try Narcotics Anonymous if you are addicted to Drugs? It worked for me.

I joined AA in the years 2000 and used that program to quit drinking alcohol. Then I used NA to quit smoking tobacco and marijuana over one year ago. I find that I still want to smoke but am able to not do it using what I learned at Meetings.

I read in the newspaper that many people are addicted to Opioids and often die from overdoses. Many people at my meetings are suffering from addiction to Doctor Prescribed Pain Pills... They seem to be doing fine... At least they are not dead...

https://www.na.org/